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Kremlin Looses Control Of Its 'Controlled Nationalism'

31 December 2010

By Markaz Kavkaz

The biggest ethnic riots on a national basis hit Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union'. First, the Kremlin has tried to use this tendency, but then the Russian ultra-nationalist movement has arisen as a "fearsome political power" and is presented the authorities with a "serious challenge", writes The Financial Times.

"This is a massive political wave, and no one can stop it," said Anton Susov, a member of the Movement Against Illegal Migration, one of the groups behind recent riots.

Putin "faces one of two scenarios", said Mr Susov. "The Polish scenario, where the regime simply gave up power (Perestroika 2), or the Romanian scenario. He could be Nicolae Ceausescu [the Romanian dictator executed by firing squad in 1989]".
After the riots that occurred on December 11 at the Manezh Square, "law enforcement agencies have launched a crackdown", the newspaper said. "The Kremlin's political strategy, however, has been to appease rather than confront the ultra-nationalists", while seeking "to portray the violence as nothing more than a European-wide phenomenon", which also has an objective reason: the mass migration.

The Financial Times points out "a Russian ultra-nationalism is a phenomenon created not without the Kremlin's help, and observers argue that Putin's Kremlin has used nationalism as a force for political consolidation during his decade in power". The newspaper mentions the elements of "distrust of foreigners and a belligerent form of patriotism" in the speeches of Putin, and also presents data on the use of football fans by Surkov's brainchild, the Nashi movement.

The newspaper said its "core" was the "Gallant Steeds" football gang - supporters of the Moscow football club CSKA - and headed by Alexei Mitriushin, "the bodyguard for Vasiliy Yakemenko", founder of both Walking Together and then Nashi. Yakemenko "advocated recruiting skinheads" at a Nashi conference at Lake Seliger in July 2005, writes The Financial Times, quoted him as saying: "Skinheads - they are the same people as you. Why provoke enmity? Furthermore, skinheads sincerely believe they are patriots of Russia. They have to be offered an alternative".

"Publicly, the Kremlin disavows all nationalist groups", the newspaper said.

President of the Russian Association of Fans, an umbrella body for football fan groups, Shprigin, suggested that fans cooperate with the pro-Kremlin organizations, not for ideological reasons, but "for money". Rumors are spreading among skinheads about "a closer relationships with the Kremlin" of an organization such as the "Russian Way". Even the members of this group are convinced that the Kremlin not cooperating with them directly, but gives them a "green light" (The Financial Times quotes a spokesman for the "Russian Way" Valyaev).

After a series of murders (most likely done directly by the officers of the KGB - KC) Markelov and Baburova, it became clear that "managed nationalism is quickly becoming unmanageable", the paper concludes.

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