ABSTRACT

Lev Protiv presents itself as a “social project” intertwining civic involvement, moral policing, and entertaining YouTube content. Promoting a healthy lifestyle and claiming to defend innocent youth, Moscow vigilantes have patrolled public spaces since 2014 in search of people consuming alcohol or smoking, for the purpose of enforcing the law. However, their targets are not only drunkards and youth subculture, but also police who are reluctant to implement the law. Financially supported by the government for two years in 2014 and 2015, and earning money thanks to its YouTube channel, why is Lev Protiv’s vigilante activity, openly challenging state authority, tolerated in an authoritarian regime? Based on analysis of raid videos and ethnographic observation, this paper shows that Lev Protiv has imposed a particular form of police oversight from below, forcing law enforcement officers to act as vigilante auxiliaries, partially in line with the governmental management of civil society.

摘要

Lev Protiv 将自己描述为一个“社会项目”，将公民参与、道德监管和娱乐性 YouTube 内容交织在一起。提倡健康的生活方式并声称要保护无辜的青年，自 2014 年以来，莫斯科治安警察一直在公共场所巡逻，寻找饮酒或吸烟的人，以执行法律。然而，他们的目标不仅是酒鬼和青年亚文化，还有不愿执行法律的警察。在 2014 年和 2015 年获得政府两年的财政支持，并通过其 YouTube 频道赚钱，为什么 Lev Protiv 的自卫活动，公开挑战国家权威，在专制政权中被容忍？基于对突袭视频和民族志观察的分析，