MAGA voters are moving to Russia 'because it feels like America during the 1950s and 20% of local women look like supermodels'

MAGA voters have explained why they turned their backs on the US for a new life in Russia, claiming the former communist state is a 'positive vision of 1950s America'.

Conservative men have cited the country's Christian values, beautiful women and stunning scenery as the reasons behind their move.

After losing faith in their hero Donald Trump, some have moved as far east as Siberia, unfazed by the prospect of being led by an autocratic dictator. 

They have even expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin, choosing to believe his narrative about his decision to invade Ukraine.

'I think he's a good man,' ex-pat Peter Frohwein, 62, told the Free Press. 'This lie that he's somehow a dictator — just because he was in the KGB doesn't mean he's ever killed anybody.' 

MAGA voters have explained why they turned their backs on the US for a new life in Russia. They include Joseph Rose and family (pictured) who left Florida for Moscow and believe Russia is like '1950s America'

Bernd Ratsch, 56, moved to Moscow from Texas after becoming fed up with US politics and disillusioned with his previous hero Donald Trump

After losing faith in their hero Donald Trump , some have moved as far east as Siberia, unfazed by the prospect of being led by an autocratic dictator

Frohwein is divorced with no kids, but has hopes of starting up a family. He moved from Atlanta to Yalta in the Crimea in July 2023.

'Twenty percent of the women could be supermodels,' he said, explaining he anticipates his children would speak three languages: English, Russian and Mandarin.

'I wouldn't seriously consider starting a family in the U.S. today,' he added. 'The U.S. is a political mess. Socially, things are a mess. Spiritually, things are a mess.'

Bernd Ratsch, 56, agrees with this assessment of US politics and moved to Moscow from Texas in 2019.

'Is Trump better than Biden? Of course. But do I want him? Would I vote for him again? No. It's just, "Boy, shut your mouth for a while,"' he explained.

Meanwhile, family man Joseph Rose has managed to carve out a career with his YouTube channel documenting his new life in Moscow.

'I would say that Russia is becoming a bastion of Christianity and that America is becoming the opposite of this,' Rose explained.

'I do think it was God leading me to where I needed to be right now. I was put in a spot where I could be used.' 

Peter Frohwein hopes to start a family in his new home of Yalta with one of the '20%' of Russian women who he says look like super models

Conservative men have cited the country's Christian values, beautiful women and stunning scenery as reasons behind their move. Pictured: Snowfall in Moscow, May 8

Many of the ex-pats expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin and support his narrative over his invasion of Ukraine

Rose, 49, relocated to Russia from Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife and children and has not looked back since.

'I often say it feels like our positive vision of 1950s America,' he explained. 

One program manager from Texas, who wished to remain anonymous, suggested Russia offered a simpler way of life.

'People are running around in America wondering why we have so many problems with suicide and depression, and they’ll virtue signal and talk about the phones, and it’s this and that, and the reality is children are not allowed to be children,' the father-of-six said. 

His comments bear echoes of the conservative Christian Feenstra family who moved from Canada to Russia to 'escape LGBT ideology'.

Farmer Arend Feenstra and his wife Anneesa made the decision to move their family of 10 from Canada to Russia in January - however their dream appeared to go quickly downhill upon their arrival.

The proceeds from selling their farm in rural Canada were immediately frozen as their Russian bank deemed the sum 'suspicious'.

Wife Anneesa took to social media to moan about unhelpful locals not speaking English - but then issued a pleading apology after Russian government officials got wind of the insults she'd been meting out.  

The US government urged Americans to leave Russia following Putin's invasion of Ukraine amid ever worsening relations.

However Arend Feenstra and his wife Anneesa (pictured together) had a 'nightmare' experience when they moved to Russia to 'escape LGBTQ' ideology in Canada

The US government advised citizens to leave Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Pictured: A gas worker inspects a ruined private house after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 8, 2024

The tensions between the White House and Moscow are evident in the detention of  journalist Evan Gershkovich, the first US journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War who has been held in prison for over a year

The breakdown has been evidenced in the detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges which both the reporter, his newspaper and the US government strongly deny.  

Gershkovich, 32, became the first U.S. journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War when he was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on March 29 last year.