The organization “Tsargrad” was created

The chairman of the Double-Headed Eagle Society, Konstantin Malofeev, will lead a new organization to "protect the interests of the Russians."

On November 22, 2020, at the congress of the society for the development of Russian historical education " Double-Headed Eagle ", it was announced the establishment of a new organization "Tsargrad" on its basis. The purpose of the organization will be "protection of the interests of the Russians." The congress was attended by members of patriotic and Orthodox associations, primarily members of the "Two-Headed Eagle", the Union of Donbass Volunteers, the Union of Cossack Warriors of Russia and Abroad, the Union of Orthodox Women. The current symbolism of the society - a double-headed eagle on a yellow background - was transferred without changes to the new organization.

The director of the TV channel of the same name and the chairman of the Double-Headed Eagle society, Konstantin Malofeev, who is also the deputy head of the World Russian People's Council, a member of the Patriarchal Commission on Family and Motherhood Protection, the head of the Supervisory Board of the International Agency for Sovereign Development, a member of the Board of Trustees, became the chairman of Tsargrad. Safe Internet League” and the founder of the St. Basil the Great Foundation.

One of the main goals of "Tsargrad" was "implementation of the "Russian amendments" to the Constitution on July 1, 2020", "protection of the domestic labor market from the influx of low-skilled labor from the republics of Central Asia and the Caucasus", "people saving", "protection of traditional family”, “revival of the imperial traditions of Russian statehood”, and “protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country”.

The organization's manifesto begins with the slogans “We are Russians, God is with us! We are the union of the Russian people”, and also calls the monarchy “the crown of Russian statehood”. The Russians are called in the manifesto "children of victory", in particular, over the "Khazar Khaganate, the Golden Horde, the Commonwealth, the Crimean Khanate, the Kingdom of Sweden, Ottoman Turkey, the French Empire of Napoleon and over Nazi Germany."

Malofeev said that Tsargrad would take part in the 2021 election campaign to the State Duma "as a public controller." Namely, members of the organization will poll "all candidates for deputies in 225 majoritarian districts and all candidates from political parties regarding their commitment to the traditional family, religious and cultural values ​​of the Russian people." If, as a result of such a survey, the candidate is convicted of “Russophobia, insulting the feelings of believers, distorting historical truth and belittling the significance of the feat of the people in defending the Fatherland,” members of Tsargrad will provide him with “every possible legal opposition.”

Earlier, in October 2020, the Union of Donbass Volunteers (SSV) Oleksandr Boroday, who joined Tsargrad, announced his intention to take part in the elections to the State Duma. At its VI Congress, which was held with the participation of Malofeev, the SSD announced an alliance with the Rodina party of Alexei Zhuravlev, so that volunteers could enter Russian politics - lead the regional branches of the party and put forward their candidacies from it in elections without the need to collect signatures. Also, according to the SOTA telegram channel, the Novorossiya movement joined Tsargrad, but the organization itself did not publicly declare this. On November 24, the head of Novorossiya, Igor Strelkov, issued a statement that his movement was not and does not plan to be part of Tsargrad.

The Supreme Council of "Tsargrad" included the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Control and Regulations Oleg Nilov , member of the State Duma Committee on the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public Organizations and Religious Associations Nikolai Zemtsov , Russian Senator from the Belgorod Region Evgeny Savchenko , Acting State Counselor of Justice of the Russian Federation Yuri Skuratov (former Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation), Member of the Collegium (Minister) for Main Directions of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission Sergey Glazyev , MD Vladislav Shafalinov , philosopher and public figure Alexander Dugin , publicist and Russian nationalist Yegor Kholmogorov , head of the Caspian Cooperation Institute Sergey Mikheev , Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk (Chairman of the Synodal Committee for Interaction with the Cossacks), Mufti of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia Albir Krganov and others.

President of the Institute of National Strategy Mikhail Remizov (former editor-in-chief of the Political News Agency), member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Interethnic Relations, Deputy Director of the Center for Ukrainian Studies and Belarusian Studies of Moscow State University Bohdan Bezpalko, Honored Professor of Moscow State University, sociologist, member of the Board of Trustees Edward Anatoly Antonov , Deputy Editor of the International Policy Department of Komsomolskaya Pravda Chesnokov , Editor-in-Chief of EADaily Alexey Demin (former own correspondent of IA Regnum in Tatarstan), blogger and special correspondent of RIA FAN Abbas Juma , Doctor of Medical Sciences Oleg Apolikhin .

Sources

• A new patriotic association has appeared in Russia // Tomorrow. November 23rd.
• The founder of the Tsargrad TV channel created a society to combat Russophobia // National accent. November 23, 2020
• A regular meeting of the Two-Headed Eagle Society took place in Moscow // Islam Inform. November 23, 2020
• Malofeev finds "Motherland". An Orthodox oligarch may become the party's main investor before the State Duma elections // Open Media. November 1, 2020
• Results of the VI Congress of the Union of Volunteers of Donbass // Anna News. 2020. October 31.