It is entitled “Russian Minneapolis. How the killing of George Floyd is connected with the
Global protests, caused by the death of Afro-American George Floyd, have caused an unexpected reaction in Russia. In actual fact, this is not surprising.
Mr Twister’s immortal phrase, “We are not in Chicago, my dear,” fits here perfectly.
Racism, feminism, abortion, LGBT rights and police violence - several thousand people are eaging uncompromising battles on Facebook and Twitter.
As historian and political scientist Ivan Kurilla noted, for Russia, the United States is “the significant other.” For obvious historical reasons, the Russians are ready to compare themselves
But for me personally, the events of the last week have finally proved: both Russia and America, now have their own kinds of “liberals” and “conservatives”. I will name them conventionally the “CNN party” and the “Fox News
Members of both parties accuse each other of being derivative and imitating Western models. The verb "cosplay" wanders from one angry post to another. This is pretty funny. Indeed, today's derivative nature of Russian intellectual life is completely natural.
True, it is high time to begin to understand the Russian specifics, that that is primary for us.
The tragedy of the twentieth century is what fundamentally distinguishes Russia from America, which has not experienced anything like it. This is one of the most important components of the worldview of the Fox News Party.
To those selected belong the part of the opposition with left-wing views, representatives of minorities in general and migrants in particular. By the way, many of our “new” fellow citizens who came from Central Asia support Putin.
The Fox News Party also takes its role models from the West and is also heterogeneous. For a part of it, Trump is a positive character, but another part - a negative one. Athens great majority does not like Putin