"A healthy person, a happy family, a prosperous Russia!"
Founded in 1993 as a constructive and ecological movement "Kedr".
Leader- Party chairman Anatoly Panfilov.
Net- branches in 74 regions.
Representation- 4 deputies in regional parliaments (Yaroslavl region, Kabardino-Balkaria, Bashkiria).
Basis for Unimpeded Access to Elections- faction in the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Notable persons who were or are members of the party (including "Cedar"): Leonid Yakubovich, Alexander Lebedev, Ivan Okhlobystin, Ivan Silaev, Gennady Onishchenko, Oleg Mitvol.
The Greens were born in September 1993 under the name Kedr Constructive Ecological Movement of Russia. On its basis in November 1994 in Yekaterinburg the ecological party of Russia "Kedr" was formed. Despite its green focus, it has long been considered the party of bureaucrats, it was called the party of Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision. This was explained by the fact that at the origins of the movement were, in particular, the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Belyaev, his deputy Gennady Onishchenko and Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Viktor Danilov-Danilyan. The permanent chairman of the structure was and remains Anatoly Panfilov, who before that worked at the Moscow television plant and at the enterprises of the military-industrial complex, and also in the early 1990s was the chairman of the board of the Iglor company. The only success of the party in the elections to the State Duma belongs to this period: it was able to hold one deputy in a single-mandate constituency from the Chelyabinsk region to the first convocation of parliament. This is still proudly reported on her website.
The party never refused to be close to the authorities, it could not be called oppositional in the entire history of its existence. In the Political Consultative Council (PCC) under the President, formed in June 1996 by Boris Yeltsin's decree, Kedr received two seats, and Anatoly Panfilov became the chairman of the Chamber for Ecology and Natural Resources at the PCC. Since the beginning of regional elections in 1996, the party has entered the pro-presidential Public Coordination Council (ACC).
In the same 1996, "Kedr" was taken under his wing by the chairman of the board of the National Reserve Bank (NRB), Alexander Lebedev, which resulted in an agreement between the party and the bank on cooperation and the post of deputy chairman for Lebedev (until 1999).
The desire to be somewhere close to the authorities sometimes drove the party to anecdotes. This happened, for example, in 2000, when its chairman decided to try his hand at the presidential elections. "Putin is the best candidate, even though he is a follower of Yeltsin," said the presidential candidate Panfilov before the elections, specifying that the future president is better than him "in everything" and "it is useless to fight."
In 2002, the party underwent another rebirth, undergoing re-registration under the name "The Greens". This did not change her position: before the 2003 State Duma elections, Panfilov called United Russia, created by that time, "possible allies." True, this did not help the greens much in the elections. The elections in 2007 were no better: the signatures of the Greens were rejected by the Central Election Commission. However, this did not affect their loyalty: at the same congress where the results of the Duma elections were summed up, the party members supported First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as a presidential candidate. "We consider ourselves a part of Vladimir Putin's team, and we support the decision to nominate Dmitry Medvedev," Anatoly Panfilov said. "We stand for the continuity of the course." This time he did not nominate himself, admitting that collecting 2 million signatures is "a technically unsolvable task."
In October 2008, it was announced that the Greens decided to join Fair Russia, which was positioned as the second party in power. "All the potential that the greens have will be demanded by the spravo-russians, and nothing will be left on the sidelines," Nikolai Levichev, the leader of the "Fair Russia" faction in the State Duma, said at the time. The party itself was reorganized into a movement so that its members could enter Fair Russia, but Panfilov remained its leader. In 2009 he was introduced to the Central Council (CC) of Fair Russia.
However, in 2012, thanks to Dmitry Medvedev's liberalization of party legislation, the Greens decided to set off on their own again. Although Panfilov argued that the party was not going to "cut ties with anyone," the Greens parted with Fair Russia coolly. For example, a member of the presidium of the Central Council of A Just Russia, State Duma deputy Gennady Gudkov, who himself was not yet in disgrace at that time, said that if the Greens leave the party, "the detachment will not notice the loss of a fighter," because "there are no well-known ecologists there."
The first step of the new old party was the support of the presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, as well as the nomination of the mayor of Khimki, Anton Gusenkov, who was perceived as a spoiler for the opposition leader Yevgenia Chirikova, who fought for the Khimki forest. “We are in a constructive mood,” Panfilov said once again, not excluding support for United Russia’s Oleg Shakhov.
The constructiveness brought some success to the party in 2014, when the Greens received a privilege to participate in the State Duma elections without collecting signatures thanks to the creation of a faction following the elections to the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria. Panfilov explained this by the fact that the party had a strong secession in the republic. "In addition, we supported the new head of the region, Yuri Kokov," he added.
However, it is highly likely that the privilege will remain just a pleasant trifle - the Greens have no prominent faces, except for the ex-prefect of the Northern Administrative District of Moscow, Oleg Mitvol. In addition, Anatoly Panfilov in March outlined the main problem of the upcoming elections. “Money is a problem. It’s not there,” he said, admitting that “a party without a budget cannot count on any victory.” "I would not call our campaign a failure, it turned out the way it turned out," he said in 2007, summing up the results of the Duma elections, which the party did not get to. It is possible that he will have to pronounce this phrase this time as well. However, the Greens are unlikely to remain completely unclaimed: a loyal party on the flank of the Greens in power can still come in handy.
Taisiya Bekbulatova
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
OGBOU SPO "Ryazan Pedagogical
By discipline: "Fundamentals of Environmental Law"
on the topic: "The Russian Ecological Party
"Greens"
Teacher:
Tishchenko O.K.
Ryazan
2013
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Introduction
Blue sky, clean air, rustle of leaves overhead, grassy carpet underfoot - we all relax in nature, we feel a surge of strength and joy of communication with each other and with the world. But how often do we manage to find an untouched corner of it? Alas, it is a fact that lately there is less and less real nature around us, uncontaminated by garbage and retaining its life-giving power. The consumer attitude towards the world has led to the depletion of lands, pollution of seas, rivers and lakes, the disappearance of thousands (!) Species of birds, animals and plants, a sharp decline in forests, and changes in the planet's climate. And if a hundred years ago, nature had enough strength to fight the consequences of the economic (or, rather, wasteful) human activity, but now it can no longer cope. She needs help. In the second half of the 20th century, environmentalists began to protest more and more against the thoughtless way of life of mankind; as a result, international organizations have emerged that aim to protect the Earth and its inhabitants. One of such organizations is the Russian Ecological Party "Greens".
The beginning of the history of the REP "Green" as a political organization is considered September 1993 - the creation of the Constructive-Ecological Movement of Russia "Kedr", on the basis of which the Ecological Party of Russia "Kedr" was formed in 1994.
In 2002, the Kedr party was transformed into the Russian Ecological Party Greens (REP Greens).
REP "Green" has an extensive regional structure. Regional branches of the party are registered in 60 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and number over 20 thousand people in their ranks. The Green Party is a leading public environmental organization in Russia that brings together representatives of various social strata of society. In its work, the party relies on the Council of Chief Sanitary Physicians of the Russian Federation, the movement "Forests of Russia" and the Trade Union of Forestry Workers of the Russian Federation, Russian societies for the protection of animals, hunters, fishermen, etc. The total number of our activists - environmentalists throughout Russia is over 200 thousand Human.
Along with political issues, the party takes part in solving multilateral problems of environmental protection and health of the country's population: from the implementation of local programs to improve the ecological state of small towns in Russia, to the implementation of international projects to prevent global climate change under the Kyoto Protocol (the Kyoto Protocol is the first international document using a market mechanism to solve the "greenhouse effect" as a global environmental problem)
The Russian ecological party "Greens" is open to all supporters of a reasonable, environmentally oriented, sustainable development of our country. At the initial stage of the party's activity, the “greens” see the main task of uniting citizens and organizations concerned with environmental problems - numerous, but not sufficiently united, which affects the overall effectiveness of their activities. The Russian ecological party "Greens" is confident that it is possible to change the attitude of the state and society to the ecological problems of Russia and humanity as a whole - first of all, by organized and strong-willed political actions
Party motto
"A healthy person, a happy family, a prosperous Russia!"
I. General Provisions
The Russian Ecological Party "Greens" is an association of citizens of the Russian Federation who are convinced that an environmentally oriented, constructive and systematic approach to political, economic, social and other social relations is the only acceptable one for the development of the Russian state.The Russian Ecological Party "Greens" is a public association of supporters of balanced and consistent actions aimed at the environmentally friendly development of the productive forces of a united and strong Russia, careful and efficient use of its natural resources and environmental protection, and the creation of conditions for a healthy and dignified life for the country's population.
The Russian Ecological Party "Greens" is an organization that recognizes the need for joint comprehensive actions of all strata of society and government, leading to their open and constructive dialogue, advocating a systematic approach to solving environmental and other, inevitably associated with them, the main problems of our time.
The Russian ecological party "Greens" declares: no political, economic and social difficulties of society should overshadow the urgency of environmental problems, since in the near future they can overshadow all other problems.
The Russian ecological party "Greens" declares: the revival of the country is possible only on the basis of harmony in the development of socio-political, economic and environmental processes. The Greens call for interaction between the authorities, academia, business circles and the public - the fundamental and driving forces of the state.
