Patrick Downey – former employee of the U.S. embassy in Russia – is now seeking political asylum in Russia
In June the interview with Mr. Downey was published in internet news portal LifeNews.
Few days ago it was uploaded to YouTube and this time got noticed in Russian internet.
Patrick Downey
In his YouTube channel Patrick Downey describes himself in the following way:
I am a persecuted white, Christian, Irish-American seeking political asylum in Russia.
I was deported and banned from Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, 2011 by Ireland’s first ever Jewish Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter.
More information about Downey’s story can be found in his personal blog.
Comments of Russian netizens (from YouTube)
ures11: Patrick, run!Патрик, беги!
Bratishka Pahomich: What a fool. Well, welcome to hell.Ой дурак, ну что же добро пожаловать в ад.
TheStunders: You will do it, I will pray for you.у тебя все получится, буду молится за тебя Бог в помошь!
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Patrick Downey is an… interesting character. He appears to be some kind of White Nationalist or at least ethnic particularist.
http://www.nationalistireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2487
He also says that when doing contract work in Georgia he was asked to place bugs in the offices of the opposition.
http://www.mk.ru/social/article/2012/05/23/707057-quotv-ssha-net-svobodyi-slovaquot.html
Do you think Russia should give him asylum?
On the one hand it might be a good piece of PR. On the other hand he might be quite toxic especially if what he says doesn’t pan out.
I personally would decide whether to give him asylum, basing on humanitarian (and not PR) considerations. Then his further fate would be in his own hands, and Russia wouldn’t “lose face” no matter what Patrick would do later.
Interesting to see the comments how they are so polarized.
I hope he gets it! I have lived in Russia for 6 years now and it is fantastic…
Maybe I need to apply also…
Good luck with this person. I hope he finds a place for himself, but i fear he’s his own worst enemy..
Certainly intelligence will understand the problem better. I am sure they have more information.
But I wonder is the human reaction. So different. I mean the Russian users.
In human aspect this is a great story. We must respect the person’s choice. I hope he will succeed.
Not in Rashka, I don’t know of such a country, but in Russia it will find you. Many other people find themselves in other countries. The main thing is not to get sick with Nostalgiya.)
I am an Irish citizen who recently was contacted on my youtube video by Patrick asking if I would help form a group in Ireland to protest his deportation and life time ban, I watched several of his videos and consider his views to be anti semitic, Racist and him to be something of an agent provocateur. When I confronted him about his views he told me he was “bored” of my views. Patrick is a very intelligent individual and I believe that makes him dangerous because he (to quote another poster on his page, is “as mad as a bag of spiders”. The guy thinks he’s James Bond.
Does anyone know what krokodil is or personally know anyone who has come into contact with krokodil?
http://redhotrussia.com/krokodil-russian-drug/