There is no need to usurp the right to truth

The other day two important social events took place. The first is a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of Europe (PACE). A report on the Russian presidential elections held in March was read out. The second is a prayer service of the Orthodox in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior against attacks on the church. Oddly enough, there is a common thing that unites these events after the fact - I’m talking about the strange, although expected, reaction of the liberal public.

In general, the reaction is the same - usurpation of the right to truth and objective assessment. In PACE, the opposition expected sharper statements, but in the end they received a consistent report, which admits certain violations, but fully confirms the legitimacy of the results, and also invites the Russian authorities to continue political reforms. As a result, the European authors of the report were accused by our so-called non-systemic oppositionists of all sins, because they dared to express their point of view different from the “opposition”. Moreover, just a couple of months ago, the same oppositionists did everything they could to ensure that PACE observers visited all the polling stations and saw how our elections were being held. I don’t think it’s worth saying that it’s unlikely that the European observers in the Presidential Administration were given recommendations on how to write a report.

The prayer service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior evoked a flurry of emotions similar in style, many among the same gentlemen.

Well, gentlemen, non-system specialists cannot believe in banal reality. Millions of people go to church and vote for Putin, not Zyuganov or Prokhorov.

Of course, it’s up to the opposition to argue, but you cannot usurp the right to truth, this is not at all democratic.