they got stranded there when ussr fell apart, and didn't have means/will/care to move away from their ancestral homes. on that note, i think it is a very real possibility that those russians in the chihuahua states will start getting proportionally more abuse as the situation in ukraine draws to a close. the nato billions have to be laundered somewhere. and they are some of the last ethnic russians in "range" to be abused by globohomo. it will be so funny when the russian tanks cross lithuanian border, they scream article 5 and receive very sincere hopes and prayers and flags in bio instead.
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