Number of Russian visitors in Phuket instantly drops, Phuket struggles to find solutions for hundreds of stranded tourists with no access to funds due to sanctions

[trainman34014]

Put them all on Thai Airways (the losers airline) and send them back to Moscow with a large Bill to follow !

[chilli42]

1 hour ago, grumpyoldman said:

Please don't paint all Russians with one brush. I have Russian friends in Phuket and they are really good people. As one poster already mentioned, it's Putin's agenda, not your average Russian's.

 

My buddy Max's wife, Tanya, makes the BEST pierogi...............mmmmmmmm mushroom & onion pierogi........

Agree.  Russians can be some seriously tough SOB’s but they are as good and decent as any other people.  Maybe put that hate on their leaders but not all Russians are evil or gangsters.

[Peterphuket]

29 minutes ago, harada said:

Just going by the saying, it’s all in the eyes, from what I’ve seen of Putin lately, I think he might be heading for Siberia in a straight jacket before long. 

Hope gives life.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

20 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Trump ordered the pullout before the election. Biden decided not to reverse it. Maybe some people should read more fact based media.

 

The Trump administration in February 2020 negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the Taliban that excluded the Afghan government, freed 5,000 imprisoned Taliban soldiers and set a date certain of May 1, 2021, for the final withdrawal.

 

https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/

Trump did negotiate a pullout, correct, it was a phased withdrawal, thats not what Biden did. Where does it say he ordered 85 BILLION dollars of military hardware to be left behind? I'm pretty sure they could use that hardware in Ukraine right now!

[RafPinto]

Russian Embassy to Thailand:

 

Instead of threatening Thai people who want to fight for the Ukraine, get your act together and bring your own people back home.

If Thailand can bring 85 massage girls back from Ukraine, you surely can manage to fly your guys back or send them all to your Bangkok palace and take care of them.

[grego49]

1 hour ago, DFPhuket said:

While there are no Russian planes flying, there are several flights to Russia with one stop (e.g, Qatar, Emirates or Etihad are still flying there). Russians are not really stranded in Thailand due to lack of flights, but they may be due to to banking issues, inability to use Russian credit cards, the crash of their currency. 

Dont they have return tickets?..

[RafPinto]

7 minutes ago, grego49 said:

Dont they have return tickets?..

Yes

Fly out to LOS and return to hell.

[zzzzz]

blown out of porportions :

total arrivals since nov 1st- feb 28th

 816,000, Russians accounted for 55,300 so 14.7% of total arrivals

 

I'd venture a guess at less than 10% of those remain in Thailand.

[scotsdude]

They should be shunned worldwide regardless.... They've no sympathy for the Ukrainians.... Being stranded is the least of their worries... Scum...

[spidermike007]

Due to their Stalinist dictator, Russians are now persona non grata, worldwide, and they have a leader who is the most despised man in the world. They let him gain and hold power, and now he is abusing it. Who knows the real extent of his ambitions. Waging an illegal war, and targeting primarily women and children, which is what they appear to be doing, is no way to win friends, and influence people. 

[IamNoone88]

How history quickly forgets that the Russians were the allies of Britain and France in World war 1 under the Triple Entente fighting against Germany. They lost up to 2.5 million soldiers in that war, fighting with the allies. In world war two, the great allies of Britain, the US and the Soviet Union formed the Grande Alliance and that was the key to Victory. Without the Soviet Union, the allies would have lost and life would be different today. Roughly 8.6 million Russian soldiers died fighting for the allies in World War Two. They lost about 20 million people in total from all causes. A huge sacrifice.

 

No one recalls the history because we are too busy with Tik tok or Facebook BS but we owe a lot of our freedoms to Russia - once strong allies. 

 

Nato has a short memory as well. Under the Minsk Agreement, after the break up of the Soviet Union, they were not meant to expand into Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. They did, breaking that treaty which Russia allowed to slide ..... but not without objection.

