As the dust settles on the Manezhnaya race riots several hundred Muscovites gathered at Pushkinskaya on Sunday to protest against xenophobic and fascist elements in Russian society.
The rally was organised by Russian writer and publicist Viktor Shenderovich and was meant to show that there are people ready to stand against the rising tide of nationalism.
But Moscow antifascist movement representatives are doubtful that the rally, attended by 1,500 people including well-known Russian public figures such as film director Pavel Lungin, writer Dmitry Bykov and Khimki forest activist Evgeniya Chirikova, could make any significant difference.
Wrong weapon
“It’s important that the rally was held under non-political slogans,” Maxim Solopov, of Moscow’s antifascist movement, told the Moscow News. “But I would say that this form of protest is not the best one to sort out the situation.”
The “Moscow for everyone” campaign aims to show that not everyone shares the nationalistic ideas espoused by the rioters. “On behalf of Russia, we feel obliged to say that they (the rioters) are impostors and not a nation. And that there are other people, to say the least,” Shenderovich told RIA Novosti.
But talking shops are not enough, says Solopov. “The problem is that liberal rhetoric is not enough to convince those guys that they are wrong. And charging everyone [of being nationalists] means just hypocritically ignoring the problem.”
“Dialogue and cooperation are what we need first of all,” he said adding that Putin did the right thing when he met football fans’ representatives. “It a good sign, although if it had been done earlier, the Manezhnaya riots might not have happened.
“No one is really dealing with problems of racism in football, apart from small internal subcultures. And talking to these people, who haven’t become murderers but still have nationalistic views, is very much needed,” he said by telephone
Sharing the blame
Chirikova blames the government for letting the rioters get out of hand and says that nationalists need to think hard about what brought riot police crashing down upon them. “Guys from Manezhnaya need to think about who brought the police and courts to this condition. Maybe it was those people, who honor football fans in the Kremlin’s throne room?” She announced at the rally, Kommersant reported.
But blaming just the government for leaving the problem untended for so long would be unjust, says Solopov, “Both the authorities and intelligentsia are responsible for the generation that has grown up wild.”
Not everything from the Soviet past should have been eliminated, and the ideas of internationalism and social justice were aspects of Soviet heritage that were worth keeping, “The new generation is totally confused now after year of active anti-soviet propaganda coming from both the state and intelligentsia.” They are much easier to approach with promises of clan-backing than constructive ideas, Solopov said.
As the dust settles on the Manezhnaya race riots several hundred Muscovites gathered at Pushkinskaya on Sunday to protest against xenophobic and fascist elements in Russian society.
The rally was organised by Russian writer and publicist Viktor Shenderovich and was meant to show that there are people ready to stand against the rising tide of nationalism.
But Moscow antifascist movement representatives are doubtful that the rally, attended by 1,500 people including well-known Russian public figures such as film director Pavel Lungin, writer Dmitry Bykov and Khimki forest activist Evgeniya Chirikova, could make any significant difference.
Wrong weapon
“It’s important that the rally was held under non-political slogans,” Maxim Solopov, of Moscow’s antifascist movement, told the Moscow News. “But I would say that this form of protest is not the best one to sort out the situation.”
The “Moscow for everyone” campaign aims to show that not everyone shares the nationalistic ideas espoused by the rioters. “On behalf of Russia, we feel obliged to say that they (the rioters) are impostors and not a nation. And that there are other people, to say the least,” Shenderovich told RIA Novosti.
But talking shops are not enough, says Solopov. “The problem is that liberal rhetoric is not enough to convince those guys that they are wrong. And charging everyone [of being nationalists] means just hypocritically ignoring the problem.”
“Dialogue and cooperation are what we need first of all,” he said adding that Putin did the right thing when he met football fans’ representatives. “It a good sign, although if it had been done earlier, the Manezhnaya riots might not have happened.
“No one is really dealing with problems of racism in football, apart from small internal subcultures. And talking to these people, who haven’t become murderers but still have nationalistic views, is very much needed,” he said by telephone
Sharing the blame
Chirikova blames the government for letting the rioters get out of hand and says that nationalists need to think hard about what brought riot police crashing down upon them. “Guys from Manezhnaya need to think about who brought the police and courts to this condition. Maybe it was those people, who honor football fans in the Kremlin’s throne room?” She announced at the rally, Kommersant reported.
