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(March of Nichteinverstandenen Moscow 23 November 2007)
This weekend it was in Russia two large "Marches of Nichteinverstandenen" in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Western observers reported here about every 2 to 3 thousand participants, but the attached picture points towards more subscribers in Moscow. There were also planned in other cities over 23 marches, whether they are managed is to me so far unknown. In many smaller cities to the contesting parties belonging to persons detained in the run and / or intimidated. Many of the marches have been banned from flimsy reasons. But these are the usual difficulties encountered by the organizers of the march, every time.
The marches of Nichteinverstandenen organized by the coalition "The Other Russia, whose leaders include Gari Kasparov and Eduard Limonov (more here or wikipedia).
Moscow
In view of the march were partially fenced underground road crossings and blocked the roads with trucks. The entrances to the square to take place where the rally was permitted, blocked. A journalist from the radio station "Echo Moskvy" took pictures of the preparations by the security forces.
After the end of the rally, a part of the participants to the building of the Central Election Commission was canceled. There, you wanted a petition for "genuine elections" to those responsible passed. This part of the demonstration had been previously prohibited, and the participants of this group have been arrested immediately. Among them was Gari Kasparov. Those arrested were sentenced to 5 days in jail. So they could not participate in the march on Sunday. A group of Demostranten has managed several barriers, however, the OMON (special forces of the Russian police) to break through, which in itself speaks for a very large number of participants. This meant that the document containing the requirements to pass symbolic.
Some of the unknown detainees were treated with great brutality. There are credible reports of demonstrators were badly beaten in custody and had to be rushed to the doctor with a broken nose and other injuries.
At today's march in St. Petersburg, there was again a great many arrests. Such different reports were According 200 to 300 people arrested. Elsewhere it is reported that most of those arrested were taken outside the town and released without protocol or the like. There was injured again this time was also reported by beating up the elderly.
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The description of the measures taken by the security forces is certainly not exhaustive. It will only clarify to what you have to be ready when you attending a march of Nichteinverstandenen. This massive intimidation policy, the authorities have managed to prevent the uprising of civil society before the Duma election. Unfortunately zeigtdie low participation in the marches that the current political course in Russia from the inside can not currently be changed out. And from the outside as possible, this should not happen.
I would like to clearly contradict the critics who say: the Nichteinverstandenen are a tiny fringe group. As does, for example, Mr. Lozo in his blog .
The opposition is certainly not the majority of the population. This can develop no opposition thought since the entire ordinary television is controlled by the state. Representative of the population that has a good education and is ideologically against the personality cult and return to the Soviet Union system, do not go into opposition. For them, this would mean the loss of existing income. And finally, those who recognize clearly the decline of Russian society, do not go on the street because they are mostly old and know that they can be beaten.
And so it is that show up on the street just a few thousand people. Of these, a significant part of one of the most radical Nationalbolschewiken, one in Russia probably rightly banned party.
The tactics of those in power is simple. Each of the state structure would even begin to criticize or change in the democratic and pluralistic direction, is forced into the position of radicals. There is no way of peaceful protest. The opponents of the regime is imposed on the struggle for, information and disinformation.
This grueling tactics dominate especially the agents of the secret very well. This shows basically clear who currently holds the majority of strands in the hand.
. PS: I put here a link to a news report of REN TV, one less dependent transmitter. For the non-Russian speaking readers, there is a good picture of the brutality of the security forces.
We see how, in part not military participant arrested against all norms and still beaten in the street in front of the cameras. One can only imagine what happens next to the guard.
Curiously, in this review, the number of participants in the Moscow march given to 1000 and said the petition could not be transferred. Of this there are messages and photos.
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