[NOTE: these
terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the
whole & compleat & total & entire point of insult & invective,
obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]
RUSSIAN: yмрн до пенсии товаришщ…! — Umri do pensii tovarišč…! ‡
RUSSIAN: Метинги — Metingi ‡‡
RUSSIAN: Несанктсй — Nesanktsy ‡‡‡
‡) “Die
before you’re due for yr pension, comrade…!”
‡‡) “Meeting” — any officially-permitted
& sanctioned rally or protest ;
‡‡‡) “Unofficial protests…” / “Flash mob protests…” — organized via mobile phone & laptops,
using FB, Twitter, or whatever available online message boards or social media.
NOTE: These
var. slogans date fr. summer & fall 2018 protests against Putin’s raising
the age for retirement & pension eligibility, which he did after yrs &
yrs & yrs of resisting IMF’s requests for this. Putin proposed to raise the retirement age for women
from 55 to 63, & for men from 60 to 65. The avg. life span for women is 77,
& for men 66…but as low as 62 or 58 in outlying regions of the Russian
Federation. Essentially men stand a good chance of never seeing their pension,
or at best getting it for a yr.. . These protests were organized by the Labor
Federation of Russia, & various anarchist & socialist grps, as well as libertarians,
monarchist/nationalists, & KPRF (the Russian Federation Communist Party).
These var. groups seldomly protested together, tending to hold competing ralleys
& dilute the imessage. There were few arrests in Moscow, where
demonstrations were larger, but hundreds, even thousands, of arrests in St.
Petersberg & smaller cities & towns. Despite the fact that 89% of the
country hated this, it was passed by the Duma on 27 Sept, 2018…
‡) “Die before you’re due for yr pension,
comrade…!”
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