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There are many phobias in the world. Some of them are absurd, while others are quite rational. Modern society knows firsthand what Russophobia is. This is a rather pressing problem in light of the events of recent years.
Russophobia is known firsthand to modern society
Russophobia occupies one of the leading positions among fears. People suffering from this form of phobia have a strongly negative reaction to the object of their fear. Against this backdrop, many conflicts are occurring in the world, and even wars are breaking out.
What is Russophobia
We are accustomed to the fact that a phobia is associated with fear and panic, but some fears evoke completely opposite feelings in a person. He does not try to avoid meeting the object of his fear, but shows open aggression towards him. One of these phobias is xenophobia. This is a sharply negative attitude towards something unknown, unfamiliar, it causes outbreaks of aggression and hatred towards the object of the phobia.
Russophobia is one of the manifestations of xenophobia. The history of this fear goes back centuries. Some scientists consider it a type of ethnophobia.
Russophobia is expressed by aggression, hostility, hostility and suspicion towards Russians; it is based on the most ordinary fear.
History of Russophobia
Russophobia dates back to the 16th century. At that time, scientists, politicians and writers from Lithuania and Poland promoted dislike for the Russian people. This was caused by their desire to take possession of Russian territory and establish their dominance there. Later they were joined by worshipers when the struggle of confessions began. Catholics spoke unflatteringly about Orthodoxy and its rituals.
During the same period, the opening of Russia and the Slavic people to Western Europe took place. Europeans, who had never encountered this culture before, tried to learn as much as possible about their way of life and traditions.
There was no pronounced transformation of phobia into ideology, since Russia was the only state that restrained the Ottoman Empire.
Formation
At the end of the 18th century the situation completely changed. The process originates in France, whose policy has a pronounced antipathy towards Russia. The First World War is unfolding. Then England picks up Russophobia. Next comes the Crimean War with Turkey. The Europeans still had the desire to destroy the high status of Russia, which it received after the victory over Napoleon. The participation of the Slavs in the Hungarian Revolution also added fuel to the fire.
Of all the countries suffering from Russophobia, Germany and Austria occupy a special place. The propaganda of Slavophobia received a response during the Second World War. The Third Reich had clear goals for:
- seizure of territory in Eastern Europe;
- the destruction of the Slavs as a species;
- assimilation of a small number of local population to perform various types of work.
Napoleon Bonaparte pursued a policy hostile to Russia
This position was taken for the reason that the Russians were considered the least Germanized people. The strengthened position of the USSR in Europe after the victory over the Nazi invaders only worsened the situation with Russophobia. Now the power was perceived as a potentially strong rival. This was followed by the revival of the state after the post-war devastation and the Iron Curtain arms race. This state of affairs made America and Europe extremely nervous, since they saw the USSR as a real threat.
Russophobia in the 21st century
Over time, the position of Russians in world society has changed, but the prejudiced attitude still remains. In the modern world, the main hostility is between Russia and America. Rivalry for superpower status and world domination makes Russophobia a fairly common occurrence.
Examples of Russophobia, which the dictionary interprets as dislike for Russians and Russia, appear more and more often every year. A new wave was caused by the conflict on the territory of Ukraine and the entry of Crimea into the Russian Federation.
There are Russophobes among the residents of the country itself. In some communities, it is considered fashionable to dislike and speak unflatteringly about Russia. Politicians, writers and poets, public figures, bloggers, etc. have been noticed in this. The scope of Russophobia in the 21st century has reached unprecedented proportions.
