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Russian ‘shared values' visa draws 700 Westerners amid culture clash
Leo and Chantelle Hare share videos of their new life in Russia on YouTube. The American family sought asylum in Russia, in search of the traditional, conservative values they feel are eroding in the liberal West. Photo / the Washington Post
In a brightly lit conference room of a Moscow police department, a smiling officer flanked by Russian flags and gilded double-headed eagles handed over small blue booklets to an American family-of-five.
The booklets were asylum certificates granting them the right to live and work in Russia after fleeing Texas because