In Kaliningrad refrigerator won TV – Independent Newspaper

in Kaliningrad, a rally in support of the Crimea organizers attracted everyone could. Photo from www.newkaliningrad.ru

 

Kaliningrad region since the Soviet times used to play the role of a gun to his temple in Europe. Thus began two years ago, another aggravation of international relations at first provoked a lively response from the locals. Along with patriotism at its present concerns about the threat of transition from war of words to a real conflict with NATO in this case the region is destined to become the object of a first strike simply by virtue of its geographical position

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«Crimean waves” were trying to ride the many local politicians. Governor Nikolai Tsukanov last spring urged countrymen to be vigilant, referring to the penetration into the region under the guise of Ukrainian refugees’ inflated young people “involved in the Maidan. The head of association of veterans of special forces and combatants “SWAT-Russia” Oleg Urbanyuk, runner-up to the primaries, “United Russia” (EP) before the gubernatorial election, spoke in detail about the preparation for the casting of saboteurs in the Crimea. Then he startled party members reported on the chains for bestiality in Germany. This passage of his pre-election appeals Urbanyuk completed maxim: “What’s the world – is unclear. Only Russia can save him. ” The speeches of the State Duma deputy, the secretary of the regional political council of United Russia Andrei Kolesnik foreign policy issues also became prevalent.

  
 

But over time, the initial effect has passed, and the average man returned to the current socio-economic agenda. According to sociologists, Kaliningradians concern three main issues: rising prices, low salaries and pensions, as well as the quality of public services with continuous increase in utility tariffs. As stated by the head of the sociological service of the Kaliningrad Lyudmila Chernova, 50% of respondents in this situation blame the authorities at all levels, 20% – of themselves. And only 15% consider the plight of the result of pressure from the EU and the United States.

  
 

In the context of the refrigerator victory over the organization of all kinds of TV patriotic actions like demonstrations on the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea remains a lot of officials. From rural to buses imported event participants, colleges and universities of the regional center provide the appearance of students. Company employees they constitute provincial and municipal institutions. While stocks last March 18 was visually observed part less than 1.5 thousand. People, local police and the organizers reported about 12 thousand. Protesters.

  
 

Without the use of administrative resources of different public performances of patriotic poshiba collect a few dozen people. As an example, share 31 January, participants demanded to provide “national leader VV Putin the power to control the Russian economy without Western councils “(spelling preserved resolution -.” NG “). Insistence “to take all possible measures to prevent the foreign component of the decision-making and control over their execution on the entire territory of the Russian Federation, Kaliningrad and Kaliningrad” is directed not only against the regional and local authorities, but also of President Vladimir Putin.

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