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The Russian Federation (RF): an Introduction
map of the Russian Federation
flag of the Russian Federation; the blue white-shield symbolising Russia protects the orange background symbolising other republics and freedom
In the early 1990s the Soviet Union disintegrated, and a plethora of nation-states emerged. Yet the Russians remained without one to call their own, squeezed into the imperial ambitions of leaders like Yeltsin and Putin. Following a peaceful national-federalist revolution, the Russian Republic - an ethnic Russian nation-state - was formed to be the core of the Russian Federation. Idel-Ural (Tatarstan, Udmurtia, etc.) and the Caucasus (Chechnya, Dagestan, etc.) attained greater sovereignty on par with the Russians. The colonial territories of Siberia and Urals remained under Federal jurisdiction, comprising the more turbulent border territories and preventing the flow of illegal immigration from Asia into the Russian Republic and Idel-Ural. Belarus retained its close cooperation with Russia and became a part of the Federation.
Buryat shamans at a Pan-Central Asian Tengriist gathering
Fearful of Chinese and Islamic expansion, and seeing the autonomy of Idel-Ural and the Caucasus, the Central Asian states joined the Federation. The nationalist ideologies prevalent in the RF serve as a bulwark against religious fundamentalism in the Caucasus, Turan-Iranic Rep., and Idel-Ural. Islam is downplayed in favour of Tengriism, Pan-Turkic ideologies, and national mythologies.
Beloslavka Perov-Molotov, Speaker of the Russian Republican Parliament
The Russian Republic is the primary scientific and financial centre, and there are attempts to concentrate industry there instead of spreading it across the Federation. Akin to France and Germany in the EU of old, it is the informal leader of the RF. There is a great diversity of parties in Russia. The distribution of votes at the last elections was as follows: Russian National-Democratic Alliance (national-liberal) 30%, Russian Communist Party (socialist) 15%, "Yabloko" (social-democrat, liberal) 13%, Putin Centre (centrist, pro-Chinese) 12%, Slavic Union (nationalist, fascist) 9%, Russian National-Bolshevik Party (Stalinist) 7%.
flag of the Russian Republic and its space fleet, the cross combining Russian (St. Andrew's cross), Christian (Labarum), Slavic Pagan (Perun's cross) symbolism, as well as the naval flag
The Kosmoflot
The strongest fleet in the RF belongs to the Russian Republic, though it assists other national fleet and is willing to help any nation in space colonisation. Below is an excerpt from an interview of kontr-admiral Nataliia Korovin as the space leader, dwelling on some of the relevant issues.
1. kontr-admiral Nataliia Korovin, in a Russian national costume
2. journalist Yelena Pavlova, programme "Space and Race" ("Kosmos i Rasa")
3. volkhv Duboslav, a leading heathen priest
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Journalist Pavlova: Ms Korovin, it is common to voice objection to the militarisation of our space programme. What is the stance of the government on this?
Kontr-Admiral Korovin: We believe that the space is but new territory and new resources, not a sacred cow. Our national idea is for the space to attain the orderliness of the Earth, for every nation to get a piece of space. It is common to imagine the future as a multicultural abyss where race plays no role, but that is an erroneous vision with a potential to bring the incoherence of Central America and Soviet Union upon us. We want a Russian planet, for Russians, a Kazakh planet, for Kazakhs - a space of New Englands, not New Orleanses. In order to secure this against the wishes of the less decent, we need a space fleet - the Kosmoflot.
What is the official stance towards the colonisation of space by other blocs?
We shall try to limit the spread of authoritarian, imperialist and totalitarian multiculturalist ideologies, though we will not risk the Russian population in an attempt to do so. We must secure the existence of our people and a future for Russian, European children.
What about the Caucasus, Central Asia, non-RF members?
Our top priority is the Russian program. Still, what sets RF apart from other blocs is its acceptance of other cultures without attempts to assimilate them. We shall welcome anyone into the RF and help them expand into space, so long as they are not a threat to Russia. Those threatened by other blocs are especially welcome, a balance of power is to be preserved.
The space program requires much government funding. Is that not a strain on a free economy and a step back to the inefficiency of the USSR and Putin-Yeltsin Russia?
A degree of government intervention is required, but part of the space program is already privatised by businessmen such as Mr Tinkin. From the start, we intend to put an emphasis on civilian uses of the research conducted for the Kosmoflot. We will be selling merchandise and attract investment from political funds. The Pagan and the Old Believers' societies are heavily involved in the program, the latter through merchants.
