The dark side of love.
Well go over, condemn and make notorious those who seduce for cash, reads the since-changed description of the Blacklist SVO group on the social network VKontakte.
The group, which appeared this month, releases info about females who have allegedly married Russian soldiers for financial gain or tricked them out of money.More than 3 years into the full-blown intrusion of Ukraine, Russian soldiers, who enjoy high incomes and social benefits, have become popular suitors for some low-income women.While married to a soldier, a woman can secretly secure loans in his name, embezzle his automobile, and, if he is eliminated in the war, get a federal government payment of 5 million rubles (about $63,111).
However ladies presumed of marrying a soldier for money rather than love can increasingly expect to become a target of extensive vitriol online.The concept behind Blacklist SVO came from a discussion on the popular VKontakte page Overheard at the SVO, where a follower called Olesya cautioned soldiers about the mercenary nature of some Russian women.Create a blacklist of gold diggers whove already been caught in the act.
With photos, their information, etc.
I believe itd be truly helpful.
I currently have one prospect for the list, replied another fan, Valentina.Under her comment, which got lots of likes, other females chimed in to support the concept so the guys can see and not succumb to it.The group presently has around 100 followers, and its numbers are growing.
Its just one example of how cyberbullying versus females is intensifying in pro-war online spaces.In April, pro-war blogger Anastasia Kashevarova publicly required the punishment of the 21-year-old widow of Russian soldier Georgy Kostyrko, who she declared had worked for an escort firm and wed the soldier out of greed.The state must not be paying blood-soaked cash to sluts.
It rejects both the army and the image of Russian ladies, Kashevarova composed on her Telegram channel, which has nearly 250,000 subscribers.A male and a woman during a ceremony to dispatch mobilized Russian citizens.Sergei Kiselev/ Moskva News AgencyDuring wartime, standard gender functions tend to end up being more stiff and deeply binary, Natalia Baranova, a journalist and fellow at the Center for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics, informed The Moscow Times.A guy must be a protector, and a lady must support him in whatever.
This standard is developed on gender-based violence and discrimination.
These concepts make it possible to justify war, to take part in it, and to sustain a militaristic discourse where only the interests of the state matter not those of the individual, she said.The roots of this cyberbullying may lie in dominant gender norms in Russia, gender scientist Dasha Manzhura informed The Moscow Times.Stepping outside the socially accepted gender standard looks like an attack on the group identity of women who react strongly, she stated.
Their actions are driven both by a desire to protect themselves and by fear that their worldview is being shaken.The just goal of this sort of online harassment is to frighten women and publicly put them in their location during wartime.
This isnt about womens uniformity, stated Baranova.
Solidarity in this case would mean recognizing shared pain hardship and inequality in the nation, and the instability and insecurity women face.Some of the targeted ladies are even forced to release public apologies.In April, cops in the Tomsk area launched a video of a real estate agent apologizing after she jokingly encouraged ladies touse payment payments planned for family members of fallen soldiers to buy apartments.It really turned out terribly.
I request your forgiveness, Marina Orlova saysin her apology.Later, a regional court sentenced Orlova and the blogger who interviewed her to 80 hours of necessary community service.
The court discovered the females guilty of prompting hatred and embarrassing human dignity.Regional reporters have actually even produced devoted reports about so-called predatory women.On a regional television channel in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, reporters shot a section on a soldier called Mikhail who moved 900,000 rubles ($11,300) to his ex-wife Yekaterina.The couple had actually wed shortly after Mikhail returned on leave from the war in Ukraine.
Talking to reporters, he stated he fell victim to what he believes was a scam.She stopped replying to my messages after the last [cash] transfer.
She obstructed me on social media, he says, using a camouflage face covering.
Mikhail declared he continued sending her money due to the fact that he genuinely wanted to begin a family.A man hugs a woman throughout a send-off ceremony at the Chita railway station.Yevgeny Epanchintsev/ TASSIt harms that were safeguarding the Motherland, individuals, the senior, women and back home, there are individuals like this who simply take the money [from a soldier] and vanish, says Mikhail.
He plans to file charges against his ex-wife in court and with the police.In online dating groups, numerous soldiers now explicitly state that they are only searching for pure love.Tired of greedy and materialistic ladies.
I simply desire a simple family life, states Ilya, a soldier presently combating in Ukraine.
He attaches a picture of himself in uniform, discussing that hes awkward about a scar from a wound.So great to read Every word states: Man, One subscriber named Anzhelika composes in the comments below his post.
Others write that scars make a man handsome in hopes of making a connection.In other cases, women themselves worry they are not after soldiers money.Im self-sufficient, not materialistic, independent, sociable, pleasant, with a sense of humor, composes a 27-year-old single female from St.
Petersburg.Moderators of military dating groups often warn men not to send out money to ladies, with posts keeping in mind that too many beggars have actually turned up.
Heated arguments regularly arise over who must pay for travel and other expenses for the very first date.In these discussions, individuals frequently portray soldiers as kind and trusting guys who are easy to deceive.Its a good idea [Russia] is now planning to toughen the law because of you, greedy females.
Go serve too, rather of chasing cash, grumbles one fan in the Overheard at the SVO group.In May, legislators in the lower-house State Duma proposed a bill that would forbid dividing military compensation in divorce cases if the marital relationship happened after Feb.
24, 2022.
Under the proposal, these payments would be thought about the soldiers personal effects.
Authorities state the measure is meant to prevent females from abusing the institution of marriage and family law.Those who break the traditional picture of a female by marrying for self-centered factors become a threat to the gender order, gender researcher Manzhura said.
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