This year on March 18, on the day of the annexation of Crimea, there will be no concert at Luzhniki, which was previously organized by the authorities; at the same time, thematic events will be held in some regions. This is reported by Vedomosti, citing a source close to the presidential administration.
The Sirena Telegram channel noticed that the organizers of the extras for the pro-government Mega Volunteer Moscow concerts also announced the cancellation of performances. The organization previously announced a concert on March 18. The administrators of the Patriots of Russia group wrote about the planned event on VKontakte.
Instead of the concert, the Crimean Spring festivals will be held in Karelia, Orenburg, Bryansk, Oryol, Murmansk, Leningrad regions and other regions. Residents of the Magadan Region will be able to send letters to the peninsula for free, and Pskov residents will be taught how to cook pasties. The exhibition “Crimean Spring. We have been together for 9 years.
In addition, on March 20, on Monday, schools will hold «Conversations about the important», dedicated to the annexation of the peninsula. It is planned to explain the benefits of joining to the younger grades by showing photos of happy family members after the reunion. The graduating classes will be told that before 2014 «the policy of the Ukrainian authorities acquired an anti-Russian and anti-Russian character.»
A fragment of the lesson script for grades 1-2
“Relatives and friends met each other and feel the joy of this meeting. The family came together, united, reunited. And such an important event as reunification occurred in the history of our state. On March 18, 2014, Crimea was reunited with Russia,” the teacher must say after the answers of the students.
Since last September, every Monday in Russian schools, instead of the first lesson, class hours “Conversations about the important” began to be held. During the classes, schoolchildren are told about the «collective West», the benefits of a «special military operation» and promote political solutions. The Ministry of Education also decided to hold similar classes for parents.
The appearance of support for the current government is regularly created thanks to large-scale concerts at Moscow venues. So, on February 24 of this year, a concert was held at Luzhniki, which was announced as an event dedicated to the Defender of the Fatherland Day. Participants of the war in Ukraine spoke there, and the presenters talked about “victory” in the current conflict. Before the event, it became known that, as in previous times, pro-government organizations gathered extras from students and state employees — they were promised additional points, food and money for attending a concert.