Evgenia Albats about the anti-Semitism of Alexander Tsipko

On December 1, Novaya Gazeta published a remark by Evgenia Albats about A. Tsipko's article about "Jewish capital" in Russia.

E. Albats points to the inadmissibility of such publications, as unequivocally inciting anti-Semitic sentiments in society. “The only thing encouraging is that everything in this appeal is sheer eclecticism, and if it appeared in the next pogrom sheet, it would not be worth talking about it. However, the appearance of such an essay in the central large-circulation newspaper, aimed primarily at young people and street, - in a newspaper, not only closely associated with the Kremlin, but also owned by the oligarch and a member of the pro-presidential "United Russia" - Mr. Potanin ", is, in her opinion, a landmark event.

E. Albats points out that "the idea of ​​property redistribution by inciting ethnic hatred is not new." It was used by Hitler, it was used (repeatedly) in imperial Russia. However, the consequences of using such slogans have always been deplorable.

“A non-trivial question: why did such a pogrom article, which was previously published only in marginal magazines and leaflets, turned out to be in demand by a large-circulation publication that had not previously been noticed in rabid anti-Semitism? The answer that you have heard is that National Socialism is now quite in demand by society. before - despite inflation, poverty, instability - why couldn't Tsipko afford such a thing before (after all, he is no longer a young man, therefore, his views did not arise yesterday) - would they simply stop letting him into more or less civilized offices and meetings? I believe that the growth of pogrom sentiment is a direct result of the rhetoric that rushes from government offices, the Prosecutor General's Office, and so on ," the author concludes.

For our part, we want to remind you that this is not the first time observers have noted the demand for nationalist rhetoric by politicians . And "Komsomolskaya Pravda", although it had not previously been noticed in "rabid anti-Semitism", on the other hand, it repeatedly published pronounced nationalist and Islamophobic articles.

Sources

• Albats E. Controversy with the transition to the fifth paragraph" // New Newspaper. 2--3. December 1-3.