“Russia is for Russians!” -2.

On January 15, 2004, A. Kirsanov responded to an article by a certain A.V. dated December 25, 2003 "Russia - not for Russians?" He supported A.V. in his indignation at V.V. Putin, who called “provocateurs and idiots” those who support the slogan “Russia for the Russians” . A. Kirsanov "does not see in this formula any infringement of the rights of other peoples living in Russia" , because "when a Russian person says: Russia is for Russians, he does not mean by this the requirement of any special privileges in comparison with the inhabitants ... country by national minorities, but, on the contrary, puts on the agenda a historically overdue and overripe need ... equalizing Russians in rights with these national minorities and eliminating long-standing discrimination against the Russian people in comparison with other indigenous and non-indigenous ethnic groups of Russia . In this regard, a whole program of actions is proposed, containing, in particular, the requirement of proportional representation of Russians in all branches of government, the media and other organizations. Meanwhile, we remind you that, according to A.V. and Kirsanov, the Russian population in the Russian Federation is 85%.

According to the author, as a state-forming people, the Russian ethnos took on "an exceptionally difficult and responsible mission . " It is the Russians who are the first to perish in Chechnya and other "hot spots", it is the Russians who develop harsh and uninhabited areas, where they create an advanced culture and a modern material and technical base, and so on. In the meantime, senior officials, such as Yu.M. Luzhkov, as well as other mayors and governors, condone the appearance even in the primordially Russian cities and regions of Central Russia, the Urals, Siberia and the Far East of very numerous Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian and Chechen diasporas, measured many hundreds of thousands. Thus, "the foundation is being laid for bloody conflicts along the lines of the Kosovo model . " The President, meanwhile, "warmly and friendly" communicates with representatives of the Jewish people, noting their great contribution to the "progress of our ... country" , congratulates them on the holiday of Hanukkah, forgetting that on the same day all Orthodox Russia celebrates "one of the most famous and widely loved saints in Russia" - the day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra. Therefore, as the author states, the Russians "ardently pray" for the gift of Russia "an Orthodox leader who would lead ... the great state of the great Russian people . "

Sources

• Kirsanov A. "Provocateurs and idiots" // Domestic notes. Issue No. 31 / Soviet Russia. January 15, 2004.