"Europe should wash their feet and drink it and drink it"

- We want to get rid of the myth that patriotism is something old -fashioned, gray, uninteresting, “Kremlin”. We want to make patriotism bright and stylish! We need to compete with our liberal opponents and interest young people, ”the moderator Victoria Berezina says the goals of the Patriotism section.

The head of the section is Danil Shishkin, the editor -in -chief of the Volter newspaper, who compiled a list of national experts , went to the army a week before the forum, which was reported to the audience of the audience.

There were almost no free chairs in the filled room. In total, according to the organizers of the St. Petersburg International Youth Forum , three thousand people submitted an application for participation in it, almost two hundred recorded on “patriotism”, which stood out among completely standard sections like “career” and “entrepreneurship”. The themes of the section were stated: “Russophobia: where and why does it come from?”, “The interests of the United States in Russia”, “We don’t need creacs, we need creators”, “Why is my country always right?” Among the speakers were promised Chechen writer German Sadulaev and a sad fighter for all Russian Finn Johan Bekman , who did not appear on the forum for unknown reasons.

In Germany in the 45th, our music played, maybe soon in America will play.

The lack of Beckman was compensated by the performances of two students, one of whom called all the non -poatriots “unfinished personalities” and lamented on their extreme “blur”. The second announced the dominance of foreign music and called on “all the parties to include Russian songs”: “Nothing, in Germany in the 45th, our music played, maybe soon it will play in America.”

“What does patriotism have to do with it?” The fan of Russian music asked. “Well, patriotism is not a fashion, you need a substantial basis ...” - the speaker began to explain. "Yes, patriotic is not just an adjective that can be applied to something!" - the moderator supported him.

Meanwhile, they talked about “responsibility”, “civil activity” and “indifference”. Although the shortage of the latter was clearly felt in the hall. Those present almost did not ask questions, they were much more passionate about talking with friends. The Asian, sitting in the third row (the presence of “foreign guests” on the forum, the organizers especially emphasized), bravely fought with bouts of naps.

But the publicist and blogger Dmitry Belyaev immediately formulated that patriotism is impossible without knowledge and understanding of the history of Russia. And he immediately said: “Do you know that Grigory Rasputin killed British intelligence? And the shocking representatives of the royal elite were sodomites. We can conclude about their moral appearance. ”

Russia historically is a non -native country.

Belyaev’s bold thesis reminded me of the greeting of the deputy of the Legislative Assembly Andrei Anokhin at the opening of the PMMF: “Let me appeal to you not as a deputy, but as a philosopher ...” The present were silent. Either everyone knew about these sensational details, or they tried to understand how the sodomites, British intelligence and Rasputin were correlated.

"How do you feel about alcohol and smoking?" - Suddenly the woman jumped up, waving the disk with the logo of the organization "Common Business". Hearing that “negatively”, she immediately lost all interest in Belyaev and turned to the public: “Look at the film about the dangers of alcohol on our you t ube channel! By the way, it is important to recall that Russia is historically a non -native country. Alcohol was brought to us in the XIV century from abroad. ”

There was still silence in the hall. It was required to realize a lot.

On the coffee break, the most energetic of the participants busily scurried between the tables, exchanging contacts and ideas of youth projects. But not everyone got to the forum as we wish. A student of a mining university admitted that she and eight more students were “drove by forcibly”, and a student of a police college was on the “patriotism” section “by order of the authorities”.

After the eaten layers and sandwiches, the audience woke up and, although she wired two times, finally entered into some kind of discussion with Nikolai Dmitriev, the coordinator of the Mir news agency: “Can a patriot of Russia be an atheist? And a Muslim? What is more important: peace-patriotic education or military-patriotic? Is patriotism faith? Love? But then what is love and faith? Can a woman be a patriot? "

In the end, Dmitriev asked the audience with a smile: "What is a patronage?" The hall did not know. “And this,” the speaker continued, “is the task for the most inquisitive. I will only hint that it was invented by the founder of Russian cosmism Nikolai Fedorov. And what is the idea of ​​Russian cosmism? And the fact that we should not only maintain our legacy, but also increase it. ”

Behind Dmitriev’s back, the most anticipated speaker of the section was already looming - writer German Sadulaev. He began his performance, stretching words with a light lazy: “I would like to talk to you about the Russian lands. Many neighbors believe that we have too much land and we do not need it. And we need them, we have a wide soul! " The audience laughed and slammed. “As for the Crimea ... The idea of ​​Crimea outside Russia was ridiculous. Russian writers in their works have long returned the peninsula. And what writers write about, then ours. Here Chekhov wrote about Sakhalin, and now, this is our island. Can you remember who wrote about Tallinn with us? "

Dovlatov is not a casting among Fundamalist writers.

“Dovlatov,” suggested another new expert Sergei Ilchenko.

“Well, Dovlatov ...” Sadulaev said just as lazily, picking up his words. -Casting does not pass among the food writers.

None of the listeners stood up for Dovlatov.

“Weller,” Ilchenko added.

“Welller too ... Although, if you insist on the involvement of these writers in the great literature, perhaps Tallinn will someday be ours.”

The fate of Tallinn was not expectedly discussed.

Later, Sadulaev completely softened and noticed that he also admitted “temporary accessions”. Finland and Poland are rightly occupied by their sovereign territories. “But Crimea, Siberia and Eastern Ukraine are the original our lands,” the writer concluded confidently.

“In general, of course, Europe should wash Russia and drink it and drink it,” the associate professor of the department of television and radio journalism of the Higher School of Journalism and Mass Communications of St. Petersburg State University suddenly snapped . He immediately made a reservation that everyone has the right to their opinion. But not now. That is, not at such times for our country. And in general, Russia simply takes into account its interests. Is there something wrong to take into account your interests?

“Tell me, and if a person has an active civic position, he loves his country and believes in it, but does not support the current government, can he be called a patriot?” I ask.

- Can Makarevich call a patriot? - Ilchenko immediately paraphrased my question.

“It so happened that I became an expert in forensic psychiatry,” Sadulaev interrupted gracefully. - There is such an article: "Criticism is absent." I do not want my country to be likened to such patients. The opposition is a sign of a healthy society, and we must have a palette of opinions.

Can a patriot of Russia be a Muslim? Can a woman be a patriot?

“And I will never forgive Makarevich what he said after the murder of Listyev:“ From this country it is necessary to bring down, ”the expert of St. Petersburg State University returned to the sick theme. “And if they begin to criticize you, and you write to the president to protect you from this criticism, then what are you an oppositionist?!” And then, our opposition is personified. We all know who is Navalny and where does he get the money from.

“I think so,” Dmitriev intercepted the baton. “Criticizing, suggesting, and offering, do it.”

- And when doing, answer! - Came from the hall.

- A great addition. Well, did we answer your question?

Nearby, the sitting girl fits my hand. Badzhik “expert” dangles on her neck: “The opposition is not patriots, because they harm their country!” - "And what about?" - "Well, they scour Russia, they say that there is better [abroad] better!" - "What, right?" - “Well, no, I'm talking about the majority” - my neighbor shows the quotes with her fingers.

At the exit from the section, an old man in the form of a navy speaks with young students.

- Here everyone scolds the government that this is not so and that is not so. But you know, this is how the guy cares for you, gives flowers and says compliments, but you do not care about everything.

“Oh, a familiar situation,” the young creation giggles.

-And then some bastard will appear, it will be bad to do with you, so you will probably be in your mouth to look at him.

- Yeah.

- So, civil society - it is this very girl.