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1 | Russia: Bloggers’ Photo Reports and Reflections on Pro-Putin Rally in Moscow This post is part of our special coverage Russia Elections 2011/12. | Rosia: Tatitra An-tsary Ataon'ny Bilaogera Sy Eritreritra Manoloana Ny Hetsika Ataon'Ireo Mpomba an'i Putin ao Moskoa” |
2 | On Thursday, February 23, 2012, ten days before the March 4 presidential election, the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addressed thousands of people at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. | Tamin'ny 23 Febroary lasa teo, folo andro alohan'ny fifidianana filoham-pirenena amin'ny 4 Martsa, nanao kabary ho an'ireo vahoaka an'arivony tao amin'ny kianjabe Luzhniki ao Moskoa ny Praiminisitra Rosiana Vladimir Putin . |
3 | The Guardian's Miriam Elder described the event as “a gathering reminiscent of Soviet spectacle both in rhetoric and style”: | Miriam Elder tao amin'ny gazety “The Guardian” nanoritsoritra ny hetsika ho toy ny “fihetsiketsehana mampatsiahy ny hetsika Sovietika na teo amin'ny lahateny na teo amin'ny endriny”: |
4 | […] Thousands of workers from the provinces were bussed in or rushed on to trains to attend the event. […] | […] Mpiasa an'arivony avy any amin'ny faritany no notaterina tamin'ny fiara fitaterana na nirohotra nandeha fiaran-dalamby mba hamonjy ny hetsika. […] |
5 | A rally in support of PM Vladimir Putin took place in Moscow on Feb. 23, ahead of the presidential election on March 4. Photo by Irina Firsova, copyright © Demotix (23/02/12). | Hetsi-panohanana ny PM Vladimir Putin tao Moskoa tamin'ny 23 Febroary, alohan'ny fifidianana filoham-pirenena amin'ny 4 Martsa. Sary avy amin'i Irina Firsova, copyright © Demotix (23/02/12). |
6 | A number of Moscow-based bloggers attended the February 23 rally, too. | Nanatrika ny hetsika tamin'ny 23 Febroary ihany koa ny mpamahana bolongana sasantsasany monina ao Moskoa. |
7 | Below is a selection of their photo reports and observations, along with some of the remarks from their audiences. | Ireto ambany ireto ny fantina an-tsary nalain'izy ireo sy ny fijerin'izy ireo izany, ahitana fanamarihana vitsivitsy avy amin'ny mpamaky izany. |
8 | LJ user mi3ch posted 17 photos and wrote [ru]: | Mpisera LJ mi3ch nandefa sary17 ary nanoratra hoe: |
9 | Absolutely ordinary people. | Vahoaka tsotra avokoa no tonga tao. |
10 | Trusting. Good. | Mpino an'Andrimanitra. |
11 | Like my aunt. | Tahaka ny nenitoako. |
12 | Like my next-door neighbor. | Tahaka ny mpiraivodirindrina amiko. |
13 | Students, workers, [state employees], pensioners. | Mpianatra, mpiasa, [mpiasam-panjakana], mpisotro ronono. |
14 | Seven out of ten - women. | Vehivavy avokoa- ny Fito amin'ireo olona folo. |
15 | Mothers and grandmothers. | Renim-pianakaviana sy Renibe. |
16 | And they really like Putin. | Ary tena tia an'i Putin izy ireo. |
17 | He is so brave and decisive. […] | Mahery fo izy no sady mahay mandray fanapahan-kevitra. […] |
18 | Their main distinction from [those who attended the opposition's rallies at Bolotnaya Square] are their faces. | Ny zava-dehibe mampiavaka azy ireo [ireo izay nanatrika ny fihetsiketsehana nataon'ny mpanohitra tao amin'ny kianjan'i Bolotnaya] dia ny tavan'izy ireo. |
19 | At Luzhniki, hardly anyone was smiling. | Tao Luzhniki ohatra zara raha nahitana olona mitsiky mihitsy. |
20 | And almost everyone walked silently. […] | Ary saiky ny ankamaroan'ny olona no nandeha mangina. […] |
21 | LJ user otshellnica rebuked the blogger [ru] in the comments section: | Mpisera LJ otshellnica nitsipaka tanteraka ilay mpamahana bolongana tao amin'ny takelaka fametrahana fanehoan-kevitra: |
22 | At Bolotnaya, you could find the same [unsmiling] faces in the multi-thousand crowd. | Tao Bolotnaya, afaka manamarika ianao fa mitovy avokoa ny endriky tavan'ny vahoaka maro an'arivony [tsy nitsiky] tao. |
23 | Just as there were nice and smiling faces at this rally. | Nisy ny endrika falifaly sy miramirana nandritra io hetsika io. |
24 | You, of all people, shouldn't be playing with such cheap arguments. | Ianao, avy amin'ny vahoaka rehetra, tsy tokony hanao adihevitra mora tahaka izany. |
