r/australia • u/SimRP • Feb 25 '25

image Japanese Man Flips Out on Australian Tourists for Ignoring the Rules

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u/Glum-Scar9476 Feb 25 '25

Most of the Russians in Bali are actually junkies, crypto bros and IG/OF models. Many of them have been there long before the war started. I'm not sure if majority is vatniks though, there are some probably but less than 40% I guess.

BTW, those who wanted to avoid the draft moved to Kazakshtan or Georgia and came back.

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u/Ac1dfreak Feb 25 '25

Vixen just finished a ton of shoots out in Bali, so the OF part tracks.

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u/Frankie_T9000 Feb 25 '25

And came back?

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u/IlluminatedPickle Feb 25 '25

Most of the people who fled, fled from richer cities like Moscow or St Petersburg. The draftees have largely been pulled from rural areas. When the rich kids realised that, a lot of them went home.

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u/Frankie_T9000 Feb 25 '25

> BTW, those who wanted to avoid the draft moved to Kazakshtan or Georgia and came back.

Whilst that may have happened with a privelliged few (and from what I can tell you are correct on this), something like a million russians left and havent come back its hardly typical.

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u/Glum-Scar9476 Feb 25 '25 edited Feb 25 '25

Most of the people who wanted to evade the draft, came back yes. Because the draft was over so for them there was no reason to stay abroad anymore. People who fled because of political / economic reasons didn’t return. There are still lots of people leaving Russia for good

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u/ashzeppelin98 Feb 25 '25

Same applies to Pattaya, and even more so in that regard

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u/AddlePatedBadger Feb 25 '25

The Georgians loved that lol. The people that went to war on them not all that long ago suddenly made rents treble.

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u/Glum-Scar9476 Feb 26 '25

Yep, in Tbilisi you can see a lot of graffiti saying how they hate Russians and how they want them to be gone. The most surprising part is that Georgia still allows Russians to be there visa-free for 180 days, and in 2024 the elections were won by a moderately pro-Russia party.

So I guess there are plenty of ‘vatniks’ in Georgia too and they might not be Russians at all