Now, when the coronavirus epic gradually recedes from the front pages of Newspapers and TV screens, many begin to wonder the return on them is the same — Victory Parade-75, amendments to the Constitution and especially the painfully familiar with the audience of Ukraine. Their surprise is so disarmingly sincere that wants to reassure all of these topics are merely a display of liberal-Patriotic pendulum-the metronome of Russian life.
Unexpected Mikhalkov in a role of opposition, a claim the ex-Governor to the President on the subject of wrongful dismissal, a strange extra-legal situation of “self-isolation” and out of it for all non — government business System sways more and more. But it is based on what? As Land in the view of the ancients, it stands on three pillars.
All of the current construct of ideological and political legitimacy of the Russian state in the eyes of the population continues to keep the historical inheritance of the Victory over fascism and its consequences — both in terms of securing the immutability of borders (Kaliningrad, the Kuril Islands, Crimea), and in part continue the deeds of grandfathers-the winners with regards to prevent the rewriting of history in Eastern Europe.
the Second Foundation is supercentralization the vertical of power, based on legal formalism and running from responsibility. The personalization of power in one person. The consequence is a situation where the President of the country is responsible for everything. Himself. Alone. And the handle is dropped the first person, begins suddenly have more power than all the governors and Ministers put together.
Well, the third kit is the historical dichotomy of the state machine, the division between Slavophiles-rooted in the soil-conservatives-patriots on the one hand and Westerners-Bolshevik liberals on the other. So, now the pendulum of the Russian state again, as in the 1980s, is rapidly coming to the last. They are anticipating the Renaissance, less cautious, less afraid of the state skating rink. It is in their interests, normalization of relations with the West, the surrender of Donbass, the settlement with Ukraine, the lifting of sanctions.
I mean now those who rightfully stolen billions feel of the “Golden billion”, and after 2014 suddenly found yourself outside of it. Those clever guys got your capital in all possible ways in the 90s not to create a national capitalism. They rushed with all his might to the West — to be the same, or at least no worse than the Americans with the Swiss. And then you a sovereign democracy and “Krymnash”.
“the Parmesan in the civil service”, they sat there, typing in your mouth water in 2014. lay low until 2018, and as soon as the Crimean consensus ended, began to cast a vote that best expresses Chubais. And, not receiving the expected reprimand, I feel all the more freely.
let’s Not speculate who specifically communicates regularly to Putin the thought of having to make peace with the West, but there are many people, and they continue largely to determine the economic course of the country, hiding behind the facade of “targeted social support” for the people. However this support is in fact of the measures taken, turns in the best case vague zilch in the worst — shaped mockery and triumph of formalism over common sense. It is foolish to assume that they do not understand the consequences. These guys are well aware of what can result from such a policy, and play, as it seems, a win-win party: either the President will listen to them and go to heavy compromises with the West, or their inept economic policies fail under the current regime a wave of social protests, in comparison with which “belolentochniki” seem a pillar of power.
Thus, Ukraine, Ukrainian agenda, knocks, not outward, it’s inside us. She in amendments to the Constitution in part the territorial integrity and inalienability of the territories (only the Crimea, without the Donbass), it is in the economy, but most importantly — it is in the minds of the elites, thinking itself is not “a separate civilization”, in the recent words of Vladimir Putin, but the absolute best part of Europe.
Because you will have this cross to bear and on.
By the way, since the late nineteenth century without the support and sympathy on the part of Russian liberalism, and later left the Ukrainians in Russia would have much less chance of success. It’s the same as Belarusian nationalism today, there would be cultural-linguistic “jokes”, not going into politics, if not sometimes thoughtless support of Russian liberals.
Continuation of this approach tomorrow will be a surrender of the Donbas, after which “will be eliminated the administration and themselves the self-proclaimed DND and LNR”, as just now openly admitted by the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a big fan of whiskey Dmitry Kuleba. But if someone believes that these will be limited, sanctions will be removed, and we experienced five minutes of shame on the commissioning of the Russian people in the Donbass, will get maximized, as before, wide open doors pre-sanctions of Europe, he is deeply mistaken.
don’t get. First, because the old Europe no longer exists: what was possible before 2014, it is unlikely to be available in 2020, even more so after a coronavirus, drove without exception, all European Nations according to their national conditions. And secondly, because inferior will certainly push to give a little bit more, and another, and there already and the Crimea “territory shared” to announce will be asked, but the sanctions will not shoot anybody at all. They, as once the American amendment from a-za “restriction of Jewish emigration” Jackson—Vanik, now with us for a long time. Maybe forever. It is time to learn.
may 26 — the last conventionally peaceful day for modern Ukraine. On this day in 2014, began a massive bombardment from the air, using military aircraft, the Donetsk airport and its surrounding district ended a year later with the complete destruction of the latter. Why conditional peace — because to him, on the night of may 2 was already shelling apartment blocks on the outskirts of Gorlovka of rocket launchers “Grad”, there was arson in Odessa House of trade unions along with being in it people, killing more than 50 “antimaydanovets”. The war was closing in gradually. But on a Sunny day may 26 began a meaningful offensive until the day of the elected President Poroshenko, which lasted 4 years and ended tens of thousands of dead and wounded, hundreds of thousands of citizens of the former Ukraine, who lost his house and fled aimlessly: who is the external emigration — to Russia, who in the inner — Central Ukraine.
The blooming Boulevard Donetsk, with the same roses in the warm season, the Pushkin Boulevard. But besides the rose there grows a symbol of Kyiv — chestnut, depicted in the famous Kiev cake production factory bombed Donetsk Petro Poroshenko. Always before brought the night by the Kiev train a couple of relatives.
the End of may — flowering chestnut trees in Kiev; on the last Sunday of spring celebrated the city Day. As always, on weekends Khreshchatyk block and arrange it any festival or concert — more for foreign than for themselves Kiev. Chestnut trees pink and white bloom so wide, that cover the sky under them strolling couples. The fall will drop on their head a careless heavy polished core, and yet striking wild flowers.
of Course, they can be seen not only in Kiev but also in Vienna, Belgrade, Paris; and even in Moscow on the Falcon is a lovely chestnut grove with more Soviet, old big fountain. But why-that is considered to be the city of chestnut is Kiev. So, there should definitely return to admire the chestnut color, to disrupt the heels of white “candles” for your favorite. And preferably do it is still not a tank.
