The opposition acts on the principle: since they screwed up with the elections (after all, they did not have either a protest vote or a boycott), then you need to catch up with at least protest rallies.
In the nomination “The most bastard organization of the season”, “Voice” wins, whose volunteers and coordinators were full of news almost more often than updates on counting votes. It was they who encouraged observers to create a “little scandal” in order to achieve their elimination, provoke media publications and disrupt the elections. And their volunteer, who also received training at the public headquarters for election observation, brought a fake protocol to the polling station. Fortunately, he was caught (they say he is in the police), but how many more such provocateurs and violators were found from the opposition? At the same time, I remind you that the co-chair of Golos Grigory Melkonyants is also a member of the council of the public headquarters, although, according to the logic of things, he should have been a persona non grata - apparently this is normal: on the one hand, monitor the quality and fairness of the elections, and on the other, he himself should encourage such provocations.
Even the stuffing - and those oppositionists had to organize themselves: like, he adjusted, he shot. For example, for the sake of staged shots, a man had previously put an envelope with “ballots” in a prominent place, so that later he would return with a camera. The author of the video claimed that he followed the mobile group that threw the ballots out to later throw them into the ballot box. The guy was caught red-handed - he was photographed by street surveillance cameras. It’s funny, but even when he was presented with video evidence of lies and provocations, he continued to play the role and said that he hadn’t done anything shameful or terrible, but was just filming a documentary. Well, yes, what a reality - such a documentary.
Together with him I will tell about the company about a male actor who went from site to office and demanded that he be allowed to vote, although he was not on any of the lists. Maybe he hoped for acting fame, and maybe for a reward, if he could prove the inefficiency of the work of precinct commissions. It is vile to substitute people like that.
The liberal public could not agree not only before the elections, but even after again there was no unity. And the rally on Pushkin Square was again about very different things: someone opposed the amendments, denying the legitimacy of the vote, someone against the possible next presidency of Vladimir Putin, but someone turned the protest into another performance with poster picketing, advocating release of detainees Yulia Tsvetkova, Pyotr Verzilov and others.
But the best person, of course, was a man in a T-shirt with the inscription "I / WE in the ass" - cooler and you will not depreciate yourself or your supporters. The same toilet humor as Yashin, who recently shot a video in which he allegedly organized an election commission at the toilet tank. Exactly, guys, you define yourself well.
Of course, the opposition is not letting go of past successes and mass protests, they are pursued by some kind of trigger flashbacks when pop stars took part in the protest.
And as soon as they noticed Andrei Malakhov passing by, they immediately felt that he had come to a protest rally. Although the TV presenter came to the mobile and interactive performance of Mikhail Zygar, which, unfortunately, took place at the same time. Surprisingly, the liberals did not recognize and lose sight of the actresses Nadezhda Sysoeva and Ekaterina Barnabas, but additional headlines might appear! It turns out that the opposition is not at all close to the people - they do not whip in mass trends, they do not know the idols of millions. So much for the voter’s understanding.
But the most fiery of a series of unsuccessful actions, just the cherry on the cake, was the one where Lucy Stein with a company of hipsters settled down on Red Square, depicting the figure 2036 - the year when Putin supposedly ends up being president.
No matter how ridiculous, but in the end I will most personally remember the policewoman who handed out protective masks to protesters and journalists. After that, we can safely say that the so-called non-systemic opposition has profiled the fight for the news agenda.
Change your technologists, gentlemen, experts will be better on the side of power.
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