Edit: I didn’t post the following quotes to say he’s a communist. He’s pivoting to centre-left positions with his rhetoric and 6 year plan. He called for reducing poverty by 2% in 6 years and for progressive taxation on the rich.
The true elite are all those serving Russia. Workers and soldiers, reliable, trustable, who have proven their devotion to Russia, the worthy people.
“The very word ‘elite’ has largely been discredited by those who, having no merit to society, consider themselves to be some kind of a caste with special rights and privileges. I specifically mean those who, in previous years, filled their pockets through all sorts of processes in the economy of the 1990s. Those are definitely not the elite,” the president said.
This isn’t even socdem. This is typical populism and liberal posturing. Where is the legislation? Where are the labour unions?
This is empty rhetoric.
For the first time he named the priorities for 2030, planning 6 years in advance, he bought up the point for progressive taxation of the rich, a social democratic policy and outlined the money he’d spend on housing and education. Reducing poverty by 2% in 6 years.
He nationalized foreign businesses in 2023 and starting from 1999 he took back the power Yeltsin had given the oligarchy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjrlTMvirVo
While he’s known for his United Russia endorsement, he’s also endorsed by the 21st century socialist party/ social democratic party (A just Russia - For Truth) and has helped them pass their policies which wouldn’t be passed otherwise.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Putin is a christo-fascist. The wholesale criminalization of queer folk alone should be enough for that label.
The claim is wrong. Queer folk aren’t criminalized, this isn’t Saudi Arabia.
Putin says LGBTQ people are party of society albeit he has conservative takes, his only request is that minors aren’t targeted. Adults can do whatever.
https://www.rt.com/russia/587507-putin-unexpected-lgbtq-thing/
When he was asked by about his gay propaganda law (This only concerns homosexual material from being given to minors) and the role of the church. He reiterated being gay would not be banned and that there’s a seperation between Church and State in Russia. There are many rabid Russian Orthodox Christians who want gays out, Putin isn’t one of them.
Russia is more tolerant than most of the global south. LGBT organizations aren’t allowed since they tend to be aligned with the west but no one is sent to prison for simply for being queer. The government even updated their documents to make it easier for trans people.
In Saudi Arabia and other global south countries, you don’t need to be showing homosexual material to minors to be in trouble.
This only concerns homosexual material from being given to minor
Come on buddy, you can’t be that dumb.
his only request is that minors aren’t targeted. Adults can do whatever.
The mechanism for changing gender marker in the documents was removed last year. Trans people cannot change it anymore, and by extention cannot get surgeries or hormones. Whatever, yes.
At the start of this year, “LGBT movement” was deemed to be “extremist” and forbidden. IIRC, an org that was providing legal assistance to LGBT people (including with the cases when people were denied changing gender marker when it was still available) was shut down, others had changed their processes to make it less risky (stricter control of who enters chats, for example). Wearing something like a pride pin can be considered as “supporting LGBT movement” => “supporting extremism” => repeat offences are a felony.
He reiterated being gay would not be banned
As in “as long as they do not peek out of their closets”.
there’s a seperation between Church and State in Russia
wwwwww
State-controlled organisations (Russian Cinema Fund, state-controlled TV channels that I am unwillingly listening to every day) promote orthodox christianity HARD, and the church promotes state’s decisions and all of reactionary shit about us, about “traditional values”, about “духовные скрепы”, and more, which, again, I am hearing on state-controlled TV channels. Separated, yes.
no one is sent to prison for simply for being queer
Again, as long as they do not even peek out of their closets.
The government even updated their documents to make it easier for trans people.
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