Find ten differences: Tkachev says so

On March 1, 2006, Interfax-South published an interview with the governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev, devoted, as stated in the announcement, to "the results of the economic development of the Kuban last year and the urgent problems that are currently being resolved in the region . "

This text in places almost word for word repeats the interview of A. Tkachev, dated ... September 18, 2003 , of course, retaining all the aggressive rhetoric in relation to the other ethnic population of the Kuban.

However, the governor has clearly developed a whole set of rhetorical clichés that he willingly reproduces in many of his interviews. Here are just a few examples in which we offer our readers, as in a children's game, "find the ten differences."

Tkachev said:

| Date About migrants And at the same time about human rights activists | 18/09/03 In an effort to win back their place under the Kuban sun, migrants who have arrived in the region settle in whole ethnic communities. Tenaciously grow into a new place, erect expensive mansions, buy up land. And everything would be fine, but the "new Kuban" bring unhealthy elements of rivalry into the measured life of the region, they are trying to impose their customs and customs. Groups united by ethnicity seize local markets, accustom young people to drugs, draw young people into the criminal business... ...As soon as we took the first steps to restore order in the migration sphere, we immediately fell under the crossfire of Russian and foreign media. Angry reproaches of "lawyers" were immediately heard, who defend the rights of everyone and everything, except for the right of a Russian person to be a master in his own land. Measures to identify illegal migrants are categorically declared "ethnic cleansing." | 13/07/04 In an effort to win back their place under the warm Kuban sun, migrants who have arrived in the region settle in whole ethnic communities. Tenaciously grow into a new place, erect expensive mansions, buy up land. And everything would be fine, but the "new Kuban" bring unhealthy elements of rivalry into the measured life of the region, they are trying to impose their customs and customs. Groups united by ethnicity are seizing local markets, accustoming young people to drugs, drawing young people into the criminal business... As soon as we took our first steps, we immediately fell under the crossfire of Russian and foreign media. Angry reproaches of "lawyers" were immediately heard, who defend the rights of everyone and everything, except for the right of a Russian person to be a master in his own land. Measures to identify illegal migrants are categorically declared "ethnic cleansing." | 01/03/05 In an effort to take a place under the Kuban sun, the arrived migrants settle in whole ethnic communities, tenaciously grow into a new place, build expensive mansions, buy up land. And everything would be fine, but the "new Kubans" introduce unhealthy elements of rivalry into a measured life, they try to impose their morals and orders on the world around them. Ethnic groups are taking over local markets, accustoming young people to drugs and dragging them into criminal gangs. | 22/11/05 Migrants illegally arriving in the region, trying to win a place under the Kuban sun, settle in whole ethnic communities. These "new Kubans" introduce elements of unhealthy rivalry into life and try to impose their own rules and regulations. Groups united along ethnic lines accustom young people to drugs and draw them into the criminal business. ...It is impossible to imagine markets, for example, in Baku or Yerevan, or even in the regions of Russia, completely occupied by Russian merchants. In our markets, there is a "squeezing out" of the indigenous population. And some human rights activists manage to call the authorities' attempts to prevent this "ethnic cleansing." | 02/03/06 In an effort to win back their place under the Kuban sun, some who arrive in the region settle in whole ethnic communities. Tenaciously grow into a new place, erect expensive mansions, buy up land. And everything would be fine, but these "new Kuban" bring unhealthy elements of rivalry into our measured life, they are trying to impose their own rules and orders. Groups united along ethnic lines seize local markets, accustom young people to drugs, and draw young people into criminal business. It is impossible to imagine the markets in Baku, Yerevan, Makhachkala, completely occupied by Russian merchants. An example of the United States is a country where state laws are not discussed by anyone and are binding on everyone. Only local residents have the right to trade in open areas. And no one argues with this. And we are only trying to do this, human rights activists immediately come forward, calling our actions ethnic cleansing. But these human rights activists suffer from amazing myopia. They often protect the rights of everyone and everything, except for the rights of the indigenous inhabitants of the Kuban. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Sources

• Alexander Tkachev: We will clean up our house ourselves // Russian newspaper. 2003. September 18.
• Southern outpost of Russia // Horn. 2004. 13 July.
• Vodopyanova Ludmila. Kuban raid by Alexander Tkachev [essay about the governor, which uses both his direct speech and hidden quotes - ed.] // Russian news. 2005. March 1-8.
• We must keep peace in the Kuban // Kuban news. 2005. November 22.
• Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev: "The development of the economy, the growth of income of each Kuban citizen is a task of paramount importance" // Interfax-South. 2006. March 1.