Anti-Woke U.S. Dad Who Joined Putin’s War Machine ‘Blown Away by Hate’

A Texas dad who moved his family to Russia to escape what he called “LGBT indoctrination” is now stunned that his service in Vladimir Putin’s army has elicited “hatred” from critics. Derek Huffman, a 46-year-old former construction worker, made headlines earlier this year when he uprooted his wife and three young daughters for a new life in Moscow, leaving Texas in search of more “traditional values.” In May, he joined the Russian military in the hopes of fast-tracking citizenship. By June, the