The Russian Ecological Party "Greens" is open to all supporters of a reasonable, environmentally oriented, sustainable development of our country, who are ready to actively support the goals and objectives formulated in this program. At the initial stage of the party's activity, the “greens” see their main task as uniting citizens and organizations concerned with environmental problems, which are numerous, but not sufficiently united, which affects the overall effectiveness of their activities.
The Russian ecological party "Greens" is confident that it is possible to change the attitude of the state and society towards the ecological problems of Russia and mankind as a whole, first of all, by organized and strong-willed political actions. To create environmental conditions for the life of Russian society that meet the requirements of the time, a political force is needed, the focus of attention and practical activity of which should be the vital interests of the present and future generations.
The party emblem depicts a cedar. Cedar is a beautiful proud tree that embodies the powerful life potential of nature. This is a symbol of our determination to adamantly stand guard over the interests of life, to contribute by all means and means to build harmonious relations between society and nature in Russia and on planet Earth.
II. Targets and goals
Strategic Objectives
Strengthening and development of Russia as a democratic rule of law, the formation of a spiritually, morally and physically healthy society in which a person, his rights and freedoms are the highest values, the main priority is a happy and harmonious life of an individual and the entire people as a whole, and all efforts and power states are aimed at ensuring a dignified existence, free expression of will and a favorable environment for every citizen.These goals should be pursued, realizing and strictly observing the constitutional right of the present and future generations of people to a favorable, including and above all, natural environment, rationally and non-wastefully using and protecting the entire complex of natural resources, as well as contributing in every way to the preservation of biological diversity ... The strategy of the state must necessarily provide for measures to ensure sustainable development and environmental safety in Russia.
Tasks
Unite and act as a united front of all social forces and citizens concerned about environmental problems.Creation of conditions and permanent institutions for systematic and constructive cooperation of the public, government, scientific and business circles.
Development, improvement and implementation of a long-term environmentally oriented political course for Russia.
Political assistance to the establishment of a fair economic and social order.
Development of the environmental outlook of citizens by creating a system of universal environmental education and propaganda.
Political assistance to the creation and implementation of low-waste and environmentally friendly technologies in production, careful and rational use of the natural resource potential of Russia.
Creation of conditions for a stable improvement in the quality and standard of living of citizens of the Russian Federation, economic growth, environmental safety, social security and legal protection through the implementation of a competent and constructive economic, environmental, social and legislative policy.
All possible assistance to strengthening and significantly strengthening the health care of the population of Russia and the development of physical culture of citizens.
Consistent and purposeful implementation of environmental expertise and audit institutions in the practice of government decision-making.
Development and strengthening of international relations in the field of environmental protection to consolidate efforts to address global environmental problems.
Ways of achieving strategic goals and solving problems
To seek the election of party members to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, legislative (representative) bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, to the office of the President of the Russian Federation, their entry into the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local authorities self-government of the Russian Federation.To carry out active educational, agitation and propaganda and explanatory and informational work with the population.
Carry out their activities in close and constructive interaction with government bodies of the Russian Federation, public associations and citizens, scientific organizations and institutes, business circles and the media.
IV. The main directions of party activity
1. Development of spirituality, morality and culture of citizens as the basis for building a society with an ecological worldview
Policy in the field of spiritual and moral development of society
The revival of the spiritual and moral foundations of society, the historical and cultural traditions of the peoples of Russia, the creation of conditions for the development of the spirituality and culture of citizens.The actual and most effective implementation of positive economic, environmental, social and political transformations.
Comprehensive coverage of real achievements in all areas of society.
Development, implementation and development of national ideology, the use of all means of education, education, agitation and propaganda for constructive and positive development and strengthening of national spirituality.
Cooperation, support and encouragement of the activities of public, professional and religious organizations that contribute to the revival and strengthening of the spiritual potential of the peoples of the Russian Federation, regardless of their religious or confessional affiliation.
Development of patriotic education of the younger generation with attitudes towards peaceful work, racial, national and social tolerance, sustainable development and an environmental outlook.
Formation of environmental ethics, morality and ethics.
Protection of animals from cruelty.
Preservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the Russian Federation
Ensuring the safety of all the natural diversity of the country.Protection of the cultural heritage of society.
Preservation and expansion of the system of historical and cultural reserves, historical zones in cities and settlements, monuments of history and culture of the peoples of Russia.
Preservation and development of the system of specially protected natural areas.
Development and implementation of a system of measures aimed at preserving rare and endangered species of living organisms, types of ecosystems and landscapes inherent in Russia.
Development and implementation of a system of measures to preserve and create conditions for the existence of wild animals and plants in economically developed and urbanized territories.
Development of national landscape policy, including landscape and ecological tourism, nature-supporting industries, "soft" construction.
2. Science, education, enlightenment, information
Increased targeted funding and comprehensive support for science and its environmentally oriented development; investment and financing, mainly on a competitive basis, of research, development and experimental-technological work on the creation and implementation of environmentally friendly technologies in production.Development, organization and development of a system of general and continuous environmental education, education and enlightenment, starting with preschool educational institutions, in the system of secondary and higher education, in the systems of vocational education, advanced training and retraining of personnel.
Ensuring the greening of natural and humanitarian education through the mandatory introduction of elements of ecology in all academic subjects.
Implementation of measures to improve environmental awareness of senior and middle management.
Reliable and timely informing of citizens on all environmental issues, and especially on environmental problems, wide and equal access of all interested parties to information, prevention of concealment by officials of facts and circumstances that pose a threat to human life and health.
Creation and development of a unified public information database or several compatible databases on environmental issues.
Conducting, together with the media and advertising organizations, intensified agitation and propaganda of an ecological worldview and a rational approach to all spheres of human life using all and the achievements of modern science and technology.
3. Formation of civil society, implementation and observance of the constitutional rights of citizens
Development of civil society to solve environmental problems
Targeted public funding and research support in the development and formation of public policy observance of the constitutional rights of citizens, environmental protection and environmental safety.Ensuring the priority of the legitimate, including environmental, interests of citizens over the interests of business structures and government bodies.
All-round support for the participation of citizens in the discussion and adoption of decisions affecting their rights and freedoms, posing a threat to their life and health, capable of violating their legitimate interests or causing damage to the environment.
Initiation and support of referendums, public discussions at various levels, including those on environmental protection.
Ensuring the strict payment of compensation to citizens for property damage and damage to health caused as a result of environmental offenses.
Creation of legislative and organizational conditions for the elimination or compensation of damage from environmental offenses and other impacts on the environment, natural objects and human health in kind.
Improvement of the methodology for determining the amount of compensation for damage to the environment and the health of citizens in the course of economic activity, ensuring a direct dependence of the amount of payment for emissions and discharges on the volume and hazard of emitted substances, with the possible use in some areas of the principle of "double coverage" in order to prevent unforeseen risks.
Creation of a favorable treatment for charity, including in the field of ecology.
Ensuring the passage of an alternative civilian service at facilities and structures operating in order to implement environmental policy.
Creation of conditions for traditional nature management and subsistence farming of indigenous peoples.
Appeal to state authorities and local self-government bodies on environmental protection and environmental safety.
Appealing in the courts of decisions and actions (inaction) of public authorities and local authorities that violate the rights of citizens in the field of environmental safety.
4. Human health, the interests of the family, healthy childhood and motherhood, the creation of environmentally acceptable social conditions for human life
Protection of public health from environmentally harmful factors of human activity
Ensuring high quality and safety of food, drinking water, atmospheric air, aboutetc.................
VITALY DYMARSKY: Good evening, dear listeners. On the air of Ekho Moskvy, there is a program called “There is such a party,” which you are probably already used to, Vladimir Mamontov, Chief Editor newspaper "Izvestia".
VLADIMIR MAMONTOV: Good evening.
V. DYMARSKY: And I, Vitaly Dymarsky. Next in line is the Russian Ecological Party Greens. Yesterday we talked about this party, about ideas that are whirling around this party and around all this problematic with experts. And today, in our studio, Anatoly Alekseevich Panfilov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Council of the Russian Ecological Party Greens. Good evening, Anatoly Alekseevich.
ANATOLY PANFILOV: Good evening.
V. DYMARSKY: Party life in our country is more and more active. Yesterday you had a congress And you have already identified your top three to go to the elections. Here is Anatoly Panfilov, as the leader of the party, and he heads this troika. This is just information for our listeners. Famous TV journalist Svetlana Konegen is the second on the list. And the third is the ex-deputy of the State Duma, the leader of the Tolerance movement, Vladimir Semyonov. These are the three that the Green Party has identified. By the way, since I have already spoken about the intensification of party life, I can tell those who visit the Echo of Moscow website that today's inter-party discussion is already hanging there, which took place in the Interfax agency between United Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. The first such experience in our country, at least, of inter-party debates, in which United Russia agreed to participate.
V. MAMONTOV: By the way, there was a live broadcast.
V. DYMARSKY: Well, it was live on the Vesti TV channel, which, alas, is not available to everyone. Not everyone, I would even say. And here is the site of "Echo of Moscow", it is more accessible. There you can get acquainted with how this inter-party discussion went. Well, and today we are not having an inter-party discussion, but simply a discussion with the party, I would say so, directly, with the Green Party. Your questions, comments +7 985 970-45-45. This is the sms number. We are waiting for them, accepting them, informing them. We will vote during this hour. Well, here, in my opinion, all the introductory data are given. And, Anatoly Alekseevich, then here is the first question, again a technical one. Just 10 days ago, maybe you will correct me, maybe time is flowing too quickly, but I saw, in my opinion, almost your statement that you will not go to the polls. The State Duma... And here is the congress. And you have determined why you changed your mind. If so.
