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Russian defectors living the dead end of the American dream in distant Oregon (theguardian.com)
12 points by lxm on June 28, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



These folk are between a rock and a hard place. I think they're finding out the same thing benedict Arnold found out. Neither side likes them much for different reasons, still, it's pretty bad for a country which seeks out assets to treat potential assets with such distrust. This may be among the reasons Russia, while not remunerating as well as the US, is said to have a better network of assets in the west and US in particular.

You have work with the assumption some assets are bad, but, you cannot treat all assets with suspicion and the brunt of bureaucracy, if you want to attract more and better human intelligence.

Maybe they can reminisce with Stalin's granddaughter, I think she still lives in Portland.




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