But blaming just the government for leaving the problem untended for so long would be unjust, says Solopov, “Both the authorities and intelligentsia are responsible for the generation that has grown up wild.”
Not everything from the Soviet past should have been eliminated, and the ideas of internationalism and social justice were aspects of Soviet heritage that were worth keeping, “The new generation is totally confused now after year of active anti-soviet propaganda coming from both the state and intelligentsia.” They are much easier to approach with promises of clan-backing than constructive ideas, Solopov said.
As the dust settles on the Manezhnaya race riots several hundred Muscovites gathered at Pushkinskaya on Sunday to protest against xenophobic and fascist elements in Russian society.
The rally was organised by Russian writer and publicist Viktor Shenderovich and was meant to show that there are people ready to stand against the rising tide of nationalism.
But Moscow antifascist movement representatives are doubtful that the rally, attended by 1,500 people including well-known Russian public figures such as film director Pavel Lungin, writer Dmitry Bykov and Khimki forest activist Evgeniya Chirikova, could make any significant difference.
Wrong weapon
“It’s important that the rally was held under non-political slogans,” Maxim Solopov, of Moscow’s antifascist movement, told the Moscow News. “But I would say that this form of protest is not the best one to sort out the situation.”
The “Moscow for everyone” campaign aims to show that not everyone shares the nationalistic ideas espoused by the rioters. “On behalf of Russia, we feel obliged to say that they (the rioters) are impostors and not a nation. And that there are other people, to say the least,” Shenderovich told RIA Novosti.
But talking shops are not enough, says Solopov. “The problem is that liberal rhetoric is not enough to convince those guys that they are wrong. And charging everyone [of being nationalists] means just hypocritically ignoring the problem.”
“Dialogue and cooperation are what we need first of all,” he said adding that Putin did the right thing when he met football fans’ representatives. “It a good sign, although if it had been done earlier, the Manezhnaya riots might not have happened.
“No one is really dealing with problems of racism in football, apart from small internal subcultures. And talking to these people, who haven’t become murderers but still have nationalistic views, is very much needed,” he said by telephone
Sharing the blame
Chirikova blames the government for letting the rioters get out of hand and says that nationalists need to think hard about what brought riot police crashing down upon them. “Guys from Manezhnaya need to think about who brought the police and courts to this condition. Maybe it was those people, who honor football fans in the Kremlin’s throne room?” She announced at the rally, Kommersant reported.
But blaming just the government for leaving the problem untended for so long would be unjust, says Solopov, “Both the authorities and intelligentsia are responsible for the generation that has grown up wild.”
Not everything from the Soviet past should have been eliminated, and the ideas of internationalism and social justice were aspects of Soviet heritage that were worth keeping, “The new generation is totally confused now after year of active anti-soviet propaganda coming from both the state and intelligentsia.” They are much easier to approach with promises of clan-backing than constructive ideas, Solopov said.
As the dust settles on the Manezhnaya race riots several hundred Muscovites gathered at Pushkinskaya on Sunday to protest against xenophobic and fascist elements in Russian society.
The rally was organised by Russian writer and publicist Viktor Shenderovich and was meant to show that there are people ready to stand against the rising tide of nationalism.
But Moscow antifascist movement representatives are doubtful that the rally, attended by 1,500 people including well-known Russian public figures such as film director Pavel Lungin, writer Dmitry Bykov and Khimki forest activist Evgeniya Chirikova, could make any significant difference.
Wrong weapon
“It’s important that the rally was held under non-political slogans,” Maxim Solopov, of Moscow’s antifascist movement, told the Moscow News. “But I would say that this form of protest is not the best one to sort out the situation.”
The “Moscow for everyone” campaign aims to show that not everyone shares the nationalistic ideas espoused by the rioters. “On behalf of Russia, we feel obliged to say that they (the rioters) are impostors and not a nation. And that there are other people, to say the least,” Shenderovich told RIA Novosti.
But talking shops are not enough, says Solopov. “The problem is that liberal rhetoric is not enough to convince those guys that they are wrong. And charging everyone [of being nationalists] means just hypocritically ignoring the problem.”