The spiritual has always been an important part of national culture, could you elaborate on the role of religious organisations in the colonisation?
It is crucial to give a greater ideological drive to the colonisation. Historically, Siberia was colonised in large part by Old Believer communities fleeing the Imperial tyrants. We should strive to achieve the benign side of this, perhaps Duboslav will help explain the way our program is perceived by religious people.
An age of great advancement has dawned, and we should drop our scepticism to the bold occult theories and “paganism” of the past. We should take advantage of our heritage. I am certain that other Heathen leaders will agree. In contrast to the obscurantist Judaeo-Christian religions that kept man shut in his tiny oppressive world, the space has always been of interest to Heathendom: sun and moon gods, unknown creatures and their origins, legends of people from the sky - we have always stressed the physical, objective existence of worlds beyond our own. If there is a faith for the future, then it is Heathenry – an unbroken, organic tradition syncretic with science, intertwined with the available knowledge, fit for a tiny yet willful man in a great unknown universe. Tsiolkosvky's Cosmism, Roerich's searches, Nazi Vrils are the inspiration for space travel and should be its spiritual guides, always moulded into a national form. The Turkic Tengri, for instance, is a true God of Space – it pleases me greatly that the Central Asians are getting further away from Islam to embrace their own religion. Heathenry, and Slavic Heathenry, is not obsessed with imposing moral limits and sorting out human social constructs, but is an endless source of heuristics, theories, creativity, nationalism, and acceptance of difference without giving up one’s own. Slava Perunu!
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map of the Russian Federation
flag of the Russian Federation; the blue white-shield symbolising Russia protects the orange background symbolising other republics and freedom
In the early 1990s the Soviet Union disintegrated, and a plethora of nation-states emerged. Yet the Russians remained without one to call their own, squeezed into the imperial ambitions of leaders like Yeltsin and Putin. Following a peaceful national-federalist revolution, the Russian Republic - an ethnic Russian nation-state - was formed to be the core of the Russian Federation. Idel-Ural (Tatarstan, Udmurtia, etc.) and the Caucasus (Chechnya, Dagestan, etc.) attained greater sovereignty on par with the Russians. The colonial territories of Siberia and Urals remained under Federal jurisdiction, comprising the more turbulent border territories and preventing the flow of illegal immigration from Asia into the Russian Republic and Idel-Ural. Belarus retained its close cooperation with Russia and became a part of the Federation.
Buryat shamans at a Pan-Central Asian Tengriist gathering
Fearful of Chinese and Islamic expansion, and seeing the autonomy of Idel-Ural and the Caucasus, the Central Asian states joined the Federation. The nationalist ideologies prevalent in the RF serve as a bulwark against religious fundamentalism in the Caucasus, Turan-Iranic Rep., and Idel-Ural. Islam is downplayed in favour of Tengriism, Pan-Turkic ideologies, and national mythologies.
Beloslavka Perov-Molotov, Speaker of the Russian Republican Parliament
The Russian Republic is the primary scientific and financial centre, and there are attempts to concentrate industry there instead of spreading it across the Federation. Akin to France and Germany in the EU of old, it is the informal leader of the RF. There is a great diversity of parties in Russia. The distribution of votes at the last elections was as follows: Russian National-Democratic Alliance (national-liberal) 30%, Russian Communist Party (socialist) 15%, "Yabloko" (social-democrat, liberal) 13%, Putin Centre (centrist, pro-Chinese) 12%, Slavic Union (nationalist, fascist) 9%, Russian National-Bolshevik Party (Stalinist) 7%.
flag of the Russian Republic and its space fleet, the cross combining Russian (St. Andrew's cross), Christian (Labarum), Slavic Pagan (Perun's cross) symbolism, as well as the naval flag
The Kosmoflot
The strongest fleet in the RF belongs to the Russian Republic, though it assists other national fleet and is willing to help any nation in space colonisation. Below is an excerpt from an interview of kontr-admiral Nataliia Korovin as the space leader, dwelling on some of the relevant issues.
1. kontr-admiral Nataliia Korovin, in a Russian national costume
2. journalist Yelena Pavlova, programme "Space and Race" ("Kosmos i Rasa")
3. volkhv Duboslav, a leading heathen priest
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