Posts Tagged ‘Zuganov’

History Of An Opposition Movement

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Other Russia’s Conference on July 11—12 have started processes of confrontation between Putin’s Kremlin forces and new oppositional forces consolidated under “Other Russia’s” banner.

At the moment of “Other Russia’s” creation, old opposition forces (Zuganov’s Communists, Yavlinski’s democrats, the Union of Right Forces) have proved to be impotent. Not dead, but as unactive as dead. For more than decade those opposition parties were present in Russian State Duma, however that presence couldn’t stop an installation in Russia of rightwing Putin dictatorship. Exploiting protest emotions of population, Zuganov, Yavlinksi, and rest were actually pretenders, false oppositioners.

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Mr. Putin’s Hands Have Blood On It

Friday, September 9th, 2005

What happened

Nazbols bloodOn August 29, in the evening, at about 8.06 p.m. the group of thugs, wearing black masks and white gloves have attacked meeting of Moscow regional organization of National-Bolsheviks Party. It was crowd of more than thirty thugs, armed with pneumatical pistols, baseball bats, and “fires,” used by football fanats.

Building near metro “Avtozavodskaia” was guarded by seven National-Bolsheviks, two of them girls. But they stand up bravely against assault. Four NBP activists were wounded: Dmitri Elizarov have both of his arms fractured, Stanislav Diakonov have three fractures on his head, he was also stabbed with knife. Van belonging to NB party was put on fire, its windows were broken. But no invader was let into buildings hall, not speaking about fours floor, were meeting took place. Receiving rebuff assailants fleed towards the bus, N576 “Moscow-Korolev,” what have deposited them earlier.

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Notes on Everyday Life of Russian Radical Political Reader

Friday, May 20th, 2005

Mark Ames asked me to write something humorous. I said “Yes,” then later I have discovered that I am humorless type. That I am dogmatical, fanatical and crazy. I cannot smile actually, I can laugh dramatical laughing. So, I better to be myself. I will write about my problems. Again.

I have Forty-six members of my party imprisoned. Nine of them are girls. Seven of them underaged persons.

I have Forty-sex by two, or ninety-two parents of imprisoned, to deal with. Most of them understand that Putin’s group is responsible for keeping their children inside prison walls, but few parents anyway are blaming me for the fate of their children. It is hard to bear.

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Hight Society Evening

Friday, October 1st, 2004

I arrived to “Praga” restaurant by smallest Russian vehicle - “Oka” one-door tiny car, where we were packed, four National-Bolsheviks, counting our driver - Yuri, ex-patrol man. Other distinguished guests of Radio “Echo of Moscow” were driving much more distinguished vehicles - I noticed them stepping out of foreign “BMW’s” and “Mercedeses”. Yuri have stayed in his tiny car, as I comrades Dmitri and Iliya went to restaurant. We when through metallo-detectors, then mounted on second floor, where jass band was playing. “Praga” is old-fashion building full of columns, huge windows, carpets, palm trees, all that retro chic, you know. So Jazz is playing, National-Bolsheviks on my sides, I am entering that gathering of beaumonde. It is 19:15. Although soiree have started at 19, the place is swarming with people.

First who I saw was chef-editor Alexei Venediktov, his red scalp hair looking like a barbed wire bouquet. My butterfly-tie, white shirt and black velvet jacket made him happy. He shaked my hand and said in delighted voice - The only man wearing a butterfly-tie here is the leader of National Bolsheviks party! - I have counted on your appreciation - said I. Congratulations, your radio is only one left island of liberty in Russia.

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Komsomol under mayonnaise

Thursday, June 24th, 2004

NazbolsRussian lefts grow swiftly younger. Rallying students succeed grandmothers. They are struggling against Putin the “dictator”, unmasking Zuganov the “revisionist” and are waiting for the anticapitalist revolution any day. In order to brighten up the process of waiting they bombard elder politicians with ketchup and mayonnaise.

On the 23d of February Russia’s left radicals are going to carry out the action “Russia without Putin”. Evidently they will not manage to organize a mass rally, their most significant actions have gathered only about 2000 participants so far. Under Yeltsin mass left radical open-airs mainly attracted grandmothers with saucepans. Now - students.

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