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Digest Russia: “I don’t like myself when I coward”

Дайджест Россия: "я не люблю себя, когда я трушу"

This week happened a good reason to remember, as easy reach of the tragedy of ethnic conflicts, when the economy is not all right, and the authorities are trying to pretend that neither one nor the other occurs. We are talking about the so-called Ferghana pogroms that occurred in Uzbekistan in may-June 1989, which became the catalyst that Russian had to carry out his legs, abandoning all their property and not having to sell the apartment.

Conflicts between the Uzbek and Turkish young people occurred periodically, but on 16 may, the situation escalated. First, the city Kuvasay several hundred Uzbeks tried to break in places of compact residence of the Turks (injured more than 50 people), in early June to pacify aggressive young men were thrown of the internal troops, but their forces were inadequate. Similar massacres took place in Margilan and Fergana. The Turks tried to hide from the attackers to the police Department, the city committees of the CPSU. Uzbeks besieged administrative buildings, attacks on policemen, demanded to give their comrades who were arrested yesterday.

In Kokand on the trucks came several thousand Uzbeks from rural areas. They took over the city Committee, and then the regional party Committee, a brick factory, the jail, which has released several dozen prisoners. Totally out of control mob with sticks and iron bars marched through the city, destroying kiosks and storefronts, the police took away his gun.

A semblance of order had managed to Qo’qon to recover only on 8 June, the aircraft in the Russian Federation were evacuated 16.5 thousand Meskhetian Turks. Until the end of the year, in Ferghana region remained under curfew.

What is silent in the official chronicle is that on the eve of the pogroms in Uzbekistan held a series of religious meetings, which calls for the creation of an Islamic Republic of Uzbekistan, to drive out the Russians, Crimean Tatars, Turks. To help the rioters became a duty and honor for those who stayed home. Fanatics burned alive people, beaten to death women and children. How much is actually in that massacre killed people the Uzbek government hides so far.

Violent showdown as the image of the government

Last Saturday in the capital was unsettling. The whole town knew that in the cemetery khovanskoye happens, something terrible, but the information was very scarce. And at this time workers this seems to be the quietest place in the city watched as some people came into the battle for life and death with the local guard. As it turned out, the massacre was attended by about 500 people. Wall to wall went at each other citizens of Tajikistan who stayed in Russia illegally, and immigrants from Chechnya, who wanted them to “unfastened” 50% of revenues with services rendered by funeral services there. After arguments in the form of baseball bats and rebar were exhausted, in the course went firearms. In the end, 3 people were killed and 26 were wounded. They are all Tajiks, none of the Chechens was not injured.

Cemetery workers reported several times that at the cemetery, something is brewing in law enforcement. Even when there were armed men, two of Wake-up calls the police received. The guards are not rushed.

All week there were arrest. Residents of Tajikistan will be deported, 22 Russian citizen was detained for 15 days. That someone will be punished for the death of three Tajiks are not reported.

Analysts say that the incident is a consequence of the prolonged economic crisis in the country. Money was not enough, not only to the oligarchs, who also do not shy away from any methods of struggle for tidbits, but the bandits. And the latter, as shown by the experience of the 90’s, scary. Lads, if they take to the streets, the cracks will be hard to drive, they will have to negotiate, including the authorities.

The new rules of the election campaign

Progress in the development of Russian democracy, and at the same time of statehood in the face. Some 20 years ago during the election of the company participating in her party faced in debates and talk shows on all TV channels, published its programs in media, met with voters, at worst, printed flyers scored their mailboxes of voters to seal their walls and doors of the entrances. But now politicians have settled down, to say, aged, act only in accord with “the letter and the spirit of the law.”

Apparently so, in this season become so popular shenanigans against members of those who do not wish to follow a single policy aimed at isolating the country from all over the world, on solving problems caused by the incompetent actions of the government, at the expense of the unsecured part of society.

First, a series of attacks occurred Mikhail Kasyanov, who headed the electoral list of “Parnassus”. And here again the field of view of the advocates of catholicity, of specialness and unrestrained denseness came Alexei Navalny. Aggressive action against him is difficult to attribute to pre-election hysteria: due to the hastily made hastily a couple of convictions he can not participate in the parliamentary elections. But a lot of revelatory articles concerning the personalities of the highest level of the Russian elite, causing periodic exacerbation in those who are always ready to serve this elite on the premises.

