A wonderful article by Zhavoronkov javoronkov. About the opposition’s main problem. At times it’s a bit too spiteful, but it’s all true. Without the craziness. It really is completely unrealistic to bring a new, normal person to a gathering of the "old oppositionists" — people get scared off. Zhavoronkov writes about the craziness in the liberal movement, but of course the left and the nationalists have the same problems. And here is a perfect illustration: ***There is no guarantee that OGF members in "Solidarnost" and young Yabloko activists who went AWOL from Mitrokhin are not also members of "The Other Russia," and that a former SPS member will not see them at a rally under hammer-and-sickle flags arm in arm with Limonov supporters. And if "Solidarnost" did not become the third edition of that dreadful mutant — "The Other Russia" (and the National Assembly is an outright horror show, with two-thirds of it made up of red-browns), if this third attempt does not turn out to be a flop, then that is entirely thanks to Borya Nemtsov, who put his foot down and kept the leftists and commies out of the new organization. * *****For the first time in a long while, a red light came on in front of Limonov. I hope forever. For the first time in several years, you could come to a congress and find yourself in a cozy democratic crowd. Among your own. For all the frictions and intrigues. Well done, Nemtsov! He planted a seed, even if only in a flowerpot. "He did not surrender white Tsaritsyn (the former name of Volgograd) to the enemies of the liberal country." ***Guess the author When they show up and say, "what joy, we’ve come among our own," it really makes you want to leave.