Randahl FinkFeb 27, 2024

Russians staying in Sri Lanka have showed their gratitude by creating a number of “whites only" night clubs, denying access to local Sri Lankans. So Sri Lankan authorities now decided to help the racists by telling all 288,000 Russians in Sri Lanka to take the next flight back to good old Moscow, where the average skin color is more to their liking.

Perfect! 😘👌

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-russia-tourist-visa-ukraine-war-b2502986.html#

Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war

Investigation launched into order asking Russians to leave country amid blacklash over ‘whites only policy’

The Independent
Show threadGreg Clarke 🇨🇦 Feb 27, 2024
@randahl isn't punishing 288K Russians for the actions of a few Russians itself racist? What am I missing, how is this perfect?
Show threadC.Suthorn Feb 27, 2024

@greg @randahl

Because this Clubs were frequented by these Russians. Other white people were probably not perhibited from entering, but if the main spoken language at a place is russian, it will attract mostly russian speaking customers.

Show threadGreg Clarke 🇨🇦 Feb 27, 2024
@Life_is @randahl we shouldn't celebrate punishing all Russians in Sri Lanka for the actions of a few. And we shouldn't celebrate 288K Russians being deported back to a country they fled to escape a war. A large number of those 288K Russians will end up conscripted, fighting, and dying for Putin. The only winners in this story are some Sri Lankan politicians looking for a distractions from their fiscal incompetence and Putin who gets more conscripts to send to their deaths. This is not perfect.
Show threadRandahl FinkFeb 27, 2024
@greg Greg, I think your point about collective punishment is valid. But please note, that losing a tourist Visa is NOT the same as being deported back to Russia. It simply means, you have overstayed your welcome and need to go somewhere else. If a Russian is in Sri Lanka to avoid conscription in Russia, that person can still travel somewhere else.
Show threadGreg Clarke 🇨🇦 
@randahl yeah, I appreciate that and hopefully they can settle somewhere else. I worry that the list of safe countries for Russians is quickly reducing because of policies like this and the policies western countries imposed on Russian passports.
Feb 27, 2024 at 7:05pmWeb
Show threadRandahl FinkFeb 27, 2024
@greg France gives political asylum to Russians unwilling to kill for Putin.
Show threadGreg Clarke 🇨🇦 Feb 27, 2024
@randahl that's wonderful! I didn't realize that was an option.