News from the White Forum

After yesterday's amazing and incredible events in Moscow , I believed that the White Forum in Repino would resemble Smolny in 1917, or at least the Council of People's Deputies in September 1993.

My disappointment was great when, rushing into the first section of the forum, I heard a report about ... the heroic struggle against the Okhta Center. It immediately became boring and sad. Speeches quietly flowed from the podium about 6000 years of history, monuments confirming our rights to this land (???), etc. etc. I carefully took out the first bag of peanuts and began to quietly hamster. Three people in business suits sat behind me. At first I thought that these were employees of the “E” center on duty, but then from conversations it turned out that the young people were members of the “Demosuz”….

The report on the struggle to preserve St. Petersburg, meanwhile, was coming to an end and ended with a remarkable self-recognition that while the activists were fighting with Gazzila, the authorities and business (which, of course, no one had a bad word for) demolished half of the historical center, defaced the Summer Garden and are preparing Hell II on Lakhta .

The next report was dedicated to an event called “Russian Garbage Cleanup”. Legend has it that in 2011 the Estonian people rose up as one and swept away the entire country. Now we are planning a similar action on September 15th. Garbage collection, and even September 15, gave me various interesting analogies . Meanwhile, the speaker complained that the insidious EdRo is also going to start cleaning up the country on September 15, having stolen the idea from naive environmentalists.

Chirikova spoke next. Her theses boiled down to the following.

Any environmentalist is an enemy of the state, because... the state extracts resources and makes money.

If the 20th century was the century of human rights, then the 21st century will be the century of ecology. It's time to live off your brains, not your resources.

What should I do?

1)Create a team
2) Post flyers
3)Work with the media
4)Work with ships. Show that the law is on our side.
5) Go to power.

And there will be order when democracy comes, and the “Super Pussy” will sit in the Kremlin. (Then the people applauded, and I choked on peanuts). The victory over Aunt Valya Matvienko should inspire St. Petersburg residents. (Here everyone began to whisper and wonder what kind of victory we were talking about?)

The second session of the “White Forum” was opened by the same Chirikova, who was hastily leaving for her native Khimki forest. Having said that “all of Russia is the Khimki forest,” the chief ecologist of all Rus' left the meeting with the words “See you in the Khimki forest!”

Milov spoke next. From his report it followed that proletarian self-criticism was replaced by bourgeois self-criticism. According to him, “Putin won the fight, taking control of the situation.” And what Nemtsov said that “Putin lost” is not true. (It must be said that Boris Efimovich himself was beautiful at the presidium table. He looked very expensive - tanned, pumped up, in an expensive tunic. He looked at the audience distantly and somewhat resembled Michael Keaton in the role of Bruce Wayne - Batman. The other orange leaders looked just poor people.)

What is the reason for the opposition's failures?

1) Low popularity of oppositionists among the masses. It does not have adequate slogans and approaches. The rise in Putin's popularity before the elections is real. Now they don’t like him, but they tolerate him. The opposition needs to go to the people, work in local elections, become a force locally, in the provinces.
2) Low popularity of opposition leaders. We must constantly put forward new figures.
3) Rhetoric of the opposition - rhetoric should be social and constructive. Supporting Pussy only pushes people away from the opposition. And Putin is a strong politician and knows how to talk to people.

In conclusion, Milov said that he is not ready to spend his entire life in opposition (but wants to rule!), and if the bloody regime is not overthrown by the next elections, he will leave politics.

Alexander Belov simply burned with napalm, and I hope that this text will not be used against him.

First of all, he asked if there were workers and peasants in the hall? There were already 3 people like that. Admitting that despite the fact that he is an enemy of Marxism, the bearded weirdo was sometimes right on some issues. Protest is not a matter for everyone, but only for the “creative class” (I patted myself on the head). We live in a historical moment - the end of the era of dictators. We must be prepared for emergency developments. Belov further stated that he is for “total destabilization” (“10 years,” I thought). Putin is the president of the majority. And the opposition needs to study the experience of Egypt and Libya . Of course, as a result of the revolution there is a risk of the arrival of radicals, but the leaders of the opposition will try to prevent this. Then Belov repeated again that total destabilization was needed and it was time to prepare GROUPS.

