tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038176319418564720.post7789504746056778202..comments2024-03-27T02:38:43.721-07:00Comments on The Devushka Diaries: Racial riots in MoscowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038176319418564720.post-65602644253276267402010-12-16T22:54:05.495-08:002010-12-16T22:54:05.495-08:00Uh, yeah, anyway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T...Uh, yeah, anyway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4f9zR5yzYRheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947738929075169269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038176319418564720.post-90145204937519643862010-12-16T14:40:23.840-08:002010-12-16T14:40:23.840-08:00I think a legitimate cause of this gathering - to ...I think a legitimate cause of this gathering - to demand a justice for killers of Egor Sviridov was exploited by radicals (or maybe FSB provocateurs). In a crowd of several thousands it requires a few dozens people to make a nazi salutes and to chant nazi slogans to get journalists attention. The same for beatings - most of the people who gathered there even didn't see any beating - it happened, but was very limited, concerning the number of people involved. If this event was organized by those who want to hurt (or scare away) those racial minorities, they'd march to the places where said minorities are living. And then things would turn REALLY ugly. But that was not the case.<br />Obviously, racial tension in Russia exists. North Caucasians - namely Chechens, Dagestanis, Ingushes are notorious for their cruelty. Tajiks - for heroin traffiking (thanks NATO for occupuing Afganistan!). And so on. And its too much often perpetrators from the named minorities are escape justice just because they have help of their tight-knit diasporas, while their russian victms are atomised. Just google names Egor Sviridov, Yuri Volkov, Maxim Sychov. So this impression is very widespread - if a russian have a conflict with the caucasian, azeri or ...stani - russian can't get help from anybody. Local authorities, police, everyone - will turn a blind eye to russian being victimized, but will prosecute any attempt to a self-defence. Plus, even if you can repel attack of some chechen boy - his "teip" (clan) will teach you a lesson. And police surely will turn a blind eye to this. <br />So, this is an underlying motive for the riots in Moscow, St.Petersburg and Rostov on Don (also look up Kondopoaga some time ago).<br />p.s.<br />Please don't think I am a racist, I married to a jewish woman and my sister married to a jamaican man. And we have children. <br />p.s.s. Thats a longest commetary i've ever wrote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com