A. PANFILOV: First of all, I would like to thank the radio station "Echo of Moscow" and the newspaper "Izvestia", which is a truly unique political project that allows all parties, including ours, well, to speak out on acute problems that exist at the present time in society. Of course, throughout the year we discussed our possibilities, how we will participate in the elections. And there was a question about our various configurations, about coalitions. In particular, the issue of participation and non-participation in elections for various reasons was considered. Indeed, 10 days ago, the presidium of our party considered the issue, and one of these opinions was that we wanted to discuss at the central council and at the congress about the party's non-participation in the elections. It is really we who are discussing our problem in a democratic way, so I don't see anything so unnatural here.
V. DYMARSKY: I'm not against it naturally. But I just heard one solution, then another.
V. MAMONTOV: Why did you change your decision?
V. DYMARSKY: Yesterday, our experts expressed the idea that since a party has already been created, why shouldn't it go to the polls.
V. MAMONTOV: Why does a political party exist in general?
A. PANFILOV: Well, you know, in accordance with the law, a party has the right to participate in elections, both in regional and federal elections, and in presidential elections. Therefore, we have 85 subjects of the federation, we are actively participating in regional elections. Therefore, federal elections to the State Duma are not a panacea. If we did not participate, nothing illegal would have happened here.
V. DYMARSKY: No, well, you have decided.
A. PANFILOV: We decided to participate.
V. DYMARSKY: Well, it is clear that there is nothing illegal.
V. MAMONTOV: Consequently?
A. PANFILOV: Go to the State Duma and collect the 7% required for this.
V. DYMARSKY: Well, what do you think, what are your chances?
A. PANFILOV: Well, our chances are no less than those of other participants in the race, well, not counting, with the exception of the parliamentary parties. I think that the chances of all parties, except for these four, are about the same.
V. MAMONTOV: Then we will have to ask you briefly, or perhaps not very shortly, but tell us what trump cards you have up your sleeve now. Because the topic of passage to the State Duma is roughly clear. We must please the voter, of course. It is necessary to please the voter, of course, the approximate topics of how to please him are also understandable. You still have a special game. What will you please? And that, once again I want to repeat, is a trump card in the sleeve of your green sweatshirt.
V. DYMARSKY: Since we have radio, not television, I can say that Anatoly Alekseevich is wearing such a green sweater. Everything is sustained.
A. PANFILOV: Thank you.
V. DYMARSKY: Like his press secretary, by the way.
A. PANFILOV: 28% of voters took part in the last regional elections to the Moscow Duma. Gromov's United Russia gained about 50% in this case. Those. we have 70% of the population do not participate in elections, in principle, in the regional it is for sure. Well, and in federal, apparently, about 60% do not participate. Therefore, the electorate that does not participate in the elections, there is a lot of motivation, why they do not participate. We believe that voters need to convey their thoughts. Thoughts, we believe, should be, first of all, honest. Honest, truthful. And show what we have done to make people believe. Our main task, apparently, is to show what we have done, what we can do.
V. DYMARSKY: Well, this, by the way, is the main question that many of our listeners ask. For example, Valery asks: "Where are the results of your party's environmental protection activities published?" These questions are already coming to us on the air. "What successes has your party achieved in environmental protection?" Etc. etc. In general, what environmental problems do you think are the most acute for Russia? And what solutions do you propose for them?
A. PANFILOV: Well, maybe not all listeners will be interested in this topic. Usually they ask how many trees you have planted, how many dustbins have you removed there. In fact, the agency or Goskomekologiya, which coordinates the activities of the government of the Russian Federation in the field of ecology, was liquidated 6 years ago. There is no point in discussing anything without a state policy in this area. When there is no public policy. And our appeal to the government, to the State Duma confirms the absence of a narrowly focused environmental policy. And our new prime minister also announced the ineffectiveness of the administrative reform, the need for the rational use of natural and water resources, therefore, of course, our tasks are in this aspect. In addition, we have a number of practical things that we do. And, in general, to answer your question, please focus on what we have done, or what you see ...
V. DYMARSKY: Let me read you a specific question. Here is Alexander Ivanovich from Moscow. How does your party relate ... Well, this is not what they did, but the attitude. It's very important, it doesn't matter. What is your party's attitude to the processing of nuclear waste from all over the world in our Angarsk?
A. PANFILOV: Well, how, negatively, how can we relate. Our leader of our party in Angarsk, just a deputy from the Angarsk City Council, this is Shiyanov Alexander, apparently, a colleague who is asking the question, he knows this.
V. DYMARSKY: Apparently not.
A. PANFILOV: I can clarify. This means that all the recent pickets against the import of radioactive waste and all the latest actions, they are connected, among other things, with the participation of our party in the city of Angarsk.
V. DYMARSKY: Okay, so. “What kind of participation,” asks a physicist, a citizen of the Russian Federation, how did he sign here, “did you take in protecting Baikal from an oil pipe? As a member of the Baikal movement, this comrade writes, I don’t remember a single statement, not a single action from the Green Party. What environmental manifestations, actions in defense of the Sochi nature reserve have you taken? " This means that there are two specific questions: Baikal and Sochi.
A. PANFILOV: For the last 4 years we have been actively developing the Green Patrol, this is the direction we have in our party. And for 4 years on Sakhalin we fought with the Shell, both in winter and in summer.
V. MAMONTOV: Together with Mitvol.
A. PANFILOV: Well, Mitvol, it was then the president instructed him that he had to go to Sakhalin and figure it out. When 500 rivers on Sakhalin laid an oil pipeline across these rivers. When colossal damage has been done to nature. And when it already came to direct confrontation, after that, when the residents of the Sakhalin region simply went to the peak of the Shell company, the president summoned Trutnev, he sent Mitvol and then everything played out like this.
V. MAMONTOV: That is. You are something like, I beg your pardon for wedging in, you are something like an ambulance, which, or rather, the phone that is called, a hot line, and you are already calling Mitvol, Mitvol arrives.
A. PANFILOV: The President gave the command to Mitvol. Mitvol and I do not give him instructions. It was Mitvol who came to us and said, let's work together. And you know that we went to the Moscow elections together, and Mitvol's wife headed the list and further history. You ...
V. DYMARSKY: Yes, there was a scandal.
A. PANFILOV: Yes, and you know the further history. In Sochi, there was a public council in the Ministry of Natural Resources, headed by Stepankov. This means that in Sochi and Baikal I am a member of the public council, well, at the Ministry of Natural Resources. Where does Greenpeace, Blokov and Chestin, Foundation belong Wildlife... And our tough position on the Sochi construction and on Lake Baikal led to Stepankov being removed, as you know. In general, he was removed for Baikal. And our actions are again in Irkutsk, we have tens of thousands of letters that we handed over to the president in defense of Lake Baikal. Therefore, Baikal is common victory not only ecologists. It is a common victory for the whole society. And there somewhere to share, where you stood, when we defended something there, well, this is ...
A. PANFILOV: And that's why we tell you that we took part, yes, you asked a question, I told you.
V. DYMARSKY: Here is a letter from Natalia from Moscow: “Do you study Norilsk? Those. pollution of the rivers of the empire of Potanin and Prokhorov? "
A. PANFILOV: Well, we have old scores with Norilsk Nickel. We have been holding protest rallies on Yakimanka for 4 years already. And how many of us there the police blocked. And Norilsk Nickel is our main weapon against which we are fighting. This means that Norilsk Nickel gives 8% of pollution throughout the country, in addition to this damage, we wrote this letter to Fradkov, as they say, we inform that the damage that Norilsk Nickel causes to the health of citizens, think about it, three times more than spent on a national project. Here we are spending on a national project, but the damage from Norilsk Nickel to the health of Russian citizens, which is expressed in monetary terms, is 3 times more. Norilsk Nickel initiated the cancellation of payments for air emissions. This is the very company that organized a number of leftist public organizations that allegedly conduct some kind of expertise, and which are ... Norilsk Nickel is the largest company that coordinates the activities of all the largest Russian companies, against the environment, against the citizens of Russia, against their health.
V. DYMARSKY: You know, yesterday there were also two experts who spoke here, they cited very serious figures about the environment, in general, frightening figures. But then we agreed that they were frightening, but we were not afraid. Please tell me why environmental issues, in your opinion, are not yet so urgent and so bright for the voter, for the citizens of Russia. It cannot be said that this is confirmed by sociology, that this topic is the most painful and brightest. What they don't feel, they don't understand. Or we are bad at explaining.
A. PANFILOV: The environmental theme is the number one problem, but for each region it is local. Residents of Irkutsk, if we return to the Baikal theme, for example, Kalmykia, well, this is a desert. For Murmansk, this is a submarine burial. When will our scientists, ecologists, theorists ...
V. MAMONTOV: That is. these are all regional problems.
A. PANFILOV: Well, they are local.
V. MAMONTOV: That is. there is no federal pain like that.
A. PANFILOV: Yes, yes.
V. MAMONTOV: As we were told yesterday, here is Chernobyl.
A. PANFILOV: Yes, yes.
V. DYMARSKY: Alexander Rahr said yesterday that when Chernobyl crashed, the Green Party in Germany immediately became active and grew in number.
