Where did they come from

Now the participation of nationalists in general supporting activities for many of their "colleagues" who profess a different ideology is a certain for granted. It can irritate, but the very idea that they are right there is practically not disputed. As a given, the presence of three columns is perceived - left, liberal and nationalist - on large protest processions (from almost complete ignoring the marks of the procession on January 13, observers seem to be in no hurry to draw conclusions that they will no longer walk with the rest at all). In the same way, the existence of three “political kuri” in the elections to the coordination council of the opposition was not questioned.

This given form has developed over the course of a year, although it was prepared a little earlier. Actually, the idea of ​​uniting all the non-systemic (and even some of the systemic) politicians, including nationalists, in something in common and large began to acquire outlines at the beginning of the second Putin term against Putin. The same three Kuriy (plus Kuria National Bolsheviks), for example, existed in the National Assembly almost forgotten today. However, in the days of these first general supporting formations, almost none of the real leaders of nationalist movements in the unification processes began to participate. They did not go to the marches of disagreements, preferring their own, “Russians”. “Strategy-31” supported some nationalist movements, but they never had a relationship to the organizing committee. (Consistent: in this case, it is primarily about Moscow. In the province, where the opposition itself in an understandable way collects fewer people, the emergence of representatives of completely different movements on opposition shares is more natural. In St. Petersburg, nationalists also adjoined the events of other movements more actively than in Moscow.) Various attempts of the Alliance with nationalists, like flirting of the naval or DPNI with DPNI or DPNI with DPNI with DPNI or DPNI. The partnership of initiative citizens of Russia (tiger) did not lead to the creation of long -term coalitions.

However, already in 2011, the nationalists began to adjoin the general support measures more actively, and representatives of other movements began to look closely at the nationalists. So, in the liberal environment there were voices that, for example, the “people of the DPNI circle” had a much larger resource than the same Limonov. Nationalists became interested in promotions in the defense of the Khimki forest, and Evgenia Chirikova, in turn, declared their readiness to cooperate on this basis with any organizations. At the same time, she spoke completely out of “Hitlerophiles” who attend the “Russian marches”, who spoke completely unambiguously as people with whom she was not on the way. True, she, apparently, was not embarrassed that those with whom she was ready to cooperate also went there. A logical continuation of this cooperation was the emergence of nationalists at two open forums of civilian activists of 2011 - Antiseliger and Last Autumn.

At a rally on pure ponds on December 5, 2011, from which it is customary to count the beginning of a new stage in the history of the protest movement in Russia, only two representatives of nationalists performed, and those are not the most noticeable. The action on December 10, which started on the Revolution Square and flowed into Bolotnaya, the nationalists supported the openly and came there by an organized column (at 500 people)-however, only Konstantin Krylov spoke from them, others arranged something like an alternative rally on Bolotnaya. From this moment, the rapid strengthening of the presence of nationalists in the protest environment began. So Vladimir Thor even performed - an unheard of business! - At the rally, which was organized on December 17 at the same swamp “apple” (the leader of Yabloko Sergei Mitrokhin in order to slightly smooth out the impression of Thor’s performance, he had to interpret his slogan “Glory of Russia!” As “Give Honest Elections!”).

A rally on Academician Sakharov Avenue on December 24 (where Tor and Krylov, and the representative of the Russian Movement Vladimir Ermolaev, from the hysterical cries of which followed the presidential candidate-Navalny), have already performed a characteristic manner of nationalists' behavior, about which many for some reason stubbornly forget. Here, as well as on several subsequent general support actions, nationalists, sweeping people, erupted to the stage, tried to tear off the performances of some ideological opponents, and provoked fights. Alexander Belov directly participated in the breakthrough on December 24, which did not prevent him from further and perform from the stands at the general opposition rallies, and sit in general support structures, and run for the coordination council of the opposition.

Recall that before the rally on December 24, an initiative group was organized, which later founded the civil movement, of which the civilian council was formed (the civilian time was formed, and these names have already sunk into oblivion). In these bodies, nationalists claimed one of the decisive roles. At the same time, the rest of the participants preferred to forget how the nationalists submitted alternative applications for events on December 24 and arranged cheating during the Internet voting for the candidates of speakers, who were supposed to be given the floor on Sakharov Avenue. Later, Vladimir Thor made his way into the narrow circle of participants in the organizing committee of protest actions. When the action was being prepared on Bolotnaya on February 4, Boris Nemtsov (who already called on to consider the Torah, detained on December 31, 2010, as a prisoner of conscience), reasoned that there should be three columns on the procession, because, they say, what else in Russia there are main political forces, if not left-wing, liberals and nationalists.

We will not sort out all the episodes related to the participation of nationalists in opposition events. Today, nationalists are included in the Coordinating Council of the opposition, and some of their colleagues had to come to terms with the fact that at the next meeting all the same Vladimir Thor will be the chairman, but then they bashfully postponed the date of the meeting from January 19 - the day of the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova - a day later. Together with Thor, Nikolai Bondarik went to the Constitutional Court, allowing himself cute jokes about the Holocaust (that he was convicted of murder, which you can’t see any side by any side by any side, it is customary to keep silent). One of the many scandals around the Constitutional Court was due to the fact that the nationalists rolled the proposal to financing lawyers participating in the “swamp business”. It is more interesting for nationalists to insist that more ultra -right are included in the list of political prisoners.

However, it seems that it seems, it should not be carried out first of all that nationalists are constantly pulling a blanket over themselves, and not even about breakthroughs and fights on large promotions. During the elections to the Constitutional Court, many people who do not share nationalist views completely expressed the opinion that it was necessary to vote for candidates from the nationalist curia, the so -called moderate ones, so that the so -called radicals in the Constitutional Court do not pass. There is no dispute, among the nationalists there really are so -called moderate ones who are trying to look respectable. But at the same time, they decisively do not want to distance themselves from other nationalists, completely non -moderate, with whom they go to “Russian marches” together. By the way, the last “Russian March”, according to observers, was distinguished by a very high level of aggression.

From the composition of the Constitutional Court, according to the charter, it seems like anyone can’t be excluded. But the point, of course, is not only in the coordination council. Perhaps some politicians should once again seriously think about how really important and need nationalists in protest movement. It is known that they come for general supporting measures, they just behave loudly. Whether the so-called moderate ones are able to make at least any significant contribution to the agenda is a big question. The only important topic for Russian society that they affect is the regulation of migration legislation. The level of xenophobia in Russia is high, but how much the population is ready to support a particular nationalist party is still completely non -not obvious. In any case, there are many other ways to increase the “protest electorate” without resorting to the support of nationalists and their potential supporters.

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