Translated material
Moscow on the march
In the opposition
Moscow on the march
January 14, 2013 Daily Journal
Persons :
Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov :
“To this (the call to dissolve the State Duma. - Rain) I do not belong. I believe that such calls cannot deserve attention, they cannot be respected with respect. Protest and civil society are growing up. Taking care of orphans is absolutely right. People come out and say they are concerned about orphans. Here is just the obligation of the authorities, to make orphans better, it is better in our country.
“Down with the Duma” is not constructive, this is not a conversation. The Duma is our parliament, it was chosen during the popular elections, and there is nothing to talk about with such people - there is nothing to talk about with such people. ”
Deputy from United Russia Ekaterina Lakhova, one of the authors of the amendments to cancel the adoption of Russian children by US citizens, in an interview with the Rain television channel:
“This promotion is, to be honest, to support the American business, because the agencies that worked is also a kind of business for them, they received good money for this when they brought children to America and for their services ... The prices there are quite decent, different ...”.
“I watched ... different people, of course ... for example, people like this well-known blogger“ friend ”who turned out to be a pedophile, and my wife makes a statement ... Well, I will not say to my wife, but I believe ... Still, when the wife is stating and when the connection is still talking about, and listen to what they talked about, you know, of course, this is like the truth. Here, just as about this Kabanov ... I just look-people who are always unhappy with something. There is the category of people who are always unsatisfied with something, and any reason is against the president, “Down with the President”, “Russia without Putin”, white ribbons ... and money. ”
Lakhova in an interview with Kommersant FM:
“I was just wondering how and how the active collection of those people who went down the street went on Pushkin Square. Very slowly, very slowly, I want to tell you. When you call numbers - 7 thousand people - I think that even 7 thousand is unlikely to reach Sakharov Square. ”
“Do you know what amazes me the most? I am the most amazing that people gather for such a large action sort of in support of American business, because for them our children, Russian, in fact, we will say, the subject of trade. ”
“You understand, I understand how much it all costs. This event is very expensive. I was interested in who was still with this action. They called Udaltsov and all others among the organizers. How this stream of financing goes, for example, I know. ”
“... Surely among those people who came, there are those who really are worried about this problem. Maybe they still did not understand, did not understand, because there really are a lot of such moments that are immediately very difficult and difficult to understand. ”
Lakhova in an interview with RIA "Novosti" :
“Pushkin’s area was almost empty. Maybe the people gathered somewhere in heaps. It is very cold outside. I doubt that someone needed someone at all ... "
Musician Alexei Kortnev in an interview with the Rain TV channel:
“An unusually many people. When we climbed Pokrovsky Boulevard up, I looked back. Feeling, there were several tens of thousands behind him. I can confidently judge this, because I looked from the scene of the Great Hall many times and roughly imagine what 5 thousand people look like, 10 thousand people. In my opinion, several dozen only on one side of the Boulevard Ring. This causes, if not enthusiasm, then satisfaction. ”
“In my opinion, to express their extreme indignation and disgust the decision of our deputies can hardly be interpreted as a political action. By the way, political slogans on this procession are practically not visible. Around the portraits of deputies with the inscription "Shame", I subscribe to this. The flags of political parties are almost not visible, so the deputy Lakhov is simply trying to make a good mine with a bad game. ”
In the media :
" New Gazeta" (direct broadcast):
“Zoya Vasilievna, 82 years old, rises along Rozhdestvensky Boulevard and cries. In the 90s, she retired and decided to go for free to help the children in the orphanage for the disabled: “They warned me: to caress, talk with them, otherwise we will not manage: few people, there would be no one to cook and change the diapers if every child demanded attention. 2 people served 18 children. They sat in beds and swing from side to side, they didn’t even let them down on the floor. ”
In the crowd, young people loudly and in roles read Brodsky's “Letters to the Roman Friend”. The lines cause a special revitalization of the listeners: "They say that all governors are thieves." They laugh around. "
Alexey Gorbachev, "Independent Gazeta" :
“Despite the severe frost, people rally willingly and optimistic. Homemade posters about the "Gosdura" and "Ugloven United Russia" were full of their heads. From time to time, the crowd of thousands of thousands were cohesively chanted the “shame”. The arrivals were outraged by the ban on adoption of orphans, portraits of the deputies that initiated him flew into specially prepared garbage baskets. Separately, President Vladimir Putin went - he was more than once accused of disregard for children. ”
