1/ Russian veterans of the war in Ukraine have appealed to Vladimir Putin for help against a new and deadlier enemy – their wives, who they say have been corrupted by feminists and "Anglo-Saxons". The men say they have been kicked out "on the street, abandoned and impotent". ⬇️ 
2/ The 3rd All-Russian Congress of Fathers was held on 15-16 March in Moscow, with 250 participants and several thousand more reportedly watching online. Russian warblogger Sergey Kolyasnikov, author of the 'Zergulius' Telegram channel, writes:
3/ "There have been more and more cases when soldiers who defended their homeland on the front lines are now betrayed on the home front. While they were fighting, their families were destroyed.
4/ "Ex-wives, drawn into cult-like feminist groups, with the support of professional psychologists and lawyers, deprive veterans of the most precious things: children, property and a roof over their heads.
5/ "These men, who went through the fire of war, now find themselves on the street, abandoned and impotent!
6/ "The stories told at the congress are shocking. Men who honourably fulfilled their duty on the battlefield, many of them with serious wounds, are now facing a new war – a war for their families.
7/ "Their wives, having fallen under the influence of feminist groups, are breaking up their marriages and taking their children and property.
8/ "In this fight, veterans of the Special Military Operation are powerless against a well-organised system, where professionals work, aimed at destroying the family.
9/ "The participants of the congress ask themselves: how to resist the forces hostile to their family and the state, which are massively operating in the rear while they were shedding blood on the front line?
10/ At the end of the congress, the participants unanimously decided to appeal to the President of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
11/ "They hope that their voice will be heard, that the state will pay attention to the lack of rights of fathers, which directly affects the demography and future of the country."
12/ In the video appeal, the men complain about the "unimaginably huge number of feminist groups that have been trained in the West [and] convince our wives to divorce, as they say: "Live for yourself."
13/ "[They say] all the men who come [home], they will be dangerous, and as a result, when the fighters return from the front, wounded, exhausted, who need recovery, instead of receiving help, on the contrary,…
14/ …they receive destruction at home, they receive children who are against them, and loss of property, and often even the loss of an honest name."
They blame "Anglo-Saxons" and the US Agency for International Development (USAID):
They blame "Anglo-Saxons" and the US Agency for International Development (USAID):
15/ "We believe that these sabotage acts that occur in the divorce market, so to speak, are not just accidents – the thing is that the people who are behind this, they were trained by the Anglo-Saxons, among others, and we have proof of this, they received USAID grants.
16/ "One of these organisations is the 'Defenders of Children'. There are many such organisations, hundreds of such organisations throughout the country, this is just one of those organisations that have been exposed and are not shy to talk about their connections."
17/ The men appeal to Putin to give fathers more rights in divorce proceedings, "so that when we return home we can communicate with our children to the fullest extent and not 2 hours a month as we are given by the court's decision, [and] the mothers of our children,…
18/ …we ask also not to deprive us of the property earned with our sweat and blood so that we are not left on the street."
They also give a veiled warning about the possible consequences if their concerns are not addressed:
They also give a veiled warning about the possible consequences if their concerns are not addressed:
19/ "A lot of warriors will come home, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of soldiers will return, and if we start putting them in prison, if we take away their children and property, then these people will not say thank you to the authorities." /end
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