Gorbachev's and Yeltsin's Reforms
go by the Wayside with Putin
Sex for the motherland: Russian youths encouraged to procreate at camp
By EDWARD LUCAS
The rest of the article is about fascist control being exerted again in Russia."Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp's mass wedding. "They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia".
Obediently, couples move to a special section of dormitory tents arranged in a heart-shape and called the Love Oasis, where they can start procreating for the motherland.
With its relentlessly upbeat tone, bizarre ideas and tight control, it sounds like a weird indoctrination session for a phoney religious cult.
But this organisation - known as "Nashi", meaning "Ours" - is youth movement run by Vladimir Putin's Kremlin that has become a central part of Russian political life."
