Rustem Adagamov: "Guda Bai, Occupy Abai!"

"...Volunteers from the camp were busy cleaning the area - they watched this zealously: they emptied trash cans, swept the boulevard. The guys quickly realized that being “correct” and “good” is their social capital. At the general gathering, which was called in the camp “assembly”, they decided what to do next after the police come here: one person says a phrase, others repeat it after him, so that everyone can hear it from the outside, but this is a very effective method of communication. allowing the information to be conveyed to all those present and forcing the speaker to speak briefly and to the point. The schedule of events in the camp is on the notice board. In general, the protest component here was the least interesting for me, and, in fact, it was not much more interesting to observe in its pure form. behind how quickly the camp participants created a horizontal management structure - for a “vertical” Russian society, in my opinion, this is a very significant phenomenon of the changes taking place. It turned out that young people easily find something to do on their own, take responsibility, and solve problems without the direction of a “leader.” . In addition, people with the most diametrically opposed political views lived peacefully in the camp - from the extreme left to the extreme right. This situation should not be idealized, but as a political phenomenon it is very interesting. Here they launched the production of information leaflets, a newspaper was published, and the entire territory of the camp was covered by a powerful Wi-Fi network. A grandmother drinking juice that was poured for her by leftists who organized a vegetarian table: “I know that they specially made this kitchen to show the Americans that we are starving here.” The grandmothers here, I must say, were different. REN-TV journalist Nastya spoke about two local grannies who stood and talked about the lawn allegedly trampled by the oppositionists: “Why are they attached to people, let them walk, we never had a lawn here, only homeless people and drunkards.” A local police officer who showed up here yesterday said that crime in the area has noticeably decreased and the boulevard has become clean. He then shared with the same Nastya, with the television camera already turned off: “You know, I was immersed here in the atmosphere of the late 80s, when all people are brothers and love each other.”