Alexander Minkin, Moscow Komsomolets :
“The human sea flowed along the boulevards from the gun to Sakharov. It was a very calm sea - no one raged, did not set fire to, the riot police were beaten, they did not break the helmets. No aggressiveness on faces. The most common impression: cultural people went out into the street. Such people do not bloody, but velvet revolutions. Sometimes they (we) chanted: “Shame!”, But, you see, this is a very polite word if you speak about villains. ”
Andrey Kolesnikov, New Gazeta :
"The procession was called" march against the scoundrels. " And here is also a characteristic evolution - from “crooks and thieves” to “scoundrels”. From Joseph Brodsky it is known that "thieves to me Miles than a bloodsucker." But it turned out that they are nearby, and one property in our northern latitudes coincides with another. On the “march” they read “letters to a friend”: there are no questions to the quality of the “audience”. The protest movement is again in good intellectual form, closer to the one that was in the “velvet” revolution of 1989. Or, if you like, to the summer (last year) “Writers' walk”.
Vladimir Dergachev, Izvestia :
“In a motley crowd, creative home -made posters with slogans with the sides of the day were full, for the most part thematic - about the law on orphans, and banners with crossed portraits of the authors and supporters of the Law of Dima Yakovlev. Under the chatter of a helicopter, depending on the boulevards, the crowd encouraged itself with opposition screamers and exclamations “Shame!”. The columns filled all the boulevards . "
Vladimir Vorsobin, Komsomolskaya Pravda :
“It seemed that the opposition finally felt for a new approach to the Russian layman. Finally, it dawned on her-that the slogans of Putin’s bad, political prisoners, etc., sour long ago. And people will go outside only for the most earthly, oil -free reasons. Whether it is the threat of fines for living in the wrong place of residence, the crazy growth of housing and communal services tariffs or the question of the life and death of the most defenseless children. If the “swamp” feels this and learns to get “into the notes”, then you see - rumors about her sudden death will turn out to be very exaggerated. ”
In the media/opinions :
Polling citizens in Moscow News:
Irina Dobrokhotova-Maikova : “I specially came from the city of Pushchino for this procession, this is 100 kilometers from Moscow. I came, like everyone else, because I did not have the strength to endure. The law on adoption is already too much. Got it! I did not go to such rallies before, because I live far. But I support the opposition. Back in the 60s, I was friends with dissidents, though I myself was then too frivolous to engage in dissident activities. With these leaders, nothing will change, of course. No one will cancel the law. But I think that due to such attention to orphans and orphanages, maybe something will improve with them. ”
Stanislav Kazantsev : “I could understand if they adopted the“ anti -magnetic ”law, but when they recoup for children, this is already too much. I have my own children, here the deputies will come and say: "We will take away your children." If they understand that they have stood up for orphans, then, probably, there will no longer be adopted even more cannibalists. I did not go to rallies before because the organizers did not have worthy slogans. There were slogans "Remove Putin." Well, they would take it off, and then what? I support the opposition, but they need not only to talk about “crooks and thieves”, but also to invent some specific programs. ”
Vasily Semenov : “I have children, and I believe that, whatever the position of the state is, to use the most unprotected, weaker and most incompetent class of people - this is beyond the scope of good and evil. It is simply impossible. I went to rallies last December. Then it became pointless. The opposition did not take specific actions. For me, all other laws that have been published in the last few months were just ridiculous. I perceived them as comic stories. But this is no longer a joke. This law was made so quickly, as if they were only waiting to answer. ”
Yuri Turkin : “I came here because it is already very embarrassing. And not only the law on orphans, but the entire course of events in recent months. I am bad about the motives of this law. This is not even an answer to the “Magnitsky Law”, I can’t even say what it is. I also do not understand why the matter is not investigated around the money associated with the name Magnitsky. ”
Elizaveta Lisakovskaya : “I came here because of the law on education. He directly touches me. I will enter the university, and if the universities reduce the number of budget places, my chances will decrease. I see a lot of youth here and I think that they all came here. The law on orphans is also outrageous. ”
In the media/in blogs :
“Our photographer said that the action was one of the most numerous that he had seen since the opposition’s protests began in December 2011.”
