According to the charter of the Union of Native Peoples of Rus, the treaties between the Soviet republics and the USSR’s 1977 constitution are still in force. Members of the organisation are clear that the Soviet Union is still in existence, but temporarily occupied by an external enemy, which they consider to be a private company created by Britain and ruled through PM Dmitry Medvedev.[...]
It’s unclear how many people have taken advantage of this offer. SKNR activists can’t give a definite figure, but claim that there are around a million of them. The organisation’s VKontakte social media page has about 800 followers, but in the video clips they post on their site you see the same people over and over again.[...]
The fight for the right to a life based on these documents is the group’s current priority. Its members are attempting to use them to buy airline and rail tickets, as well as creating their own bank cards, attending court sessions and accessing health services. Activists claim it sometimes works. Nina Kokoryshkina, for example, says she acquired a bank card using a Soviet ID document issued by the SKNR.[...]
The idea behind the ceremony was that after the abdication of Nicholas II and his brother Mikhail, the right to rule Russia passed to the Russian people, but there was still no appropriate ritual to enshrine it in law. So after this ceremony finally took place, all SKNR’s supporters began to call themselves co-emperors. They see no contradiction between the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. They say that there are no documents confirming the collapse of the Russian Empire, which means it should be restored to its state in the early 20th century. But since it’s not easy for people to get their heads around this idea, they first need to recognise the integrity of the USSR.
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