Poll: Where are the most manifestations of Russophobia
PANYUSHKIN: “It would be easier for everyone in the world if the Russian nation ceased. It would be easier for the Russians themselves if tomorrow they no longer had to form a national state, but could turn into a small people like the Vodi, Khanty or Avars... I am Russian, but I seriously think that the logic that guides my people now akin to the logic of a mad dog. The rabid dog is terminally ill and has three to a maximum of seven days to live. But she has no idea about it. She runs, without knowing where, with a characteristic ragged run, emitting poisonous saliva and attacking everyone she meets. At the same time, the dog suffers greatly, and its torment will end when it is shot.” https://stihiya.org/news_1235.html LATYNINA: For example, I’m trying, as a thought experiment, to imagine a Russia that will fall apart... Let’s say Vladivostok, or Samara, or Sochi has fallen away. And in this case, we would call Vladivostok, and they would tell us: “Listen, it’s so good here in Vladivostok, we have abolished prohibitive duties on foreign cars, everything has become normal with the export of fish, now our customs does not require unloading it to the pier before being exported. “Everything is fine with us with timber exports.” Or we would call Sochi, and they would tell us: “It’s so good here. We no longer evict people from the Imereti Valley who have lived there for a long time. We no longer have monstrous projects underway, which formally should make Olympic spectators happy, but in reality boil down to an endless increase in prices in Sochi and the fact that Sochi is not transforming into a normal resort city. https://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/code/681519-echo/
L. PONOMAREV: “The hemp march and gay pride parade should be allowed... “People with democratic views and a high degree of civic activity will always find the strength and courage to support those who disagree, including supporters of the legalization of hemp and gay pride parades” https: //www.pravda.ru/politics/military/defence/06-05-2008/266763-parad-0
“...I believe that the topic of legalizing soft drugs itself is quite acceptable for Russian society... Therefore, my opinion is this: young people have the right to such demonstrations, rallies and “hemp marches” to draw attention to this problem. https://nationaljournal.ru/articles/2007-05-04/ponomarevkonopl/56
Russian fascism is not a far-fetched phenomenon; it is rooted in the consciousness of the population. https://www.motimes.com/articles/2007-03-01/ponomarevfash/37
K. SOBCHAK: “First 1917, then immediately 1937. Two successive destructions of the elite led to Russia becoming a country of genetic rabble. I would completely ban this country. The only outlet for me here is art galleries. And the circus." https://porco.ru/content/view/1551/1/
T. TOLSTAYA: “The country is not such that it can live up to it!.. You have to drag it along with you, you fat-assed, inert fool! Now, perhaps, the leadership is trying to conform, to be as b... l... as the people, stupid as the people, as backward as the people.” https://samsonov.name/trezv/citaty-o-russkom-cheloveke.html https://duel.ru/201026/?26_1_2 https://newsland.ru/News/Detail/id/526092/cat/42 /
Y. GUSAKOV: (Prominent ideologist of United Russia, founder of the official TV channel russia.ru) “The country is inhabited by a bestial rabble that simply cannot be given the opportunity to choose freely. This rabble should be mooing in the stall, and not breaking into my cozy air-conditioned office with dirty hooves. This is why “Nashi”, “Molodogvarets” and other cattle youth were invented. Isn’t it clear that with free elections and equal access to the media, at least DPNI and other browns will win? It is not necessary to leave the country now, when “Nashi” and other sovereign fools are marching in formation. It is necessary to get out of here precisely when the all-beast-like mass, when these animals are allowed to choose a power worthy of them. Then I’ll be the first to rush to the American embassy. And now everything is fine - you can earn money, you can bark at the Kremlin on LiveJournal, you can fly anywhere. And a child does not need to change his Jewish surname to a Russian one in order for him to enter Moscow State University. Now there is complete freedom." https://news.nswap.info/?p=31345 https://newsland.ru/News/Detail/id/526092/cat/42/
I. YURGENS (Institute of Contemporary Development) “What innovations, what an industry! The destiny of Russia is to export oil and other raw materials! Forget about the rest! https://www.rv.ru/content.php3?id=8552 https://zhensovet.info/content/view/373/59/
“Russia is hampered by Russians - the bulk of our compatriots live in the last century and do not want to develop... Russians are still very archaic. In the Russian mentality, the community is higher than the individual... Most (of the people) are in partial deskilling... The other part is general degradation.” https://www.nr2.ru/moskow/300609.html https://marina-yudenich.livejournal.com/561744.html
V. POSNER: “I think that one of the greatest tragedies for Russia is the adoption of Orthodoxy... I believe that Orthodoxy has been a heavy burden for Russia.” https://community.livejournal.com/ru_politics/31640369.html https://vladimirpozner.ru/?p=3492
“Marijuana, as many experts rightly note, does not cause any harm at all. And, of course, it needs to be legalized. But I go further than the Dutch government, I believe that all drugs should be legalized. If we make it so that any drug can be bought at a pharmacy “for three kopecks,” then we will thereby cut the economic foundation from under the feet of the drug mafia.” https://www.nenovosty.ru/pozner.html
“I’m not a Russian person, this is not my homeland, I didn’t grow up here, I don’t feel completely at home here.” https://www.lifenews.ru/news/23177 Project “Globe”.
