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Titolo: "Indifference to my father's murder shows Russia's deep moral decay" (Z. Nemtsova)

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/29/boris-nemtsov-investigation-putin-russia-moral-decay
 
 
Indifference to my father's murder shows Russia's deep moral decay
 
Zhanna Nemtsova
 
As inquest into Boris Nemtsov's murder comes to a close his daughter warns public apathy is threatening the future of the country's political opposition
 
Tuesday 29 December 2015 16.12 GMT Last modified on Wednesday 30 December 2015 01.41 GMT
 
A public opinion survey recently asked Russians: "What was the main political event of the year?"
 
Events in Crimea, Ukraine and Syria featured prominently, but the most brutal political murder in modern Russia - the assassination of my father, Boris Nemtsov, a prominent opposition figure - didn't even figure in the responses.
 
Another survey conducted by the independent Levada Centre in March, soon after he was shot dead on a bridge close to the Kremlin, found that one-third of the Russians polled had "no particular feelings" about his murder.
 
Taken together, these responses illustrate a broader problem with the current condition of Russian society, characterised by moral numbness and best illustrated by the popular Russian sentiment - "it doesn't concern me".
 
This climate has also compromised the quality of the opposition itself and made it a heroic feat to even take part in the opposition movement in Russia.
 
The political system that President Vladimir Putin has built relies on a lack of public thought, and on people's reluctance to ask questions, formulate positions or remember the past. Putin's Russia has no need of people who think for themselves.
 
The fight ahead
 
People have short memories, and this makes life easier for Putin and his inner circle, who are constantly playing with facts.
 
First the Kremlin claimed there were no Russian soldiers in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, and then they admitted to their presence. First they promised not to raise taxes and fees, and then they proposed new tariffs for long-haul truckers.
 
But perhaps the public's apathy is a defence mechanism, a way of responding to the flood of untruths from the authorities. Nobody can figure out where the truth lies, and so it is best not to even go looking for it.
 
My father was murdered for his views, for daring to express his position, for his unwillingness to be indifferent
 
Russian journalists often ask me why I'm fighting for a fair and impartial investigation into my father's murder. For me, the very wording of that question is sickening because it shows that medieval values now reign supreme in Russia: nobody understands that it is not just I who needs such an investigation - but all Russians if this country is to ever move forward.
 
We must wage a long and gruelling fight for our human rights. If we simply give up that struggle and accept the fact that, in Russia, someone can go and kill a prominent public figure, a statesman and leader of the opposition with absolute impunity, then we must also come to terms with the fact that the same thing could one day happen to any of us.
 
Today's opposition members are now at greater risk than ever before. I see the condescending attitude shown toward the small handful of people who continue to struggle for democracy in Russia.
 
But just imagine if one day even that small group ceased to exist. Who, then, would conduct anti-corruption investigations, participate in even nominal elections, initiate investigations into wrongdoings by Duma deputies or provide support for political prisoners?
 
My father long experienced his attitude. And now he has been murdered - for his views, for daring to express his position, for his unwillingness to be indifferent or apathetic.
 
Putin's Russia has not brought a revival of spiritual values, as state-controlled TV tries to convince us. It has caused Russia's moral decay. And as long as Russians approach every problem through the filter of whether it will affect them personally, this country can move in only one direction - backward.

  every problem through the filter of whether it will affect them personally, this country can move in only one direction - backward.
 
yaaaawwwwnhhhh!!!!
 
IL MAGNIFICO


 
fatemi un bel pompino stereo TU e quella deficiente.
 
Mi raccomado ingoiate tutto fino all'ultima goccia.
 
BRUTTO PEZZO DI MERDA!
 
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(Victor Hugo)
 
“L’intelligenza sa di essere libera, quali che siano le coercizioni 
esteriori.
Sa che la grandezza dell’Uomo è nel pensiero, e sa che c’è sempre
almeno un altro uomo che lo afferra e lo trasmette.”
(Ida Magli, Omaggio agli Italiani)

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Ecco, un commento pacato, come piace a me.
Con STIMA 
 
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