25 | LJ user maxsytch offered [ru] a different point of comparison between the anti- and pro-Putin rallies: | Mpisera LJ maxsytch nanome karazana fampitahana eo amin'ny hetsika ataon'ny tsy mpomba sy ny mpomba an'i Putin: |
26 | The difference was in the percentage of the people who came to Bolotnaya and Luzhniki voluntarily. | Ny fahasamihafany dia eo amin'ny salan-isan'ny olona tonga an-tsitra-po tao Bolotnaya sy tao Luzhniki. |
27 | Ryazan-based LJ user tamrat elaborated [ru] on the definition of ‘voluntarily,' citing her city's participation in the February 23 rally as an example: | Mponina ao Ryazan- mpisera LJ tamrat namolavola ny famaritana ny atao hoe ‘antsitra-po,' nitantara ny fandraisana anjara tao amin'ny tanànany nandritra ny hetsika tamin'ny 23 Febroary izy ohatra: |
28 | People from Ryazan enterprises came voluntarily - and joyfully. | Tonga antsitra-po-ary am-pifaliana ny olona avy amin'ny orinasa tao Ryazan. |
29 | And whether they are for Putin or not is irrelevant. | Tsy misy dikany na manohana an'i Putin izy ireo na tsia. |
30 | They had a tour of Moscow for free! | Afaka nitsidika an'i Moskoa malalaka izy ireo! |
31 | They were taken there, got fed, listened to a concert. | Nalaina tany an-toerana izy ireo, nomena sakafo, mba hihaino fampisehoana. |
32 | And all this for free! | Ary maimaim-poana avokoa izany rehetra izany! |
33 | People came back home happy. | Niverina nody am-pifaliana izy ireo avy eo. |
34 | And nothing will change in our country until a person can be made happy with free food and a trip! | Ary tsy hisy zavatra hiova ato amin'ny firenanay na dia misy olona afaka nampifaliana amin'ny sakafo sy fitsidihana tanàna maimaim-poana aza! |
35 | LJ user vova-maltsev posted 14 photos [ru] and recounted his quick conversations with some of the rally's participants: […] | Mpisera LJ vova-maltsev namoaka sary 14 ary nitantara indray ny resaka haingana nataony niaraka tamin'ireo mpandray anjara sasany tao amin'ny hetsika: […] |
36 | - Why are you here? - We've been brought in here, [damn it]. | -Nahoana ianao no eto? -Notaterina teto izahay, [oadray]. |
37 | - Are you for Putin? - [Screw him], our salary's 17,000 [rubles a month, $580]. | - Manohana an'i Putin ve ianao? - [Lavahana iny] 17000 ny karamanay [ isam-bolana, $580]. |
38 | There were [Tajik migrant workers] sitting in one of the buses. | Nisy [mpiasa mpifindra monina Tajik ] nipetraka tao anaty fiara fitaterana. |
39 | - Are you for Putin? - [We work as cleaners in Izmailovo, damn it, and we are stuck here now. | - Manohana an'i Putin ve ianao? - [Mpiasa mpanadio ao Izmailovo izahay, (mahagaga), ka tafahitsoka eto izahay ankehitriny. |
40 | Will have to do our job all night.] | Tokony hanao ny asanay izahay isaky ny alina.] |
41 | Nice [female] school cooks. | Mpianatra nhandro mahafinaritra. |
42 | - What are you doing here? - We've been dispatched here. | - Inona no ataonao aty? -Nalefa taty izahay. |
43 | - To cook porridge [for the rally's participants]? - Yes. | - Mba hahandro sakafo [ho an'ireo mpandray anjara amin'ny hetsika]? - Eny. |
44 | - Did you go to Bolotnaya? - No, they didn't send us there. | - Nankany Bolotnaya ve ianao? - Tsia, tsy nalefan'izy ireo tany izahay. |
45 | - Are you for Putin? - Yes, of course… Are you a journalist? - Yes. | - Manohana an'i Putin ve ianao? - Eny, izany indrindra…Mpanao gazety ve ianao? - Eny. |
46 | I'm not for Putin. | Tsy manohana an'i Putin aho. |
47 | - (whispering) We are all against him. | - (mibitsibitsika) Manohitra azy izahay. |
48 | All our teachers are against, too. | Manohitra azy ihany koa ny mpampianatray rehetra. |
49 | An anonymous reader left this comment [ru] to LJ user vova-maltsev's post: | Mpamaky tsy fantatra anarana namela ity fanehoan-kevitra ity tao amin'ny lahatsoratra nosoratan'ny mpisera LJr vova-maltsev: |
50 | [They are being drawn there forcefully.] | [Noentina teny an-keriny izy ireo.] |
51 | They aren't even getting paid, the motivation is their fear of problems at work + 1 day off. This info is 100% true. | Tsy mba nosandaina vola akory, ny fahatahorana ny mety hisian'ny olana amin'ny asa+ andro 1 tsy niasana no hany nandrisika azy ireo. Marina 100% izany vaovao izany. |
