Mikhail Skoblionok, the head of the Jewish National and Cultural Autonomy of Tatarstan, expressed doubts Tuesday that many Jews will accept the Russian president's invitation to leave Europe and find refuge in Russia.
Writing in the Tatar website Realnoe Vremya, Skoblionok noted that many French Jews have been buying up apartments in Israel for the last five years. "People say that French Jews bought up these apartments and keep them in store. They are afraid that France will become a merely Muslim state and prepared reserve flats."
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