N. Mitrokhin - about the “Program 200” and the “Forty Forties” movement

On October 12, 2015, Grani.ru published an article by a historian Nikolai Mitrokhin, analyzing the reasons for the slow implementation of the program construction of modular temples in Moscow and the activities of the Forty forty." According to the author, the "program-200" suffered a "crushing failure " , which is explained by a number of reasons: the unwillingness of businessmen to invest funds in construction, especially since the process of collecting and distributing funds opaque; unwillingness of Muscovites to sacrifice a few parks in favor of temples; lack of noticeable support for the construction of temples from Orthodox.

Use to protect organizations under construction temples "Forty Forties", N. Mitrokhin believes, has become "a PR stunt to divert attention from the failure of the 200 Temples program .

The author believes that the protest movement of the early 2010s and the deterioration public attitudes towards the Russian Orthodox Church, caused by the “Pussy Riot” verdict and scandals around apartments and hours of the patriarch, prompted him to surround himself with a "personal guard" : "In as a result, a circle of outright fascists formed around the patriarch, not in the least shy of fraternization with "comrades-in-arms" decorated with swastikas, and perhaps, and wearing similar swastikas on the body and in the soul .

As part of the strengthening of such a “guard” in 2013, a the Forty Sorokov movement (its members prefer to abbreviate the name to DSS), headed by entrepreneur Andrei Kormukhin and engaged in the protection of events with the participation of the patriarch and the fight against opponents construction of temples. Among the participants in this movement are many well-known nationalists. In particular, Alexander Borodin, a lover of the swastika, is noticeable in the leadership of the group (network nickname - Alexander Mikhailovich) and former member of the Vasiliev "Memory" Mikhail Rogov. Besides, in As part of the "Forty Magpies" there is a former head of the largest group football fans "Phratry" Ivan Katanaev ("Combat18"), who fought in Donbass is on the side of the militants. Another member of the movement, Vasily Stepanov ("Killer") "known for the fact that in 2005 the brigade of sports fans he leads (in mainly from the group "Gladiators"), acting as a service security of the pro-Putin youth organization Nashi, seized the office of the Communist Party, where supporters of several leftist groups gathered, and crippled the people who were there" .

Sooner or later, N. Mitrokhin is sure, the participants of the Soroka forty" and another Orthodox extremist group - "God's Will" - will be arrested, and then they will be defended by "Orthodox human rights activists" - with a neo-Nazi past. The patriarchate already has in this respect rich experience of cooperation with the organization "People's cathedral", which is headed by one of the former leaders of the RNE, Oleg Kassin . In addition In addition, there is also the “Orthodox Human Rights Analytical Center”, headed by a former member of "Memory" and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Shturmovik" Konstantin Kasimovsky.

The author wonders why cooperation with such people need the mayor of Moscow, who not only allows the participation of such organizations in city ​​events, but also willingly posing with them in photographs: “In a privatized state, good relations with the right people are not only placed higher moral principles and elementary disgust. They eventually lead to dependence of all members of the "elite" on each other .

Sources

• Mitrokhin N. Fatal "Forty Forties" // Grani.ru. 2015. October 12.