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Run, Vova!
A 17-year-old schoolboy from Saratov Arthur Zelensky entered a single picket against political repression. Zelensky stood in the center of Saratov, on Kirov Avenue, with a poster in his hands “Run, Vova, run!”. The police detained the schoolboy and delivered to the police department of the Frunze district. Zelensky for a long time was interrogated by an employee of the local center “E”. Then, the class teacher and head teacher of the Saratov secondary school No. 8 were called to the site, where Arthur Zelensky studied. The commission on minors fined Zelensky for the offense provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of the established procedure for organizing or conducting a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picket"). The mother of Arthur Zelensky was fined 100 rubles for non -fulfillment of parental duties.
In an interview with Radio Liberty, Arthur Zelensky told why he considers Putin an ineffective manager.
Arthur Zelensky
- Many schoolchildren and students on March 26 and June 12 protested against corruption and chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. Why did you go to the picket with the poster “Run, Vova, Run” and addressed your claims to the president?
- The picket was organized by the Communists and associates of Vyacheslav Maltsev. We can say that it was a joint picket of the Saratov opposition. I went to the picket with my comrades and associates after they detained Vyacheslav Maltsev and Alexei Navalny. We opposed the lawlessness, lawlessness and persecution of the opposition. I was outraged by the brutal detention of Maltsev and the persecution of the rally participants on June 12.
- How were you detained?
I stood with a poster for one hour forty minutes. Then the provocateur, representative of the organization “Young Guard” approached
- I stood with a poster for one hour forty minutes. Then an unfamiliar guy, a representative of the organization “Young Guard”, approached. He walked next to me, and then stood up and spun around his axis. I did not understand for what purpose he does it. I asked my friend to find out from the police, who this person is. The police said that he was just their friend. When the consistent time of the picket passed, I began to curl up. At that moment, the police detained me. They demanded to present documents. I did not have a passport with me. This was the formal reason for my detention. In addition, it turned out that the guy from the "Young Guard" also held a picket. And supposedly I violated the minimum allowable distance between the picketers. The police put me in the car and took me to the station. There I talked with a person from the EE center for a long time.
- How did he communicate with you? What did you say?
- I wanted to show that he was on my side, rubbed into confidence. We talked about Navalny, about the theory of revolution, moods in society. The employee of the Center “E” agreed with me in everything.
- That is, you criticized the power, and the employee of the Center "E" agreed with you?!
- He pretended to be on my side. It seems to me that he wanted me to trust him and rinse over the excess. He said that Navalny is a populist, but he is now the only alternative to the current government. Even Ashnik said that there would be no revolution in the near future. He was sure that the people behind Maltsev and Navalny would not go, even if the standard of living falls much and nothing to eat. Ashnik asked me about my friends. I did not say anything about friends and did not tell him any specific information. He left the office for a minute, then went back and asked: “Who is Ruslan?” I did not answer, but I was very surprised that he so quickly learned about my best friend. It seems to me that Ashnik was talking so politely and without aggression with me, because my mother was present at interrogation. The police called not only the mother, but also the head teacher with the class teacher.
“Why did they call your teachers?”
The class teacher was sitting with glass eyes and quietly listened to how she was reported
- They were told to send a characteristic to me. The head teacher and the class teacher arrived at the police station in a state of shock. They “wash their brains” for a long time. They asked how they allowed that they had an opposition look in their class. Eshnik demanded that the school work with such situations. The class teacher was sitting with glass eyes and quietly listened to how she was reported. The head teacher asked me: “How so, Arthur? Why didn’t I know that you are an opposition?” She was indignant that I opposed the president: “How could you? Putin is a sacred Grail. He is an untouchable man.” She said that if I went against corruption or for honest elections, I could understand. But, Putin ... against him. ”I asked her to calm down and respect my opinion, arguments and arguments.
- Was the head teacher scared?
- She was at a loss. At school, I never talked about my opposition views with teachers.
- Why did you suggest Putin to flee on the picket?
I became interested in politics after the accession of Crimea. After a wave of fierce, frantic patriotism poured from everywhere and captured people's consciousness
- It seems to me that he is not able to rule the country. He is a warrior, not the president. I do not like his foreign and internal policy. Putin is an ineffective manager. The only thing that can be merit to him that there is no war inside the country. But in general, Putin’s policy is aimed at obtaining his own benefit. Putin is not concerned about the interests of the people.
- How did you come to this opinion?
- For a long time I was an apolitical person. I was playing sports and studying. I became interested in politics after the accession of Crimea. After a wave of fierce, frantic patriotism poured from everywhere and seized the consciousness of people. I felt falsity and hypocrisy in this patriotic rhetoric. It seemed to me unreasonable delight about the accession of Crimea. I began to look for truthful information on the Internet, because I really wanted to understand what was really happening. It was also outraged that the accession of Crimea ruined relations with Europe and we became even further from the civilized world.
- How did you end in a picket against political repression for you?
Vyacheslav Maltsev near the court in Moscow
- They registered in the commission on minors. At a meeting of this commission, I was again reported. They asked what I did so good to have the right to criticize power. I said that at least I did not rob my country, did not kill anyone and did not commit crimes. They also “ran into my mother”. All the time asked: "Why does your son go for the opposition’s walks?" It was said that these walks of free people are organized by terrorists who underground are building radical plans to overthrow power. I told them that the opposition Maltsev’s walks are a platform for communication. I go out for walks of free people to hear different opinions about what is happening in the country. Good people gather there, I am interested in them. I was also accused on the basis of characteristics from school. Like, I have no friends and I found my niche in a "ill -fated circle." As a result, I was accused of violation of the established procedure for conducting the rally and fined for ten thousand rubles in violation of the established procedure for minors. I will pay this money from my funds, I will work. I do not want my mother to be responsible for my actions. The school administration was obliged to regularly come to my house and check how I live and what I eat. During their visit, the teachers and I spoke to my house calmly. We tried to understand each other. True, the head teacher still called me "Navalny's minister." She complained that "the bad seed of schoolchildren in her head settled and it is not clear how to uproot him."
- How did mom react to these accusations?
- Mom, of course, scolded me for participating in the picket and said that I would postpone political activities until adulthood. I will soon be eighteen years old. But my mother defended me to the commission, because she respects the right of each person to express her opinion. And he does not believe that the opposition is engaged in terrorism and plans to forcibly overthrow the power. After a meeting of the commission, we laughed with her sincerely.
- You went to the picket, which was organized by the associates of Vyacheslav Maltsev and members of the Communist Party of the Communist Party, because you share their views?
- I especially do not trust anyone in opposition. I was at an anti -corruption rally on June 12. I did not like how this action was organized. And the performances of some speakers seemed strange to me. One of the speakers generally carried some nonsense. He suggested castrating people who were going to work in law enforcement agencies so that the police had no reason to engage in corruption. This speaker said that this practice was in ancient China. I do not support any opposition policy, I just defend my right to live with dignity.
Radio Freedom Comment was given by Anna Zelensky, mother of Arthur Zelensky :
- On the commission on minors, I said that they themselves perfectly understand what is happening in the country and how people are dissatisfied. And she asked them not to tell that everything is fine in Russia. I respect the right of my son to say what he considers necessary. If Arthur does not agree with the actions of the authorities, he may declare this. But I believe that it will be better for him to go out on pickets after adulthood. Perhaps the son needs to learn more about politics and economics ... But let him express, of course. Of course, I am afraid that he may have problems due to political activity. But I can’t and do not want to make my son be silent. Arthur is a free person.