The Kremlin launched yesterday on its website a section dedicated to Russian children. The goal is to make them understand why a country needs a “political opposition”. The section has been designed child-friendly and is full of coloured animations.
Doing that, Russian administration wants to show that they highly consider the opposition and that it is not as marginalized as other countries think it is.
The section is available on kids.kremlin.ru and is entitled “what is an opposition and why do we need it”. Kids can find a lot of questions-answers forms explaining the positive role of independent media or the importance of listening to political opponents even if sometimes it is “unbearable and they don’t make any sense”.
To the question “ why the political power needs to listen to its opponents”, the Kremlin answers that it is “to protect the power of making errors and to protect the population of its potential abuse”. The Kremlin concludes its report by saying that “in a democratic country, the power is organized in a way that even its opponents are useful for the State”.
The author of this project is Grigori Oster and is one of the most famous Russian write for children. He made it because “we tried to explain to children that in a normal democratic state, the opposition should not slow down the government but on the contrary be of a great help”.
This project is definitely very interesting, especially in a country like Russia that is often reduced to a non-democratic entity by Europe and the US.
In one year, new presidential elections will take place in Russia and for the moment the discussions are focused on who will run for the ruling party. This is for sure a very good communicational tool and maybe a proof that the situation in Russia is not as bad as we imagine it over here.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Russia: the Kremlin explains to children why a country needs a political opposition.
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