Olympians, learn Russian!

On September 4, 2007, "Svobodnaya Gazeta", a city newspaper published in Balakovo, Saratov Region, published a very noteworthy note in terms of the level of hate speech "If you live in Russia - know the language!".

This material is worthy of citation almost entirely. The author of the note, T. Bobalova, demonstrates an extremely high level of general ethnic xenophobia directed at "migrants" (which, we note once again, are understood exclusively as non-Slavs). “Now it is almost impossible to control migration to Russia ,” she writes. “ Guest workers (spelling preserved - ed. ), market traders from neighboring countries have become a real scourge for the Russian people. life. Construction sites, markets - this is their territory, there the Russian already feels like a foreigner " .

At the same time, the author justifies the nationalists: "Our convinced youth is fighting, including for their culture . "

And she proposes to protect Russian culture by tightening the requirements "in the Russian language when migrants obtain citizenship" : "Every Russian must be sure that his language in his country will be understood by everyone" (it is obvious that "Russian" in this construction means exclusively Russian ; otherwise it turns out that a Tatar, for example, must also be sure that everyone in the country will understand his language).

The article ends with an absolutely amazing chauvinistic requirement for future participants in the Sochi Olympics to learn Russian, "and would not carry dictionaries with them in order to understand the Russian people . "

It is worth adding that Irina Dmitrieva, editor-in-chief of Svobodnaya Gazeta, is a member of the political council of the Balakovo organization of United Russia and a deputy of the Balakovo City Council.

Bobalova T. You live in Russia - know the language! // Svobodnaya gazeta. 2007. No. 71.