On May 23, 2021, in the St. George Hall of the Russian Social and Political Center, the XII Reporting and Election Congress of the All-Russian Public Movement "For Faith and Fatherland" was held. The congress was timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of E.I.V. Sovereign Heir to the Tsarevich and Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich.
The Congress was attended by 56 delegates from 17 regional branches of the Movement, as well as several guests.
The Congress was opened by the Head of the Movement K.R. Kasimovsky, after which the Russian national anthem "God Save the Tsar!"
Having elected the working bodies of the congress, the delegates set to work.
The first to greet the congress was the adviser to the President of the Russian Social and Political Center F.V. Shelov-Kovedyaev (First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in 1991-1992).
On behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church, the congress greeted Priest Dimitri Bogomolov, who conveyed greetings from Archpriest Dimitri Roshchin, head of the Office for Work with Public Organizations of the Synodal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate for Church Relations with Society and the Media.
On behalf of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the congress was greeted by the Head of the Office of the Chancellery E.I. on the historical and memorial activities of Hieromonk Nikon (Levachev-Belavenets).
Also, Father Nikon read out a greeting from the Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, Deputy Head of the LDPR faction Ya.E. Nilov.
The leader of the Russian Noble Assembly O.V. Shcherbachev wished success to the Movement and expressed hope for further fruitful cooperation between the two union traditionalist organizations.
On behalf of the Head of the Movement K.R. Kasimovsky, the Chairman of the Steering Center A.V. Kulemin, who noted the success of the Movement despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Also made a report on the activities of the Voronezh regional department Deputy Chairman of the Management Center Professor E.M. Barsukov.
The congress also approved the report of the Central Control and Auditing Commission, presented by its Chairman S.O. Milovidov, stating that, unfortunately, all events were still paid for at the expense of the personal funds of the organization's associates.
Then the Congress began to elect a new composition of the governing and supervising bodies of the Movement.
Head of the Movement "For Faith and Fatherland" K.R. Kasimovsky was unanimously re-elected. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kulemin was re-elected Chairman of the Management Center, and Aleksey Rostislavovich Karpov and Evgeny Mikhailovich Barsukov were again elected Vice-Chairmen. The composition of the Management Center remained almost the same: Dmitry Vladimirovich Gudimenko, Mikhail Yurievich Dronov, Alexey Pavlovich Maslov, Stanislav Gennadievich Pavlov. Dmitry Petrovich Dobrolyubov became the new Secretary of the RC. Elena Vladimirovna Veselova asked not to re-elect her as Deputy Secretary of the RC for health reasons, which the congress could not but accept.
The Central Control and Auditing Commission will continue to be headed by Sergei Olegovich Milovidov. His deputy was the former Secretary of the RC Mikhail Borisovich Bolotovsky, and the commission again included Konstantin Evgenievich Milevsky, Olga Ryurikovna Pestovskaya and Yuri Anatolyevich Bataev as secretaries.
Press Service of the Movement "For Faith and Fatherland" (press-dzvo@mail.ru)
