Alexei Navalny, formerly a member of Yabloko (a Russian liberal political party), is ready to engage in dialogue with nationalists from DPNI and Great Russia. So where, in that case, is the line separating "moderate nationalism" from the traditional kind? That is the subject of this interview given by the co-chair of the NAROD movement to an I correspondent. - Are you not troubled by the odious reputation of your partners in the future coalition? Let me begin by saying that the conference taking place tomorrow is not a unifying one but, if you will, a demarcating one. In our country, up to 40 percent of people are spontaneous nationalists. But they have no political force to rely on, because in Russia nationalists are either "Sovok-style" patriots (with the term referring pejoratively to Soviet-minded people) on one wing, or all sorts of quasi-fascist groups like skinheads, Hitlerites, and other riffraff on the other. In our view, new nationalists must emerge in this country—ones who clearly draw the line between pro-Kremlin pseudo-patriots and the radical groups made up of all these thugs. As for reputational risks, I would say that this is largely a myth. At present, the Movement Against Illegal Immigration, for example, is actually one of the organizations acting in the least radical way. - DPNI leader Alexander Belov has set out his views on "new nationalism" on the movement's website. Do you agree with him? On the whole, yes. What's wrong with it? - For example, the concluding flourish of his theses: "Nation! Nation above all!" You know, for some reason the word "nation" grates on many liberal-minded people. In America, neither the president nor presidential candidates are embarrassed to use the word. I think that reaction here stems from ideological blinkers. http://www.izbrannoe.ru/38690.html