What the festival approved by the Russian authorities looks like: the “traditional week” was held in the Urals, which gathered monarchists, nationalists and conservatives

In such an unloved domestic propagandists of Yekaterinburg, the Festival “Traditional Week” was held, which even before its beginning thundered throughout the country thanks to the announced “homophobic picnic” and the exhibition of the Pavlik Morozov’s homeland.

The festival was organized by activists of right -wing movements: “White in the city”, “Commonwealth”, “Alliance of Security, Defense and Law and Autonomous Office” and the Ural branch of the Eurasian Youth Union. In 7 days they gave a lecture on morality, arranged a film screening and a computer tournament, where it was planned to virtually conquer Ukraine, and also held debates about censorship in politics and the media.

The first day. Lecture

In the Flower Studio "Urban Jungle" - a lecture on the topic "Morality and morality in the 21st century."

The director of the Ural Renaissance club Timofey Kazantsev broadcasts how to "stop the decline of morality in the country." Of course, with the help of the Orthodox faith.

-There is little except religion, it can change something in this situation. Because religion creates such a moral system that has some higher authority for a person than a secular [system], which can be called into question. For example, a child was born and for him will not be authoritative things that some uncle tells him, even if he is very smart. Because the child has a legitimate question: "Why should I listen to him, he is the same person as I am?" And with religion it will be different. That base, those guidelines that it will lay, will be more persistent, the society will have a greater margin of strength, ”says Kazantsev. And he adds that now among the problems is “propaganda of the LGBT community”, “falling the level of patriotism”, “lack of family values”, and as a result, “destruction of the family institution”. The reason is in infantilism, says Kazantsev:

- I think that a person simply does not want to take responsibility in life, he wants to have fun, living the way he wants, indulging his desires. Therefore, society breaks up into atoms, it is destroyed. Everything else is already foam.

Of course, it goes to liberals.

- Liberalism as a system was one of the prerequisites for the moral degradation of society. I am a member of the “Eurasian Youth Union” and rely on the opinion of Alexander Dugin, but we actually live in the society of the victorious liberalism and have all the problems from this, ”the lecturer concludes.

He sees the decision that the parties conducted a reasoned dialogue, during which they will come to a single solution that will suit everyone, but, of course, the utopia, which he himself emphasizes.

The second day. Picnic

In the square near the Drama Theater - an unspoken symbol of the victory of liberal values ​​in Yekaterinburg, where in 2019 the townspeople went to rallies and were able to defend their interests without allowing the construction of the temple instead of the recreation area - the “homophobic picnic” begins.

Journalists are almost more than gathered to relax. The news that an event with this name will be held in Yekaterinburg in one evening glorified the participants throughout the country. They look no more than 25 years old. Many have a shaved head and black T -shirts and T -shirts. Only two dozen people.

- Why arrange "homophobic picnics"? I ask.

““ Homophobic picnics ”sounds cool,” two young people answer, surprisingly similar to each other in the manner of speech, clothes and hairstyle.

-Do you think that LGBT communities cannot spend their “weeks of pride”? Initially, because of this, a “traditional week” appeared.

- We do not know what the "week of pride" is.

The deputy of the youth parliament of the Sverdlovsk region Artem Vlasov can say more.

He is one of the organizers of the meeting and believes that the name “homophobic” is not derogatory, but only “blurry”. Among the options there was also a “natural picnic” option, the deputy said.

-If representatives of the LGBT community come to get acquainted with our ideas, with our picnic, we have nothing against, we will neither humiliate nor insult. They told everyone to behave calmly. We even believe that they need to come to get acquainted with our agenda, because then they will not slander us. A lot of people will understand that there is another look at the question and, perhaps, will change their position over time. We are not against LGBT, we are against active propaganda, ”Artem suddenly turns over the meaning of the whole event.

The picnic program has a game of the mafia and songs for the guitar. Just at that moment, the participants begin to melody to sing along with the hit of Oleg Mityaev, "How great we all gathered here today." Alexey is one of the few who came to a picnic with a girl. There are a minority at the event. And then she is not a participant - a journalist, but he is just an observer. But they sit with the rest on the blankets.

- Before that, even in the media I did not see examples that such picnics existed. Someone gets stuck in the past, someone arranges gatherings in a broken country, and someone arranges homophobic picnics, ”says Alexei Shakhov.

Two young people in masks, black costumes and styling pass by. They move ten meters from the picnic, take out the box either with sand, or with something similar. They pour it all onto the lawn, they say: "We expel demons." And quickly remove.

Meanwhile, the "battery" of the "Zhuki" group is already singing under the guitar.

-These people say that they are for equality, for some understanding of a friend-friend, but when people come radically other positions, they react to this very aggressively, and the more aggressive, the more support they receive from society. After we announced the action, I began to act a lot of threats on social networks, ”says Timofey Kazantsev.

