"Our children returned cheerful and responsible, ready for life's challenges."
Online appeared Petition in defense of the organizers of the Primorsky children's camp Askold and Dir в Primorye on the island Askold. Earlier, videos appeared on local Telegram channels showing the conditions the children were forced to live in: being transported on a barge without life jackets and with a lack of food. The children were also forced to sleep on wet mattresses and clean toilets. Law enforcement officials eventually opened a criminal case for providing services that did not meet safety requirements. A petition in defense of the camp was created by parents of children who had also attended the camp, but they believe the camp initially offered spartan living conditions.
"We are confident that there is no reason to accuse the organizers of poor performance. Our children are satisfied and happy upon returning from the rally! The rally eliminates the feeling of being spoiled by comfortable conditions and unprepared for difficulties. Our children returned energetic and responsible, ready for life's challenges! Today's younger generation is too accustomed to the availability of all the benefits, and such rallies give them the opportunity to see real life, where you have to work!" — the petition says.
The petition's authors also ask the relevant authorities to carefully examine the current situation and look into the accusations currently being leveled at the organizers and, in particular, the minister of the Vladivostok diocese. To Father Dmitry, Russian Orthodox Church.
The diocese itself also commented on the situation. They consider what is happening "a planned action organized by one of the participants of the rally and her relatives"The girl allegedly provoked a scandal with one of the camp staff members, and the footage of the children without their vests was also her doing. She asked the children to take off their vests for the photo. It was the kitchen manager's argument with this girl that was captured on video and circulated on social media.
Also a letter of support from the organizers to the governor Primorsky Krai Oleg Kozhemyako the parishioners of the church wrote Port Arthur Icon of the Holy Mother of God in Vladivostok.
