The End of the Nashi as We Know It
What will Moscow feel like once there are no longer occasional busloads of confused teens from the regions dumped on Red Square to march and rally in support of the government? What will it be like to no longer have a sea of red-shirt-emblazoned youths attending every United Russia rally, or forming brigades to harass the opposition? Most important, how will the British Ambassador ever get used to not having any more teens throwing rotten tomatoes at him? Big changes are afoot for the Kremlin-sponsored youth movement as it undergoes a dramatic reorganization, reports Kommersant. It is probably premature to say it, but nevertheless, surprisingly and suddenly the movement might actually be on the brink of extinction. But who dealt the deathblow?