Vseslav Volkov: Russia not for Russians. Why Vladimir Putin is not a Nationalist – 4
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- апрель 9-го, 2017
10.Russian death
Russia is the richest country. This is evident, in particular, according to the list of the Forbes rating, in which the Russian oligarchs still – despite the crisis and the fall of the ruble – “win prizes”.
Russia owns 40% of all natural resources of the planet, which are estimated by the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences at $ 350 trillion. or $ 2.5 million for each citizen of Russia.
At the beginning of Putin’s rule – in the early 2000s – Russia was given an unprecedented opportunity: energy prices, in particular, for oil (and, correspondingly, oil products, which accounted for the lion’s share of Russian exports), increased several times. For these 15 “obese years”, Russia could have made a dramatic breakthrough in development – investing in science, and finally making roads for the first time in history not a disaster, but an advantage of Russia. Instead, these riches were either stolen by Putin and his entourage, or spent on pointless events such as the Sochi 2014 Olympics. In the best case, the funds were invested in US securities and were used as a “stash for a rainy day” – i.e. for periods when the inefficient “petroeconomy” of the “northern gas station” was going through hard times.
Citizens of almost all resource-rich countries – from Norway and Canada to the UAE – receive their share from the sale of these natural resources. Russians can only dream about such distribution of income from the mineral resources.
Russia is getting poorer – almost half of the population lives (or rather dies) in poverty[1].
An illustration of the minimum wage in different countries (by far not the richest by European standards)
The central – actually “Russian” – part of Russia is gradually disappearing into oblivion.
The level of population decline in Russia: blue line – birth rate, red – mortality, green – natural increase
As you can see on the graph, at the beginning of 2010 the rate of extinction of Russia declined, reaching zero. Due to what – is seen in the following illustration:
So, we can see perfectly well: the North Caucasus (almost completely non-white and predominantly Muslim) and the Volga region (largely Muslim and non-Russian) reproduce most rapidly. The Russians have not ceased to die out – they are simply replaced by non-Russians. Let me remind you: this infographics does not take into account immigrants, and in fact, for example, the Moscow maternity homes are filled with women in childbirth from Central Asia and Transcaucasia.
Russia as a result of 2015 became the country with the largest HIV epidemic in the world, follows from the UNAIDS report, the UN structure on the prevention of this disease. In terms of the growth rate of new HIV cases, our country is ahead of the majority of the world’s states (including Uganda and Zimbabwe), while the Russian authorities continue to save on financing of drug procurement and prevention.[2]
The leader in this trend is the Middle Urals: in the city of Yekaterinburg 26 693 cases of HIV infection are registered, which is 1.8% of the population of the megacity – that is, every 50th citizen of Ekaterinburg.[3]
The Russians are taking to drink. According to Alexander Nemtsov, head of the Informatics and System Studies Department of the Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, in Russia up to 40% of the working-age population regularly abuse alcohol, alcoholism affects 2 million people, and alcohol poisonings, mostly vermic substitutes, – 500 thousand[4].
Drugs: according to the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation, in 2014 the drug consumption market in Russia is 8 million people (regular and occasional consumption), of which 3 million are actively consuming. Every month, 5,000 people die from drug addiction in Russia[5] .
As for education and healthcare, the state of affairs will best be shown by this infographics.
An illustration of the results of 15 years of Putin’s rule (2015): 24,000 schools are closed, as well as 4,800 hospitals, the same number of polyclinics, 2.2 million people died out.
But as for the temples and other real estate of the Russian Orthodox Church – every year there are more and more, because the ROC is a very powerful corporation, with serious business assets (including shady ones), state support and frank claims to power over society.
A clear picture of the development trends in Russia. Red indicates the number of churches, blue – schools, green – hospitals, yellow – clinics.
In order to see how and where “ordinary” Russia lives, outside the metropolitan areas of Moscow and St. Petersburg, just away from the “grand” avenues and tourist “windows,” it’s enough to take advantage of panoramas on Google Maps, and as for me – like In the previous paragraphs – I will show you the most illustrative pictures.
