The leader of California separatist group Yes California announced in a 1,600-word statement on Monday that he "intends to make Russia" his "new home" and is therefore withdrawing his petition for a "Calexit" referendum.
Louis Marinelli, who has spearheaded the Calexit campaign since 2015, set up a makeshift embassy in Moscow in December in partnership with far-right Russian nationalists who enjoy Kremlin support while promoting secessionist movements in Europe.
"I have found in Russia a new happiness, a life without the albatross of frustration and resentment towards ones’ homeland, and a future detached from the partisan divisions and animosity that has thus far engulfed my entire adult life," Marinelli wrote on Monday.
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Probably the only lesson is that any dumfuck who aims to destabilize some part of the global “West” can be funded by Putin’s Russia.
Well, there is a record of success.
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Karl Rover
Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting. Many of the comments added greatly to the story.
I generally rec almost all of the comments in my diaries.. but I have never had a diary with this many comments. Maybe later.