In Crimea, for the slightest hint of disloyalty to Russian troops, they are ready to demolish entire car services and plant for a long time. But people still rebel against war

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, on the annexed peninsula, the authorities and the security forces launched repressions against Crimeans with an anti -war position. In the features of the Crimean “Witch Hunts” specifically for the “Novaya Gazeta. Europe ”was understood by Nadezhda Isaev.

Hurray-patriotism against common sense

Last week in the Republic of Crimea, the sensational demolition case in Russia ended, in which the military on trucks with marke “Z” allegedly refused to maintain for ideological reasons. At least that was how Russian propagandists explained.

According to the Russian head of the Krasnogvardeisky district of Crimea, Roman Shantaev, the service station in the Vidnoye village was dismantled as an “illegal construction”. Shantaev said in a commentary to TASS that other “illegal buildings” are located next to the hundred, allegedly erected by the same entrepreneur. They also plan to demolish them.

In June, video videos shot by the military, outraged by the owner of the WHER to help him with the repair of the wheel from the army truck appeared on social networks.

- In short, here, the boys, came to volcanication, change the wheel, and here there is such a conversation that they do not help the military. Not free, for money, we give everything, - in the tone of the offended owner of life with a characteristic Caucasian accent explains the military behind the scenes. -Here, such help, here, thank you for our work (words-parasites are excluded from the quote- approx. Auth. )

Which part of his work was supposed to impress Crimeans, and what kind of profit received both the inhabitants of the peninsula and the residents of the rest in Russia, the military did not explain the video.

Later, the owner of the car service, Vilen Seitosmanov, explained that the refusal was not caused by ideological reasons: the service is designed to repair cars and cannot serve heavy army trucks. It is likely that the military was simply unknown that the equipment is not suitable for replacing tires on truck wheels. It is entertaining that in the video provided by the offended military propagandists for bullying on the Internet, there is no direct quote from the owner of the car service, that the refusal is caused by the markeing of “z” or ideological reasons.

But, despite the quite logical explanation, full-scale persecution unfolded in the ura-patriotic Russian media and social networks against Seitosmanov. It was attended by not only bots and anonyms from the pro-government telegram channels and social networks, but also the Crimean authorities.

Thus, the head of the Crimea Parliament Vladimir Konstantinov categorically stated that the decision to demolish the car Sercist has an ideological background and should serve the entrepreneur Seitosmanov “The Lesson of Patriotism”. He also advised the owner of the service to go to Ukraine.

• He uses the benefits of a citizen of a great power - let him live by law, ”says Konstantinov. - He may not love our power - you will not forcibly sweet. But you will have to respect it. It’s better not to get Russia across Russia. And I do not advise other similar ones.

“New newspaper. Europe ”already wrote that Crimean politicians adopt the aggressive rhetoric of Russian colleagues - to cover their personal failures in work. Due to the rapid political Ukrainian past, Crimean politicians have to prove their loyalty to the Putin regime with double zeal. Although they do this mainly in populist public statements and persecution.

The authorities did not limit the public intimidation of the owner of the service station and Hayit on the Internet. Almost immediately, an audit came to the entrepreneur at the car service. Officials and law enforcement officers predictably found violations and recognized the construction illegal. She was ordered to demolish for 14 days. And demolished.

The distribution of repression

This is far from the only case when any manifestations of non -reduction are harshly suppressed on the peninsula, even random ones - both with the help of repressions and with the help of bullying through the media and social networks.

In fact, from the beginning of the war on the peninsula, “witch hunt” was declared. Opponents of the armed conflict with Ukraine regularly fall under the flywheel of repression. Someone is finished with fines, someone loses property and work, and some of the freedom. As soon as the law on military censorship was adopted in Russia, that is, “discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”, local security forces from the start were reported by several administrative affairs for anti -war protests in several cities of Crimea and Sevastopol.

Despite the fact that the authorities assure that on the peninsula the entire population fully supports both the war and the president, the protests are ongoing.

It is likely that the propagandists forgot that the vast majority of Crimeans and Sevastopol residents not only preserved Ukrainian citizenship and passports, but also have many friends and relatives in Ukraine.

The exact number of anti -war protests on the peninsula is difficult to evaluate - the authorities are far from always reporting such facts. According to the OVD-Info project, from March 70 cases were opened in Crimea under Article 20.3.3 on “discrediting the Armed Forces of Russia” , and 19 more cases were in Sevastopol.

Here are just some examples of “demonstrative vice” for the obstinate Crimeans, “spoiled by the Ukrainian mentality”:

• In Yevpatoria, a local resident of Bogdan Ziza doused the city administration with yellow and blue paint. The FSB was connected to his capture, and the video with an apology was twisted on the control of regional television and on the pages of Internet media;

• In March, the Russian police of Crimea announced the detention of a 17-year-old Crimean, who doused the monument to “polite people” with paint. The FSB was connected to the capture of the teenager, a criminal case for vandalism (124 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) was brought to him and sent on a recognizance not to leave;

• On March 4, the Crimean Tatar Emil Emirov was searched in Bakhchisarai, he was arrested on charges of "state treason." Nasrulla Seydaliev was arrested in the Simferopol district. He is accused of involvement in “illegal armed groups” - the battalion of Noman Chelebijikhan, known in connection with the civil blockade of Crimea;

• In July, a fine of 30 thousand rubles for the “discredit” of the Russian army was appointed a 61-year-old resident of the Leninsky district. In the village of SemiSotka, he forced the driver of the tractor to tear the inscription in the form of the letter “Z” from the windshield of the MTZ-80 tractor;

• In June, the Yalta employee of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia was sentenced to 5 years in prison for calls for calls to citizens of the city to evacuate due to the “soon US attack” for the annexed Crimea. According to the FSB, an employee of the Ministry of Emergencies at meetings of residents in some areas of Yalta distributed false information about the conduct of a “special military operation”;

• In addition, the Mash telegram channel said that an employee of the Russian Emergencies Ministry “walked around the apartments, promised ambulance explosions of foreign missiles and prizes”. According to Kryminform , the rescuer was found guilty of the spread of “fakes” about the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine;

• In May, Sevastopol was appointed 200 hours of compulsory work for giving a slap in the face to the FSB veteran in a grocery store. The reason for the conflict was the letter "Z", glued in a car of a former security officer. The attacker himself explained his act by the fact that in Ukraine his close people were sitting in the basement, hiding from bombing;

• In June, unknown settled the building of the administration of the rural settlement of Pushkino : they threw a bottle of incendiary mixture into the administrative building, after which a fire occurred in the premises for a meeting of deputies.

And these are far from all examples.

Numerous anti -war actions are manifested in the form of “insulting inscriptions regarding the“ special operation ”, demonstration of posters and posts in social networks, the content of which“ discredited the use of the Russian armed forces (in the war against Ukraine) ”; “The desecration of the grave of the Russian soldier” , who recently died in the Russian war with Ukraine, and mass damage to cars with signs Z and V are symbols of this war. Several times in the Crimea and Sevastopol reported the fights that ended in the arrival of the Vlaklask police in regional media and social networks.

The last hundred -poll on how the Crimeans relate to the “special military operation” was published on March 16. The Region Management Center said that according to the study, 90% of residents of the Republic of Crimea trust President Vladimir Putin, 84% of respondents support a special military operation in Ukraine.