Tim and Timur: Secrets to Success for Americans Emigrating to Russia

In this clip from Moscow Photographer Eddie Gonzales May 2025 interview with Derek and Deanna Huffman, the first US family to settle in the AmericanVillages.ru subdivision, our buddy Tim Kirby describes his close professional friendship with Timur Beslangurov, one of the leading migration lawyers in Russia.

Timur actually was one of the few attorneys in the field to receive a draft release of the Shared Values Visa decree before President Vladimir Putin issued the historic proclamation in August 2024 that opened wide the gates for Westerners wishing to emigrate to the Russian Federation. However, every Western family seeking to make Russia their new home needs a place to live, and that's where Tim Kirby's American Villages project in Istra, Moscow Oblast provides an outstanding suburban option for Westerners completely new to life in Russia.

See ESW CEO VJ Varghese's interview with Tim and Timur from September 2024 here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112076995?

See also this panel from the St Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF) with Tim and Timur in 2023: https://forumspb.com/en/programme/business-programme/104561/?ELEMENT_ID=104561&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F