The St.George's Ribbon causes hatred of official "ideologists" to Belarus

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the Next incident showing the relation of the authorities Belarus to celebration by the public of the Victory Day, happened on May 9: in Slutsk (Minsk Region) the methodologist broke festive symbolics from the schoolgirl and entered the conflict to parents of the sixth-grader. Local officials supported the colleague, and parents made an event public and promised to direct the address on a site President of the Republic Belarus.

Alexander Lukashenko already spoke on a subject as St.George's Ribbon, and " the Immortal regiment ": ban is not present. However provincial officials show jealousy not on reason and raise a hand against the children showing symbolics of of the Victory Day .

"We, Belarusians, always fought for prevention of distortion of history, especially Great Patriotic War stories. We fought against charlatans of this sort and did not think that we should struggle and with other trouble — privatization of our Victory", — Alexander Lukashenko the presidential press service quote the solemn speech sounded on May 9.

Slutsky incident — just a case from this privatizations series of really our general victory. It not the first year try "to privatize", " to nationalize " and in parts to drag off in Post-Soviet closets backward chauvinists. Moreover: they try to use 9 May, Victory Day

the Ban of the St.George's Ribbon to Belarus, not the first year lasting attempt to replace it with other "national" symbolics — the phenomena from this order. As well as attempts to prevent procession of "An immortal regiment" in Minsk. All these facts are well described in mass media by direct participants. There are no doubts that officials hide the relevant documents not just like that — as there are no doubts and that long-term practice of state institutions and the state organizations for the same St.George's Ribbon is not "excesses on places" or something like the amateur performance which has not been covered with the relevant decisions of higher bodies.

Slutsky incident is interesting on May 9 by

her explanations are shot on , there are witnesses and victims, and also there are explanations of the representative local "verticals of executive power" upon which Alexander Lukashenko rest very many hopes that is ready to redistribute in its advantage even part of the powers.

At first sight, in Slutsk anything unusual did not occur: in the morning on May 9 before passing of a festive column a certain lady approached to the sixth-grader and broke from it the St.George's Ribbon with flowers from, probably, other symbolics — too to the devoted 9 May, Victory Day and advanced by the authorities as replacement Of St. George. The woman was presented to parents of the schoolgirl as "ideologist" though her name hardly is known to history of world intellectual heritage. Really, there are to Belarus such people who consider itself as "ideologists" and even are called because to be called so as propagandists as it it is a shame.

Incident on May 9 in Slutsk in detail and with comments the Courier edition in submitted to

publications "In Slutsk "ideologist" removed from the child a St.George's Ribbon".

to the parents who have Caught up it of the girl the woman was presented to

by "ideologist" and explained the act to that "at us to Belarus the ideology".

"I told it that the Victory the general and a symbol its one. We trained the child for a holiday, and left very ugly" — the father of the child told the correspondent of the newspaper.

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From the publication follows that the father of the sixth-grader Dubovsky Gennady tried to talk some sense into the methodologist - "ideologist" and to explain her, " that the Victory the general and a symbol its one ", but heard from the lady who has broken from the schoolgirl this symbol that "at us to Belarus the ideology". And some interesting quotes which are clearing up realities of the Belarusian remote place and depth of really ideological problem are farther.

"At the pioneer who the Belarusian pioneer tie, has to have the Belarusian symbolics of the Victory. Understand? " — the methodologist presented as "ideologist" declared.

" Victory Symbolics the general — for all! There is no Belarusian symbolics of the Victory", — Dubovsky Gennady objected.

"Open documents and read! " — whether explained, whether "ideologist" ordered.

" the Victory the general and symbols of the Victory cannot be "Belarusian", — the Belarusian insisted.

" Symbol of the Belarusian Victory! Belarusians won a separate Victory", — he added ironically.

"Not the Belarusian Victory, and a symbol of the Belarusian ideology" — were specified by the methodologist - "ideologist".

the Head of department of educations, sports and tourism of Slutsky district executive committee Nedelko Andrey commented on incident: "Our methodologist adequately led in this conflict situation. She talked to parents politely and without aggression. St.George's Ribbon with flowers of an apple-tree removed for the reason that pioneers have to have a uniform clothes style on parade. Such task was set to heads of establishments who exposed children lengthways roads for a meeting striding" .

