Aligning With Republicans

Russian immigrants of Staten Island are flocking to the Republican Party, saying that the national Democrats' "socialistic" policies remind them too much of the top-down oligarchy they fled in their native land.

Businessman Arkadiy Fridman a Russian immigrant says that the Democrats are, “focusing on "income redistribution" and rich-versus-poor "class war.”

"It's too socialistic," said Fridman, head of the non-profit Staten Island Community Center and president of Citizens Magazine, a public affairs publication. "It's very painful for us to see."

The Big Brother approach reminds Fridman too much of what he left behind in the former Soviet Union.  "It's the same rule like it was there," he said, who estimates there are around 55,000 Russian immigrants here.

Michael Petrov said that he objects to the "micro-managing of the economy" he's seen from city as well as federal officials.  "Government is affecting small business more and more," said Petrov, who came to the United States in 1994. "It's the same as what's happening in Russia."

Brooklyn attorney David Storovin said that he and other Russian immigrants are also drawn to the GOP's traditional veneration of flag and country. Reflecting the American Dream ideal that has drawn immigrants here since the county's founding, Storovin said that many Russians are "grateful" for the religious, business and travel freedoms the United States provide, and want to show it.

"We do feel patriotic," Storovin said.

These Russians have seen what the Democrats are trying to do here in America.  They’ve seen the absolute failure of these type policies in Russia and don’t want to see it happen here.

Mr. Storovin says it best when he says the Russian immigrants support the Republican ideals of flag and country.  The GOP ideals of patriotism and the American Dream.  Things the Democrats are opposed to.

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