52 | Relatives work at a state enterprise, in Moscow. | Ny fianakaviany miasa ao amin'ny orinasam-panjakana ny fianakaviana, ao Moskoa. |
53 | LJ user panzicov (Alexei Vitvitskiy) posted 48 photos [ru] on his blog. | Mpisera LJ panzicov (Alexei Vitvitskiy) nandefa sary 48 tao amin'ny bilaoginy. |
54 | Five of these photos, the blogger claims, show a group of people allegedly being paid for their participation in the rally: | Hoy ilay mpamahana bolongana nitantara, ny dimy amin'ireo sary ireo dia mampiseho vondron'olona nilaza fa nokaramaina noho ny fandraisany anjara tamin'ny hetsika: |
55 | […] The conscience of the people costs 800 rubles [$27] for two hours, [the money] was being handed out at [Park Kultury metro station] right after the rally. […] | […] 800 rubles [$27] no sandan'ny fahatsapatenan'ny olona nandritra ny roa ora, [ny vola] nomena tao amin'ny [Toby fiantsoanan'ny metro ao Kultury] taoriana ny hetsika. […] |
56 | Seven photos in LJ user panzicov's report show a group of young black men carrying handmade banners with pro-Putin slogans on them. | Sary fito tao amin'ny tatitra nalefan'ny mpisera LJ panzicov kosa no mampiseho vondrona tanora lehilahy mainty hoditra milanja sora-baventy amin'ny tànana, ahitana teny filamatra amin'ny fanohanana an'i Putin amin'izany. |
57 | Another blogger, LJ user drandin (Igor Drandin), talked with these men, asking them where they were from, and posted the video [ru, en] on his blog and on YouTube; one of the men explained, in English, that they were from Kenya. | Mpamahana bolongana hafa, mpisera LJ drandin (Igor Drandin), niresaka tamin'ireo lehilahy ireo, nanontany ny fiaviany, ary nandefa ny lahatsary tao amin'ny bilaoginy sy tao amin'ny YouTube; nanazava toy izao amin'ny teny Anglisy ny iray tamin'ireo lehilahy, fa avy any Kenya izy ireo. |
58 | LJ user pier_luigi, commenting on LJ user panzicov's post, wrote this [ru] about Putin's Kenyan supporters: | Mpisera LJ pier_luigi, naneho hevitra tao amin'ny lahatsary nosoratan'ny mpisera LJ panzicov, nanoratra mikasika ireo Kenyana mpanohana an'i Putin: |
59 | North Korea this is not - not yet… But the representatives of international Putinism are very impressive! | Tsy mbola Korea Avaratra -tsy mbola izany aloha… Saingy ny solontenan'ny Putinisma iraisam-pirenena no mahagaga tanteraka! |
60 | LJ user tushinetc posted 16 photos [ru] taken before most of the rally's participants took their seats at the Luzhniki Stadium. | Mpisera LJ tushinetc namoaka sary 16 , sary nalaina alohan'ny nangalan' ny ankamaroan'ny mpandray anjara amin'ny famoriam-bahoaka toerana tao amin'ny stady Luzhniki. |
61 | One of the photos shows empty seats with identical plastic bags on them. | Mampiseho toerana babangoana ahitana harona plastika mitovy ny iray amin'ireo sary. |
62 | LJ user tushinetc explained: | Mpisera LJ tushinetc nanazava: |
63 | […] Some organizations took good care of their employees, making sure they do not get cold while sitting on plastic [seats]. | […] Mikarakara tsara ny mpiasany ny fikambanana sasany, ataony izay tsy hampangatsiaka azy ireo na dia mipetraka amin'ny [seza] plastika aza. |
64 | In each bag placed on the seats there's a blanket, as well as a candy and a tangerine, and on the seat itself, there's [a cloth mat for sitting]. […] | Ny harona tsirairay mipetraka eo ambonin'ny seza, dia ahitana bodofotsy, zava-mamy ary mandarina, ary eo ambonin'ny seza fotsiny ihany, ahitana [karipetra lamba hipetrahana]. […] |
65 | LJ user 2014imeretinka commented [ru]: | Mpisera LJ 2014imeretinka naneho hevitra hoe: |
66 | How mean! | Inona ny dikany! |
67 | For a candy and a tangerine… | Ho amin'ny zava-mamy sy ny mandarina… |
68 | LJ user panfilosoff replied [ru]: | Mpisera LJ panfilosoff namaly hoe: |
69 | Not mean at all… If you don't attend, you'll have serious problems at work, and if you do attend, you'll get a reward and a tangerine. | Tsy izany mihitsy no dikany… Raha tsy nanatrika ny hetsika ianao, hahazo olana lehibe any am-piasana, ary raha nanatrika kosa indray ianao, hahazo valisoa sy mandarina. |
70 | Everything's simple and logical. | Mazava sy lojika avokoa izany rehetra izany. |