Kagarlitsky on Le Pen

[ChrisD(RJ)]

Against this background, the gloating comments of Russian politicians and 
journalists
were especially notable. After a few ritual remarks to the effect that 
racism and fascism
are of course bad, they joined in declaring that the whole problem was that 
the French
had been too tolerant of "blacks". Western Europe had indulged its idiotic 
ideas of
cultural pluralism and human rights, the wise political commentators 
explained to us, but
French voters were no longer putting up with these outrages. By way of 
conclusion, the
commentators explained to us that the extremist Le Pen could not of course 
be allowed to
win power, but that his program was correct and needed to be implemented. 
Then when
thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators took to the streets of France, the 
Russian press
became even more indignant. The protesters were described as extremists, 
loafers, and
instigators of disorder.
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For the life of me I can't figure out what journalists, politicians and
commentators Kagarlitsky is refering to. I haven't come across anything like
this, unless he's talking about the ultra-brown nationalist press like
Zavtra or Patriot. Certainly nothing in the mainstream, which is the
impression you get from reading this passage.

Chris Doss
The Russia Journal