 

Nato and Europe then, having taken an inch, wanted to take the full yard and pushed for Ukraine to join and that was always a red line for Russian .... yet they kept pushing. Putin warned and warned again ...... you don't poke the bear. If the Minsk Agreement was observed by Nato, then it may be a different outcome today than the sh1tfight we have now.

 

The foolish and manipulating leaders in the West should take a leaf from Sun Tze .... keep your friends close and your "enemies" (once our greatest allies!) closer.

 

So have some sympathy for the Russian's stuck here. They are just caught up in something they cannot control and certainly most I meet are good solid people (as are Ukrainians). It is is mess of epic proportion .... caused by politicians.

[arithai12]

53 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

How are these folks returning to Russia?

 

I guess there are some options by EK?

 

Korean Air just halted all russian flights for two weeks; their refueling supplier suspended their service.

 

 

This was the situation, taken from Thai News Reports .... hope it's ok to repost.

 

[ozimoron]

40 minutes ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Trump did negotiate a pullout, correct, it was a phased withdrawal, thats not what Biden did. Where does it say he ordered 85 BILLION dollars of military hardware to be left behind? I'm pretty sure they could use that hardware in Ukraine right now!

There was no phased withdrawal proposed by Trump, he had set a short deadline which Biden extended. Most of the equipment left behind was unusable anyway.

[arithai12]

35 minutes ago, grego49 said:

Dont they have return tickets?..

Many flights are temporarily cancelled.

Repatriation flights would seem the option.

[Rimmer]

Some troll and off topic posts removed

[Billybaroo]

Boo <deleted>in hoo. 

[Tug]

Put them on an old bus send them overland so they can fully experience the vibe their government created  amongst the worlds peoples

[RafPinto]

I wouldn't like to be Russian or Chinese nowadays.

[crazykopite]

I expect to see a lot of adverts selling items over the next few weeks with the Russians unable to get funds or use credit cards I for on will be looking to pick up a couple of bargain buys 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

2 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

Agree. Russians I’ve met on Jomtien beach have been gracious people, happy to try out their limited English. I’ve even been given food by Russians who probably have way less money than I do. Not their fault that their leader’s an evil psychopath.

That’s all well and good, but the world and his wife know that the regime of Putin will never be removed by external forces. It can only be dismantled from within; and relatively affluent Russians are not going to help that happen by sitting on Jomtien beach feeding you tidbits

[cardinalblue]

Sorry Ben but it can’t be business as usual for the citizens of the country at fault…

 

The best bet to stop Putin is internal strife within Russia by its people….they need to understand the consequences of Putin negatively impacts everyone….

 

the Russian people need to create instability and discord in Russia against the most evil person in the world currently…

[tonypattaya]

5 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Great news, I am checking flights to Phuket now.

Can you book a ticket for me too!

[crazykopite]

34 minutes ago, IamNoone88 said:

How history quickly forgets that the Russians were the allies of Britain and France in World war 1 under the Triple Entente fighting against Germany. They lost up to 2.5 million soldiers in that war, fighting with the allies. In world war two, the great allies of Britain, the US and the Soviet Union formed the Grande Alliance and that was the key to Victory. Without the Soviet Union, the allies would have lost and life would be different today. Roughly 8.6 million Russian soldiers died fighting for the allies in World War Two. They lost about 20 million people in total from all causes. A huge sacrifice.

 

No one recalls the history because we are too busy with Tik tok or Facebook BS but we owe a lot of our freedoms to Russia - once strong allies. 

 

Nato has a short memory as well. Under the Minsk Agreement, after the break up of the Soviet Union, they were not meant to expand into Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. They did, breaking that treaty which Russia allowed to slide ..... but not without objection.

 

Nato and Europe then, having taken an inch, wanted to take the full yard and pushed for Ukraine to join and that was always a red line for Russian .... yet they kept pushing. Putin warned and warned again ...... you don't poke the bear. If the Minsk Agreement was observed by Nato, then it may be a different outcome today than the sh1tfight we have now.