In blogs :
“I was always surprised why the organizers of the protest rallies constantly argue with the authorities on the number of people who came to the rally. The authorities always underestimate the numbers, and many oppositionists fantasize the other way. Then everyone discusses loudly and for a long time and seek the truth. Unfortunately, during the year the organizers of rallies never guessed to organize an independent calculation, so I decided to do it myself. I bought mechanical counters and found the guys who helped me ... There were 8 people. Each had one counter (except me, I managed with two), we started counting at 12.40, the official fee was from 13 to 14 hours. By the beginning of our work, the most active, occupying a place at the head of the column managed to go to the place of the action, there were about 300 of them.
6 meters worked at the right entrance and three on the left, distributing evenly throughout the line. We stood until 14.15, after this time, almost no one went through the framework through the framework, units.
The result is at the right entrance: 570 people passed the maximum of one frame, a minimum (long and extreme) - 179 ... The result is at the left entrance: 878 people passed a maximum of one frame, and at least 141 ... We count at the right entrance. There are 23 frames and the following numbers (the most extreme, fourth and further evenly to the end: 179 - 212 - 401 - 448 - 522 - 570
I counted two extreme (first and fourth), on this side about 6 frames were less loaded, because the most removed from suitable people. Therefore, we choose the following technology: we consider the arithmetic mean for six extreme and remote frames and the average arithmetic for the 17 remaining frames.
179+212 divide by 2 and multiply by 6 = 1 173 people
401+448+522+570 We divide by 4 and multiply by 17 = 8 249 people
The result is the right entrance - 9,422 people.
We count on the left entrance. There are 23 frames and the following numbers (two edges, near and far for pedestrians and center): 878 - 758 - 141
The distant 6 frames were the least loaded. Calculation technology is similar.
141 multiply by 6 = 846 people
878+758 We divide by two and multiply by 17 = 13 906 people
Bottom line left entrance - 14,752 people
We summarize and add 300 people who managed to go in advance.
Final numbers - 300 + 9 422 + 14 752 = 24,474 people took part in today's action.
In my opinion, the error can be in the region of 5%. You can improve quality by adding another 5-7 counters. We will do it next time;) "
Executive Director of Solidarity Nadezhda Mityushkina:
“Before the march, almost 600 posters were glued, it remained to peel them off))), they already calculated the number of 6398 voters on the march - a few hours and the event will also end for solidarity.”
Co -chairman of Parnas Boris Nemtsov:
“The success of the march is absolute and obvious. And the reasons why, despite the old New Year and cold, we succeeded, as follows:
Firstly, the topic was chosen very accurately and correctly - for children against the scoundrels! This topic is not so much political as human. Everyone knows that in connection with the adoption of the Magnitsky law, Putin had problems with America. He had to protect the murderers of Magnitsky and thieves who stole more than 5 billion rubles from the budget. But no one could even imagine in a terrible dream that Putin would take revenge of orphans for thieves and killers. Moreover, the children, from whom Russian senior families have already abandoned. There is an obvious meanness of Putin and obvious lashing and cowardice from the deputies and senators. Even people far from politics understood this and could not help but come.
Secondly, it is very correct that the initiators of the march and its applicants were not political parties, not the coordination council of the opposition, but civilian activists. And here I would like to express special gratitude to Maria Orlovskaya and Ekaterina Tarakanova, who in December last year made this initiative and turned to us for support.
Thirdly, the organizers correctly did what they agreed with the mayor's route. And here an important role was played by Alexander Ryklin and Peter Tsarkov.