On Tuesday Navalny and a group of his employees, arrived in Anapa with their wives and children, was attacked by a group of strange people, dressed in the Cossack form of folk art collectives. Sing and dance they were untrained, but had mastered the art of kicking her fallen to earth people. The guards, of which attendees were urged to stop escalating a fight, chose not to interfere with traditional Russian entertainment. Only when one of the employees of the Foundation FBK smashed his head, sluggishly, the police demanded to stop a disgrace.

Alexei Navalny filed a statement to law enforcement authorities. Press Secretary of the President paranicheva not know.

What really needs migrant workers

This week learned the details of how and, most likely, elections will be held in unreliable, from the point of view of “United Russia” electoral districts. Let the elections in Barvikha were canceled, but they demonstrate how you can solve any problem with passing the right candidate or party in the area by an isolated PEC. So, around 3,000 voters at a time were imported and registered 495 novorostovskaya citizens of Russia, which yesterday were migrants and had very slim chances to become full members of society. Voted for whom again addressed the issue of excessive. It is easy to calculate that with a turnout of about 25% (in local elections is the norm) and when a range of voices on other lines in the newsletters you can easily obtain the required 50% of votes, not caring about the agitation among the local population.

The well-coordinated work UFMS across the country due to these small polling stations it is easy to form the Duma majority, and at the same time, to ensure the growth of the population in the country, and to form the circle of provocateurs, who, on occasion, will help any peaceful protests of the indigenous population to turn to in the need to disperse the forces of the national guard.

People are dying for “GUAP-babosiki”

What is most necessary to the ordinary person? Of course, money. The chronic fiscal deficit has tried to solve some of Alexei when on the evening of may 18 in the Bank of the Moscow credit Bank. He took hostage several employees of the credit institution and demanded a large sum of money. When the situation threatened to spiral out of control (“terrorist” screamed the negotiator: “fuck you all, now fly with me 50 people”) the decision was made to eliminate the invader. SWAT officers during the inspection of the body found nothing dangerous: just a fake bomb and something remotely resembling a gun.

MPs ease the suffering of the Russians from the last effort

To finish the last session of Parliament before the election, through a sieve which will not all, elected officials that is urine the stamp laws: one other humane. The right to travel abroad imposed by someone unknown it is unknown on what basis the Russians stripped last week. On this the people raised in a fatal dependence on lawlessness in domestic pharmacology. Some time ago, in the Wake of the fight against sanctions were terminated procurement of essential drugs that can be had with a doctor’s prescription to pharmacies. People sighed and began to collect money to save terminally ill children and relatives on social networks for charities. There were kind souls that are going on overseas trip bought with the money life-saving drugs and to bring suffering.

Now MPs and put the kibosh on that. The state Duma has banned the import to Russia of medicines, even for personal use. Now those who are teetering on the brink of life and death there are two options: lie down and die or carry their “blood” into the pharmacy and buy domestic.

Though in some ways we have surpassed the Chinese

Analysts of the savings Bank struggling to fulfill their small salaries. They analyze everything and everyone. This week the public was the information that the average salary in Russia fell below $450 and was less than in China, but also in Serbia, Romania and Poland.

On the one hand it would be necessary to rejoice: and suddenly the giants of the global industry will decide to place in Russia its production. On the other – I’m so embarrassed! Even 5 years ago we condescendingly call China the “factory of the world” and thought, “Well, since we are something!”. And no, and to invest in our economy, nobody is in a hurry: the risks are too great and ineffective tranzaktsionnye costs.

About Russian “a bright future”

Will not hold hard analogies, but in a distant and immensely becoming native Russians Venezuela, oil accounts for 90% of its exports and 60% of the total budget of the country. It is small country, there exists a brutal dictator (also infinite your for our government) nicolás Maduro. He doesn’t know how and doesn’t want to change something in the governance of the country due to the prevailing economic collapse due to the sharp fall in oil prices.

The country introduced a state of emergency. Limited to citizens and businesses electricity consumption and water consumption. Even local officials are working 2 days a week. The inflation rate in Venezuela in 2015 amounted to 180%. At a salary of 27 thousand bolivars, a kilo of meat is 4.2 thousand

In shops it is possible though to buy something, only after standing in a huge queue. Mostly for the buyers brought only the bare shelves. The President connects the situation with the machinations of imperialism and economic war that Venezuela declared the treacherous US.