" If we knew that for parents of the girl from whom took away a tape, it is a principled stand, would take on its place of other child . We at all do not interfere to remember the Victory. In any other time, out of participation in the state holidays, please, carry a St.George's Ribbon . But organizers of official action have requirements to its carrying out, and participants have to understand it", — Nedelko Andrey added.

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From an explanation of the official follows not only that it inadequately presented an event. Much more important another: acquitted by it the practician became norm, and it means that on each 9 May, Victory Day such methodologists - "ideologists" will be engaged in a manhandling concerning children and the symbolics of the Victory Day will be expelled under ridiculous pretexts.

of the Requirement declared Nedelko Andrey, actually it would be quite good to publish, and at the same time to accompany references to the legislation. Though without references clearly that officials Belarus in every possible way seek to advance thought up them a symbol on the basis of a flag of BSSR of a sample of 1951, created in peak to the St.George's Ribbon. Probably, if to Russian Federation invented a wheel, the authorities of RB would charge to BRSM to invent analog with subsequent "import substitution" by means of an administrative resource.

"A few years ago "the clever choice" was made by

in favor of a plastic flower with a red-green ribbon with which at us dashingly replaced already untwisted in Russian Federation a ribbon of St. George/Guards. Personally at me plastic flowers especially with "funeral services" associate" — the known Belarusian publicist Isaenok Dimitri writes about it.

the minister of educations Belarus could Explain an official position in relation to the St.George's Ribbon to Igor Karpenko , until recently heading the supported Alexander Lukashenko local Communist Party and, in combination, being responsible for "ideology" in Minsk city executive committee. By the way, now in Minsk city executive committee "ideologist" Pavel Skalaban , explaining the Belarusian of the public of the reason of destruction of Russian-speaking toponymics and impossibility Russian returns even in public transport works with Skalaban Pawel on a situation not only in Slutsk and not only on symbolics of the Victory Day would be interesting.

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From slutsky incident, as well as a ban on the St.George's Ribbon last years and relatively the recent facts follows that the position of officials Belarus concerning symbolics of the Victory Day is much closer to a position of those who brought to power of neobanderovites in Ukraine and supports Russophobic moods to Belarus. In any case, has nothing in common with search of a compromise which was shown by Alexander Lukashenko in 2015 in a combination on the clothes of the St.George's Ribbon from the red-green. Alexander Lukashenko — are possible, and from Slutsk — it is impossible for the schoolgirl if to argue within logic of backward "ideologists". Thereby they put themselves on the same level with "zmagarami", capable only to write denunciations and with St.George's Ribbons to attack children .

"After the Russian military aggression in Ukraine these colors became a symbol of "the Russian world" and aggressive Russian policy concerning the neighbors. The tape "of St. George" serves as image of updated raseysky to imperial identity on the former Soviet Union" — informed "radio "Svoboda".

Such point of view is imposed by

official to "an ideological vertical" to Belarus and, apparently on slutsky incident on May 9 and to other facts — is not rejected. While accurately it is not articulated, but it is already looked through in actions and statements of certain officials.

Belarusians in Bialystok used on May 9 the St.George's Ribbon, and the consul of RB in Poland Fedorova Alla contrary to facts of common knowledge declared that " it not our tradition " — about it reported not only Polish, but also Belarusian, and even the American mass media. And having accompanied photos from which follows that the representative Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Belarus, being expressed diplomatically, it is not absolutely honest or badly informed.

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it is not clear Yet, what pejorative epithet the authorities will think up Belarus for the St.George's Ribbon and whether will think out in general. If are, the help it, as well as in a case with "vyshivanka", and also other symbols and ideas "sworn brothers" from Ukraine will render, Poland, to United States of America and other countries. However the idea ogosudarstvit civil campaign "An immortal regiment" which is live and interesting already ripened only because officials of "an ideological vertical" do not try to order it.