Fourth, the position of cultural and art figures became very important. And I am endlessly grateful to the directors Eldar Ryazanov, Kirill Serebrennikov, Vladimir Mirzoeva, Pavel Bardin, playwright Alexander Gelman, outstanding actors Lie Akhejakova, Oleg Basilashvili, Alexei Devotchenko, Tatyana Doguleva, Maxim Sukhanova, Oksana Myusina, Lev Rubinstein, writers, writers, writers. Viktor Shenderovich and Valery Panyushkin, children's psychologist L. Petranovskaya, producer Vasily Shumova, journalists Ksenia Larina, Arina Borodina, Svetlana Sorokina, Tatyana Lazareva, Olga Romanova, editors Dmitry Muratov and Evgenia Albats. They not only supported the march themselves, but also urged everyone to come to him. Here I would like to express special gratitude to Alexei Devotchenko, who was the first to openly announced the support of the march. As well as Yura Saprykin, Katya Mirzoeva and Sasha Sotnik (Politvestnik.ru) for organizing the recording of video features of our outstanding contemporaries.
Fifthly, the support of the march from a number of parties and movements was a significant factor in success: the RPR-Parnas, "Solidarity", "Yabloko", the party on December 5, "Left Front". As well as a number of members of the Coordinating Council: Dmitry Bykov, Sergey Parkhomenko, Sergey Davidis, Olga Romanova, Tatyana Lazareva, Mikhail Shats, Ilya Yashin, Sergey Udaltsov.
Unfortunately, a number of members of the Constitutional Court of the Constitutional Court of the Constitutional Court of the Constitutional Court of the Marshal were self -supported, which, on the one hand, affected the march, and on the other, is undoubtedly the mistake of these famous and respected people.
The most important thing is that those who believed, hoped and inspired the citizens that the protest was merged, once again sat in a puddle. Dissatisfaction with power, first of all, with its immorality and meanness guarantees a protest increase and an inevitable change in the regime. Yes, it will take time, courage, patience. Yes, some will need to go down from the clouds and take specific, albeit unsafe business. The main thing is in the name of what. ”
Deputy from United Russia Irina Rodnina:
“Placies with my photos and even with Kabaeva. But they were afraid with Karelin and Valuev :))) "
“Of course I am very upset ... I am upset that my photo was not a bright personality of“ experience ”, but as they say in Moscow: aunt from the queue: ((”
"Well, here she expressed her opinion and it also did not like it ... Why are all such touchy ones?"
"My nerves are strong, and the fact that the people do not know Moscow expressions and accept literally" personally "are their problems :("
On the blog of Viktor Maistrenko:
Victor Maistrenko : “He called a friend of the policeman. He was on duty in the capital. He says that all the authorities are in shock. More than 100 thousand passed ... "
Alexey Nikitin : “I work in the FSB, data from the framework of the framework of the online enters, it was 21,312 people exactly”
Chairman of the Council of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Alexander Cherkasov :
"25 thousand - assessment" below "
The fact is that, having entered Pushkinskaya to the boulevards, the first rows of the demonstrators found by no means empty space, there were not tens of thousands, but in total, thousands of people. Where?
Varvara Pakhomenko, who went to the procession through color Boulevard, notes that the entrance from this (and other non-accounts) directions was not blocked. That is, a significant number of people did not come through the framework, but "from the side."
Here!"
журналист Тихон Дзядко: «Как много и как много приятных лиц. Декабрь вернулся. Thank you!"
Николай Левшиц: «Демонстрация, а это была именно она, получилась. Подробности напишу позже, ибо эмоций очень много. От положительных, до разочарований. Где-то в начале шествия практически отнял плакат с депутатом Исаевым и шел с ним до конца маршрута, чтобы все видели, кто лишает детей-сирот будущего, благополучно бросив его потом в контейнер. Он ведь обещал запомнить тех, кто придет на акцию, пусть теперь смотрит фото и видео, нас было тысяч 30 или 40, я думаю!»
