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He is tired
And everyone was tired of him - both supporters and opponents - demonstrated Twitter's tape when the president pronounced his message podpiska.newtimes.ru
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Twitter is an ideal tool to follow the performances of the President of the Russian Federation: it is a pity to spend many hours on a direct broadcast, all the more, the expectations of important decisions and sensational statements are rarely justified, and here - you squeeze the tape in five minutes, cling to the frequent combinations of words; If it was these formulations that were hooked so that I even wanted to fill them on the keyboard in the amount of 140 signs - apparently, this is the main thing. On the afternoon of December 4, Twitter had to be followed with special attention: on the eve of the next message to the Federal Assembly, there were rumors that Putin would announce either economic liberalization, or a new twisting of nuts, or a course for reconciliation with the West, or, on the contrary, in general, there will be something. Expectations are clear: rising prices, cheaper oil, falling ruble and a Ukrainian conflict, which has come into an impasse, is a sufficient basis for the head of state to inform something significant, if not fateful.
And this is how it looked on Twitter. Ancient Korsun, the temple mountain, could not be discarded by the Urals. Supervisory holidays, a tax moratorium, an amnesty of returning capital. A healthy country, a healthy nation, let's say thanks to the workers of the village. In this speech there were vivid moments and appropriate initiatives, but from the performance itself, and from the reaction to it (on Twitter and beyond) there is some strange sediment, which does not come down to its literal content. No matter how absurd the thesis about the sacred meaning of Korsuni seemed and no matter what prospects the promise to release small business from endless checks - it seems that the main message of the message is not at all in.
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In Russia, the head of state can make speeches not only in a state of fatigue, but without regaining consciousness, and so over the years
“And the fact that he is tired. Yes, in fact, everyone is tired.
No matter how we relate to Vladimir Putin - when necessary, he knows how to make enthusiastic speeches and make decisions that they are not expected. With its external impassivity in the Putin management strategy, much has been built on the drive, anger, energy that is born in critical situations, in a conflict with a real or invented enemy. In 2014, this drive sometimes acquired such a scale that it became scary for the fate of the planet-but now something has broken. Crimea is taken, Ukraine is lost, relations with the West are spoiled - but not to the extent that you have to go on a bayonet attack. The economy slides downhill, but what to do with this without changing the basic strategy is not very clear. The State Department, of course, shits, and in general there are enemies around - but even this picture of the world has become familiar. Ahead is a one-percent traffic on a rather dull rut: it will be necessary to explain to the poor population that this is not a crisis and in general it was planned, to maneuver between the associates and partners who strive to break the stab fund, to dump all the internal problems for the machinations of external enemies and to recapture from the claims of the Crimea with the help of the sacred figure of Vladimir-boat. The fateful, in all respects, the message leaves the complete feeling of Deja Wu - the same quote from Ivan Ilyin, many times heard the promises of “not nightmare business”, which always ended in the know what, amazing the thesis, that the main thing is health. Not only the speaker feels this dull predictability-judging by the same Twitter and the comments in the press, in order to experience some emotions about the message, you have to make a special effort on yourself. The jokes of his opponents and the enthusiasm of supporters look equally insincere-“Haha, he compared Obama with Hitler” or “He mentioned innovations, what a delight!” - All fifty shades of these approvals and indignations, alas, have long been known.
It does not follow from this that the scenery on the political scene will somehow change significantly: in Russia, the head of state can make speeches not only in a state of fatigue, but without regaining consciousness, and so for many years. Putin himself can get tired of his own fatigue, and in what ancient Korsun he will find a source of new energy - it is better not to think about it. Moreover, the society in complete apathy will most likely respond to any new conflict or another ban on the same sluggish jokes or duty enthusiasm - and obviously, more concerned about how to make more reserves for the winter (which, judging by the ruble, will be long). No conclusions from this fatigue do not follow-just such a historical moment: the world, as we knew him, gradually crawls downhill, and there is no strength to do something about it.