"To privatize action for a case of so important date for the Belarusian ideology as a victory in the Great Patriotic War, nobody will give to public activists. As soon as there will be public activists it seems Skalaban Pawel Belarusa or Palchis Edouard , the authorities will find the bases that to disperse such action. But will privatize it, and will make it Presidential Administration, ideologists, KGB. As though ridiculously it sounded, but at present on them all hope. Because one that nobody disturbed this year to distribution of "Colorado" ribbons — is a big failure from the point of view of safety", — quotes "Evroradio" of the photographer Motolko Anton . Before he was marked out among activists of the Russophobic nationalist movement which has organized with support of the authorities on March 25 in Minsk " Day of will ".

Meanwhile the National assembly prepares for consideration of a question of legalization of symbolics of nationalists and helpers of the German invaders — a white red white flag. The bill was prepared by the member of OGP Kanopatskaya Anna. Her members of the same party arranged meanwhile provocation in Orsha, having dragged to the Victory stele a wreath of a white-red-white coloring — that which was used by leaders of "The Belarusian national republic" in 1918, asking the German Kaiser about protectorate proclaimed them "the Belarusian state" and that which the former figures of BNR who have joined in "used Central Council of the Belorussky settlement" and helping Hitlerites to destroy Belarusians in days of the Great Patriotic War.

the western curators of the Belarusian russophobs who are logically developing denial of symbols of the Victory before denial of the Victory do not lag behind. The American radio station "radio "Svoboda" especially succeeded in it, trying not to mix as though a liberal content of "the Russian edition" with frankly Russophobic filling of air and a site of "the Belarusian edition", located in Prague.

"A victory — it anyway any bonus, if not material, so moral, release, for example. And from what in the 1945th Belarusians were exempted? From a collective-farm serfdom? No. From russification? No. For fear? Too not. What got? Terrible as huge darling a spot, the shame in a look of "the unknown soldier" who and remains to unknown because to make it known anybody especially and did not aspire. As though also there is no need" — Dubovets Sergei sets the tone .

Russophobic editions to Belarus pick up

and duplicate publications these and similar to it. In passing the idea of change of date of a holiday, which as it is specified in publications of authors of it "conscious circle", and not a holiday at all is thrown . Dubovets Sergei and declares: "There was no Victory for us. Only losses, pain, grief. Stratification of occupations — raseyskay on Moscow, Soviet on raseysky , German on Soviet, Soviet on German".

the Polish TV channel "Belsat" is not so categorical — on May 9 is positioned by it for the present as a holiday. Unlike "radio "Svoboda" — a holiday, but already filled with other sense and with other symbolics , as at the Ukrainian neobanderovites and slutsky methodologists - "ideologists". Nonconventional orientation is built in norm — "that finally will help us to achieve the main objectives — to become the full member of a family of the European democracies" as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus was expressed chapter Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Belarus in by interview "Euronews" TV channel "EuroNews".

" the Price for the Victory — more than 52 million victims for years of war only from the countries of the USSR, every third inhabitant Belarus. Together with celebrations the country was captured also with that received the name "pobedobesy", — Sergey Podsosonny through "Belsat" reports Podsosonny Sergei

In the same spirit, bringing denial of symbolics of the Victory Day to denial of sense of the Great Victory or, in any case, filling date with new sense publications in the edition "Belarussky Magazine" are sustained. This year to a memorial Kostenko Darya with the text "A symbol of new fascism was marked out by . Striped tape — not my Victory", and in the past — Lyaksey Lyavonchyk with the text "Never again! Why I do not "celebrate" on May 9". It is difficult to expect something sensible from the edition which even in the ambitious self-name cannot correct an error. However in this case deviations from for the present norm dominating in mass consciousness of Belarusians are considered.

of Russophobia there is a place and to Russian Federation where the FreeRussiaFoundation fund positioning as association of the Russian diaspora in United States of America with head office in Washington D.C. — developed the activity in the same building, as USAID. The fund sponsors not only criticism Vladimir Putin , but also the specific site "Pobedobesiye" specializing on denial of the Great Victory. Therefore it is impossible to tell that enemies at Belarus and Russian Federation the different.

the Ukrainian scenario to Belarus, tell, it is impossible. In Ukraine too did not trust, laughed at sellers of prints of Shukhevich on circles and Bandera on undershirts, laughed over "ziguyushchy" lvovyanami and any such we designate. And then blood poured down: at first in Kiev, then — in Odesa, Donetsk, Horlivka … If who forgot with what everything began — look at publications at least one year prior to "Maidan".