How Russians Fought Putinism: A Documentary
There were numerous protests in Russia through the years Opposition politician Vladimir Milov, who runs a successful opposition media YouTube channel with around half a million subscribers, has released a documentary titled "The Good Men Project". The documentary, which records major protests and other actions of the Russian opposition during the 2000s, has over 121,000 views in Russian and English. The documentary includes interviews with opposition politicians, including opposition politicians Boris Nemtsov and Iliya Yashin, who demonstrate their opposition against Putin's regime. Milov also discusses historical events such as elections held when the opposition was more than symbolic, and the protests as well as their victories. Most of the protagonists are either murdered or imprisoned.
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It is often suggested that the Russians were not fighting Putinism during the years this autocratic regime was being built. It was practically impossible to oppose Putin from inside the country, since any form of dissent was criminalized — before the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to be sure, but even more so after February 2022.
At the same time, however, it is inaccurate to say that Russia did not resist the emergence of Putinism — it resisted, many times and in many ways, albeit unsuccessfully.
Opposition politician Vladimir Milov, who runs a successful opposition media YouTube channel with around half a million subscribers, recently published a documentary that records all the major protests and other actions of the Russian opposition during the two decades of the 2000s.
His channel’s introduction of the film goes like this:
It is incorrect to say that Russia did not resist the emergence of Putinism — it did. In general, our society came to its senses later than necessary — mass protests occurred, but only when the opposition was squeezed out of official politics, and Putin had built a lot of power lines of defense against the people. However, there was resistance — and in today’s episode of our “Daring 2000″ series, Vladimir Milov will tell you the story of the struggle of the Russian people against the Putin dictatorship, a story that never stopped, and which is important to remember today, against the backdrop of constantly heard accusations against Russians about “slave gene” and “unwillingness” to fight for freedom. Don’t like ads? Become a supporter and enjoy The Good Men Project ad free
The documentary, which is available in Russian but also offers YouTube-generated English subtitles, now has more than 121,000 views.
During the first few minutes of the video, we see thousands of people — including opposition politicians Boris Nemtsov and Iliya Yashin, who shouts into a microphone, “We have to dismiss Putin’s junta” — taking part in an anti-Putin protest as they move through the streets of Moscow chanting, “Russia without Putin.” Nemtsov was murdered in 2015, and Yashin is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence.
At 1:13 on the film’s timeline, Alexey Navalny says, “Because only those who are afraid could be silenced, I want to ask you: Are you afraid?” The crowd shouts back “No!” Navalny is serving nine years in prison, and is soon expected to receive a 20-year long sentence.
Actions like this would be impossible to stage now, given the heightened levels of repression in the context of the ongoing situation with Ukraine.
Through the film, Milov shows protests that started in the ’90s, triggered by an independent TV channel being forced to go under state control and continue today. Glimpses of resistance can be seen when people go on solitary pickets, even though the punishment for protesting is usually imprisonment. According to OVD info, 19,747 people were detained during anti-war protests since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Milov is also talking about historical events that took place when, elections were more than symbolic in Russia , and a lot of opposition leaders were participating in those elections, and in the protests as well, have done it with impressive results. He also tells stories of opposition politicians — such as Nikita Belykh, who used to be in opposition but became the governor of Kirov Oblast and was later jailed nevertheless — who were allegedly bribed and coerced by the government.
Now, most of the protagonists of this documentary are either murdered or imprisoned. Milov himself lives in the political exile since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
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