The article is stuff that makes sense, Russian the language is lingua franca in the same region that Russia the country is an asshole to everyone, so people try to leave to avoid being murdered by fascist Russians, and many land up in Poland speaking Russian because Russians have, in many cases, successfully erased the native languages of the countries that they have occupied for so long. But mini Soviet Union? Obviously nah. Maybe this is meant as hyperbole?
Couple of quotes and interviews, no solid data – yep that’s the guardian
Typical Guardian article belittling Poland where they can. Scummy newspaper
Ok, i have actually read this article
This stupid headline is just final quote from migrant who had unfortunate way of saying that majority of current migrants ( Tajiks, Uzbekis, Belarusian) as well as Ukrainian refugees use russian as lingua franca and this reminds him of Moscow
I live in Warsaw and this is huuuge hyperbole. There are some Ukrainian only advertisements ( ussually near train stations) and there are some job offers that require russian but well, they are exceptions. Anomalies. Promiles.
Also : this article isn’t offensive or belittling lmao. It is just sensationalising migration from postsoviet countries and using clickbait headline ( aimed at English viewers) to gain add revenue
Guardian strikes again
I find a positive in articles like this, thanks to them I know to not take anything from that newspaper seriously
Reading this article, I also noticed one funny thing – that cultural proximity makes a difference after all. Belarusians and Ukrainians are a bit closer to us and they “feel” certain things. Look at how thoughtful and polite they are:
>Nobody has ever said anything aggressive to me, but of course it feels a bit uncomfortable to be speaking Russian given the history here
>We’d like it to be more like 50/50 – somewhere Poles want to come, but also a safe space for Belarusians, as we understand that we’re probably here for a long time
Meanwhile a Tajik:
>Warsaw feels a bit like Moscow used to. It’s like a mini Soviet Union
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The one who wrote this must be on drugs
“ex-Soviet states” 🤮 fucking westoids
Lol that headline is weird.
The article is stuff that makes sense, Russian the language is lingua franca in the same region that Russia the country is an asshole to everyone, so people try to leave to avoid being murdered by fascist Russians, and many land up in Poland speaking Russian because Russians have, in many cases, successfully erased the native languages of the countries that they have occupied for so long. But mini Soviet Union? Obviously nah. Maybe this is meant as hyperbole?
Couple of quotes and interviews, no solid data – yep that’s the guardian
Typical Guardian article belittling Poland where they can. Scummy newspaper
Ok, i have actually read this article
This stupid headline is just final quote from migrant who had unfortunate way of saying that majority of current migrants ( Tajiks, Uzbekis, Belarusian) as well as Ukrainian refugees use russian as lingua franca and this reminds him of Moscow
I live in Warsaw and this is huuuge hyperbole. There are some Ukrainian only advertisements ( ussually near train stations) and there are some job offers that require russian but well, they are exceptions. Anomalies. Promiles.
Also : this article isn’t offensive or belittling lmao. It is just sensationalising migration from postsoviet countries and using clickbait headline ( aimed at English viewers) to gain add revenue
Guardian strikes again
I find a positive in articles like this, thanks to them I know to not take anything from that newspaper seriously
Reading this article, I also noticed one funny thing – that cultural proximity makes a difference after all. Belarusians and Ukrainians are a bit closer to us and they “feel” certain things. Look at how thoughtful and polite they are:
>Nobody has ever said anything aggressive to me, but of course it feels a bit uncomfortable to be speaking Russian given the history here
>We’d like it to be more like 50/50 – somewhere Poles want to come, but also a safe space for Belarusians, as we understand that we’re probably here for a long time
Meanwhile a Tajik:
>Warsaw feels a bit like Moscow used to. It’s like a mini Soviet Union
XDDDDD