This may come off as an odd question, and I apologize if it's

You're socially autistic but remind me of myself

Yeah tourists can come from Russia as long as Russia has no problem with him leaving

I was talking to a Chinese girl who traveled over here so I'm sure if chinks can make it over so can commies (the Russian kind)

>>1220726

Thanks for the input, I had thought he was being a tad dramatic about how hard it might be; I think the big issue is the the equivalent of a couple hundred USD it wold cost, what with the conversion rate of USD to Ruble being something like 1R:<$0.02
As for the autistic remark; I expected that on /b/ or /pol/ but as a first time poster here it came as a surprise, but frankly you're quite likely right about that

>>1220727
Dude, I'm just shitposting, I grew up on /b/ and trolling /r9k/ and when /b/ went to shit I went to [s4s]. I'm basically just a retarded asshole.

That being said you just remind me of when I first started making posts, I thought it was kinda funny. Wait for some other guy who knows more to actually respond to you but I'm pretty damn sure it's fine, on the US customs side he's completely wrong unless there's like a Russian ban or something shit I don't know about.

He's probably just nervous about making the jump if he's younger, if you're a girl, or if you're younger and he's older. Or he's just nervous anyway.

Good luck to you.

>>1220729
Word, I haven't spent much time on 4ch in.. probably close to a decade, so maybe I let my skin get a little thin :P Also I never really spent any time outside of b/vg so truthfully I wasn't sure what to expect :D

>>1220731
Kek
Emoticons will get you killed :D

>>1220727
>As for the autistic remark; I expected that on /b/ or /pol/
You can see it on /a/, /v/, /ck/, and even Reddit.

I don't know what exactly happened, but despite the progressive left's attempts to make everything offensive, the one thing they had no impact on is using autism in a derogatory context. My sister is a socialist liberal tumblrite, and even she calls people, things, and situations "autistic."

>>1220732
XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

How else is an autist supposed to express himself?

>>1220735
Ya know that is a weird thing, never thought aboutit. Retard is uacceptable despite having legitimate uses outside of "mentally retarded", yet autism only refers to that awkward state of mind. Interesting.

>>1220721
>he insists his only chance is through the green card lottery
Total BS. Of cause, he can come by tourist visa.

Guys are more likely to get tourist visa easily, they just need "ties" to Russia to prove they will go back. Money, family, job, something.

Women on the other hand, much much harder for them to get tourist visa, that may be what u have heard and u are confusing the process.

>>1220721
I had a friend from Vietnam who wanted to come visit me here. We helped with all sorts of documentation of him, his employment, that we had known him for X years and vouched for the fact that he was gainfully employed, had numerous family connections, etc. All of this was to help address the fact that we were told that the issuance of a visa for him was contingent on overcoming a presumption that he was going to overstay his visa and illegally immigrate.

In the end, they denied his visa in spite of all of that.

I am not sure if Russians face this same presumption, but if so be prepared for a difficult time. Also your friend needs to be aware that application fees are not refunded if the answer is no.

A green card implies he wants to stay here, that is not what he wants and he should not mention that, unless he does indeed want to move here permanently.