- Nobody says, how many people got into prison for their traditional views and for their values: for example, Konstantin Dushenov (director of the Analytical Information Agency “Orthodox”, convicted under the 282 article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “For Fruitment of Interethnic Retaz”), Ilya Goryachev (organizer of the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova), he is sitting on his father -in -law.

- Is he guilty?

- I read his business, it did not seem to me. The liberals have a “network” business, there is a “new greatness”, there are a lot of things in political prisoners and they all say that things are fabricated.

And our affairs, maybe they are also fabricated? But no one talks about it, and everyone is just silent about it.

This scares us and as if they are supplanted from society, ”Timothy tells reporters.

Ilya Goryachev led the combat organization of Russian nationalists (BORN), was involved at least five murders. The New Gazeta spoke in detail about the trial of it. The testimonies against Goryachev in the case of the murder of the journalist of the “New” Anastasia Baburova and lawyer Stanislav Markelov were given by the performers of the crime - Nikita Tikhonov and Evgeny Hasis.

Sasha Nikitin ( the name was changed at the request of the hero - approx. Ed. ) For a long time, it consists in same -sex relationships. He grew up in Yekaterinburg and was extremely surprised when he heard about the "homophobic picnic."

-If we are aloud about the rights of LGBT people, this does not mean that we infringe on the rights of heterosexual people. We do not want to forbid people with heterosexual orientation to marry, give birth or adopt children. It is not clear why to defend the rights of heterosexuals, because no one infringes them. And representatives of the LGBT community are increasingly faced with oppression. LGBT Praids do not take place in order to show themselves in different outfits, they are held in order to indicate the appearance of these people and try to equalize the rights of heterosexual couples and homosexual ones. Of course, representatives of the “traditional week” have the right to conduct it and do what they want, but I do not see the point in it that they are defending, they already have everything, ”says Sasha.

The third day. Excursion

At the temple-on-blood, built on the site of the house of Ipatiev, where the royal family was shot, I meet already familiar faces. Many of those who came on a “right Yekaterinburg” tour, rested on a “homophobic picnic” yesterday.

Today is much fewer participants. Among them are two adult women who are extremely dissatisfied with the delay in the event. The program contains a visit to places associated with the “white movement”, which for some time prevailed over the “red” in Yekaterinburg.

- “White” is not equal to the “right”?

- If you delve into historical moments, then we can say that the “white” movement is only part of the anti -Bolshevik and yes, to equate them not entirely correctly. Because the “right” are both liberals and conservatives. And if we talk about the “right -wing conservatives”, then we can say that it was a military dictatorship and an authoritarian regime, ”explains the author of the tour, a member of the Commonwealth Movement Alexander Nazipov. -I have been engaged in history from the 3rd grade. Studying my hometown, I discovered many little -known places associated with a "white" movement. But there are generally recognized points of attraction on excursions. For example, now we are at the place of execution of the royal family. This, of course, was one of the worst crimes of the Bolsheviks, which is not rehabilitated.

Alexander says he is a convinced monarchist. And he would like to return the emperor to Russia. But he believes that the will of the people needs this:

- Actually, while the people do not want, we can’t see the anointed of God.

- And who could you imagine as a monarch now?

-If you have to choose the monarch, we will have to turn to history, and do the same as they once acted when choosing Mikhail Romanov to the throne. It will be necessary to convene the Zemsky Cathedral.

- And the monarchy, do you think, is not an obsolete form of government?

- No. Now we see that both in parliament and under the Soviet system without a king, everything is not very good.

Despite the material well -being, which was in those days, there was no spirituality. And when the reign of Nicholas II was the peak of the construction of hospitals, schools.

- And who then, maybe, from the current politicians or famous figures, you can try on the role of the king?

It would seem that the answer is obvious, but Alexander suddenly gives out unexpected:

- All current media personalities cannot be allowed to the throne.

Ladies, who cannot wait for the tour, come after Alexander again. It's time to start. In color pictures, he shows how the pre -revolutionary Yekaterinburg looked. At this time, another participant joins. In uniform.

The policeman calls towards the organizers - Timofei and Artem - and asks about the event. Together with him, the young man in a gray T -shirt comes up, but holds aside.

“Yes, it was he who tapped it, for sure,” they say in the crowd.

“This is probably one of the LGBT activists,” they add.

Timofey Kazantsev says that the police officer recorded the route, the data of activists and after that left. By the way, Timothy is also a convinced monarchist who believes that only the king can unite society and religion, and save from the country from moral fall. The monarch in the event of the return of the system, he says, you can choose from the people, invite one of the representatives of the Romanov dynasty to the throne, or there are options for coroning the current president. True, the activist is not sure that Vladimir Putin likes it:

- If he wanted to become a monarch, then for me the question would be relevant, but for now he does not make such complaints. He has been in power for so many years, and I think that if he wanted, then, for example, after the Crimean spring, when his popularity was at 90%, he could declare himself anyone at all.