E. IKHLOV (Expert of the “Human Rights Movement”) “... General Vlasov was right: the best fate for our country is to be divided into ethnic states, the highest achievement of which will be integration into Western Europe on the rights of difficult-to-educate younger brothers” - https:// www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=4C340173653B2
L. HADYZ “I’m sick of the morons, the RUSSIANS who have nothing in their souls except chatter and pretensions to “greatness”, you are insignificant, cheap, stupid people about whom it’s a shame to even get your hands dirty.” https://yablor.ru/blogs/himer-pozvali-v-sud-ih-mama-lena-heydes-gotovitsya-k-huds hemu-/589371
S. KOVALEV “Terrorists need to be understood, they are forced to act extremely cruelly” https://news.km.ru/pravozashhitnik_kovalev_prizval_ https://www.newsland.ru/News/Detail/id/484413/ https://segodnia.ru /index.php?pgid=2&partid=34&newsid=11318
O. MATVEYCHEV (Member of the commission under the Presidium of the General Council of United Russia for coordinating propaganda activities in the regions (spelling and punctuation of the original): “Do you know what I dream about? so that one fine day you will all gather on the big Maidan, all loudmouths, loudmouths, network hamsters, fighters against corruption, those who stand for the power of the people, envious goats counting money in someone else's feed, manipulated suckers and losers of all stripes, blaming anyone but themselves for this, gather with all your banners with foam at the raths and shouts of officials at the streetlights!!! no corruption! power to the people! so that everyone would gather so that not a single one would be left at home, the main thing is that everyone would get out, it’s a pity that there is no such square in China, it was good that Tian An Myin accommodates 1 million people, and when you all got out, a tank army would come out and all the bastards would be the shit of the nation everything would be burned with a hot iron on the tracks, and then, after Tiananmen in China, we would also have had economic growth of 10 percent per year for 20-30 years in a row” https://www.ura.ru/content/svrd/08 -11-2010/news/1052121677.html?from=gr
G. PAVLOVSKY: “...We discussed the likelihood and risk of liquidating the USSR by the forces of a small number of people. I considered myself something of a Zen Marxist.” “Russia is the final drain of historical missions... We are dealing with a unique country that does not discuss any of its problems... Theoretically, Russia can cease to be restored in 10, 20, 100 years. When the rabble is retrained..." https://www.compromat.ru/main/pavlovskiy/a.htm
Classification
Russophobia has some differences. This division was first made by Semyon Charny, an expert at the Moscow Bureau of Human Rights. He states that phobia is divided into:
- Mass or grassroots Russophobia is characterized by its spread among the common population. It is caused by the general mood in the world, or there are examples of personal hostility towards Russians. This manifestation is quite easily corrected with the help of the media.
- Political or elitist Russophobia is a more complex form that has a material basis. This group poses a huge danger to society. Russophobes holding leadership positions can organize parties, associations, mass movements aimed at destroying the Russian population or objects of their culture and faith.
Over the years, Russophobia has grown from a common fear into a concept and political movement. Hostility is instilled in the younger generation, and as a result we have a new society with formed anti-Russian sentiments.
Russophobes strive to destroy Russian culture
How to deal with Russophobia
The manifestation of xenophobia in all its aspects is one of the reasons for the decomposition of society. This is a manifestation of racism and nationalism. The fight against Russophobia must be global. The causes of Russophobia and its historical origin cannot be corrected, but it is possible to model a different attitude towards Russians in modern society.
It is not just an individual person who needs to be treated, but entire nations and states. There are several methods to combat Russophobia:
- Spreading information about Russians, their traditions and the country as a whole. Its lack pushed people to form their own images based on the media. Stereotypes are born that all Russians drink vodka and raise pet bears. According to sociological surveys, all that Russia is associated with is: matryoshka, Kremlin, ushanka, balalaika and winter. Poor knowledge about the culture and life of representatives of this nation leads to the development of Russophobia.
- Dissemination of the correct interpretation of the phobia itself. People who openly express their negative attitude towards everything Russian to the whole world, themselves have an unhealthy intolerance towards the subject of their fear. This means that a psychologically unstable person imposes his opinion on hundreds of others. This is an information war that is being waged for the minds of people.
- A change is needed in Russia's aggressive foreign policy. The strategy of intimidation with military power gives a directly proportional result: there is an increase in Russophobic sentiments in the world. This is a natural reaction of people to danger and fear of it.
To reduce the percentage of Russophobes and reduce the likelihood of conflicts on this basis, comprehensive work is needed. This also applies to ethnophobia towards other nationalities.
Aggressive foreign policy provokes the spread of Russophobia
Russian domestic policy
Effective methods of combating Russophobia online!
