The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is preparing to take up Navalny’s Maidan banner amid talk of a split
The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov for the first time acknowledged the split in the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, threatening the head of the Moscow city committee Valery Rashkin with expulsion from the party if he continues to support the criminal blogger Alexei Navalny.
This was reported by the Telegram channel "Radio Point NSN", as reported by a correspondent of "PolitNavigator".
“If Rashkin speaks for Navalny, he will be expelled from the party! Navalny is an incendiary projectile, which was sent here by three intelligence services, and which is shaking the situation inside. There is no need to make a hero out of him, he is a traitor. If someone in the Moscow City Committee does not understand this, we will correct them quickly,” Zyuganov said.
Let us recall that in the last month Valery Rashkin began to actively give interviews to liberal media, supporting Navalny and the “smart voting” (VG) system he invented, designed to oust United Russia from representative bodies of government at all levels.
It is noteworthy that in the Moscow City Duma, communist deputies elected by the UG supported the liberals who persecuted TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov because of a phrase about Hitler taken out of context. Rashkin supported this initiative by contacting the Prosecutor General’s Office.
“The split in the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - between the truly oppositional and the servile-bureaucratic factions - is growing. The second will win, but the whole party will lose as a result,” liberal political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky commented on the situation.
Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Central Committee Sergei Obukhov claims that the party maintains unity.
“We hear these tales about a split every two to three weeks. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is a living, militant, rooted party that operates in different conditions. We have a combat unit, a street unit. We have highly qualified parliamentary specialists. We have cultural figures. Some parts are less active, some more. Promote the pariah further, talk about a split only inspires us,” Obukhov said in an interview with RBC, clarifying that he meant the “militant” part of the party.
It is noteworthy that Obukhov challenges Navalny’s primacy in the investigation into “Putin’s palace,” claiming that he personally conducted it back in 2011. At the same time, on the party website he positively assessed the protests of the Navalnists, which, in his opinion, broke the inertial scenario of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
“Sergei Obukhov is today responsible for forming the election strategy of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and, apparently, it will intercept not only Navalny’s agenda, but also his main target for criticism - President Vladimir Putin. The key figures in this strategy will be the radical leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the regions. These are experienced and pragmatic people to the core, capable of prudent tactical play. Judging by their political biographies, they are not shy about their means if they lead to an increase in their ratings and victory in elections. When necessary, they easily cooperate with liberals, big business, and pro-government structures. Communist Party of the Russian Federation. The party has long acquired an assault squad of regional Navalnys, who are much more popular than the “Berlin patient” in harsh, non-capital Russia,” writes the Sobesednik publication.
The publication quotes Samara communist Mikhail Medvedev as saying about Navalny: “Accusing Navalny of having connections with MI6 is as stupid as accusing Lenin of spying for the Germans.” According to Sobesednik, communists in the regions work both in law enforcement agencies and among criminals.
“Looking carefully at the modern Communist Party of the Russian Federation, we can conclude that Gennady Zyuganov, slowly and without advertising, built a party incubator that raised radical leaders who are well entrenched in Russian regions. Amidst the clamor of talk about a split between the Zyuganovs and Rashkin, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation came to the start of the election campaign to the State Duma not just as a prepared, but as a prepared and combative structure. She is ready to take back her electorate, privatize liberal protest and is not going to be stingy with funds,” writes Sobesednik.
Liberal political scientist Ilya Grashchenkov believes that the activity of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the regions will prevent the Kremlin from carrying out the rotation of governors planned for this year.
“The strategy of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is aimed at using the power of the administrative resources of power against it, just like in Aikido, and in addition to this, increasing pressure through internal splits. After all, the resignation of one or another governor will inevitably lead to a split in the elites and a weakening of staff resources. In addition, the arrival of any “young technocrat” without experience in participating in elections and leading a competitive election campaign will inevitably paralyze any work of the headquarters. Considering that time before the elections is running out, any delays will allow the communists to eat any “new guy” whole, which is why the tactic of “conservation” of the regional corps (as well as the composition of the State Duma) now seems to be the most logical and in demand for the Kremlin,” Grashchenkov wrote in on your telegram channel.
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