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| Kyiv stepped on the path of terror. Moscow can't wait any longer |
| 2023-04-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Petr Akopov [RIA] Many do not doubt that the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky was ordered - but the investigation needs to identify both the organizers and accomplices of Daria Trepova, who handed the military commander a bust stuffed with explosives. At the same time, it is more than likely that Trepova herself was used blindly - that is, she really did not understand that she was participating in the terrorist attack. This does not remove the blame from her, but adds additional color to the most important topic, which needs to be discussed in parallel with the fight against terror emanating from Kyiv. How big is the threat of radical youth terror in Russia? The surname of the St. Petersburg "bomber" seemed to specifically emphasize the relevance of the issue: almost a century and a half ago, in St. Petersburg, they tried to kill the governor, General Trepov. Vera Zasulich, who shot him, was acquitted by a jury, and a century of individual terror began in Russia. From the shot of Zasulich in 1878 until the revolution of 1917, it passed in several waves, as a result, Tsar Alexander II, Prime Minister Stolypin, several ministers and governors, many officials and policemen were killed. It is clear that terror was part of the "revolutionary struggle". Although the Socialist-Revolutionaries mainly relied on him publicly, and most of the radical oppositionists (practically all of them were Marxists of various persuasions) formally condemned him, terrorist methods gradually received unofficial support from a considerable part of the liberal opposition, including the Duma. In universities, editorial offices and salons, they rejoiced at the murder of another "satrap" and "dzhimorda". Moreover, the very choice of targets for assassination attempts was largely determined by the attitude of "progressive society" toward them, that is, people with "good faces." The last massive wave of murders of sovereign people ended in 1907, when Stolypin brought order to the country and suppressed what was later called the "first Russian revolution", although four years later in Kiev the killer's bullet caught up with him. But after 1917, terror became the norm, and individual terror was soon supplanted by the state, and the country plunged into chaos and the blood of the Civil War. Since then, we have had no individual political terror, neither in the Soviet years (the murder of Kirov was artificially passed off as a conspiracy), nor in the post-Soviet years. There was terror associated with the Chechen wars, but there are other reasons, goals and methods. But so that one part of society wants to kill representatives of the authorities or people who support it, this has never happened before. And the fact that Trepova did not understand what she was doing (thinking that there was a listening device in the bust) does not change anything - judging by her efforts to infiltrate the patriotic environment, she still consciously played the “revolutionary”, the “fighter for a just cause ". Trepova, despite her participation in anti-war rallies and communication with the radical opposition, of course, is not Zasulich - who by the time of the assassination attempt had already gone through Nechaevism, and through Petropavlovka and exile. But Daria is now justified in exactly the same way by many of the emigrants and radical oppositionists in Russia: she killed the "warmonger"! The legalization of terror, at least in the eyes of public opinion, is deliberately not taken into account. "To live with wolves - to howl like wolves" - that's what the admirers of Zasulich and Trepova preach. So far, we are seeing only the very first attempts at this legalization, but there are already arsons of military registration and enlistment offices, and the murders of Dugina and Tatarsky. A considerable part of the active potential "bombers" went abroad - however, Russian youth, gullible and seeking justice, are again being lured onto the path of "fighting evil with all possible methods." If only the Ukrainian special services did this, it would be half the trouble, it is much worse that those who pretend to be their own people, our fellow citizens, who allegedly "want freedom for their homeland," are doing this. The paradox is that those who for years have been scaring everyone with the "new 37th year" and state terror have actually already switched to terror - at least to its moral support. God forbid, if we are on the verge of a new wave of Russian terror, because the special services alone cannot fix the matter (although their work is very important). The key antidote to terror is the atmosphere in society. But if the absolute majority of our people are unambiguously against terror and condemn terrorists, then in some strata of society (for example, among the youth and students of both capitals) everything is not so unambiguous. It is there that the heirs of the "revolutionary terrorist tradition" will seek and are already looking for grateful listeners and followers. They need new Zasulich, Perovsky, Kalyaev and Bogrov - and we need a great, united and just Russia. |
| Posted by:badanov |