Vyacheslav Maltsev

Vyacheslav Maltsev, 2016

Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich Maltsev (Russian: Вячеслав Вячеславович Мальцев; born June 7, 1964^[1]) is a Russian politician and statesman, three-time member of the Saratov regional Duma (elected in 1994, 1997 and 2002).^[1] He is an active blogger, the author and host of the Russian language news program 'Bad News' on a youtube channel Artpodgotovka (Preparation fire).

In May 2016 Maltsev won the primary elections of the People's Freedom Party, PARNAS^[2] and was granted a 2nd place on the party's election list for the 2016 Russian State Duma elections.^[3]

Opposion to Vladimir Putin

Vyacheslav Maltsev is a consistent critic of the contemporary Russian political system and President Vladimir Putin personally. Maltsev claims that President Putin is corrupted^[4] and that due to his policy Russia has become a mafia state. According to Maltsev it is wrong to consider that Vladimir Putin shares certain political views. Maltsev insists that the only goal of President Putin is to stay in power as long as possible and for this reason Putin has been using contradictory rhetorics and makes indistinct statements. In his blog Maltsev underlines that the regime of Putin is based on total corruption and proposes no opportunity to liberalism. Maltsev also blames Putin of committing multiple military crimes in Ukraine and Syria^[5][6] and promoting Islamic extremism in Russian regions of the Caucasus.^[7] When commenting on today Russian-Chinese relationships Maltsev gives evidence of Vladimir Putin being heavily influenced by the Chinese side.^[8] Maltsev has affirmed in his video blog that Russia faces a Chinese demographic and economic intervention and that Vladimir Putin could have signed secret agreements with the Chinese government limiting Russian sovereignty over its territories in Siberia and the Far East.^[9] Maltsev is deeply concerned about the rising tensions between Russia and NATO and asserts that Vladimir Putin has been provoking NATO deliberately.^[10] The blogger says Vladimir Putin has become a serious threat to peace in the world and in Europe particularly.^[11] Maltsev believes that a revolution is upcoming in Russia and claims it will occur in November 2017.^[12]

Political views

1. Vyacheslav Maltsev calls himself a national democrat and adheres to the ideas of direct democracy.^[13][14] In order to establish a direct democracy Maltsev proposes to install webcameras in cabinets and apartments of all state officials including ministers, members of Parliament etc. and to bestow on every citizen the right to control the work of the state and its representatives via the Internet. According to Maltsev electronic elections should also be widely accepted.
2. Cancellation of the anticonstitutional laws such as the Yarovaya Law and many others.
3. Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms.
4. Stands on the principles of "Freedom of speech", "Freedom of religion" and more.
5. Advocate for cooperation with NATO to resist China's desire to seize some lands of Siberia and Far East.^[15]

Controversy

Maltsev was several times accused of antisemitism and populism but the blogger rejected any speculations. Mikhail Kasyanov, the former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and the leader of the PARNAS, supported Maltsev and assured that the ethical code of the party had not been violated.^[16]

Dmitry Demushkin, former leader of national-socialist Slavic Union, is often invited on his channel.

Maltsev was a member of far-right Great Russia party.^[17]

References

External links

• Vyacheslav Maltsev on Twitter
• «Ведущий плохих новостей» Вячеслав Мальцев
• Кто такой Вячеслав Мальцев?