Tuesday, July 19, 2005

 

What A Revolting Development

THE sun rises over several hundred tents next to blue lakes. At the stroke of 7am, large speakers blare Soviet-era patriotic songs and bright-eyed youths emerge for another day of physical and ideological instruction.

This is the first summer-camp of Nashi (Ours), a youth organisation set up by the Kremlin this year to support President Putin. It has assembled 3,000 teenagers from across Russia for two weeks of fun, training and political indoctrination.
Putin is really starting to scare me. I hope he does not use the cover of the War on Terrorism to completely reinstate an oppressive state in Russia. Historically, they have known little else, but they are wonderful people and deserve so much more.

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