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Escaped Komsomol
Former supporters of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation defected to A Just Russia
Yesterday in Moscow the VI Congress of the Communist Youth Union was held, at which Komsomol members rejected the leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, swearing allegiance to A Just Russia and its leader, Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov. However, representatives of the Communist Party claim that the congress was organized by political fringes, and real Komsomol members are still loyal to the cause of the Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Central Committee Gennady Zyuganov. At the same time, according to the organizers of the event, they are the real legitimate SCM, and the Zyuganovites are here called “the so-called SCM.”The congress was opened by the chairman of the SCM Central Committee, Konstantin Zhukov, who is not recognized by the Communist Party. He noted the “departure of the leadership of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation from Leninist principles.” Then he characterized the good and bad sides of the Putin regime. Among the advantages, he named a tougher and uncompromising position towards the United States and its satellites, limiting the influence of oligarchic groups and the defeat of Yukos. The disadvantages included the abolition of direct gubernatorial elections and the sale of agricultural land. “Traditional parties, including the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, were unable to resist the regime,” stated Comrade Zhukov.
At the same time, in his opinion, the regime is not so bad. Konstantin Zhukov noted that Komsomol members should abandon “irreconcilable opposition to the anti-people regime,” and it’s time to stop calling the regime itself “anti-people.” Comrade Zhukov advocates a different formulation: “Constructive opposition to the current government.” Indeed, such expressions are more in line with the rhetoric of A Just Russia.
Comrade Zhukov reminded the delegates of how the SCM and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation diverged. Initially, the union was created as a youth organization of the Communist Party. In all elections, Komsomol members supported their senior comrades, their organization grew and developed. “Even the bourgeois press assessed SCM as the most successful youth organization,” boasted Konstantin Zhukov. But in 2003, a crisis arose. And, according to the speaker, “representatives of the oligarchic groups who bribed the leadership of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation” are to blame for it. In 2004, dissenting Komsomol members convened the IV Congress, at which they decided to abandon their one-sided orientation towards the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. In response, Zyuganov's supporters, led by Yuri Afonin, held their congress. However, according to Konstantin Zhukov, it is his event that is legitimate, because the decisions of the congress are officially registered.
Since then, there have been two parallel structures, one headed by Konstantin Zhukov, the other by Yuri Afonin. The Zhukovites decided to put an end to this. “We have a question: on what basis does Afonin’s group operate? It is difficult for Gennady Zyuganov to accept the fact that the Komsomol ran away from him. He pretends that we don't exist. But if you have lost your state registration, please hold a congress and register the Komsomol with a new name. Now we need to take measures to stop the activities of parallel structures,” said Comrade Zhukov.
Then the leader of the youth movement “Hurray!” spoke. Sergey Shargunov. He admitted that in the 90s he sympathized with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. “It seemed that there was a force capable of making life in the country more just. But then I became convinced that there was nothing left in this party except idle talk and political speculation,” said Mr. Shargunov and called on Komsomol members to jointly create an organization that would guard the interests of the working people. Later, in a conversation with a Vremya Novostey correspondent, Sergei Shargunov explained that today the agreements between A Just Russia and SCM relate only to Komsomol members’ support for this party in the elections. However, in the future, there is likely to be a merger between SCM and Ura!
Meanwhile, the first secretary of the Komsomol, according to Zyuganov, Yuri Afonin, made a statement: “The closer the elections of deputies of the State Duma and the President of Russia are, the more sophisticated and vile the methods of information warfare against the Communist Party of the Russian Federation become. The fake socialist Mironov has gone so far as to recruit members of his “sabotage squad” directly on the political panel. The former leaders of the Union of Communist Youth Zhukov, Khugaev, Suraikin, Khidirov, whose services Mr. Semigin (Gennady Semigin, a former member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, now the head of the Patriots of Russia party, who introduced a noticeable split in the ranks of the Communist Party - Ed. ), found themselves new owners. Their goal is the same - to create the appearance of a split in the ranks of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the SCM of Russia, to depict a “mass transition” of young communists and Komsomol members to “A Just Russia”.
“There is a certain legal dispute for which Zhukov has some arguments,” First Deputy Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Central Committee Ivan Melnikov told Vremya Novostei. - He claims the name of our organization, since, leaving it, he took a number of documents to himself. Well, this issue needs to be clarified in court. As far as I know, Yuri Afonin has already made a corresponding appeal to the Federal Registration Service of the Ministry of Justice. Behind Afonin is the organization, behind Zhukov is the “shell”, claims to the name.”
Meanwhile, representatives of A Just Russia claim that, in addition to the Komsomol members who broke away from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, other left-wing youth organizations will soon join them. In particular, the “Left Front” led by Ilya Ponomarev, who also once collaborated with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, but then lost mutual understanding with the leadership of the Communist Party.