Typical courtyard in the center of a Russian provincial city
Do you feel the atmosphere of the holiday?
The usual news for the Russian hinterland: “In the Urals water with worms flows from the faucets “
Children Hospital. The inscription “Olympic Gamesare more important to us”
Ex-Eastern Prussia. Signed: “68 years ago here was the blossoming German city of Gerdau. Now – the Russian settlement Zheleznodorozhny»
Signed: “Russian Spring”
A dying out northern village
A typical Russian road away from federal routes
“House of Culture”…
Russian ghetto …
Outskirts of Moscow
Typical street of the Russian provincial city
No comments.
Russians are very fond of outdoor recreation …
The inscription on the wall: “Russia is super”
And now let’s look at the Russians themselves – those of them that are most suited to Putin’s regime and, as a rule, are the most zealous of his supporters:
Folk festivals: vodka from dirty sneakers and pancakes from shovels
Young mothers, pride of Russia
The inscription: “Russia, forward! We are Russians, God is with us! “
Wonderful rest
Children want to be like their parents
Son and a loving dad
In a warm family circle
These guys have a great future …
11.The project “Novorossia”: stupidity and neo-Bolshevism in the service of Putin
The Ukrainian Maidan of 2013-2014 was a real shock for the Kremlin. For people who are accustomed to perceive the people as serfs, the very idea that in their “backyard”, in “Little Russia” (which they are accustomed to consider their province and not a sovereign state), the people overthrows the dictator, their adherent and business partner, was unthinkable. Moreover, 2013 was not very prosperous in the economic sense. In these conditions it was necessary to teach a lesson – both to the “younger brother” who got out of control, and to his own people, who, in the opinion of the Kremlin paranoid, seemed to be able to decide to follow the example of Ukrainians. Ukraine had to be “punished”, and Russians – along with a colorful example of “what happens to rebels” – urgently had to get a “patriotic bonus” that could compensate for their beginning to deteriorate reality. Crimea (traditionally considered by the Russian masses “part of Russia, undeservedly presented to Ukraine”) for this came up perfectly.
The organic continuation of the Putin’s occupation and annexation of the Crimea, which met almost no resistance from the demoralized and disorganized post-revolutionary Ukraine, became the so-called “Russian Spring” in the South-East of Ukraine.
Fortunately, in Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhya, Kherson, even in the infamous Odessa [6], and other cities of the South and East of Ukraine, thanks, first of all, to the active actions of the Ukrainian public, such a scenario was avoided.
Gloomy crowd of “Anti-Maidan”
Donbass – in view of the general “resentment” of its elites and part of the population on the Maidan (which pushed the local Donetsk oligarchy-criminal group Yanukovich away from power in the country), as well as significant criminalization of the region – in combination with the situation bordering on Russia and a large number of descendants of migrants from Central Russia [7] – appeared to be an easier target for Putin’s expansion represented by “pro-Russian” separatists.
End of February 2014 Donetsk Neo-Bolshevik separatists establish round-the-clock protection of the Lenin monument [8]
If we discard 1) motley propaganda demagogy, 2) the specific financial and economic interests of the leaders of this movement, then the main goals of the “Russian spring” as a mass movement were the following:
- The split of “fascist Ukraine” and the annexation of the regions of the South and East of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (how much “Russian” this state is, we have already shown above);
- The preservation and strengthening of the Soviet and post-Soviet “cultural coordinate system” (it was also colorfully described above), the suppression of Ukraine’s integration into Europe.
Spring 2014. Separatists in Kharkiv under red flags protect their idol – the founder of the USSR V. Lenin from the encroachments of Ukrainians and try to take the city under their control
Can these slogans – and moreover also implemented in practice in the form of an aggressive war against a neighboring, in a direct sense related (in Russia, few families in which there are no relatives in Ukraine) white people – be considered a manifestation of “Russian nationalism”, “Russian right idea”? The answer to this question, in my opinion, is obvious: no.
