In an interview that Vladimir Putin gave, traveling in the summer in the Far East, there was one remarkable passage in which the prime minister describes his understanding of foreign policy, and at the same time the presidential duties. Refuting the “chatter” that he continues to lead the country, Putin told: “I'm tired of engaging in foreign policy in eight years! There, in foreign policy, there are a lot of protocols, etc. At the same time, it must be understood that foreign policy is as strong as the domestic is strong. Dmitry Anatolyevich does his job qualitatively. ”
Thus, the sphere of president’s classes in Duumvirate was determined extremely clearly - foreign policy. In the sense that Medvedev got its external, protocol part. It is not for nothing that any head of state, who has appeared in Moscow,, in violation of the protocol, must go to the prime minister, who, of course, does not lead the country.
Everything that the Russian chiefs consider to be international politics was demonstrated during the ninth visit to Russia of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who tried to occupy the honorary place of the main bitch of the son of the Kremlin, who was just released by the Belarusian Old Man.
Trying to please the owners, the impregnable Venezuelan colonel demonstrated amazing awareness in local morals. In accordance with the habits of the leaders of the Aborigines of Putin and Medvedev, who adore retro cars, he moved to the red "Lada Priora". And then, during a joint press conference with genuine, I would say hysterical enthusiasm for the crafts of the Russian automotive industry. According to the Venezuelan leader, 20 years ago he had Niva. “You have no idea how I raced along Venezuela on this car ... But nothing has spoiled, it spends very little gasoline.” To make pleasant to the owners, and it is not a sin to lie. Moreover, they are ready for their own money to build a LAD production plant in Venezuela. After all, Russian cars are twice as much as of all others, Chavez believes (it, apparently, does not take into account the cost of production). If the idea burns out, then the colonel promised to sell Lada throughout Central America.
According to Chavez, if he promised to spread the trash of our car industry, then the Kremlin chiefs should in response to sell what his agricultural industry produces. And with the persistence of the mother-in-law, who arrived at his daughter from the province, he began to lay out his gifts during a press conference: the best Venezuelan chocolate in the world (according to Chavez), as well as cocoa and unsurpassed banana jam. I won’t be surprised if all this is a grocery happiness, which has not yet gained world popularity (of course, due to imperialist intrigues), and in fact, by order will be on the shelves of Moscow stores.
And Medvedev and Chavez reported the news, which, according to the Venezuelan leader, can tremble some countries. Russia and Venezuela entered into an agreement on cooperation in the nuclear sphere. By golly, the only thing that Chavez was not enough was to break down the materials. And the fact that in this case the likely atomic objects - nuclear power plants and a research reactor - will be under international control is not very important. Because Chavez desperately needs to tremble in the United States. And if he does not have funds for this, he will come up with that they are. “I light up when I say that we have returned independence! - honestly informs the Russian ally. - We are not afraid to come to the Kremlin and Moscow and sign an atomic agreement with peaceful goals! We are not afraid to go to Iran and Syria in four days. Because we love! Dmitry, I will never forget that flight of the Su-30 as two free eagles! ” Let me remind you: having lit up from the sight of two fighters, Chavez said that he could from now on destroying aircraft carrier groups. One can only guess what rich ideas can occur to the colonel when radioactive materials will be in his hands. One thing is pleasing: Moscow has not taken any specific obligations to build nuclear power plants. You look, it will resolve yourself ...
In fact, this refined example of an authoritarian demagogue with obvious psychiatric problems went to Medvedev inherited from the predecessor. For self -esteem, Vladimir Putin, who has been living in the world of Realpolitik a century before last, desperately needs such an ally that exists under the side of the most powerful country in the world and shits her as he can. Now, when a reboot seems to be announced in American-Russian relations, Chavez is not very necessary. But the domestic Realpolitik is special. This is a kind of symbiosis of the views of Count Bismarck and the norms of behavior of the St. Petersburg gateway. And the right boys do not abandon their own. Due to the high boy’s morality Vladimir Vladimirovich, the President of Russia for the television cameras of world agencies is forced to accept banana jam from the hands of a second-rate figure.
Not this, our country spends hundreds of millions of dollars on the development of deposits, which so far do not bring anything. But Russia is also ready to invest in the banana industry, as well as begin the construction of houses for Venezuelan poor. Of course, in our country and with jobs, everything is in order, and everyone has long has excellent housing.
We also make weapons for Chavez for our money. Vladimir Putin, to whom the Venezuela leader could not help but come, assured his friend that the execution of his orders was proven. Although Chavez is going to rule forever, about which he joyfully told Medvedev, sooner or later he was thrown out. And then Russia will remain with a bunch of Chavezovsky debts, which the new government is not going to recognize.
The funny thing is that, having laid down a fool in Moscow, Chavez went to Minsk, where he did not show loyalty to Putin. In a situation where the Kremlin is trying to force Minsk to pay for oil in full, Chavez promised to supply 30 million tons of oil of Belarus. “The Belarusian refinery will not have a shortage of oil for 200 years,” Hugo Chavez promised, not at all embarrassed by the fact that he had just sold to Russia shares of West German refinery, as it could not provide them with oil.
Having promised to fill in Belarus with oil, the Venezuelan guest immediately failed the ideological base: "We are comrades, and we are building an alternative to imperialism." It turned out that Chavez helps Lukashenko in the fight against Russian imperialism.
Thus, as a result of a visit to Russia, Chavez received a batch of 35 tanks (they say that these are not too new T-72), 1.6 billion dollars for shares of German enterprises and a promise to ever build nuclear power plants. In return, the Russian president participated in the clowning of Chavez and received a bank of banana jam. Dmitry Medvedev remarkably completed the work that the National Leader entrusted to him.