“Dialogue and cooperation are what we need first of all,” he said adding that Putin did the right thing when he met football fans’ representatives. “It a good sign, although if it had been done earlier, the Manezhnaya riots might not have happened.
“No one is really dealing with problems of racism in football, apart from small internal subcultures. And talking to these people, who haven’t become murderers but still have nationalistic views, is very much needed,” he said by telephone
Sharing the blame
Chirikova blames the government for letting the rioters get out of hand and says that nationalists need to think hard about what brought riot police crashing down upon them. “Guys from Manezhnaya need to think about who brought the police and courts to this condition. Maybe it was those people, who honor football fans in the Kremlin’s throne room?” She announced at the rally, Kommersant reported.
But blaming just the government for leaving the problem untended for so long would be unjust, says Solopov, “Both the authorities and intelligentsia are responsible for the generation that has grown up wild.”
Not everything from the Soviet past should have been eliminated, and the ideas of internationalism and social justice were aspects of Soviet heritage that were worth keeping, “The new generation is totally confused now after year of active anti-soviet propaganda coming from both the state and intelligentsia.” They are much easier to approach with promises of clan-backing than constructive ideas, Solopov said.
As the dust settles on the Manezhnaya race riots several hundred Muscovites gathered at Pushkinskaya on Sunday to protest against xenophobic and fascist elements in Russian society.
The rally was organised by Russian writer and publicist Viktor Shenderovich and was meant to show that there are people ready to stand against the rising tide of nationalism.
But Moscow antifascist movement representatives are doubtful that the rally, attended by 1,500 people including well-known Russian public figures such as film director Pavel Lungin, writer Dmitry Bykov and Khimki forest activist Evgeniya Chirikova, could make any significant difference.
Wrong weapon
“It’s important that the rally was held under non-political slogans,” Maxim Solopov, of Moscow’s antifascist movement, told the Moscow News. “But I would say that this form of protest is not the best one to sort out the situation.”
The “Moscow for everyone” campaign aims to show that not everyone shares the nationalistic ideas espoused by the rioters. “On behalf of Russia, we feel obliged to say that they (the rioters) are impostors and not a nation. And that there are other people, to say the least,” Shenderovich told RIA Novosti.
But talking shops are not enough, says Solopov. “The problem is that liberal rhetoric is not enough to convince those guys that they are wrong. And charging everyone [of being nationalists] means just hypocritically ignoring the problem.”
“Dialogue and cooperation are what we need first of all,” he said adding that Putin did the right thing when he met football fans’ representatives. “It a good sign, although if it had been done earlier, the Manezhnaya riots might not have happened.
“No one is really dealing with problems of racism in football, apart from small internal subcultures. And talking to these people, who haven’t become murderers but still have nationalistic views, is very much needed,” he said by telephone
Sharing the blame
Chirikova blames the government for letting the rioters get out of hand and says that nationalists need to think hard about what brought riot police crashing down upon them. “Guys from Manezhnaya need to think about who brought the police and courts to this condition. Maybe it was those people, who honor football fans in the Kremlin’s throne room?” She announced at the rally, Kommersant reported.
But blaming just the government for leaving the problem untended for so long would be unjust, says Solopov, “Both the authorities and intelligentsia are responsible for the generation that has grown up wild.”
Not everything from the Soviet past should have been eliminated, and the ideas of internationalism and social justice were aspects of Soviet heritage that were worth keeping, “The new generation is totally confused now after year of active anti-soviet propaganda coming from both the state and intelligentsia.” They are much easier to approach with promises of clan-backing than constructive ideas, Solopov said.
As the dust settles on the Manezhnaya race riots several hundred Muscovites gathered at Pushkinskaya on Sunday to protest against xenophobic and fascist elements in Russian society.
The rally was organised by Russian writer and publicist Viktor Shenderovich and was meant to show that there are people ready to stand against the rising tide of nationalism.
But Moscow antifascist movement representatives are doubtful that the rally, attended by 1,500 people including well-known Russian public figures such as film director Pavel Lungin, writer Dmitry Bykov and Khimki forest activist Evgeniya Chirikova, could make any significant difference.