V. MAMONTOV: And she won, practically entered (SPEAKING TOGETHER).
A. PANFILOV: Well, Germany is still a small country compared to Russia, I was just in Germany at that time when it crashed. And when this cloud went to Germany, of course, they were all in shock. We have, well, it crashed at Chernobyl, on Sakhalin it did not even backfire. Well, and then I want to say that here the entire Western civilization, which we are talking about, in the field of ecology, it has passed through the media. The media formed the opinion. And there are no other ways. I can't, no matter how much our party is, there are 50,000 or 100 of us, run and shout, let's explain there. We have ORT and RTR not a single program, you know. There are no environmental broadcasts anywhere. We do not have environmental education in schools, it was canceled. Well, respected media, with whom you have to communicate, they reduce the whole ecology to planting trees, something else. We need a systemic education of the population. Here here ...
V. MAMONTOV: There is a point in your program, well, for example, publishing books, working with television, when you come to our newspaper in order to raise a sharp question for me. Why is there so few environmental issues for the Izvestia newspaper ...
A. PANFILOV: Well, you are recently an editor, as I understand it.
V. MAMONTOV: For two years now, you have not come yet.
A. PANFILOV: That's my fault.
V. DYMARSKY: By the way, Anatoly Alekseevich ...
V. MAMONTOV: And you could answer me, but what do you think.
V. DYMARSKY: This is a reproach that experts expressed yesterday, and many of our listeners, too, write that about your party, its activities, perhaps, you are doing insanely large and useful work. Very little is known about her. In our opinion, you lack such public activity. Although there are environmental problems in general, they are such that they cannot be solved without persistence.
A. PANFILOV: Well, here I am, before answering the previous question, here I will answer this one, we created a public children's organization "Green Planet" 4 years ago. She is this all-Russian organization, here Medvedeva heads this organization - a member of the public chamber. Hundreds of thousands of children have already passed through it. And I will leave you for all regions of Russia, we educate with our capabilities, this is at the expense of our personal funds. Nobody helps us. Well, here, however, the forestry service of the Russian Federation helps. This means that these children are specifically engaged, but if ours, as they say, who are on Seliger, polluted the floor of Seliger, then our people go about cleaning, children. And nowhere they boast about it, they don't talk about anything. Those. here it is necessary to educate children on specific things. And they just took, marched along Leninsky Prospekt 60,000, well, that might be good. So, with this money that they marched, you can raise a whole generation of children. And about what we did, you know ...
V. DYMARSKY: We didn’t do anything, but we don’t know anything.
A. PANFILOV: Two words.
V. DYMARSKY: Why is your activity not public?
V. MAMONTOV: Now he will use just the ether and say.
A. PANFILOV: Yes, yes. Well, for two years we collected the number of 60,000. This was an extremely difficult task, otherwise the party would be liquidated. After that, the registration chamber checked us for a year. So I just knew that there would be a question. Here are the courts of the Nizhny Novgorod court, the Arkhangelsk court, and some other court, here we have, we went to the courts for a year. We were dragged to all courts. We won the Supreme Court. Those. we passed when someone there tells us that we are, as they say, the Kremlin, we are so, so, well, it's just ridiculous to talk about this topic. After going through these courts, having received registration only in November last year, we immediately took part in two elections. In the Moscow regional, where, you know, we were successfully filmed, and in Samara. We took 7.5%, won, showed the deputies. In Togliatti, 14% voted for us. 14% in Samara, Syzran. In one month - this is our way. But if you walked around the courts for two years ...
V. DYMARSKY: And you were dragged around the courts for some mistakes in the documents ...
A. PANFILOV: Well, yes, yes.
V. DYMARSKY: Clinging.
A. PANFILOV: Well, all the parties went to the courts. Here Republican Party went to the courts. Well, they failed here. Courts, courts, we were simply paralyzed.
V. DYMARSKY: Anatoly Alekseevich, such a question. Well why environmentalists are fragmented. There is your party, there is Greenpeace, there are other movements. By the way, you are also heading the Kedr movement in parallel, as I understand it.
A. PANFILOV: Yes, yes. Absolutely right.
V. DYMARSKY: What separates you. I understand when politicians are among themselves, who is right, who is left. Those. certain positions that separate them. But for you environmentalists, why is there no unity, why is everyone fragmented?
A. PANFILOV: No, well, Vitaly, just our social movements Russia, they are extremely united. Greenpeace, he cannot engage in politics, because in the charter of the politician of Greenpeace, the Wildlife Fund, they are in the charter, they are prohibited from doing this. I talked to Chestin too, invited them to go. They cannot do this. This time. This means that all Russian environmental organizations, they are all with us. This time. And second, it means the ecological doctrine of Russia, about which there is simply an opportunity to speak again, then again there will be many winners, but where have you been? I came to the presidential administration 4 years ago, to Sergei Alexandrovich Abramov, deputy. head of department, banged his fist. When will we have an ecological doctrine in the country? Reported to the president. The President has gathered all of us environmentalists. Yablokov and Chestin and all the rest came in there. Developed ecological doctrine. And everyone knows that this is on our initiative, and we have developed it, this document, according to which we have all united, and we have made an ecological doctrine. We are all together, and Chestin was, and Zakharov is now. And if we have slightly different views, or some kind of different legal possibilities, then talking about the fragmentation of the ecological movement in Russia is generally stupid.
V. MAMONTOV: No, well, I can tell you, yesterday Yablokov said that the Yabloko party would soon become almost Green. By the way, many of our listeners got confused. We have a lot of questions here both before the broadcast and during the broadcast, it’s good that Yabloko and the Green Party have united. Those. there are already such.
A. PANFILOV: No, well, it's good for us. When they talk about Yabloko, they talk a lot about Yabloko, they talk about Green, this works for our authority, we are glad. The more they talk about Yavlinsky ... Well, we are talking about a legal fact, a legal fact - we are the only registered environmental party. So here ...
V. MAMONTOV: No, well, just, probably, someone cannot walk, some movements really cannot go in a party. Or become parties, but still it seems to me that it is too much. I've just looked and searched even on the Internet, now I will not bring anyone to offend. But I found literally a dozen or even more of the most diverse organizations that are engaged, in one way or another, in the protection of nature. And it seems to me that this fragmentation, and a large number of organizations that seem to be doing the same thing, but are not united, it seems to me, is not a great service, not a very good service everyone in general serves this cause. The party is still a million shoulders.
A. PANFILOV: Well, I agree ...
V. DYMARSKY: We will definitely continue this discussion in a few minutes after a short news release. Let me remind you that we are talking with Anatoly Panfilov, chairman of the Russian Ecological Party Green. Now short news and the continuation of the conversation.
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V. DYMARSKY: Good evening again, dear radio listeners. Echo of Moscow will broadcast the continuation of the program “There is such a party” with Anatoly Panfilov, leader of the Russian Ecological Party of the Greens. Vladimir Mamontov on air, Izvestia newspaper, editor-in-chief. Vitaly Dymarsky. We continue our conversations with you, Vitaly Alekseevich. There are many questions.
V. MAMONTOV: I am reading the listener's question: "You are a member of the Supreme Council of the Civil Power Party", you are confusing us. "Civil force" will not come to us soon, but you are already here. " Or is it ... "Tell us more about this," he writes.
A. PANFILOV: "Civil Power" is an advisory body, which includes both party and non-party, and representatives of other parties. We also have a public council, and in this public council there is also a representative of United Russia and other parties. I think that this is normal when, after all, a civil society, we must form, not only fight between parties, but work out some general programs. Here "United Russia" announced the other day officially on the website is that we are now signing an agreement with them in the near future on solving the environmental problems of the country. This is not related to elections, it is a long-term agreement. We believe that this is, of course, an honor for us, and we have earned this right. Because we are professionals, and there are no professionals in the field of ecology in the country better than us. And this "United Russia" has recognized. And other parties should also unite in solving the country's environmental problems ...
V. DYMARSKY: So if you unite, why do you need to fight with each other.
A. PANFILOV: This is the formation of a civil society. And why should we be at war with everyone, why should we be at war with "Fair Russia", with the Union of Right Forces?
V. DYMARSKY: Because they will go to the Duma, but you will not.
V. MAMONTOV: Well, let's see.
V. MAMONTOV: And you know, then in connection with this question, which are also asked by many.
A. PANFILOV: And then, excuse me, the Duma is not a panacea. Our nation is dying out. Are we going to the Duma, we think the goal is to come now, take 30 seats there, and we will sit in a chair. We believe that solving environmental problems is a million times more important than getting into the Duma. And except for United Russia, no one will be involved in the field. Take any region Tomsk, Samara, well, Samara separately. Any topic. Governor United Russia, legislative assembly - United Russia. Well, and try you some kind of environmental law. It's funny to say. I believe that this is generally ...
V. DYMARSKY: We must go through cooperation with the bureaucracy.
A. PANFILOV: These are not officials. This is the legislature.
V. DYMARSKY: Well, it should be noted that Civil Force is certainly not officials, or let's say ...
V. MAMONTOV: Well, "Civil Power" does not have any real power yet, anyway.
A. PANFILOV: The only way to resolve environmental issues is to interact with parties. Well, Putin came to Astrakhan, gathered all the ministers a week ago. 14 departments deal with the problems of fisheries. He began to figure it out, he never figured out who was responsible. Putin did not understand, he says: report to me tomorrow. Can you imagine what. And this is the same in every region.
V. MAMONTOV: In this regard, the task for the party is to establish contacts between other parties that would work together on environmental issues.
