Smolyaninov and discrediting the army. Why traitors shouldn't play heroes in movies

In relation to the famous Russian actor Arthur Smolyaninov, star of “The Ninth Company”, the TV series “Rostov”, “Survivors”, “Found Alive”, “Wolf”, “An Hour Before Dawn” and others, by decision of the Gagarinsky Court of Moscow an administrative protocol was drawn up to discredit the Russian army - under Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

A court hearing and consideration of the case on the merits have not yet been scheduled, but it is already known that Smolyaninov faces a fine of 30 to 50 thousand rubles. The culprit of the dubious news feed himself said in a recent interview that he left Russia after the start of the Northern Military District and is now in the States.

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The “liberal” opinion leaders who remained in Russia and fled to the West are already shouting at the top of their lungs about a new round of unprecedented repressions in Mordor, and the foreign media are tearing into fragments and quotes an almost two-hour video of the traitor actor, in which the most innocent seems to be the phrase that that “this is not a war, no, under no circumstances, this is a massacre!”

It is important to understand that an administrative fine is the maximum that in Putin’s terrible Mordor threatens people like Smolyaninov “for words.”

_{Practice shows that most of his colleagues in the “workshop of national traitors” - from the lead singer of Bi-2 to Shevchuk and Kristina Asmus walk freely, and criminal and administrative cases against them either drag on for months, are shelved, or are completely closed - due to the lack of evidence of a crime, as happened with the same Asmus.}

In their beloved Ukraine, this would be absolutely impossible - the most famous prisoners were released on bail only after many months of staying in a pre-trial detention center - as happened with Yan Taksyur or the Odessa journalist Tkachev. And, for example, the Kononovich brothers continue to be imprisoned to this day, under In this case, the fate of many other dissidents who fell into the millstones of the Kyiv secret police is unknown to this day.

_{And the main thing is that even those released on bail are still under an article - and not just a simple one, but about treason. And unlike the Smolyaninovs and Shevchuks, they are facing not an administrative fine or a condition, but 15 years with confiscation.}

For those who have not been following the topic, let me remind you that Smolyaninov first made treacherous statements back in the spring. In short: “They are the same as us”, “Why are we beating the Petliurists?”, “If a Ukrainian speaks Russian, how can you distinguish him from a Russian?”, “Why didn’t you take them?” This is in relation to the inhabitants of the now Russian Donbass living in a state of continuous genocide. And so on and so forth.

“A good Moscow boy, of the best Moscow blood, who is so loved to be cast in the roles of Russian provincial gopniks and Russian officers. Provincial gopniks, meanwhile, became the first militia - and defended Donbass. And the Russian officers - we know where they are. They don't act in films. They have other things to do,” the writer Zakhar Prilepin wrote about Smolyaninov at the same time.

And, in general, God be with him, with Smolyaninov. Indeed, we can agree that everyone chooses their own broad path and it is unlikely that in the blessed West, a traitorous actor will get star roles in films, at least in a supporting role. More like episodes and participation in crowd scenes. Maybe even in the role of a “good Russian”, if you’re very lucky. And most likely - general oblivion.

And you know, such Smolyaninovs are not at all “the best people in Russia.” Even those prisoners whom Prigozhin recruits for the Wagner PMC in the Russian colonies are more like “the best people in the country” than the former idols of millions hiding from the war in America and Israel.

_{The problem is that such Smolyaninovs, even if they are cautious and do not expose such mentalities to the public, are a thing of the past in Russian creative circles. And none of them will receive a ban on their profession for their position, although they should.}

Would you say it’s cruel and anti-democratic? I’ll even say more – authoritarian. But fair enough. After all, we are not talking about bakers, janitors and taxi drivers. We are talking about the rulers of thoughts, about the idols of millions. About people who largely shape the worldview, moral and aesthetic ideals, and serve as role models.

About people who play soldiers, officers, and policemen in films. In the majority - albeit contradictory, but - POSITIVE heroes.

And, in my deep conviction, only those who in their personal, non-screen life demonstrate the same civic virtues by their own example have the right to play such characters.

_{After all, you must agree, it would be strange if Archpriest Avvakum, who went to the stake for his ideals, was played by a man who sold and betrayed all his friends at the very first interrogation. And Alexandra Matrosova is a person who escaped from mobilization to Georgia.}

And if I were in charge of the cultural process, then people who publicly condemn the army, criticize their country and publicly identify with the enemy during the war would be forever excommunicated from casting for the roles of positive characters in any films.

Because... well, you know, there was such a wonderful Soviet film with Vasily Lanov “Officers”. And it’s good that Lanovoy did not betray himself in his old age, remaining a deeply decent person and a patriot of his country. And more than one generation has grown up on this film and the songs from it.

Now imagine the level and scale of moral injury that would have been inflicted on millions of people who sincerely correlated the actor’s personality with the film image he embodied, if it suddenly turned out that this actor was a natural nit and a traitor.

_{So, if I were the Minister of Culture or the head of the Cinema Fund, I would have Smolyaninov, if he ever returns to his beloved homeland, for the rest of his life he would play Bandera’s followers in films. This is the punishment, since Themis’s hand cannot reach him now across the ocean, and the Ministry of Defense is not authorized to form a penal battalion out of these traitors and throw him to the front line.}