Traditional Values16 Dec 2025 09:41
For all those Russophiles on here, it's never been easier to go and live in the Motherland...
Russia's "Traditional Values Visa," part of Presidential Decree No. 702 (August 2024), is a special program inviting foreigners, especially conservatives from Western countries, to move to Russia by embracing its traditional spiritual and moral values, offering a path to residency without needing language tests or investments, but requiring respect for Russian traditionalism and commitment to its cultural ideals. It begins with a special single-entry visa (up to 90 days) leading to a temporary residence permit (RVP) and eventually permanent residency (VNZh), with requirements focusing on proving adherence to traditional family, patriotic, and spiritual values, while offering benefits like work and business opportunities for up to three years.
No? Why not? Don't worry, that's small 'c' conservative.
If I can offer a bit of personal advice though, don't go if you are of 'fighting age'. Having said that, in Russia, that could be pretty much any age?