Young people with higher education is doing everything to leave their country. Those who are forced to stay, collecting signatures for a referendum on the President’s resignation. This Maduro meets with tear gas and police batons (and why not flame throwers?) to disperse the demonstrators. He said that about 1.85 million people who signed the petition for the referendum, is not enough. In the opinion of the dictator, to put the question on early termination of its powers, it is necessary to collect votes 20% of the electorate. The opposition has no doubt that she will. You only need a little more time.

The national guard is waiting for another rename

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who in the upcoming election campaign plans to use the image of the Russian Emperor Alexander III as a symbol, it opposes Stalin and the horrors that he created in the country, made a proposal to rename the national guard, created by the President in April of this year.

According to the policy “the National guard is needed against the rebels, against the revolutionaries of all stripes. …let’s call this on the gendarmerie, as it was in tsarist Russia”. Vladimir Zhirinovsky never was right. Dictionaries and encyclopedias define the gendarmerie, as “special police troops for political protection and investigation, to combat the revolutionary movement.” The nail on the head, and flirting reason: the national guard, resguarda. The essence will not change.

Atheists of all Russia, unite!

This motto can be the party of “Atheist Russia”, which is just registered in our country. The initiator and spiritual leader was an activist of the party “Communist Russia” Ilya Ulyanov. He believes it is unnatural that in the 21st century religious institutions can have a significant impact on society. The purpose of the party, which, by the way, has offices in 50 regions of Russia, is the adjustment of the rights of believers and atheists.

Practical activities of “Atheist Russia” will be expressed in attracting the attention of the public, prosecution of action, unacceptable in a country where the separation of Church and state.

Who said that culture is allocate low on funds?

It turned out that the great and the richest cellist of Russia is the head of the modest, but somehow the most closed country in the Petersburg house of music. Is this Palace built in the late 19th century in the Admiralty district of St. Petersburg near Mariinsky theatre. To get into these things charitable institutions is possible only with a guided tour (twice a week), or by coming to the concert (2-3 times a month).

In the 90s, this building was an escort Agency. His Chapter on coincidence was acquainted with the family of Boris Yeltsin and Anatoly Sobchak, and also with the friends of Vladimir Putin – Viktor and Natalia Cherkesova. In 2005, with almost public house the lease was terminated due to the fact that there is no restoration works were carried out. Immediately after it was created by the House music, which and placed in an abandoned and ruined Palace.

Despite the fact that House music is a state Agency, it is not the educational process is conducted on a budgetary basis. Here the pillars of the domestic arts, such as Yuri Bashmet, give master classes. It is known that for the best aspiring musicians Palace Roldugin allocates scholarships, violinist Pavel Miliukov has allocated for use skipco Stradivari worth 2 million dollars. How are these the best, nobody knows. Also unknown the principle on which Russian and foreign musicians have the right to speak, and the press to attend the concerts or to communicate with management. The activity of the Palace of music are trying to advertise, visitors do not need, there is clearly not on fees from concerts and tours.

Unexpected the expected results of “Eurovision”

On the last Saturday they had all managed to pick to pieces new procedure for the determination of the winners, Jamal, just in case the whole “Geyrope. Ukraine during these few days said it plans to adopt the following “the Eurovision song contest in the Crimea”, then the thought and began to think whether it will pull the budget of such an event in principle. Russian fans, which does not Shine victory in the world Championships on hockey and football began to make plans, who would send to the next contest of singing skill. Options was one of the other exotic: from the Cord (“to send”) to the combined choir of the armed forces. There were options to revive old and to send the Diva along with pericoronal Kobzon.

Among this hysterical hype: “the hell … Russia is … the Eurovision song contest” has lost quite a sensible idea: “If Russia refuses to participate in “Eurovision”, and then there’s the whole politics thing ends now”, it’s not steel, neither James Cameron nor Angela Merkel nor even their press secretaries to make a statement after representatives of their country took place in the second ten. Prestige, their economies have not suffered from it.

Once again the question about the coming world Cup

Particularly meticulous users of the Internet portal change.org a petition launched by British citizen James Lavin, who believes that the world championship on football of 2018 cannot and should not be held in Russia. Naturally, the main reason for his initiatives were the actions of Russia in Eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea.

This petition will be sent to FIFA. Now it has been signed by more than 83 thousand people.

And in the world championship on hockey which passes in Russia, our national team reached the semi-finals.

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