Wrong weapon
“It’s important that the rally was held under non-political slogans,” Maxim Solopov, of Moscow’s antifascist movement, told the Moscow News. “But I would say that this form of protest is not the best one to sort out the situation.”
The “Moscow for everyone” campaign aims to show that not everyone shares the nationalistic ideas espoused by the rioters. “On behalf of Russia, we feel obliged to say that they (the rioters) are impostors and not a nation. And that there are other people, to say the least,” Shenderovich told RIA Novosti.
But talking shops are not enough, says Solopov. “The problem is that liberal rhetoric is not enough to convince those guys that they are wrong. And charging everyone [of being nationalists] means just hypocritically ignoring the problem.”
“Dialogue and cooperation are what we need first of all,” he said adding that Putin did the right thing when he met football fans’ representatives. “It a good sign, although if it had been done earlier, the Manezhnaya riots might not have happened.
“No one is really dealing with problems of racism in football, apart from small internal subcultures. And talking to these people, who haven’t become murderers but still have nationalistic views, is very much needed,” he said by telephone
Sharing the blame
Chirikova blames the government for letting the rioters get out of hand and says that nationalists need to think hard about what brought riot police crashing down upon them. “Guys from Manezhnaya need to think about who brought the police and courts to this condition. Maybe it was those people, who honor football fans in the Kremlin’s throne room?” She announced at the rally, Kommersant reported.
But blaming just the government for leaving the problem untended for so long would be unjust, says Solopov, “Both the authorities and intelligentsia are responsible for the generation that has grown up wild.”
Not everything from the Soviet past should have been eliminated, and the ideas of internationalism and social justice were aspects of Soviet heritage that were worth keeping, “The new generation is totally confused now after year of active anti-soviet propaganda coming from both the state and intelligentsia.” They are much easier to approach with promises of clan-backing than constructive ideas, Solopov said.
As the dust settles on the Manezhnaya race riots several hundred Muscovites gathered at Pushkinskaya on Sunday to protest against xenophobic and fascist elements in Russian society.
The rally was organised by Russian writer and publicist Viktor Shenderovich and was meant to show that there are people ready to stand against the rising tide of nationalism.
But Moscow antifascist movement representatives are doubtful that the rally, attended by 1,500 people including well-known Russian public figures such as film director Pavel Lungin, writer Dmitry Bykov and Khimki forest activist Evgeniya Chirikova, could make any significant difference.
Wrong weapon
“It’s important that the rally was held under non-political slogans,” Maxim Solopov, of Moscow’s antifascist movement, told the Moscow News. “But I would say that this form of protest is not the best one to sort out the situation.”
The “Moscow for everyone” campaign aims to show that not everyone shares the nationalistic ideas espoused by the rioters. “On behalf of Russia, we feel obliged to say that they (the rioters) are impostors and not a nation. And that there are other people, to say the least,” Shenderovich told RIA Novosti.
But talking shops are not enough, says Solopov. “The problem is that liberal rhetoric is not enough to convince those guys that they are wrong. And charging everyone [of being nationalists] means just hypocritically ignoring the problem.”
“Dialogue and cooperation are what we need first of all,” he said adding that Putin did the right thing when he met football fans’ representatives. “It a good sign, although if it had been done earlier, the Manezhnaya riots might not have happened.
“No one is really dealing with problems of racism in football, apart from small internal subcultures. And talking to these people, who haven’t become murderers but still have nationalistic views, is very much needed,” he said by telephone
Sharing the blame
Chirikova blames the government for letting the rioters get out of hand and says that nationalists need to think hard about what brought riot police crashing down upon them. “Guys from Manezhnaya need to think about who brought the police and courts to this condition. Maybe it was those people, who honor football fans in the Kremlin’s throne room?” She announced at the rally, Kommersant reported.
But blaming just the government for leaving the problem untended for so long would be unjust, says Solopov, “Both the authorities and intelligentsia are responsible for the generation that has grown up wild.”
Not everything from the Soviet past should have been eliminated, and the ideas of internationalism and social justice were aspects of Soviet heritage that were worth keeping, “The new generation is totally confused now after year of active anti-soviet propaganda coming from both the state and intelligentsia.” They are much easier to approach with promises of clan-backing than constructive ideas, Solopov said.
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