In Komsomolskaya Pravda they read between the lines

December 14, 2004 "Komsomolskaya Pravda" published an article by Andrey Moiseenko and Andrey Sedov "Russians are leaving the center of Moscow", which, in fact, is an extremely biased and incorrect retelling of the ethnological and sociological research of Olga Vendina, published by the Marketing and Consulting news agency " 29th of November.

O. Vendina's research examines various indicators that make up the "face of the city": census indicators, data from registry offices, self-identification of Moscow residents in terms of professional, territorial, civil and other parameters. The ethnic factor prevails (which is natural for academic ethnological research), but it is by no means the only one. Moreover, the author dispels a whole series of myths on specific figures. based his pre-election campaign on this in 2003 For example, about the "fertility" of representatives of ethnic minorities (let us recall that, in particular, G. Sterligov ), etc.

Meanwhile, Komsomolskaya Pravda retells this material extremely incorrectly. There are already more Caucasians than Tatars "..." In 1912 (! - Ed. ), the share of Russians among the entire population of Moscow was 95.3%, since then it has been constantly decreasing "" In addition to Russians, the share of Jews is declining. But the number of representatives of other main diasporas - Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Georgians, Tatars and Ukrainians with Belarusians is growing. Many of the "new masters" ... "The retreat of the Russians from the center and south-west of Moscow could be called voluntary. If these areas were not the most expensive, clean and prestigious. It turns out - exile? ... A poor man in this jungle Capitalism is impossible to survive in principle. Get drunk or move out. And they move out, " - these are just a few examples that give an idea of ​​the tone of the article.

Thus, through simple juggling with words and elementary vulgarization (under the guise of "popularization") of a sound sociological research aimed at creating a foundation for future quite substantive discussions, the authors of the article unequivocally create the image of the "Russian people" as an oppressed, forced out people, surprisingly completing their publication the following passage: * "The processes that we write about in this material need to be noticed and regulated. Just as we should notice manifestations of nationalism in relation to Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Georgians, Tajiks. In a word, to all those who used to make up the concept" Soviet people" and lived in harmony throughout its territory.

Yes, we will not solve the problem with our publication. We know. But we can make the fathers of this city and country think about it. And so that they do not pretend that they did not notice her, they are ready to write more and more. So that the authorities know that among the most diverse (we believe - pressing) problems there is this one"*.

It seems that the ethno-nationalist theme is becoming a priority for Komsomolskaya Pravda. If earlier offensive or incorrect publications were isolated and came out once a quarter or every six months and, by the way, often entailed lawsuits, then since the fall of 2004 the newspaper has clearly put such articles on stream .

Sources

• Moiseenko Andrey, Sedov Andrey. Russians leave the center of Moscow // TVNZ. 2004. December 14.