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Fascist posters: Political scandal at the Seliger (part 1)
We placed some information from the media concerning the scandal photos from the Seliger-2010 forum. The activists of the social movement «Stal» represented «Enemies of the people» (opposition of the Russian authorities) wearing caps with the fascist symbolics during the political shift "Leadership" of the biggest Russian youth forum from 20th till 28th of July. Please see continuance here with reaction of Russian media and official persons.The interview with the leader of the "Nashi Orthodoxy" movement, Boris Yakimenko:
"Vesti fm": Good day, Boris Grigorievich!
Yakemenko: Good day!
"Vesti FM": Did this installation take place in the Seliger camp?
Yakemenko: I did not see.
"Vesti FM": Do you think it is true or photoshop?
Yakemenko: I cannot say anything I did not see it.
"Vesti FM": Do you know anything about the accident? Did you hear that these photos had
appeared in the Internet?
Yakemenko: I heard about it only from you. Here were posters of Limonov, Nemtsov,
Alekseeva. It was explained what they had done for the collapse of the Russian state. But I
do not remember anything about Svanidze.
"Vesti FM": OK. Let us talk about the people whose photos you have seen. Do you
know who was the initiator of this installation and how did they choose heroes for it?
Yakemenko: It is very simple. They were chosen according to their anti-Russian activity.
"Vesti FM": Let us remember what people and in what way did appear in Seliger camp?.
Yakemenko: Here were the banners with photos of Alekseeva, Limonov, Nemtsov and many
other anti-Russian personalities. There was brief information concerning their activity.
"Vesti FM": Who determined this activity as anti-Russian and how?
Yakemenko: It was determined by these people’ exclamations, words and actions.
"Vesti FM": May be any concealed sense in the set of the banners?
Yakemenko: There is no any concealed sense. You know the patriotic youth should know
those who act in an anti-Russian way systematically.
"Vesti FM": So it is the aim of these banners installation.
Yakemenko: I think so.
"Vesti FM": Did the organizers of the camp give the permission to install these banners?
Yakemenko: I do not know the details.
Kommersant
The information source "Ъ" in the administration said that Mutko had been very furious at knowing about the installation. The state officials do not have any relation to it. "Ъ" source said that the exhibition had been quickly dismantled. The lawyers who saw the installation said that the installation violated both civil and criminal law.
Interfax
The installation organized by the youth movements caused a very negative reaction of the Russian Public Chamber members. "I think that the members of the Chamber after violations caused by the youth movements in relation of one of their collegues (Nikolai Svanidze-Interfax) must boycott the forum work at Seliger, said Pavel Gusev in the media, chairman of the Commission on the information politics and freedom of speech.
He said that such actions could not take place in a democratic society. Svanidze said that installation had been done by bad-bred children.
Alla Gerber, the member of the Russian Common House and the head of the "Holocaust" fond told Interfax that the organizers of the installation were hooligans who did not know who national socialists were.
BBC Russia about the officials’ reaction
One of the forum participants, the leader of "Young Russia" movement, Maksim
Michenko and the deputy of the State Duma said that the installation had been initiated
by the youth organization "Stal", according to BBC Russia.
Vladimir Mutko, Russian Human rights activist said that all the organizers of the
installation must be punished.
Ella Pamfilova, chairman of the presidential council, said that she was scared of the fact
that such young people would rise to power some time later".