Very colorful characters.
A portrait and a quotation of the main Stalinist executioner Beria (Georgian by nationality) in one of the institutions of the “DNR”
Remember the orcs from” The Lord of the Rings”
And these beautiful photos were made near the Malaysian Boeing, shot down by militant separatists in the summer of 2014:
Probably it’s also “Russian nationalists”, right?
The Soviet flag along with the imperial tricolor is the brightest example of “Donbass schizophrenia”
Well, “for dessert” – photos of very very “Russian” faces of the “Russian world” of the separatist Donbas:
That’s it, the “civil war” in Ukraine
«For Russian Donbass»…
«Russian» Yakuts or Buryats
«White Donbass. Faith. Russia. People»
«Russian» Negro–Stalinist
And this “Russian” Islamist from the North Caucasus was not very lucky
Two more, very “Russian” ones
«#Russianspring»
The more surprising is the fact that in 2014, despite years of repression by the state, part of the Russian extreme right public supported this pro-Kremlin adventure. Who are those “strange nationalists”? Here are their main groups:
- national-bolsheviks; the reason: Stalinism and “Imperialism” are part of their ideological platform[9];
- part of “old-school fascists” of 1980-90-s (incl. orthodox fundamentalists and several paganist communities); the reason: all the movements of that time, formed mainly in Soviet times, in conditions of ideological isolation and general marginalization, were an example of ideological eclecticism, sometimes – a hodgepodge, the leitmotif of which, again, was an imperial, “great-power” idea;
- newcomers (in particular, the audience of the site «Sputnik and Pogrom»[10]); the reason: in 2013-14 due to a number of resonant events in Russia itself (including clashes on national soil), a large number of young and “ideologically immature” people, who easily succumbed to these ideological manipulations in the spring of 2014, were involved in the nationalistic environment;
- part of football hooligans; the reason: football fans have always been a fairly loose and volatile ideologically environment, and work with them has been conducted by the Presidential Administration since the early 2000s.
Representatives of the aforementioned categories probably took the bait of the myth (invented by themselves) about the creation of the “Russian national state” in Novorossia, although in practice there was nothing like this at all. To realize that they were deceived, it took the “right-wingers” many months, years … Someone have not understood the deception until now. And someone …was killed by their own “friends”[11].
12.Russians against «Novorossians»
However, it was clear to the vast majority of reasonable nationalists from the very beginning.
The most famous of the Russian right-wing political figures opposing “Novorossia”: D. Demushkin, A. Belov-Potkin, V. Basmanov, V. Istarhov, Y. Gorsky, B. Mironov, I. Mironov, A. Shiropayev, D. Konstantinov; Bloggers: D. Savvin, S. Loshkarev (Belogvardeets), Stanislav Morozov, Anton Skald and many others.
Radical appeal against “Novorossia” and in support of Ukrainian nationalists came also from the very authoritative in the Russian right environment prisoners – representatives of the autonomous resistance – the “Russian underground”, serving long (often lifelong) periods for loud actions of direct action: N. Korolev (grouping “SPAS” ), A. Voevodin (grouping “Combat Terrorist Organization”), V. Krivets, ABTO, Vokin Brothers and others.
Below are only a few illustrations of support from the Russian nationalists towards Ukraine, which opposes Putin’s aggression:
Nationalists from St. Petersburg help Ukrainians on the Maidan in the winter of 2014.
Nationalists from Russian Belgorod on the Maidan. Winter of 2014
Russian march in Vyatka (Kirov). On the banner there is the inscription “Stop lying, imprisoning and waging wars”, next to the flag of Ukraine.
Russian march in Ryazan
Moscow. Russian right-wingers in T-shirts of the Ukrainian regiment “AZOV”.
Moscow. “Russian May Day-2014”, the flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (“UPA”).