The fifth day. Exhibition

Park named after Pavlik Morozov. 16:00. Young people cut off tape and hang up posters on the rotton columns. This is an exhibition of paintings named after the Soviet pioneer.

Before the start of the action, many were wondering where the organizers of the “traditional week” would find paintings drawn by young Pavlik, or they will place canvases with its images. But everything turned out to be easier. On the printed sheets of A4 “traitors of the Motherland” - as the authors of the vernissage call them.

For example, in the “paintings” photos of the Yekaterinburg activist Maxim Vernikov, former associates of Alexei Navalny ( were included in the Rosfinmonitoring in the list of terrorists and extremists ), activists of the resource center for LGBT.

- The fact is that Pavlik Morozov is known for committing the betrayal of his father. People at this exhibition somehow committed betrayal. For example, one of them directly stated that he wishes defeats to his country and the army. We believe that this is a egregious case, because you can be any belief, but since this has begun, to desire defeats to your country is the worst that it can be, ”explains Mikhail Lyalin, the head of the White in the city, explains the action.

Maxim Vernikov now lives in the USA and does not consider himself a traitor.

- I cannot think in such categories at all. At a fairly early age, distinct ideas about good and evil have developed. And I do not consider it possible to retreat from them only because the country in which I was born and lived for 29 years of my life retreats from them, ”he said when“ a new newspaper. Europe ”turned to him for a comment.

And he adds: “I am sure that I will definitely visit Russia. Still, Vladimir Putin is older than me for exactly 40 years. ”

After the photo against the background of portraits of “traitors” are taken, the exhibition is folded. The organizers say: in order not to litter in the park and do not leave images disagreed with the city authorities. After a couple of hours, only naive confessions in love addressed to a certain Polina remain on the columns of the White Rotonta.

The sixth day. Debate

The meeting is again scheduled among plants in a flower studio. Participants are preparing for the debate on the topic "Censorship in culture, politics and the media." One of the speakers - a blond with a bang for a parting - will advocate strengthening and the need for hard censorship.

- Hard censorship is necessary because people can throw false information and fakes. In addition, I oppose the propaganda of LGBT and non -traditional values, as well as liberalism and communism.

This will also help to fight foreign agents. And maybe you even need to start criminal cases for foreign agency, as is done in Western countries, for example, in the USA, ”says Ivan Gubanov.

The United States really has its own law on foreign agents, and it really provides for criminal liability, but not for the fact of lobbying foreign interests, but for concealing its connections with the political structures of other states. At the same time, the US Ministry of Justice does not have the right to independently recognize a person with a foreign agent, as is done in the Russian Federation: the state is obliged to prove that a citizen "acts by order, request, under the supervision or control of a foreign leader."

Answering questions from the audience, Gubanov explains that the influence of LGBT propaganda in the form in which it is now presented in the media and art, can adversely affect the younger generation, threatens the demographic crisis and a decline in family values, which means that it carries a physical threat to society and can be equated with radical activity.

Also, a young man, born in 2002, believes that it is necessary to create a special censorship committee. He proposes to exclude or rewrite article No. 29 of paragraph 5 of the Constitution, in which the freedom of the media is guaranteed. Censorship is prohibited. " In the hall it becomes unbearably stuffy.

- It is very strange that people talk about it. So, something is going wrong with us. I caught bright flashbacks from reading Orwell, especially when it came to the Ministry of Censorship, which is called the Ministry of Truth in the book. I went with interest to listen to the argument for censorship, but they did not convince me, ”says Nadezhda, who came a third -party listener and was the only girl in the hall.

Anton Shvetsov acts with the opposite position and asks the opponent where to get guarantees that the state or the ruling elites will not use censorship for the sake of their interests to suppress the opposition or prevent criticism. To the question about the LGBT propaganda, which, according to the majority in the hall, is to blame for demographic problems, Swvetsov says that this is rather the problem of the economy, and people simply do not have enough money to raise children. As an example, he cited Iran, where the birth rate also falls, although there can be no talk of promoting the same -sex relationship.

-Representatives of the LGBT community with us since biblical times. They have always been, even if we recall the dictatorial regimes of the 20th century, where they physically reduced the population of representatives, for example, in Germany. After the war, they still appeared again, although there was no propaganda of values ​​either.

In addition, it was not possible to find the answer to the question of what propaganda is and what is informing.

Хотя в мероприятиях «Традиционной недели» едва ли приняли участие больше сотни человек, российским правым зачин понравился: в скором времени «гомофобный пикник» планируют провести в Новосибирске.