A-Infos (en) Russia, avtonom: Rise of the Machines: Trends in Order and Chaos Episode 104 (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

This time the issue was prepared by the editors of the telegram channel 
"Anarchist Irkutsk". Here are the highlights on the agenda for the past week. 
---- May 1 - the day of the struggle ---- Guerrilla attacks continue to disturb 
the Russian authorities. On May 1, in the Gatchina district of the Leningrad 
region, partisans blew up a power line pylon in order to cause economic damage to 
the energy system of the Russian Federation. And in the Bryansk region, with the 
help of undermining the rails, two trains were derailed. The first - of 60 
wagons, loaded mainly with oil products and lumber, was "dropped" on the 
Rassukha-Unecha haul. Two days later, in the Bryansk region, not far from the 
Snezhetskaya station, another explosion occurred - in the Snezhetskaya - Belye 
Berega section. 20 out of 70 wagons of the freight train overturned.

But this is not all that was burning in Russia this week. On the night of May 3, 
two drones tried to attack the Moscow Kremlin. Objects in the western part of 
Russia were attacked: from the Krasnodar Territory to the Leningrad Region. While 
the Russian state is trying to pin the blame on Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities 
have denied everything, raising some suspicion that anti-war guerrillas had a 
hand in it. In several cities, the authorities have already banned residents from 
launching drones, which can mean only one thing - the state is poorly protected 
from the "rebellion of the machines."

There are several versions of who did it. According to one version, it was done 
by someone from Ukraine. According to another version, this is someone from the 
mythical underground. The third version is a staging by the Kremlin or other 
near-state structures. But this is definitely connected either with the upcoming 
counter-offensive of Ukraine, or with the impending May 9, for the disruption of 
which a reward has been announced on the Ukrainian Internet. But the authorities 
themselves are doing an excellent job of spoiling this year's "holiday", which, 
of course, is inscribed in state bonds.

"Immortal Regiment" against Putin
For example: city administrations massively cancel the procession of the 
"Immortal Regiment", somewhere they refuse to hold parades. Once upon a time, the 
"Immortal Regiment" was a grassroots initiative of journalists from Tomsk, but it 
was quickly appropriated by the state, and in 2022, the creators of the action 
asked not to be associated with processions anymore. What is the government 
afraid of? The fact that anti-war activists will bring photographs of the 
defenders of Ukraine to the action, as they did last year, or, on the contrary, 
that z-patriots will come with photographs of those who died for Russian imperial 
ambitions, and it will become more difficult to hide huge losses at the front?

The authorities themselves explain this by the fact that there may be some 
provocations at the action, for example, terrorist attacks. This seems to be 
true, but it seems that it can be summarized as "the authorities are afraid" or 
"the authorities are afraid." The state is also beginning to fear a wholesale sex 
change before the next wave of mobilization.

Russia continues transphobic campaign
Russia is preparing to ban the change of a gender marker in documents in the 
absence of one or more related operations. In addition to the standard words 
about the protection of "traditional values", the authorities attribute the ban 
to the fact that Russian men who did not leave the country allegedly "hurried to 
private clinics for information." Experts interviewed by Takie Dela are confident 
that such actions are just a continuation of the transphobic campaign of the 
Russian state and an attempt to distract Russians from social and political 
problems using the image of the enemy. However, this is only the first optics.

The second optics, by the way, is "conscripts massively change sex." Indeed, if 
your gender in the passport is female, then the military registration and 
enlistment office will only sadly remove you from the register. If you had it in 
your plans, then you still have time.

By the way: gender reassignment does not annul your marriage. Yes, you can expect 
long legal proceedings, but in the end you can live in a same-sex marriage and 
spoil the big picture.

But the state wants to control the family and any manifestations of sexuality. 
Many people say that even the legalization of same-sex marriage is a conservative 
impulse. Indeed, marriage is an established construct that comes from the state. 
Now even the most progressive countries are in no hurry to approve polyamorous 
marriages. After all, the braces in this case will go along the well-known path.

Settling the family and trying to play with fertility is called "biopolitics". 
Speaking of biopolitics:

Biopolitics has knocked on our door
The ex-Minister of Economy of Buryatia proposed the creation of a sperm bank for 
participants in the war in Ukraine. According to the plan, all military men can 
donate sperm before being sent to the front, and in the event of their death, 
their relatives can "carry out actions for the reproduction of descendants." 
Also, the submitted biomaterial should be enough for at least three descendants, 
who are subsequently planned to be trained in specialized educational 
institutions and employed in the civil service.

The state, in this case, will completely privatize these children, turn them into 
"true statesmen-patriots."

This is a very honest expression of the desire of the state. They all want to see 
us as incubators and donors of raw materials.

But Buryatia has become famous for something else this week. The deputy of the 
Communist Party of the Russian Federation from Buryatia, here, diagnosed a 
revolutionary situation.

Burning info field
Vyacheslav Markhaev, a State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian 
Federation, said that the situation in Russia is very similar to the 
pre-revolutionary one. in their achievements ... The political blindness and 
deafness of such a government to the emerging real problems in the country will 
lead to catastrophic consequences - not only for the country and its people, but 
also for themselves.

Still, the "communists" still have something revolutionary. But they say it with 
some caution. After all, they understand that they will be asked for a lot. 
Although, perhaps this understanding is what makes them open their mouths now.

But Friday was full of other announcements as well.

PMC "Wagner" plans to leave Bakhmut
Prigozhin was highly critical of the Ministry of Defense, using very left-wing 
rhetoric such as: "Boys are dying for your offices." It is clear that he is 
silent about his role in this, and that in the competition of cannibals he 
undoubtedly wins, but nevertheless.

And all this is happening against the background of drones exploding near the 
Kremlin, the cancellation of such traditional formats as the Immortal Regiment 
and Victory parades in cities. Oh yes, and also the expectations of the 
counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Well, we continue to monitor the 
situation.

And to the news of political prisoners.

Detention of Yaroslav Inozemtsev in Yerevan
In 2020, a case was fabricated against 14-year-old Yaroslav Inozemtsev about 
preparing for school shooting. In July 2022, he was sent to a psychiatric 
hospital for indefinite compulsory treatment. After the verdict of the court of 
appeal, Yaroslav and his mother left the country. Russia put Inozemtsev on the 
international wanted list, and already on May 3 he was detained in Yerevan. 
Already at the police station, he wrote an application for political asylum, and 
the next day he was released. A denunciation about the whereabouts of his son was 
written to the FSB by Yaroslav's father, who thus tried to achieve the return of 
his ex-wife to Russia.

The case of the Krasnoyarsk anti-fascists
On May 2, a meeting was held at the Krasnoyarsk anti-fascists. The prosecutor 
requested 7 years and 2 months for Ivanov and Vinogradov and 6 years and 2 months 
for Kozyrev. Ivanov and Vinogradov are now under house arrest. The verdict will 
be announced on May 15.

Repressions are intensifying against the background of the fact that the 
authorities clearly do not feel confident. We wish our listeners and viewers to 
wait for changes in our land without being arrested or mobilized.

Well, that's all for today! We remind you that in "Trends of Order and Chaos" the 
participants of "Autonomous Action" and other authors give anarchist assessments 
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