A. PANFILOV: Yes, exactly on environmental issues.
V. MAMONTOV: Sounds, in general, interesting, at least.
V. DYMARSKY: Let me then ask you a purely political question. Since you are still a political party, you go to the polls, how do you position yourself? Are you left, right, or centrists? Are you an opposition party or are you a pro-government party?
A. PANFILOV: Well, of course, our spectrum and part of it is center-left, we have such, well, one might say, radical ecologists who, in general, are centrist in our country. I may be more centrist. Well, if the right-liberal ones, if we talk about Svetlana Konegen and also about our partners, they still believe that we should take the liberal part of the spectrum as well, and somehow, maybe, we are all over this spectrum. Well, and then the word "opposition", the opposition may be in something. Opposition, for example, to the minister. Well, Zurabov is a common theme, well, let's say. There, to Zurabov, to the governor Mutakov. But we cannot be the opposition in everything. The opposition is, for example, to the president, to the government, to parliament. Well, to Shoigu, let's say, why should we oppose Shoigu? We have a negative attitude towards Yakovlev, negative towards Zurabov. Those. maybe there should be some kind of selectivity. Just opposition to everything and everything that is. There are, I think, United Russia, and Fair Russia, and the Communists, apparently, have people who still advocate solving, so I'm talking about environmental problems for now.
V. MAMONTOV: Ecology is still really a sphere where you can really collect different (SPEAKING TOGETHER), on the one hand. On the other hand, then it is difficult to define the face of the party.
V. DYMARSKY: We won't be in time. Let's vote. We are asking about the same question that we asked a week ago, only on a different topic. Dear listeners, will your choice in December be influenced by the position of parties and different parties on environmental issues? If yes, the position of the parties on environmental issues will influence your choice. Those. You will be looking at the environmental theme in the programs of different parties, then your phone number is 660-01-13. If not, if your choice in December will not be influenced in any way by the position of the parties on environmental protection issues, then your phone number is 660-01-14. We start voting. Now the vote has gone. Here is the first person who voted and immediately gave 100%. No, everything has already started actively. I'll just say it again. Will the position of the parties on environmental issues affect your choice in December? If so, 660-01-13 will affect. If not, it will not affect - 660-01-14. While you are voting, I hope that you will do it more actively, Mamontov will ask a question.
V. MAMONTOV: Yes, but I just read one more question from the listener. “The list of candidates, deputies of your party, includes the leader of the Tolerance movement, Vladimir Semyonov. Explain what do you mean by tolerance, about tolerance for what or what are we talking about? "
A. PANFILOV: Well, of course, about tolerance towards the opinions of others. This applies to many aspects of our life. And I know that Vladimir Semyonov heads the European Club here in Moscow. He has very broad international and European contacts here in Moscow. And here our party certainly lacks international contacts. Including with European institutions and green parties. Therefore, I think that Vladimir will allow our party, and he joined our party a few months ago, will expand this international spectrum. And we do not hide here, we would like his help.
V. DYMARSKY: Volodya, I'm sorry, I'll interrupt you. I have a question here about international cooperation. "Why is your party, - asks Valery, - excluded from the international environmental movement?"
A. PANFILOV: Well, first of all, I don’t know what the international environmental movement is. There is a European United Party ...
V. MAMONTOV: And the second question from Saratov. "Why was the Green Party not included in the list of Green Organizations in Europe?" You explain to us if there is any sense in this question.
A. PANFILOV: Well, there is a united European party, it is based on the principles of those that share the European charter. Those. in theory, only European countries that we must, as Russia, recognize the European Charter ...
V. DYMARSKY: Environmental.
A. PANFILOV: No, in general, completely.
V. DYMARSKY: What charter? The European Union?
A. PANFILOV: Well, the European Union, yes. Those. it is a purely European Union organization. But other than that, well, it's just a misunderstanding, after all. There are no lists, no parties, no associations.
V. MAMONTOV: Okay, explained.
A. PANFILOV: In the same Holland, there are three "Green" parties. One goes in there, the other here.
V. DYMARSKY: Is there no Green International?
A. PANFILOV: There is no “green” international.
V. DYMARSKY: But what about the Green Cross headed by Gorbachev?
A. PANFILOV: Well, as far as I know, Gorbachev has already been removed. In my opinion, there is another. This is a purely commercial organization that receives money from the Americans, it is the Americans who finance it, and it spends on propaganda to the population that it is necessary to destroy chemical weapons. It is not even an environmental organization, it is a purely commercial organization.
V. DYMARSKY: Once again, I ask you to quickly re-vote our radio listeners. Will your choice in December be influenced by the position of parties, different parties on environmental protection issues? 660-01-13, if yes, you will look at this item in the party programs. 660-01-14, if not, you will not be interested in this item in the party programs.
V. MAMONTOV: In the meantime, I still have a question. Now the parties are dragging, pulling, it is better to say, different characters, the most diverse, who are actors, who are Lugovs, who are whom. Are there any characters, or people, in a good sense of the word, characters, bright personalities, whom you would think so, but we would still have this person. In general, the question may be broader. Are there any major authorities today, recognized authorities on this topic, about whom you would think so: we would like to get this person.
A. PANFILOV: Well, who? Albert Gore. Al Gore is a prominent ecologist.
V. MAMONTOV: This is an original approach.
V. DYMARSKY: Maybe you should have included him in the top three?
V. MAMONTOV: Listen, that would be an original move.
V. DYMARSKY: It did not pass there, it would pass here.
V. MAMONTOV: There are problems with citizenship. You will be tortured to turn it on. Here in Russia.
A. PANFILOV: Well, many stars, you know, they are almost 80%, they are in the same party.
V. MAMONTOV: That is. there are no more stars that would ...
A. PANFILOV: But other stars, they still prefer to be out of politics.
V. DYMARSKY: I will now name the results of the voting. Not so many voted, but, nevertheless, 72.4% of people say that they will look exactly at the environmental points in the programs of the parties, that this will influence their choice in December. And 27.6% say that this will not influence their choice in any way. But I'm going back to the stars. Yes, we had a question here somewhere. Maybe I won't find him right away ...
V. DYMARSKY: Oh, you see, we asked the same question as FOM asked. Here we are almost like sociologists.
V. MAMONTOV: Well, yes, it coincided.
V. DYMARSKY: Here is Irina from Moscow asks: "What is the attitude of the Green Party to the fact that the women of Russia have changed their drape coats to fur coats made of natural fur?" On the one hand, maybe it will seem funny to someone. But on the other hand, there are stars over there. Here is Brigitte Bordeaux, who is engaged in the protection of animals, and, by the way, is against wearing fur coats made from natural fur. Those. actually stars all over the world ...
V. MAMONTOV: Paul Macartney, my beloved, lies in the ice, watching walruses.
V. DYMARSKY: They are strongly involved in environmental issues. And I am quite serious about this. And they are dealing with these problems at a fairly serious level, using their name, their authority, their reputation to resolve such specific issues. Why do we have show business people, athletes are far from this? Maybe royalties play a role?
A. PANFILOV: Indeed, well, no, and many stars, in my opinion, and just residents, civilly of our country, many still refuse fur coats, somehow they are already switching over. And winter has been for the last 2 years ...
V. DYMARSKY: And you don't have this in your program?
A. PANFILOV: We have animal protection and the whole spectrum.
V. DYMARSKY: But it is about a fur coat, if they in Russia now announce about fur coats, then no one will come to vote at all. What a northern country.
V. MAMONTOV: Andrei prompts you with a brilliant, I think, argument for your upcoming election campaign. He writes: “The forest, as such, cannot be right, left, or centrist. It just needs to be protected. "
A. PANFILOV: Vladimir correctly said that she ...
V. MAMONTOV: She does not share much.
V. DYMARSKY: You won't drink much there, yes.
V. MAMONTOV: But, nevertheless, look, here is Germany ...
V. DYMARSKY: It is difficult to cut the ecology, the forest is possible. Volodya, well, look, yesterday Alexander Rahr, a German political scientist, spoke with us. He performed superbly. So he told me, and we knew it, nevertheless, that the German environmentalists, headed by Joschka Fischer, the "Greens" ...
A. PANFILOV: Well, we have grown a little older, yes, already.
V. DYMARSKY: It doesn't matter. They nevertheless entered the coalition together with the Social Democrats. Those. they saw themselves as left-wing politicians. They didn’t go along with the right wing with the CDU. Therefore, it means that such a political division has a right to exist.
A. PANFILOV: Well, they were simply not taken to the CDU this year.
V. DYMARSKY: This is another question.
A. PANFILOV: No, well, of course, it is a left-wing organization, a more left-wing center, of course, all the same it is center-left.
V. DYMARSKY: “Watching the ecological component of the program is a good intention for many people. Don't believe the voting results. Sergei". Why not believe. 72% are quite good ...
V. MAMONTOV: By the way, yesterday the experts also said that, in my opinion, they took it a little that way, that no one here pays attention to the environment directly, but only ...
V. DYMARSKY: I said that.
V. MAMONTOV: No. It wasn't you who said it. It was a completely different person speaking.
A. PANFILOV: It seems to me that this is not so. In fact, many are worried, worried about the environment. Another thing is that in our current concrete life, of course, a traffic jam is more important than an exhaust, this is true.