"Rusofobius liberalis". DERATIZATION METHODS. PREVENTION IN NETWORKS.
Read and, if possible, use by all users who support the Russian World and Russia!
INTERNET SPACE AS A WAY TO SPREAD RUSOPHOBIA
1)
It is no secret that the majority of political, Russian-speaking platforms have been occupied by detachments of foreign and local Russophobes! Since they are a significant minority, they act harmoniously and often very unitedly with one single goal - to change the consciousness of Russians, to put everything and everyone into deep doubt and to discredit everything Russian, naturally, right there like a flashy, pretentious whore, offering her Western world and her own values, alien to us! We saw something similar on the Internet! Attention, this is ordinary Russophobic propaganda!!! Well, think for yourself, if everything is so good there, why share all this good with someone, much less impose it on someone? Russian Russophobes-“liberals” are ordinary traitors, as a rule, losers and evil-doers in life, who do not have the courage to leave this “dark world”, and the weakness of the duodenum is only enough for various dirty tricks against their Motherland! Their goal is to destroy what eat, with the hope of getting a sweet gingerbread for it!
2)
Russophobic propaganda consists of spreading fake information, lies, historical lies and other distortions of reality, imposing and idealizing Western values and belittling everything Russian! And also in inciting ethnic hatred, insulting opponents with the opposite point of view, trolling, provocations and other rudeness and dirty tricks towards us!
USERS OF RUSSIAN-SPEAKING INTERNET SITES
It is clear that most of these areas are occupied by ordinary Russians, since we are the main speakers of the great and powerful Russian language! Since we are the majority, we are automatically the object of political propaganda of the incoming and internal liberal-Russophobic minority!!! There are, of course, foreigners who are favorable to Russia, but they are a minority, as a rule they are from the countries of the former USSR!
Remember that we, the pro-Russian majority, are on the Internet to communicate, and the Russophobic minority on social networks performs the function of an information war, many of them are here at work, some are engaged in ordinary trolling, and others simply take an ardent anti-Russian position!
METHODS OF COMBATING RUSOPHOBIA ONLINE
1)
The first, most effective way to combat anti-Russian propaganda is to completely ignore topics, hashtags and messages containing it!
Let’s say that from the next minute they are not there for you, they don’t exist! We do not respond to or support their topics, voting, insults, attacks and other calls! Everyone, let them talk to themselves, fight like fish on ice! We choose our interlocutors ourselves, don’t forget that for many of them it’s just work, but for some it’s just hooligan entertainment! Don’t feed armchair fighters and trolls!
2)
Next,
we create dozens, hundreds of our own topics
on any truly interesting and worthy of discussion events, not forgetting to “clean up” these topics if annoying propagandists of “liberal values” decide to occupy them in their own interests. After all, we don’t write in their topics, so they will be forced to try to place their propaganda somewhere where they will read it. We remove their slogans and demagoguery from our topics, which means we are ruining their work and Russophobic slag, let them write on the topic of discussion! Remember, a Svidomo Russophobe and a complete “liberal” cannot be convinced, only a grave or removal from pay by curators will correct them.”
3)
We choose forums and sites
where we can be heard, where we can share and discuss painful and ordinary life problems and events, where there is no rampant choleretic Russophobia! The degree of Russophobia on sites varies, the main thing is to find a certain balance that is acceptable to you and try to flow in a thin trickle into your native stream of virtual emotions, what we actually expect from pleasant communication on the Internet! If the degree of Russophobia on the site is off the charts, then don’t even try to reach the homosapiens enraged by Russophobic anger! Run away from there right away and look for your site, you will still find one!
4)
A very
effective means in the fight against Russophobia is humor and irony
! Moreover, we are not afraid of self-irony, we know everything that our counterparts so persistently try to present to us, we know well, understand and treat it calmly and even with self-irony! But the main objects for ridicule and humor still remains our narrow-minded, little-versed in many matters, misanthropic Russophobes - “liberals”! Because they created a template for their way of life without us, without our feelings and our world!
5)
If a “fight” cannot be avoided, then try again to resort to humor and irony, and
turn the further, unpleasant for you “conversation
” in a different direction or completely stop it with an affirmative, off-topic half-phrase! Let them look for other fools for their dirty talk!
6)
We don’t waste time and nerve cells on reading Russophobic information, and especially on discussing
all sorts of nonsense and Svidomo, Russophobic fakes, there’s nothing interesting there anyway, during this time you can read a book by a worthwhile author, or watch a decent movie, or do something useful at work and at home! You can spend this time with your family!
