The traveling award banner for “Leaders in Administrative Absurdity” unquestionably goes to the administration of Kursk Region. I’m speaking to voters there today (6:00 p.m., at the площадка near Merkuriy Stadium), and the authorities have come up with a more original way to reduce attendance than the usual intimidation.
They organized mandatory school discos in every school.
We’ve received a flood of reports about this; here is only what our campaign headquarters was able to verify:
At School No. 51, there will be a paid disco from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Paid, but attendance is strictly mandatory. The only way not to come is with a note from parents, but they will call and check. The cost is 100 rubles. The disco is for grades 8–11.
At School No. 52, there will also be a disco at 6:00 p.m. When a student asked, “On what grounds can someone be expelled from school for a photo with Navalny?” geography teacher Irina Pavlovna replied: “We’ll find a reason.”
At School No. 54, there will be a parents’ meeting at 5:30 p.m. The vice principals are forcing students to attend it as well. Those who do not show up will face disciplinary action.
At School No. 57, an “Autumn Ball” will be held at 5:30 p.m. “No one is being forced to come, and the teachers are pretending the timing is just a coincidence,” a student says.
At School No. 59, a ball has also been scheduled from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
At School No. 45, a sports event was scheduled for the same time in order to “shield immature minds from negative influence.”
Pretty great, huh.
Here’s a free political consulting tip for the Kremlin: just an “Autumn Ball” or a disco won’t work all that well. Putin himself should come to these discos and dance for the young people. Following the example of his creator, the man who made him president.
It worked in 1996 (back then V.V. Putin was a modest employee of the Presidential Administration), so it should work now too. Attendance at my meetings will definitely go down. Hell, I might even go watch myself.
By the way, in Kursk right now, they’re simply not allowing us to set up the stage for an authorized rally.
Honestly, I think we could publish a “Book of Idiocy” now, listing everything the Kremlin and the governors are doing to obstruct our campaign.
Here’s some great footage from Tver. The administration there is causing outrageous scandals, claiming that our attempts to hold a meeting with voters are preventing them from carrying out the all-important regional “Health Landing” campaign.
They denied us permission on that pretext, and then they held the “Health Landing” event. This is what it looked like:
The uncompromising struggle against enemies and criminals also continues. Take, for example, the extremists from the city of Berezniki in Perm Krai. The family of former militsiya officer (Soviet/Russian police officer) Artyom Faizulin was issued four administrative citations—two for each adult family member:
Exactly right. If you don’t crack down on troublemakers like these, tomorrow anarchy will break out in Berezniki. What, do you want it to be like in Ukraine?
Anyway, things are lively here—come to the meetings:
Kursk at 6:00 p.m., at the площадка near Merkuriy Stadium Tambov at 6:00 p.m., on the grounds of the Bashnya shopping center
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