Kazan. ” Glory to Heroes” and the Ukrainian nationalist symbol of the idea of the Nation.
Graffiti from the famous Moscow right graphitist Umka. The inscription: “Brothers”.
Ryazan. “Glory to Ukraine”.
Vyatka (Kirov). ” Glory to Heroes ” and a trident.
“The Russians are against the war with Ukraine.” Russian nationalists take part in the multithousand antiwar “March of the World” in Moscow.
Other photos of the event
Often Russian nationalists use physical force against supporters of “Novorossia”. Here are some of well-known actions: in October 2014, in St. Petersburg, the ultra-right beat up a supporter of Novorossia, in the summer of 2015 an attack was carried out in Moscow on the Communist Patry tent for collecting “help” for Donbass, in St. Petersburg a truck of NOD (movement advocating escalation of aggression against Ukraine) was burned, and in Novosibirsk – another fan of Novorossia was beaten by nationalists.
Another part of Russian nationalists went even further – several hundred right-wing volunteers went to Ukraine (many illegally making their way through border posts) to fight against Putin’s “Russian world” in Ukrainian volunteer battalions: “Donbass”, “Right Sector”, “AZOV”, “OUN” and others. Some of them died in this war, many were wounded, all – became outcasts – in a foreign, poor country, divorced from their families and relatives, deprived of the opportunity to return home to Russia. How deep should there be hatred for the regime to force adults, often already socially held, to consciously take such actions?
Fighters of the Russian Insurgent Army – the formation of Russian volunteers fighting in the East of Ukraine against the pro-Kremlin separatists.
The unofficial flag of Russian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine.
Leaflets in memory of the fallen Russian fighters of the “AZOV” regiment
Farewell ceremony with the fallen Russian volunteer of the regiment “Azov”. Kiev, Independence Square.
Russian anti-Putinist volunteer near the pedestal of the liquidated Lenin monument
An 18-year-old schoolboy who fled to Ukraine from Russia to join the ranks of the “Right Sector”
Conclusion. Why do Russians trust Putin so much?
After all of the above, the question can not but arise: “How can a nation that makes up 80% of the population tolerate such a situation in its own country?”.
The main reasons for this are, in my opinion, two factors: 1) the lack of national self-awareness and 2) the paternalistic way of thinking. I will explain:
- If in the minds of most Russians there is some kind of “national idea”, then this idea is “imperial”, state-centered, etatist. “True” nationalism (as an aspiration to fight for the rights of its own nation – above all against a repressive denationalized state), if it occurs in the mass consciousness, is mostly sporadic – as a reaction to strong emotional irritants such as terrorist attacks or high-profile murders – in this respect, the level of “ethnic consciousness” of Russians does not differ much from the one of Western Europeans;
- Russians are extremely passive and inert. A Russian man in his mass is not inclined to take responsibility for his actions at all – it is much more convenient for him to feel above himself the absolute power of the “father of the tsar” and of his entourage, which, if failed, can be cursed. To understand the level of “civil activity” of Russians, the example of the already mentioned “Novorossia”, which was supported by the majority of the population of the Russian Federation, is typical: in reality the realization of this project has been dealing (thank God!) with the indifference not only of the state, but of society. Out of 140 million people, a couple of dozen volunteers went to Donbass (many of whom when they were already dead were buried like cattle in unmarked graves near Rostov – compare this with the way the funeral of the fallen soldiers of Ukraine are carried out), the amounts of “donations” are also not comparable neither with the population of Russia, nor with its riches.
Moreover, the current “psycho-emotional” state of Russian society – with his painful love for his own torturers and executioners (Ivan the terrible, Stalin, Putin, even Ramzan Kadyrov) – can be compared with the “Stockholm Syndrome”, burdened, in addition, with hatred to all countries that have escaped an unenviable fate, like Russia. In general, we see here a sort of “imperial sado-masochism” – a longing for the former “greatness” (“it is necessary that everybody all around is afraid of us”), aggravated by the subconscious feeling of the lack of a positive agenda for the development of the country as a unifying national idea[12].
