On New Year's Eve it is customary to choose "People of the Year" "Owl" also decided not to stay away from this pleasant traditions and nominate at the end of the past 2013 several bright candidates reflected in our reports and news reports. In competitive The commission received many applications, and the jury members were often not unanimous. IN As a result, the list did not include the authors of the proposal to name the street after units "Berkut", the head of one of the Jewish communities of Krasnoyarsk, who accused in the anti-Semitism of the authors of the satire about the "Jew the Vampire", a Saratov priest who considered the name of Manef "Jewish" - and many other worthy personalities. However, the list of nominations remains open, and all proposals will be considered as their receipts.
Benefit of the year
Orthodox activist Dmitry Tsorionov (aka Enteo) gained notoriety as an implacable fighter against enemies of Orthodoxy, which, in his opinion, in the first place, are sexual minorities and feminists. However, the glory of a street brawler to him seemed a little. It turns out that the Orthodox activist secretly dreamed of theatrical stage! He tried several times to enter various stages with monologues (for example, in THEATER.doc). But the long-awaited opportunity to go where great artists once worked, introduced himself to him on November 28, 2013. Enteo took the stage of the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov and together with his lesser-known partner, he even managed to say a few words. After that, the debutants were expelled from the stage, since their appearance was not was provided in the play. Anticipate further actions of Mr. Tsorionov difficult, perhaps we will soon see him in opera or ballet.
Scam of the Year, or the Case of the Marble beef
May 26, 2013 Neo-Nazis Zukhel (Zheleznov) and Antitsygan (Kasich) were caught in the Auchan hypermarket while trying to take several kilograms of selected marbled beef out of the store.
Caught red-handed unlucky the robbers were charged under Part 3 of Art. 30 and part 2 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code (theft, committed by a group of persons by prior agreement). After the trial, which Kasich and Zheleznov fully admitted their guilt, they were sent to places not so distant. Kasich received 8 months in a penal colony, Zukhel - 9 months. According to investigators, the total cost of the goods that the neo-Nazis tried to take out of the store, bypassing the cash register, amounted to 2300 rubles.
Kasich was not previously convicted, but Zheleznov was released less than a year ago. He left the colony-settlement, where served time for being the leader of the Anti-Antifa movement, shot from traumatic gun informal Matvey Tal.
It remains a mystery how contributed to such an early re-landing Zheleznov lectures he listened to about the art of shoplifting and other thefts, which he read for his admirers, for a decent reward, the notorious Cleaver.
Failure of the year
Rapid career as an activist pro-Kremlin movement "Young Russia", as well as the ideological leader movement "Shield of Moscow" Alexei Khudyakov was interrupted after several raids in places residence of migrants. Young people led by the aforementioned activist broke into hostels, threatened their inhabitants with injuries and in rude and obscene language demanded to "behave as expected."
No wonder illegal raids ended in fights. At the end of September 2013, after another such fights Alexei Khudyakov and his comrades were arrested, spent some time in incarcerated and then placed under house arrest. And although, according to the latest According to information, Khudyakov was released under an amnesty, on the political career of a Rumolovite (or ex-Rumolovets) you can safely put an end to it.
Opus of the year
Of course, the federal list extremist materials are always out of competition. Since the beginning of the year, the list has been materials from the official website of the President of the Russian Federation and the United Russia party were noticed, article by the historian and public figure of the times of perestroika Yuri Afanasiev, Documents of the party "Democratic Union" of the sample of 1991 and essays Metropolitan Anton Sheptytsky (1865-1944). The list has grown significantly due to Ukrainian books on general historical topics.
But in December, on the website of the Ministry of Justice was nevertheless, the main opus of the year was published: one of the last entries is accurate reproduction of a quote recognized as extremist. In accordance with under applicable law, we do not reproduce this recording. But how would hinting...
Freak of the Year
This honorary title is traditional shared by the leader of the Metal Corrosion group Spider (Sergey Troitsky) and Ivan Okhlobystin. The first one is with cats intended to rescue Yulia Tymoshenko from captivity, the second - with stoves for LGBT people. Not far behind them and our permanent nominee Vasily Boyko-Veliky, who demanded that the Tretyakov Gallery be removed from the exhibition Repin's painting "Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan".
Debut of the year
Nomination is awarded Andrey Petrov, head of the St. Petersburg branch of the Rodina party. IN At the end of 2013, Petrov took the initiative to label goods and services "anti-immigrant quality mark". He also owns several social projects: Intellectual Design Bureau, Rock Club, news agency, the historical project "Russian Memory" and so on.
Under the strict guidance of Petrov the St. Petersburg branch of Rodina participated in the Russian March. On this occasion the organizers even renamed the march from "Russian" to "Patriotic".
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