IN A forest outside St Petersburg this month, a group of young people discussed ideas for modern Russian superheroes. One group suggested “Rainbow Man”, who can change sex and sexuality and crusades against “TV Man” and “Bureaucrat Man”. Another proposed “Human Rights Man”, who uses the constitution to battle the “Dishonest Judge”. The exercise unfolded at Territory of Freedom, a camp dedicated to democratic values. Beyond playing games and grilling sausages, the 80-odd campers, mostly students, heard lectures on human rights and intellectual-property law.
The camp has been running for nine years, and the organisers, an activist group called Vesna, say interest is growing. Anti-corruption protests organised in March and June by Alexei Navalny, an opposition leader, drew masses of young people. Russia’s political class has since become obsessed with “the youth”.
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