V. DYMARSKY: Yes, by the way.
A. PANFILOV: Well, we would not want to monopolize the topic of ecology. That you have created a party. The topic of ecology is relevant. Still, the problems that we face in Russia are much more important than our passage to the Duma, or anyone else. Really very serious questions in ecology.
V. DYMARSKY: Anatoly Alekseevich, we have such a tradition. We started her in this program.
V. MAMONTOV: And we will not refuse.
V. DYMARSKY: Yes, such a blitz for all party leaders. Seven questions we will ask everyone. But now, before this blitz, we will arrange another small blitz on the questions sent by our listeners. Since there are a lot of specific issues, namely environmental ones. Peter from Saratov: "Are you opposed to the resumption of whaling in Russia?"
V. DYMARSKY: "The Green Party is in principle against nuclear energy in Russia, or it allows its use if acceptable security measures are observed there, etc."
A. PANFILOV: We are against the development of nuclear energy, in principle we are against it.
V. DYMARSKY: "The forest, as such, cannot be right and left", we have already read this. "How can you support ...", well, here is a very specific question. "How can you support the initiative of the Petrovsky District of St. Petersburg, aimed at a civilized collection of dog excrement?"
A. PANFILOV: By the way, this is also a problem.
V. DYMARSKY: This is the international aspect. By the way, Paris is full of them. You pass on the international aspect of the party there, by the way, to Vladimir Semyonov, who raises the international aspect in your party. So that they too ...
A. PANFILOV: Thank you. Let's take into account.
V. DYMARSKY: So. Etc. Point buildings. “A year ago, they wrote to Mitvol about untreated sewage into the Upa River. No reaction. Maybe the Greens will help, ”Rina writes.
V. MAMONTOV: Maybe I should pass these questions over to Anatoly so that he can be looked at. This is also important.
V. DYMARSKY: Well, with pleasure.
V. MAMONTOV: "Where and how can you join the Green Party?" Here's an interesting question. "Are Party Dues Big?"
V. MAMONTOV: There are no contributions.
V. DYMARSKY: "Do you take people who are over 40 years old?"
A. PANFILOV: The Greens website, please see.
V. MAMONTOV: You can go there and register
A. PANFILOV: Everything is there, yes, yes, yes.
V. DYMARSKY: “There is a common problem that unites many,” writes Ulyana, “household waste”.
A. PANFILOV: The Moscow region is overwhelmed.
V. DYMARSKY: (SPEAKING TOGETHER) "It can become a threat to the whole world."
A. PANFILOV: Well, the issue of waste incineration plants has not been decided yet. Air emissions can be more harmful ...
V. DYMARSKY: Here is a provocative question for you. Try to answer it. "Mitvol and you are antipodes or allies?"
A. PANFILOV: No, well, we are definitely allies. We would like Mitvol to even top our list in the elections. Well…
V. DYMARSKY: So I hinted to you when I said ... And you say Gor.
A. PANFILOV: Well, I thought it was from the field of sports, or ...
V. DYMARSKY: Well, almost from there, in general, he is almost from show business.
V. MAMONTOV: At least he cleverly uses these techniques.
A. PANFILOV: Oleg Mitvol, but he was not allowed by the ministry to participate in the elections.
V. DYMARSKY: But it is impossible, in my opinion, in parties ...
A. PANFILOV: Well, yes, with Mitvol, there would, of course, be different numbers.
V. DYMARSKY: “There is a branch of your party in Perm, and the city is a garbage dump. Very dirty". Well, it is clear that the party cannot ... that is. it can, but it cannot. So that we have time, blitz. Seven questions. Volodya, start.
V. MAMONTOV: Which country can pose a major threat to the Russian Federation in the next 10 years, China or the United States?
A. PANFILOV: Well, America is not. I don’t know about China.
V. DYMARSKY: America is not?
A. PANFILOV: Well, what kind of threat can America pose to us?
V. MAMONTOV: Who should be more afraid of China or the United States?
A. PANFILOV: No, well, I would not like to answer that. America is not.
V. DYMARSKY: It is necessary, it is necessary. In general, not America, you answered.
V. MAMONTOV: Would you support Putin's candidacy for a third term?
A. PANFILOV: Well, of course.
V. DYMARSKY: What do you put higher? What is higher for you, for your party the interests of the state or the interests of the individual?
A. PANFILOV: Well, this question is also not entirely correct.
V. DYMARSKY: He is specifically like that.
A. PANFILOV: Well, if the border guard protects the border of the country, and enemies come there, he will defend his personal life or the state? In this case, as they say ...
V. DYMARSKY: No, what's the border guard here. What is higher for you, the interests of the individual or the interests of the state?
A. PANFILOV: For me, of course, the interests of the individual.
V. DYMARSKY: Should we return to a progressive tax rate?
A. PANFILOV: Well, our taxation is generally incomprehensible.
V. DYMARSKY: We have a 13% flat scale. Should I take more from the rich, and allow the poor to do everything?
A. PANFILOV: No. For the rich, other forms must still be used. Not taxes.
V. MAMONTOV: Is it necessary to introduce a visa regime with all the former republics of the USSR?
A. PANFILOV: No.
V. DYMARSKY: Do you consider it correct to study the basics of religion in schools?
A. PANFILOV: Well, optional, yes. But not necessarily.
V. DYMARSKY: Well, and the last question. Does Russia need to seek the return of Crimea?
A. PANFILOV: Well, Aksenov wrote The Island of Crimea. It seems to me…
V. DYMARSKY: No, you don’t shift responsibility to Aksenov. Aksyonov is all right.
A. PANFILOV: Well, how can we achieve it if Crimea is the territory of another state. This is terrorism on our part, if we strive for it.
V. MAMONTOV: But I would like to fight in a good sense of the word.
A. PANFILOV: Some form of maximum autonomy, where residents of Russia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine could really rest, of course, I would like a freer form, yes.
V. DYMARSKY: What else are they writing to us? We asked all this. We asked for whaling. Okay, let's get back to politics after all. But since you have not been able to answer about the opposition, not the opposition, well, are you satisfied in general with how the government and parliament work in the field of environmental protection? We are not touching the president now.
A. PANFILOV: Well, definitely not. Over the past 4 years, not a single environmental law has been adopted in the country. No one. Well, as for the government, there is no environmental policy in it. AND …
V. DYMARSKY: There is a Trutnevsky ministry, yes.
A. PANFILOV: Well, it is also engaged in issuing licenses for oil and gas.
V. DYMARSKY: Then ecology, as I understand it, is present in the area of activity of any ministry.
A. PANFILOV: But there must be a coordinator. You have a director at Echo of Moscow.
V. DYMARSKY: We do not have a coordinator.
A. PANFILOV: Well, the director is Alexei Venediktov.
V. DYMARSKY: He is the editor-in-chief. Well, and you have Putin as editor-in-chief.
V. MAMONTOV: Alexei Venediktov, chief ecologist of Echo of Moscow.
A. PANFILOV: Well, no, the state is quite catastrophic in the government and in all aspects. It's even difficult for me to comment on the questions.
V. DYMARSKY: You say that. You cannot be in opposition to Shoigu, but you can be in opposition, I don’t know, to Zurabov. But I think that in the activities of the Ministry of Emergencies, there are probably a lot of components that are related to environmental protection. Relatively speaking, you know how firefighters are there.
A. PANFILOV: Well, I’m so conditional. We also have many complaints about Shoigu and the Emergencies Ministry. Because the number of disasters in our country is increasing. The ministry should not only deal with disasters, but also prevention. Know where some kind of disaster might happen. Right now in Kirovo-Chepetsk there is a chemical plant that produces fuel, but there is such a state that it can explode at any moment, and Chernobyl is resting there, as they say. And then the whole country will vote, I don't know, maybe it won't even be necessary to vote.
V. DYMARSKY: For the Greens.
A. PANFILOV: Well, I don't know who they will vote for, the situation in Kirovo-Chepetsk is specific. And the Emergencies Ministry is looking where, I do not know. The state there is simply catastrophic.
V. DYMARSKY: Let's, perhaps, the last question we have time to ask from Orsk Alexei Kolomytsev, an ecologist: "When, in your opinion, will the law on payment for environmental pollution be adopted?" And to what extent do you lobby for this law in general?
A. PANFILOV: No, well, we have been fighting for it for many years, but a very powerful lobby headed by Norilsk Nickel, I repeat, do not want the adoption of the law in every possible way, or they want the money that they would pay for emissions into the atmosphere went to the modernization of their enterprise, so that they would remain with them. But it could be so. But they will again cut this money in their own interests. If there was a fund in Norilsk. And this money went under the control of, say, the public, you can go for it, i.e. this is an extremely important law. Without this law, it is useless to talk about industrial ecology in general. Those. do not pay taxes, you said about a progressive scale. Let them pay this tax. And there is no need for high interest rates. By the way, in Manchegorsk, you said that the situation is extremely interesting for them. The Norwegians gave grants. All the time they were giving grants, now they have refused. Why are we to the Manchegorsk Nickel Plant, by the way, it is in the holding at Norilsk Nickel, we no longer give grants. Because you get 2 billion dollars a year in profit, and we give you 100 million each. There is no logic. And now the Norwegians have already officially refused grants to the Murmansk region for this reason. Because well, this is the same situation.
V. DYMARSKY: Here Alexander writes to us. Well, Alexander, we will pass your request on to Mr. Panfilov, because he does not know how to join your party.
