How could potential US/Russia tensions affect visas?

[ONA 133]

http://www.newsweek.com/ukrainian-refugees-flood-russia-rebels-are-squeezed-263166

No, I mean Ukrainian citizens. I'm in Russia, and my friends who have gone to OVIR for various reasons have said that the line is 90% Ukrainian refugees now. If they were Russian citizens, they wouldn't be at OVIR.

Russians fleeing for Kiev? What are you talking about?

There have been a few cases when ethnic Ukrainians who are Russian citizens, or Russians who don't support the government fled for Ukraine (some ended up in Kyiv, some in other places... even in Lviv).

I don't blame them. Since the first days of the conflict my dad (who is Ukrainian and grew up in Kyiv Region) has had to deal with people who called him a "banderovets". Idiots! I'd love to have a chance to get my parents out of there. I just went to Russia in May, and I did not feel safe there. This might have happened because I am from the region that's right across the border from Luhansk, but it's still a fact.

[eekee 182]

I hadn't heard of that, but obviously it's not something they're discussing in Russian media so it's no wonder.

[ONA 133]

Well, it's a different kind of danger. Most people have to leave Russia seeking asylum. You are not allowed to support Ukraine.

My parents have been talking about a possibility of a civil war in future, but they still will not agree to leave Russia.