Mayoral Elections in Samara

It is the 2nd round of Mayoral elections in Samara today. There are two candidates: the current mayor and his rival. Neither is good.

The mayor is said to be the criminal cover for the markets’ dealers. During his years in power auctions on land plots for construction purposes were virtually non-existent or conducted with violations (hence, scandals in this sphere). He is using all the administrative resources to win and even hopped into the ruling party to secure its backing.

Another candidate was in power at the end of the Soviet times. Then he moved to oil and other businesses. He is also said to have some criminal past.

Both candidates used Moscow political figures to come and support them. But as the current mayor has backing from the ruling party, their presence was especially noticed: on local (and even federal) television, billboards. It is all so sickening and makes one feel like quitting this shit. Only how and where?

Unfortunately, they’ve recently abolished “Against all” option on the ballot paper, so I had to choose the second candidate. But frankly it would have been “Against all”. Only in any case things will remain almost unchanged whatever the results. Those in power (now or then) will continue to enrich themselves and industrial (financial, criminal and political) groups behind them. Those outside power will continue living, struggling with injustice and greyness, with poverty and everyday problems.

Do we live in a fascist country?

This is not the first time, but probably one of the most vivid and big, when I am ashamed of being from Russia. I suppose I love my country (though not unconditionally), but I am ashamed of being from it now that its government, president, police, politicians and blind crowd are behaving as if we are a mayhem of childish playground and rise of fascism.

What my country is doing towards Georgia is one thing. Both countries have done a lot in the recent past to spoil the years and centuries of good neighbourhood. Both countries (or rather their rulers) have stepped too far and too close to a rubbish chute.

But today we’ve come too close to the brink of an abyss, to which so many have already fallen throughout history. We’ve come to a point when we’ve lost (not losing but have lost) any trace of dignity and common sense.

I am ashamed of being the one of the blind crowd called the Russian people, who in a unison (with few voices against) support the government and the president that are one last step from the Reichstag fire night. I am ashamed and feel that Georgians (good ones of course) are superior to us (if one people can be superior than another).

Of course, there are many criminals among those Georgians who came to live and work in Russia recently. But then there are many criminals among other nationals too. And who counted criminals among ourselves, the Russians? Many of them, Russian criminals, sit in the government, without indictments or with buried indictments, with dirty past forgotten or covered by some party interests’ banner.

Why has the government born Georgian criminals for so long and did nothing for years, while now they cry it on every corner that Georgians are to blame for everything? Why do we blame other nationals when our politicians do not find political ways of talking with other governments? Why do we keep showing so much of barbarian nature in us to the whole world?

Does Russia have any future? Yes, it does. But what future will it be? Hard to say, but as usual the tunnel seems to be endless and with power off, so there is neither light on in the tunnel or at its end. The shit is abundant and is streaming now all the way from the top down to every corner of the country I am ashamed of.