7)
Don’t give in to provocations! Don’t be fooled by the Russophobe’s rudeness and rudeness towards you, in the end he will be left all alone, enjoying his “liberal” miasma. The rudeness and rudeness of a Russophobe is a manifestation of their big-haired inner world, high level of intelligence and “intelligence”!” 
If your forum or website is a place of fairly active Russophobic propaganda, then
you shouldn’t hang around in political and provocative topics all the time
, thereby being the object of the influence of Russophobes, you can more often be in topics outside of politics! In conversations this is not about this, it is difficult to promote, there are at most ordinary everyday topics and conversations about life!
9)
On significant holidays (May 9, Russia Day, etc.) and days of mourning (May 2, June 22, etc.), we can jointly agree and declare them “Days of Silence”!
That is, completely stop any communication with Russophobic opponents, erase all their nonsense from your topics
! Do not fall for provocative topics and rudeness! These days they do not exist for us, we celebrate and grieve only with our loved ones, friends, associates and comrades!
10)
We use our signature as pro-Russian propaganda or protest
on any specific occasion or violation! Thus, we will express our protest to the administration or any user or group of persons unpleasant to us! When there are hundreds and thousands of such signatures in every message and post, it will be difficult not to notice and ignore it!
11)
Appeals to the administration regarding any violations or requirements must be planned, very active
and crowded! The shout should be big, the cry of a wounded siren, should shake both the White House and the Kremlin at the same time, and not 2-3 people who will quickly be silenced and just as quickly forgotten about!
12)
The more pro-Russian groups and communities on the forum, the better,
and here the main indicator is not the number of users in groups, but on the contrary, it’s better to have a lot of small, and caustic ones, and then gentlemen Russophobes and liberals will be tortured to swallow dust while running, skinning their knees from topic to topic, so that you have time to shit and bite everywhere!
13)
A Russophobe has arrived to “decorate” your topic or group thread, the TS (topicstarter or topic moderator)
takes a broom and sweeps away the “decorations” left behind
!
Particularly harmful and annoying topics or threads can be ignored by
. Then it will be very difficult for a “liberal” to convey his “reasonable, kind, eternal” “good” and scatter it in small piles according to the form!
14)
Russophobe has discovered a burning, interesting topic of the day, then the best way for communication and discussion
is to create your own topic for pro-Russian users of the site, and completely ignore the enemy one!
Do not forget that many of them receive money for this and your opinion in their topics will be trolled or completely erased!
15)
Use the numerical superiority of pro-Russian users wisely! Be present more often in top branches and main sections, do not meddle in unpopular and unwatchable subforums and topics unnecessarily! Moreover, devote less time to all sorts of moderator showdowns and searches for the truth from the site administration, because “silent” and unregistered readers, for whom we actually write, and not for those who are registered and have their own clear position and state it themselves, do not go there , they are not interested in this, it is better to always be in plain sight, visible and audible, perhaps Russophobe provocateurs are deliberately luring you there, distracting you from the main battles on the main pages of forums and websites!
16)
In the main topics of the site, it is advisable to write seriously and to the point, without flooding or flaming! This is how you “sell” yourself to the invisible reader, this is how your possible fans will be able to remember you and highlight your sayings and topics from the vast ocean of various information! Do not write fakes and unverified information, do not give reason to consider you a liar and a faker! You can easily lose your reputation! It is advisable to open news topics first, because you can manage them yourself and collect a large number of responses and readers! You can post everything frivolous, secondary and free in meaning in the “Outside Politics” topics, where you can present yourself to site users from all sides and even succeed in this, creating topics for a wide range of communication!
MAIN POINTS OF THE FIGHT AGAINST RUSOPHOBIA:
1. Ignore Russophobic topics! 2. Create your own themes! 3. Choose sites where you can be heard! 4. Use irony and humor! 5. Immediately stop conversations and topics that are unpleasant for you! 6. Don’t waste time on outright Russophobia! 7. Do not give in to provocations and swearing! 8. On sites with a high degree of Russophobia, communicate in non-political topics! 9. On significant dates, communicate only with your own people! 10. Use your signature as a protest or propaganda! 11. Contact the administration only together! 12. Create more pro-Russian groups and communities! 13. Sweep Russophobia out of your topics! 14. Follow the interesting news of the day and open these topics in time! 15. Use numerical superiority! 16. Take the main topics seriously, and express your free thoughts in the “Outside Politics” topics!
