Another Original LR Translation: Annals of the Horrors of Nashi, Part I (by our Original Translator)
It turns out that long before the election results were known early Monday morning Russia time, Vladimir Putin's Hitler-youth cult "Nashi" ("Us Slavic Russians") had already figured them out. Therefore, it started printing up banners hailing Putin's victory and attacking critics who had not yet spoken. They've appeared on the Russian web, and our original translator favors you with their English meanings, along with some commentary from a few leading opposition figures -- all from the pages of the mighty Yezhedvny Zhurnal.
Assuming it’s True…
“This guy tells me they’re printing this pamphlet in the print shop next door…”
TRANSLATION: On December 2nd we elected President Putin to be the National Leader of Russia. The President and his party won a devastating victory. They won in exactly the same way that over the past 5 years they have destroyed the terrorists in Chechnya, paid back all of Russia's debts, regained our country's respect, taken back the huge petroleum reserves of Sakhalin-2, and captured the 2014 Olympics for Sochi.
TRANSLATION: The
Aleksandr Golts:
Assuming it is true that what appeared on LiveJournal (TN: the pamphlet above) is not a fake, this can mean only one thing: that an anti-constitutional overthrow of the government is being planned in
Viktor Shenderovich:
Setting aside the artistic merits of the publication, let’s take a sniff at dry remains. A few observations, taken from the pamphlet:
1. Still three days before the elections, and they already know the results.
2. They know that these results will the result of falsifications, and are gathering their forces to physically suppress those who will try to prove this.
3. They need the falsified results as a basis for fraud and further speculation on theme of “Putin - the National Leader”. All of this, it goes without saying, is a crime, from beginning to end.
P.S. – A personal linguistic note regarding the phrase “a victory with devastating result” (победы с сокрушительным результатом): “Сокрушительный = уничтожающий [destructive], разрушительный [ruinous]” – Dictionary of the Russian Language, Ed. S. Ozhegov
And this is such an exceptional event that one cannot but agree with “Nashi”: The results of Putin’s victory will be, indeed, devastating.
That is, ruinous.
And destructive.
Boris Nemtsov:
If anyone had any doubt that a lowly and fraudulent dictatorship has been installed in
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(TN: Shortly after YeZh posted the article above, the leaflet in question was posted on another online journal with confirmation from Kristina Potupchik, press secretary for the of the Nashi organization, that it was in fact produced by Nashi. Potupchik characterized the leaflets as “donated materials” in support of a demonstration planned for December 3 in
1 comment:
horrible. just horrible. there's a precedent for referring to one's enemies with slurs. hitler called jews various names, and lenin always used that sort of language on his enemies too. lenin for example called believers parasites, thieves, insects, etc---all in order to condition and prepare the people for their attempted extermination. as a person who really likes russia and russians this is all just horrible.
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