A. PANFILOV: The Greens website.
V. DYMARSKY: You see, there are even such listeners. And the last one, very briefly, literally 10 seconds. Kyoto Protocol, your attitude.
A. PANFILOV: The Kyoto Protocol, together with Arkady Volsky and Putin, we finished off the Kyoto Protocol ...
V. DYMARSKY: What has Putin to do with it?
A. PANFILOV: Putin has ratified it.
V. MAMONTOV: Putin with everything.
A. PANFILOV: Well, as the Kyoto Protocol is the basis, it is a historical project. Thanks to this, Russia has generally reached a historical level. And so Arkady Ivanovich, unfortunately, the deceased went to Putin three times and strove for the Kyoto Protocol to be ratified. I also give you a present to see that this is an epoch-making law.
V. DYMARSKY: Thanks to Anatoly Panfilov, the leader of the Green Party. And we went to read about the Kyoto Protocol.
A. PANFILOV: Thank you.
V. DYMARSKY: Good luck to you.
V. MAMONTOV: All the best.
Anastasia Surikova
By and large, any political party in Russia can be safely called a commercial enterprise. All of them, in one way or another, "beat the money", misleading voters with beautiful slogans. But there is also a party in the country whose leadership, in the pursuit of profit, has bypassed competitors in all respects.
On June 9 this year, a meeting of the Business Press Club was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Saratov Region on the topic: "Development of Regional Industry and its Development Representatives of the authorities, the largest enterprises of Saratov, public organizations and the media attended the meeting. Much attention was paid to the decline in positions Of the Saratov region in environmental ratings. True, the organizers of the event, apparently wanting to deflect suspicions industrial enterprises, diligently transferred arrows to minor ecology violators.
“85% of air pollution is exhaust from automobile transport, besides, one of the most dangerous is waste in the sphere of consumption,” Marina Gantseva, head of the department of the regional committee for environmental protection, shared an interesting statistics.
A surprise for all the participants was the performances of employees of TNK-BP and TNK-BP OJSC Saratov Oil Refinery in the spirit of “furious environmental protection”. The company's representative, Denis Kuznetsov, listed several environmental projects that, according to him, are actively supported by the company. However, he did not say a word about the incident between TNK-BP and the Green Patrol public organization that took place at the end of April this year.
We remind you that on the Day of Chemical Safety, the all-Russian public organization "Green Patrol" applied to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) and the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor) with a request for a comprehensive audit activities of TNK-BP subsidiaries in the Saratov region: OJSC Saratov Oil Refinery and OJSC Saratovnefteprodukt. The fact is that the "Green Patrol" received a collective appeal from the residents of the village of Uvek, which is within the boundaries of Saratov, worried about the constant pollution of the Volga with oil products in the area where the Uvek oil depot and OJSC "Saratovnefteprodukt" are located. The letter, signed by 51 residents of Saratov, says: "You cannot swim ... the purification systems do not work ... after you get out of the water, you need boiling water to cleanse your body of fuel oil." Experts from the Green Patrol, having left for the village, found obvious oil pollution in the area of the Uvek bucket (bay) on the shore and in the Volga water. At 50 meters from the river bank, environmentalists recorded a significant and extensive oil pollution of two reservoirs located in the water protection zone on photographic and videotape.
The all-Russian public organization "Green Patrol" stated that if the monitoring environmental agencies continue to fail to act, the "Green Patrol" itself will call on Russians to boycott TNK-BP products in Russia. The company responded quickly to the demands, but not at all in the way the public expected.
It should be noted here that one of the strongest regional branches of the REP (Russian Ecological Party "Greens") operates on the territory of Saratov. It is interesting that REP "Green" has only two such regional branches: in Saratov and in Irkutsk. But today the existence of the Saratov branch, which includes 9 local organizations (about 2000 members in total), is under threat. And, interestingly, the threat comes from the leader of the REP "Green" - Mr. AA Panfilov.
The most important thing here is the pretext itself, or, as they say now, the "excuse" voiced by the party chairman: the instruction received from ... the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation is to blame.
So it goes. But, according to independent experts, the desire to dissolve the Saratov regional branch is connected with another - it was actually sold to oligarchs who have problems, including environmental ones, in the Saratov region.
It is simply impossible to believe! But you can check. Judge for yourself, in May 2008 the "Green Patrol" traveled to the Saratov Region "on alarm signals of a violation of environmental safety by TNK-BP." The signals, to the great regret of the Saratov people, were fully confirmed. And in this regard, all further activities of the leadership of the REP "Green" looks like a provocation of pure water.
Observers are confident that British businessmen approached the leadership of the Panfilovites with a tempting offer to sponsor the Greens. In order to "close" the Saratov problem for a long time, and continue to prevent unnecessary, moreover, negative information about massive violations of environmental legislation. Local wits went even further in their assumptions: they assure that in the very near future, Mr. Panfilov will be called "sir" and receive awards from the British government only for the fact that he managed to so gracefully spit on the health of the region's residents by starting a change overly active leadership of the RO in Saratov.
Now, with a wave of the hand of Mr. Panfilov and not without the financial participation of the TNK-BP management, the new composition of the Saratov regional office is being discussed. Dexterous foreign businessmen figured that it is much cheaper to pay one person who is ready to betray the interests of his homeland without hesitation than to build expensive treatment facilities. Removing especially zealous environmentalists with the hands of their own patron is not a bad solution to the problem, right? And, most importantly, the British were not mistaken in their calculations, calculating the "weak link" in the REP "Green". Having rummaged through archival materials, having studied the glorious life path of the party chairman, they made the only correct decision.
How a TV master became a "KGB general"
Until 2002, the Russian ecological party "Greens" did not exist. At least on paper. The prototype of the REP was the Constructive-Ecological Movement of Russia "KEDR", founded in February 1993 with the active assistance of federal officials. And also, according to a number of media outlets, are closely associated with the bureaucracy of representatives of the criminal business.
Since its inception, KEDR has been headed by former TV master Anatoly Panfilov, who at every step masquerades as a retired KGB general.
Reference. Panfilov Anatoly Alekseevich. Born on February 1, 1951 in the city of Sortavala (Karelia). In 1974 he graduated from the faculty of radio electronics of aircraft of the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze. After graduation, he worked at the Moscow Television Plant, was a foreman and head of the technical bureau of the workshop.
According to the official biography, then "for 10 years he worked at the enterprises of the military-industrial complex." In 1990 he started doing business in the Urals: according to information published in the press, in 1990 he became the chairman of the board of the Iglor company. A number of publications reported that from 1990 to 1993. Panfilov ran a small business for the development and production of bottled water.
The "constructive" movement, pumped up to the limit with the money of sponsors (including the notorious businessman Artyom Tarasov), in 1993 pushed into big politics, taking part in the Duma elections. But, despite the fact that the leaders of "KEDR" put General Lebed on the 4th place in the list (without his knowledge and consent), the "ecologists" could not overcome the 5% barrier. That did not prevent the movement from being transformed into a political party of the same name next year.
We have deliberately put the word "ecologists" in quotation marks. After all, from the very beginning, Mr. Panfilov's party was, in fact, lobbying for its own financial interests. Moreover, many political scientists and representatives of the environmental community have a negative attitude towards the activities of the “Panfilovites”, which, in their opinion, cause enormous damage to the environmental movement. A number of independent ecologists consider the Panfilovites to be “typical pseudo-ecological parties that do not carry out any real environmental work, but use a fashionable environmental theme, activating their activities exclusively before the next elections and thereby compromising the“ green ”idea.”
Paradoxically, despite all the devastating losses, KEDR, nevertheless, remained the winner. Apparently, considerable pre-election budgets were successfully utilized. According to eyewitnesses, the leaders of the party very soon and tightly moved to the latest model Mercedes, acquired real estate in the center of Moscow and round bank accounts.
And only the poor Russian nature, alternately dirtied first by the "builders of communism" and then by the "shock workers of capitalism," never received a penny from the "Panfilovites". By the way, the regional branches of the party did not receive a dime from the center either. The entire party budget was wasted on "feeding" the central apparatus.
Green sanchez
When there were no sponsors on the horizon, and they still wanted to eat well, the Panfilovites did not waste their time. For example, they established a “charitable lottery with an unpretentious name“ Priroda ”(or“ Cedar ”), the funds from which went not at all to“ the construction of sewage treatment plants in the Sverdlovsk region, ”as Panfilov said in numerous interviews, but to satisfy the rather sickly appetites of the party elite. In short, they arranged a typical "scam". Plus some grants were planted by the Foundation. Vernadsky, founded on the initiative of "KEDR" with the money of "Gazprom".
The "Panfilovites" did not disdain the "developments" of a specially established public organization - "Russian Environmental Independent Expertise". This organization was officially engaged in consulting. To be more precise, she helped dishonest businessmen amicably "negotiate" with the sanitary and epidemiological supervision authorities.
Very soon the "Panfilovites" mastered new ways of party business. But first things first.
On April 6, 2001, the KEDR party signed a statement in support of a package of draft laws on the import of nuclear waste into Russia, which was somehow compiled from the press releases of the Ministry of Atomic Energy. After this inhuman demarche, no one had any doubts that environmental protection for KEDR was nothing more than a profanation, designed to hide the true, thoroughly mercantile goals of the Panfilovites. For the sake of which they are ready to joyfully welcome the transformation of their own country into the world's radioactive dump.
