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The Biden administration is urging U.S. citizens in Belarus to depart the country immediately and warned against travel there in a statement published Monday.

The updated travel warning comes after bordering countries Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have stepped up security along the border over concerns about Russian Wagner mercenary forces exiled in the country.

The State Department, in its warning, encouraged Americans still in Belarus to depart the country immediately and categorized the country as a Level 4 risk, the highest security warning.

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[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 97 points 1 year ago

Didn't one of the Proud Boys run there rather than face prison for Jan 6? Looks like a big oops.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 25 points 1 year ago

Seems like there are better places without extradition treaties. Warmer and more tropical places. The hell they go to Belarus for?

[-] lasagna@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago

Good luck getting to stay in most of those places. They're happy to have tourists, not residents. Unless you have a lot of money to open a business. Proud little boys don't strike me as wealthy.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

What are the chances the Proud Boy will even make an attempt to learn Belarusian? My prediction is close to 0%. Probably would expect others to learn English instead.

[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

The better, warmer places need to want to keep you around.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

tropical climates suck i would rather eat shit

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Guess who's being sent to fight Ukraine?

That dirtbag for sure.

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago
[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

That's what I was thinking....anyone still there probably is in support of the war.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

They could be visiting family before the whole thing goes to shit.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Because intelligence didn't tell them to until now.

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's always journalists, business people, tourists, and visiting family knocking around in these kinds of situations. This is the US Embassy officially warning those folks that they are in danger and that the US will have limited recourse if they find themselves in trouble.

[-] Hank@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's meant to mainly fuck with Russian intelligence? Don't forget that we're practically at war with them.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Where will Steven Segall go?

[-] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 year ago

To a buffet? Probably.

[-] Aagje_D_Vogel@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

He'll join his Wagner buddies in Africa.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

He's probably pretending to fight walls.

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

I'm a little surprised this warning wasn't issued last year. Better late than never?

[-] Veneroso@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Hmm I wonder if it's too late to go to North Korea instead?

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