It is clear that after the speeches of Milov and Belov, Ponomarev honestly said that he had nothing to add. He only noted that people love specific politicians, such as Prokhorov or Kudrin, who are not talkers, but people of action. And it’s time to leave the blogs and work on the basis of the transition program.

The next speaker was Olga Romanova , Gudkov's wife.
According to him, the opposition needs to make sure that those who now stand for Putin become indifferent to him. “Let them hate us, but let them hate him too.” And then the hebna will end. Then, you need to agitate those around you, your neighbors. For example, her friend rented a dacha in Marino. FSB officers and officials lived around. A month later, everyone wore white ribbons (well, socially close).

The final report was made by Boris Efimovich Nemtsov.

According to him, the priority now should be the fight against repression and for the rights of prisoners.

The repressions against Gudkov are a signal to government agencies. All the people in the hall are Putin’s enemies. And Gudkov is a traitor for Putin. His fate is an indicative example for civil servants, just as the fate of Khodorkovsky is an indicative example for business.

The next task is to educate the masses. For example, no one knows that Putin has 43 planes and 15 helicopters (and when he has a fever, he gets thrown from plane to plane). And when the people find out this TRUTH... Well, you understand.

The struggle must go through elections and protest. We don't need Libya. Russia has reached its blood limit. (Nemtsov clearly doesn’t want to sit in the zone with Belov). There are already results. Peaceful protests restored freedom of gubernatorial elections and party registration.

Political demands are not enough. Socio-economic requirements are also needed. When a million people take to the streets, a split will occur in the Gebni camp, after which Putin must be forced to a round table and the transfer of power. Violence is bad. This is Putin’s trump card, which makes it possible to justify repression.

Nemtsov also noted that those who rejoice at Navalny’s possible imprisonment on the principle of “one less competitor in the race to power” are behaving badly. Not in a friendly way.

Alexander Skobov asked Nemtsov and Ponomarev how they were going to combine their programs in the field of medicine and healthcare. To this, Nemtsov generously agreed to leave primary and secondary education free, noting that in the USSR it was “the best in the world,” although of course everyone knows what an anti-communist he is. Ponomarev happily noted that the parties would certainly come to a compromise (And at whose expense?)

With this, the main action is over. Having familiarized myself with the program of the Marlezon ballet, I decided to go to the regionalists for the second act, hoping to have great fun with my beloved Ingrian people.

At first it seemed to me that my plan would collapse at the very beginning. The hall of the regionalist section was completely empty. Apparently, the movement did not survive the last Finnish film about the “Great White Man”. Half an hour later, 6.5 people arrived at the site, including two speakers.

A guest from sunny Karelia, Vadim Shtepa, lamented that three Muscovites represent the entire opposition. They are building vertical again! Nobody discusses the topic of federalism. But Russia can be either a federation or an empire doomed to destruction. To save the country, it is necessary to build a federation, conclude a new union treaty, give rights to the regions, and create regional parties. We are not for secession, we are for federation. The USSR, when it gave rights to the regions, created regional parties, fell to hell... (Did you understand, dear readers?)

Another speaker, Denis Belushov, timidly noted that all sorts of old Kondrats and other satraps could come to power in the regions. This is where the feast of the Ingremanland spirit began. “What about Finland, Latvia and Estonia? Don’t talk about Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan, they are not an example for us! If there is an authoritarian ruler, he will be re-elected! And if the regime is bad, everyone will leave! Therefore, in a small country there will be no bad ruler!”

Biting my elbows, I had to leave in the midst of this show for a meeting of the Left Front.

The Left Front members comfortably settled down right on the shore of the bay. Having pitched tents, they merrily ate watermelon, cucumbers, tomatoes, swam in the sea and laughed at the bourgeoisie, steaming at meetings in stuffy conference rooms. Unfortunately, the resort environment was not conducive to a harsh party discussion, which apparently began later, when Ponomarev arrived. After swimming in the sea, he politely bowed to his comrades and went to the city.