On February 9, 2002, at the VII "cedar" congress, the ecological party "KEDR" was transformed into the political party "Russian Ecological Party (REP)" Greens ".
A year later, the "Panfilovites" were once again lucky with sponsors. Anatoly Chubais, the head of RAO UES himself, intended to occupy a free "political and environmental" niche. Anatoly Borisovich, who has poured tens of millions of dollars into the Union of Right Forces party, planned to "spin up" the little-known REP "Green" as a safety net. The oligarchs Vladimir Potanin (Interros) and Viktor Vekselberg (SUAL-holding) were Chubais's partners (and, accordingly, sponsors of the Greens).
At the end of September 2003, Sergey Alekseev, advisor to the general director of Norilsk Nickel, was elected a member of the Presidium of the Central Council of the Greens. In exchange for financial assistance from Interros, the Greens promised the oligarchic structure “to help implement environmental programs". For its part, SUAL-holding allegedly became interested in another “promising” project of the “green” - the supply of water to the arid regions of Eurasia from ... the Sverdlovsk region.
Note: the organization of "joint projects" is usually just a cover for illegal business financing of party structures. So all of the above "projects" (especially, fortunately, concerning the "transfer of northern rivers") did not have any legal consequences.
And again - a gigantic bummer: in the 2003 Duma elections, the REP "Green" list received a paltry 0.42% of the vote. None of the candidates nominated by the party passed through the constituencies either. But the multi-million dollar pre-election budget, as you might guess, “evaporated” in a matter of weeks.
In October 2005, the REP “Greens” put forward an obviously impassable list of candidates for the elections to the Moscow City Duma. V next month in the leadership of the "green" there was a split between the co-chairmen of the party Panfilov and Evstafiev. Both accused each other of wasting party finances on non-statutory goals.
This unsightly fuss with the removal of tons of litter from the hut ended in a crushing victory for Mr. Panfilov, who had become adept at undercover intrigues. From now on, the sole leader, having dispersed the internal party opposition, turned the party into a family business. Aleksey, the brother of the chairman of the party's presidium, has become a member of the Central Council of the REP "Greens". The chair of Anatoly Panfilov's deputy, who oversees financial issues, was taken by his son Sergei. And almost immediately the related triumvirate received the apt nickname "Three Fat Men". Although it is not very ethical to mention this, none of the "magnificent three", at first glance, weighs less than 8 pounds ...
In March 2006, the Green Party for the first time in its history overcame the 7% electoral threshold, having received the only mandate in the legislative assembly of the Samara region. And that is because this time money was not given to the "Panfilovites". As a result, the budget did not melt as fast as usual, which finally made it possible, at least, to issue pre-election booklets ...
Nevertheless, the Samara precedent sharply increased the chances of Mr. Panfilov to capitalize on his decayed business. Apparently, it dawned on him that nature conservation is a savory bait for greedy regional elites claiming a stake in the legislature. “Herbivorous” environmental slogans are not a struggle of “frostbitten” oppositionists against a “bloody regime”. For this, you can lose your fast and your righteously earned capital. And so, just do not skimp - and you will get a pocket fraction in the local parliament. Under a completely respectable, politically correct "green" brand.
In addition, the REP can be used not only in the Duma, but also in regional elections. Indeed, according to the new legislation, only federal parties have the right to nominate candidates for governor. For example, in Yekaterinburg, the REP has already concluded an agreement with the head of the region, Rossel: the party nominates Rossel for governor, and he supports the REP in every possible way in the Duma elections.
Rolled. And the unrestrained "green" chase began in Russian cities and villages. Where it is necessary to campaign for the incumbent governors, where for their enemies and competitors. Money is not exactly billions. But the Moscow bourgeois is quite enough for a well-fed, well-to-do life. The European "green", hardened on the barricades of 1968, never dreamed of such a thing.
"Gave it, don't repent, lay down - don't turn around!"
In the fall of 2007, the “greens” decided not to unite with the “Civil Power” party to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections and go to the State Duma on their own. As a result, Mr. Panfilov, who had previously managed to infiltrate the Supreme Council of the “GS”, again headed the federal list of candidates from his party.
And the thing was this. According to information obtained from Mr. Panfilov's inner circle, a promising plan has matured in the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation on the eve of the Duma elections. The deputy head of the Presidential Administration, Vladislav Surkov, liked the idea of setting the “greens” as champions of the most liberal ideas. The goal is to take 2-3% of the votes away from the parties on the liberal spectrum. I mean, Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces.
"Gave it - so don't repent, lay down - don't turn around." It was this simple rule that Mr. Panfilov was forced to follow, for a long time flirting with the Kremlin and, according to supporters, completely devoid of the ability to think creatively. And the hour of reckoning has come. According to rumors, the “greens” were allocated about a million dollars for holding election events, as well as collecting 200 thousand signatures in their favor.
Of course, one could angrily refuse such a "cool" offer, proudly turn around and slam the door. But greed seems to have overpowered. Probably, the fear of losing the bread place that had been hatched for a decade and a half also played a role. However, the fact remains: a convinced homophobe (which he has repeatedly admitted publicly) Panfilov outwardly resigned himself to the circumstances. He, like a chopping block, made contact (verbal) with representatives of the LGBT community (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites). Along the way, trying, as they say, to eat the fish and not choke on the bone.
At the Greens' electoral convention on September 16, 2007, invited members of the libertarian Tolerance movement circulated a manifesto in support of sexual minorities. And you should have seen with what pitiful and absurd look Mr. Panfilov shouted into the microphone, answering the questions of “advanced in the subject” journalists: “I don’t know how this document got here! This is a provocation!"…
For some reason, no one believed in the "provocation". After a meager lunch (did you feel sorry for money?), Apparently as compensation for moral damage, Mr. Panfilov did not think of anything better than to include Elena Vasilyeva, an employee of the Green Cross organization, in the regional REP list. It would seem trivial. But this extravagant lady did not think to hide that she is the confidant of the ardent opponent of the Kremlin Garry Kasparov. Well, it is not the first time for Mr. Panfilov to make a byaka to his Kremlin patrons. Moreover, for their own money ...
The story of tolerance for the Greens ended with a shameful farce. According to a deeply rooted tradition, most of the cash allocated for the pre-election "promotion" of the party turned out to be banally pilfered under "inappropriate" articles. There was nowhere to go. And the collectors of signatures in the regions, faced with a natural "scammer", drove to Moscow open hack.
On October 28, 2007, the Central Election Commission flatly refused to register the "green", invalidating more than 17% of the signatures of voters submitted by the party in support of its lists of candidates. In reality, according to the reviews of the CEC employees, the marriage rate went over 70%. But at the urgent request "from there" the REP decided not to shame in public too much.
And already on November 12, 2007, the leadership of the "green", unexpectedly for those uninitiated in the Kremlin's political kitchen, made a collective decision to ... support the Democratic Party of Russia headed by the former "PR man" Andrei Bogdanov. By the way, Bogdanov is the same libelous Freemason as Panfilov is the defender of sexual minorities. It's just that the roles of each of the party bosses, although they were assigned in advance, but somehow hastily. And the stupid understands where and by whom.
In winter 2008, a group of “greens” headed by Mr. Panfilov went “to work” in one of the southern regions of Russia. The party, according to a well-established scheme, guaranteed a large local official a "pocket" faction in the local parliament. As you might expect, the mission ended in complete failure. Of course, for a naive provincial official. Perhaps, he was never informed that although the "Panfilovs" take from outsiders, they do not give ...
In the spring of this year, a new tendency has emerged among the Panfilovites. It seems that the "green" leadership has begun to "merge" the most "combat-ready" regional branches. Presumably, also completely "disinterested". So to speak, in order to protect nature from nature conservators.
Sir Panfilov
Before the eyes of the whole world, without embarrassment or blushing, Mr. Panfilov is practically selling his homeland. This pseudo-defender of Russian ecology with experience absolutely does not care that the maximum permissible concentrations (MPC) of harmful substances under the facilities of the Saratov oil refinery exceed the standards by tens of thousands (!) Times. Leakage of oil products into the subsoil was common. In the Samara region, for example, this led to the fact that several residents of the village of Lipyagi suffocated in the cellars they dug for storing vegetables, since light fractions of oil products seeped there from earthen lenses filled with production leaks. And the leaks themselves are practically motor fuel with an octane rating of "72". Let us repeat once again - for a complete and prompt solution of an environmental problem (not to say a catastrophe), TNK-BP will need an order of magnitude more money than is allocated now. But why allocate money for sewage treatment plants if there is a great opportunity to clear the ranks of the disaffected? This is exactly what TNK-BP did with the help of Mr. Panfilov. "Sir" Panfilov? ..
It doesn't matter that the semi-foreign TNK-BP has been constantly experiencing difficulties with the Russian authorities lately. Yes, this "slippery" company was presented with tax claims for 2004-2005. in the amount of 6 billion rubles. Yes, seizure of documents was carried out here in the framework of a criminal case against NK Sidanko. Yes, TNK-BP's office was searched as part of an industrial espionage investigation. But is this the reason for the Russian political party, which positions itself as a "defender of the native nature", and continue to violate the principles of state security?
Or, after all, the REP "Greens" were sent to our territory in order to clear the way for all kinds of "Greenpeaces" and many similar foreign environmental funds working for foreign intelligence agencies? The question is not for us. A question to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: do we need "sent Cossacks" that Russia inherited in the dashing legacy of the 90s?