Monday, March 02, 2015

A culture of fear and hate is not the answer for any country.

March 1, 2015
Katya Golubkova and Alexander Winning

Thousands of Russians (click here) marched through central Moscow on Sunday, carrying banners declaring “I am not afraid” and chanting “Russia without Putin” in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov.

Families, the old and young walked slowly, with many holding portraits of the opposition politician and former deputy prime minister who was shot dead while walking home from a restaurant in central Moscow on Friday night.

...“If we can stop the campaign of hate that’s being directed at the opposition, then we have a chance to change Russia. If not, then we face the prospect of mass civil conflict,” Gennady Gudkov, an opposition leader, told Reuters....

I believe those that marched have the best idea for Russia's future. Living with hate of each other is not cohesive to sovereignty or domestic peace. Hate interrupts economic growth and holds hostage innocent people to their participation in the benefits of society as in education or social interaction. Hate of each other cannot be Russia's future. Mutual respect and inclusiveness will be rewarding in surprising ways such as domestic peace and happiness. 

I look forward to the government bringing the murderer of Boris Nemtsov to trial. It will be a good beginning to remove the sigma of hate as equity in justice will be realized. 

Russia cannot resolve back to silence, it is not the future of generations. 

The United States is still identifying hate within it's society as an ongoing realization hate can be passed on from one generation to the next for political purposes. It is a continuing process and Russia should take on the challenge.