The word "nashists" has firmly entered the everyday life of Russians, and today it is used only in relation to representatives of the youth movement "Nashi". Every year the movement organizes patriotic and other actions, but 2012 for it was the year when the very existence of the organization was called into question.
The all-Russian public organization for promoting the development of sovereign democracy, the youth movement "Nashi" - this is the name of the youth public organization that emerged in 2004. She was born through a reorganization of the Walking Together movement. Nashi is a pro-Kremlin structure that supports Vladimir Putin, his course and regime.
On February 28, 2005, the first conference of the Moscow representative office of the movement was held in the Senezh holiday home, which is owned by the Administrative Department of the President of the Russian Federation. Leader and creator Vasily Yakemenko announced the official start of the work of the anti-fascist youth movement Nashi. It was followed by several more similar appeals to the press from different cities of Russia.
The organization views Russia as the historical and geographical center of the world, for the freedom of which it intends to fight. The country, according to representatives of the movement, is threatened by an alliance of communists, fascists and liberals who hate Vladimir Putin. "Nashi" intend to support in every possible way the challenge to the oligarchs thrown by Putin, according to them. The goals of the movement were named as follows: preserving the sovereignty and integrity of Russia, building a functioning civil society, modernizing the country through a personnel revolution.
In addition to ongoing campaigns, Nashi has several projects. "Our-2.0." is engaged in moral and patriotic education of youth. The Steel project has the same goals. "Run After Me" develops a sports direction, and "You are an Entrepreneur" proclaims itself a youth school of entrepreneurship.
The most famous project is the Seliger forum. The All-Russian youth educational camp opens annually on the lake of the same name in the Tver region. During the forum, meetings are held with politicians, government officials, and active rest of the movement's participants is organized. After two years of operation, "Seliger" has reached the number of participants in ten thousand people.
The name "Nashists" was originally given to the participants of the movement by its opponents, by analogy with the Nazis. Nashi are funded annually from various sources. The participants themselves call the source of their income deductions from Russian businessmen who are ready to support the views of the movement financially. In 2012, the movement's leadership is increasingly talking about the next reorganization and disbandment of Nashi.