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Does it make sense to continue to believe in the illusory myth of the alleged “ideological confrontation between Putin and the left-liberal West” (which in fact is not, as I demonstrated above that Putin’s values in the aspects of interest do not differ much from the values of his “Western colleagues”), – everyone should answer this question for himself.
It should be understood that in this situation, any help to the modern Russian state means support not only for the aggressive policy of the Putin regime, which brings so many troubles and troubles to the surrounding (primarily European) countries, but also support for further enslavement and zombification of the Russian people, destruction in it of the last foci of truly national, European thinking.
If, summing up, I characterized Putin’s rule in one phrase, it would not be an exaggeration to say:
“Putin is the death of the Russian people and a serious threat to other countries.”
T-shirt of the Russian nationalist: “Military coup. We believe. We hope. We wait”
Recommended references:
Crimes of the regime:
Right-wing resources:
Ethnocrimes:
- Visitors to Kurban Bairam and the Russian police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn3l1jKyjsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jet555kNNlM
- Sokolov-Mitrich «Non-Tajik girls. Non-Chechen boys» – http://www.litmir.co/br/?b=25408
- Actual news under tag “ethnocrimes” – http://pn14.info/?cat=81
Degradation:
World war II, May 9:
The White movement:
Other interesting blogs about Putin and Russia:
[6] Dramatic events of 05/02/2014 Russian media and pro-Kremlin pseudo-patriots like to portray as “the genocide of Russians,” while keeping silent that (1) the clashes that day began with the shooting from the side of “peaceful anti-Maidan” demonstrators, which resulted in death of several Ukrainians, and (2) the national composition on both sides was absolutely diverse, which made the confrontation exceptionally political, not national.
[7] Moved there after the Holodomor of the 1930s, which depopulated the Ukrainian Donbass
[9] In the days when various movements were emerging and gaining ground in Russia, opposing the “creeping occupation” of the country from aliens from Central Asia and the Caucasus, who shortly before conducted the genocide of the Russian-speaking population in their republics, the NBP preferred to fight windmills, “inventing” the oppression of Russians in The Baltic States;
[10] This resource was in 2012-2013 one of the most promising in the “right Runet”. However, the frank “sagging” to the power made by its chief editor Yegor Prosvirinin because of fear of reprisals (at this time a criminal case on “extremism” was launched) during the Crimean events, put an end to this project as the voice of independent nationalists.
[11] “Volunteers” of Novorossia – a poorly managed conglomerate of mischievous adventurers – were and are a headache not only for the Ukrainian side, but also for the “curators” from the Kremlin, who aspire to subordinate the unrecognized “republics” as much as possible, and as for the most independent of their figures – to destroy them physically. Among the leaders of the separatists, already liquidated by Russian special services and their agents (all these actions, of course, are written off to “fantastically professional” Ukrainian saboteurs, although even the most naive Russians are unlikely to believe in these tales), there are such “legendary” commanders as: A. “Batman” Bednov, A. Mozgovoi, “Cossack Ataman” Dremov, leader of the Kharkov “Oplot” movement E. Zhilin (shot near Moscow), A. “Motorola” Pavlov, M. “Givi” Tolstykh, the head of the Lugansk police O. Anashchenko, former leader of the LNR V.Bolotov (poisoned in Moscow) and others.
[12] The best, in my opinion, graphic illustration of this worldview schizophrenia and insignificance of the Russian common man gave the report of Radio Liberty from an abandoned village in the Siberian taiga, a man who first complains about the life and arbitrariness of the authorities, the poverty of the richest country in the world, and then praises Putin and its aggressive foreign policy, including the war in Syria, costing the Russian budget hundreds of billions of dollars annually, because “America is threatening Russia”, and “everyone should be afraid of us”.
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