 

The foolish and manipulating leaders in the West should take a leaf from Sun Tze .... keep your friends close and your "enemies" (once our greatest allies!) closer.

 

So have some sympathy for the Russian's stuck here. They are just caught up in something they cannot control and certainly most I meet are good solid people (as are Ukrainians). It is is mess of epic proportion .... caused by politicians.

I agree with everything you say and yes I feel for those Russians who are holed up around the world unable to get funds or use there credit/debit cards due to the actions of a madman. The Russian citizens are the only people who can remove this evil by going onto the streets in there millions even if Putin is defeated in this invasion / war as long as he is in power as President the sanctions will remain and the only people who will suffer are the citizens of Russia . Putin will still have a warm place to sleep , and plenty of food this guy has stolen billions from his own people it’s time for them to have an uprising and get rid of him 

[NativeBob]

40 minutes ago, IamNoone88 said:

Nato and Europe then, having taken an inch, wanted to take the full yard and pushed for Ukraine to join and that was always a red line for Russian .... yet they kept pushing. Putin warned and warned again ...... you don't poke the bear. If the Minsk Agreement was observed by Nato, then it may be a different outcome today than the sh1tfight we have now.

Exactly, I only wonder why Obama was looking at escalation with Russia? Maybe it was Biden, who was responsible for Ukrainian affairs had some benefits from Burisma, where Hunter B. was sitting at $50K/month? What was the agenda of StateDept? Another color revolution?

And about Russian banks VISA and MC international payments/withdrawals: they all are working fine, at least until march 10th, most likely the OP was a fake as usual. 

[Humpy]

Most are obnoxious anyway.

[Mises]

54 minutes ago, IamNoone88 said:

How history quickly forgets that the Russians were the allies of Britain and France in World war 1 under the Triple Entente fighting against Germany. They lost up to 2.5 million soldiers in that war, fighting with the allies. In world war two, the great allies of Britain, the US and the Soviet Union formed the Grande Alliance and that was the key to Victory. Without the Soviet Union, the allies would have lost and life would be different today. Roughly 8.6 million Russian soldiers died fighting for the allies in World War Two. They lost about 20 million people in total from all causes. A huge sacrifice.

 

No one recalls the history because we are too busy with Tik tok or Facebook BS but we owe a lot of our freedoms to Russia - once strong allies. 

 

Nato has a short memory as well. Under the Minsk Agreement, after the break up of the Soviet Union, they were not meant to expand into Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. They did, breaking that treaty which Russia allowed to slide ..... but not without objection.

 

Nato and Europe then, having taken an inch, wanted to take the full yard and pushed for Ukraine to join and that was always a red line for Russian .... yet they kept pushing. Putin warned and warned again ...... you don't poke the bear. If the Minsk Agreement was observed by Nato, then it may be a different outcome today than the sh1tfight we have now.

 

The foolish and manipulating leaders in the West should take a leaf from Sun Tze .... keep your friends close and your "enemies" (once our greatest allies!) closer.

 

So have some sympathy for the Russian's stuck here. They are just caught up in something they cannot control and certainly most I meet are good solid people (as are Ukrainians). It is is mess of epic proportion .... caused by politicians.

History, truth and logic will not go down well here

[RafPinto]

Is Putins mistress with his 3 or 4 kids not hiding in Switzerland, I was reading today.

Kick them out and back to Ruskilandia.

[jayceenik]

8 minutes ago, Mises said:

History, truth and logic will not go down well here

Thank you for your post

[ThailandRyan]

31 minutes ago, tonypattaya said:

Can you book a ticket for me too!

I will be driving down to Phuket from BKK in a few weeks. We are going to make a nice two week trip out of it while stopping along the way and visiting many places, sure it's the rainy season starting but then any road trip is worth it....

[ThailandRyan]

12 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

Is Putins mistress with his 3 or 4 kids not hiding in Switzerland, I was reading today.

Kick them out and back to Ruskilandia.

You sure there not in a Bavarian hotel....