On November 4, the Russian Federation celebrated a politically engineered holiday, invented as a substitute for November 7 and still not quite clear to the population, called "People's Unity Day." The holiday is deceitful and hypocritical, tied to a date that means nothing to anyone.
What unity are we talking about? Of all the peoples living in the territory of the Russian Federation? Dagestan recently demonstrated an amazing unity. An anti-Semitic rally also took place in Karachay-Cherkessia. The participants stated that they "do not want to live alongside Jews." Outbursts of anti-Semitism in Russia pose a real threat to the Jewish community in the country. Today we "de-Nazify" some, tomorrow we crush others. Unity in hatred? There is complete disunity in the Russian Federation, hatred towards migrants, dissenters (those against the regime and the war), and rational people. Every day - new enemies.
Putin's aggression against Ukraine has drastically worsened the lives of Russians, created additional political and social tensions, and destroyed life prospects. The bold letter Z has crossed out all hopes for the development of a prosperous democratic society. International isolation, combined with mobilization and mass exodus, have significantly impacted the wallets of Russians. The catalyst for the new economic downturn was the mobilization and the resulting emigration, which took away about 1.5 million pairs of working hands from the semi-alive economy. The already small savings and incomes of Russian citizens are being reduced. Specialists leaving the country take their minds and the money that could have been spent inside the country. Political ambitions come at a cost. Putin's attempts to play at expanding Russia come at a high cost to ordinary Russians.
While the "special operation" consumes a deficit budget, hundreds of thousands of Russians survive on six thousand rubles, which is the level of Nigeria.
The number of non-payers on loans in Russia has exceeded 21.1 million people. That is, every fourth Russian has taken a loan and cannot repay it, considering the working-age population. Billions are spent on weapons, but there is no money to improve people's lives. But the Russian authorities are not really concerned about what is happening in the territories entrusted to their care. And while Russians burdened with debts count their money until payday and continue to naively believe in Putin's stories of the greatness and power of the country, the confidants of the "great geostrategist" are given carte blanche for arbitrariness and lawlessness. The degree of madness is increasing. Not to mention Kadyrov, who appointed his 15-year-old son to lead the security forces in Chechnya and, in honor of the holiday, awarded his associates with brand-new luxury cars.
The Russian leadership knows how to celebrate well. On November 4, the "Russia" exhibition forum dedicated to the country's successes began at VDNKh in Moscow. 5.1 billion rubles were spent on preparing the exhibition. An art object dedicated to People's Unity Day was placed in Krasnoyarsk, embodying "the cohesion of the people, the power and beauty of Russia's achievements." The painting even made room for the "Power of Siberia" gas pipeline, although the reality looks different: the million-strong city of Krasnoyarsk, like other cities in Siberia, is still not gasified. This is the whole of Russia.
For the past two decades, the Kremlin has invested significant efforts into giving November 4 a special unifying atmosphere. But apparently, unity is not all right. It's of a special kind for the Russian leadership. The only thing uniting Russia today is blind chauvinistic hatred. Hatred towards democracy, achievements, progress. Everyone must live in fear, incivility, lawlessness. Or not live at all. For years, Russia has been pumped with the religion of war and its own superiority. Celebrating People's Unity Day in a multinational country under the cries of "I am Russian" alongside the pressing of the "nuclear briefcase" button looks, to say the least, strange. Is the Shaman pressing the red button the symbol of national unity? Can a sense of pride be instilled in the people only by waving a nuclear warhead?
For some, this holiday is a show with a bunch of lights, and for others, it's real fire, blood, and death all around.
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