Ольга Орлова: «Беглые впечатления от Марша против падлюк (по-украински - выразительнее звучит) в сравнении с предыдущими. Чего меньше? Меньше молодежи. Возможно, тема детей пока не так трогает в силу возраста. Меньше лозунгов, в том числе и интересных. Возможно, людям не до шуток. Меньше дам в норке и дорогих лыжных костюмах. Возможно, значительная часть оппозиции не вернулась с каникул. Меньше улыбок. Много сосредоточенных понурых лиц. Народу по-прежнему много. Несколько десятков тысяч. Больше 30 тыс. Точнее сказать трудно, я не сразу присоединилась.
Люди серьезны и унылы: нас достали. Идут, скованные одной цепью. Многие - молча.
И еще тем, кто постоянно спрашивает: "А что это изменит? мы же ничего не добились." Нет, изменит. Такая борьба - не двухходовая партия. Надо, чтобы депутаты чувствовали, как много людей их презирает. Тогда они будут постоянно нервничать, ошибаться, создавать лазейки, которыми можно будет воспользоваться. Просто все меняется медленно. Но меняется».
Преподаватель истории в школе-гимназии №1567 Тамара Эйдельман: «Я очень надеюсь, что хотя бы часть этих гадов потихоньку, хоть одним глазком, да взглянула на наш марш, и, хотя все со мной спорят, но я очень надеюсь, что хоть кому-то из них стыдно - хотя они и не признаются. И теперь их подлость приклеилась к ним навсегда. То, что они где-то что-то воровали, это, может, и забудут, а вот то, что они с детками сделали - нет».
Эксперт центра «Правовая инициатива» Варвара Пахоменко : «Не могу сказать, что была в восторге от идеи идти под портретами депутатов, но в поименовании проголосовавших за мерзкий закон есть смысл - вроде я и знала о том, что бывший губернатор моей Томской области Кресс теперь в Совете Федераций, но не задумывалась, что и Виктор Мельхиорович
поддержал».
Заместитель директора ассоциации «ГОЛОС» Григорий Мельконьянц: «Марш против подлецов удался на славу. Это заметный сигнал, что ничего никуда не делось и народ не безмолвствует. Всем спасибо за участие!»
Журналист Маша Гессен : «Мы уже прошли Петровку, а с Пушкинской сообщают, что у металлоискателей очередь».
Депутат Думы от «Единой России» Сергей Железняк: «То, что делают для сирот Хаматова, Спиваков, Шахов, Левкин, Крикалев, огромное количество добровольцев и приемных родителей по всей России, я уважаю гораздо больше, чем бессмысленное топтание московских бульваров. Детям нужны не марши сытых взрослых в центре Москвы, а забота, любовь, семья. Тот, кто может это дать ребенку, в маршах не нуждается. Сколько приемных родителей было сегодня на марше? Ответ очевиден...»
Корреспондент «Новой газеты» Елена Милашина:
«Ну что сказать. Год спустя можно только констатировать факт. Стало традицией ходить маршами. Особенно многочисленными - когда особенно холодно. Таковы мы, россияне. Однажды и видимо в супер холодный день по пустяковому с точки зрения властей поводу выйдет на марш слишком много людей. И очередная страница российской истории перевернется. Я думаю, будет именно так».
член Общественной наблюдательной комиссии Москвы по контролю за соблюдением прав граждан в местах лишения свободы, активист «Солидарности» Анна Каретникова may_antiwar : «Пришли десятки тысяч. Холодно было, но пришли. И мы с сыном пришли. Люди держали над головами плакаты с портретами депутатов и сенаторов, проголосовавших за "антимагнитский закон" - закон против усыновления детей-сирот гражданами США. Я честно не ожидала увидеть столько людей. Они заполонили бульвары. Не было "левой" и "правой" колонн, они были едины. С детскими колясками. С инвалидами-колясочниками. С белыми лентами, со значками, и без всяких опознавательных знаков. Мы с трудом пробились к флагам партии 5 декабря. Дальше шли с ними.
Михаил Кригер собрал в ящичек 176887 рублей. Спасибо всем, кто жертвовал, и самому Михаилу тоже огромное спасибо. И спасибо всем, кто пришел на акцию. Нет, протест не слит. Я не ожидала, что придет столько людей. Наверное, Россия обязательно будет свободной».
Photos of Maria Olendskaya / Hedgehog
