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Kill time
The message of President Dmitry Medvedev 2009 will be remembered, most likely, only the desire to "translate the arrows"
The message of President Dmitry Medvedev 2009 will be remembered, most likely, only the desire to "translate the arrows"
Not even two days have passed since the speech of Dmitry Medvedev with a message to the Federal Assembly, as it became known: already on November 14, last Friday, the bill, canceling the transition to summer and winter time, was submitted to the State Duma on the initiative of the uninstall. Information on the official registration of the draft law is placed in the database of the lower house of parliament. Its author formally is the State Duma deputy Vasily Zakharyashchev (United Russia faction). No other initiative of the president, which sounded in a 100-minute speech, caused such an instant reaction of the federal authorities, which was primarily addressed to the message.
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The bill “On the procedure for calculating time in the Russian Federation” was then considered in the first reading. “This is a law on lost time. We believe that the transition to the “summer” time, the transition to the “winter” time is absolutely impractical, ”said this initiative at the State Duma meeting, Mr. Grachev.
The authors of the initiative cited terrible statistics obtained as a result of certain special studies: “During the first two weeks after transferring an hour to an hour in advance, the number of ambulance calls grows by 12%, the number of suicides increases by 66%, the number of accidents increases by 29%, the mortality from myocardial infarction increases by 75%.”
The draft law was proposed to introduce the procedure for calculating the time, according to which a waist time plus one hour is set in the territory of the Russian Federation throughout the calendar year without an additional translation annually watch.
But the first deputy head of the United Russia faction Tatyana Yakovleva, commenting on this legislative initiative then, drew attention to the fact that "there are no new scientific data on the negative impact on the health of people of sentries." “Personally, I do not belong to the transition to summer time: I like that daylight hours are becoming longer. Darkness causes drowsiness and reduces performance, ”Yakovleva remarked optimistically.
And the deputy chairman of the Duma Health Committee, Doctor of Medical Sciences Sergey Kolesnikov (also United Russia) then said in an interview with Kommersant that “there is no evidence base about the dangers that inflicts the transition to summer and winter time ... The data of Sergey Mironov are unreasonable. Rather, on the contrary. The transition to the winter and summer time extends the daylight hours and has a positive effect on people's health, ”he said.
When voting on December 3, 2008, 110 deputies supported the bill (with 226 votes necessary for the adoption), the rest did not take part in the vote. Maybe something has already been foreseen?
On November 12, 2009, Medvedev urged to consider the possibility of reducing the number of time zones in the Russian Federation, as well as the appropriateness of transitions to summer and winter time: “We need to consider the possibility of reducing the number of time zones. Of course, it is necessary to calculate all the consequences of such a decision ... This also applies to the appropriateness of transitions to summer and winter time. ” Medvedev added that in the latter case it is also necessary to compare the benefits of savings and obvious inconvenience.
As an argument to reduce the number of time zones, the president called the need to improve the control of the country: “... have we ever thought seriously about how much such a fractional division allows you to effectively rule the country, does not lead to the use of too expensive technologies,” the head of state noted.
Turning, as is customary in Russia when announcing controversial initiatives, to “foreign experience”, Medvedev said that “examples of other countries - the USA, China - show that you can cost a lower time difference.” The President admitted that a decrease in the number of time zones will have both savings and inconvenience. “But it is necessary to do this. I hope that experts will give us an objective answer to these questions, ”the President of the Russian Federation told the people.
And everything has changed literally overnight.
It turned out that there are already many experts and even studies confirming the president’s fresh initiative. These projects are already ready to enter the government and parliament. All conclusions are drawn. The documents seemed to be waiting in the wings. And this hour has come.
The situation of the “coup” was so impressed by the chairman of the upper house of the parliament and part -time leader of Fair Russia, Sergei Mironov, that he openly accused United Russia of plagiarism and recalled that the bill “On the Transition of the Russian Federation to Holy Time”, which was submitted to the State Duma on Friday by the United Russia faction, repeats the similar bill of “Fair Russia”. Rejected by the State Duma in 2008.
But not one of the deputies from United Russia answered the chairman of the Federation Council, said nothing to the press.
Nevertheless, they understand what, how and why it happened.
There is no doubt that Russia's authorities can make any decision on time zones and summer/winter time. They believe this, no one doubts it. And not such fabrics were frozen.
Curious in this situation is different.
Speaking in front of the so -called. The “golden thousand” of representatives of the federal and regional elite invited to the Kremlin, Dmitry Medvedev spoke mainly not about the problems of calculating the time.
Raising his head from the text of the speech and looking at the hall frozen, like on a stop frame, the president pronounced things much more significant and disturbing than the “translation of the arrows” and “tightening temporary belts”.
Here are just a few brightest quotes:
“In previous years, we ourselves did not have enough to solve the problems inherited from past problems. We never got rid of the primitive structure of the economy, from humiliating raw material dependence, did not reorient production for the real needs of people. The habit of living due to exports still inhibits innovative development. Russian business still prefers to trade what has been created in other countries, and the competitiveness of our products is shamefully low. ”
“I made a proposal to think about how to overcome chronic backwardness, dependence on raw materials exports, corruption, how to withstand tough competition in world markets, how to create the best opportunities so that we ourselves can actually realize our knowledge, opportunities, experience, not relying on someone from above. In other words, what needs to be done now to change the quality of life in Russia, to ensure the leadership positions of our country in the world. ”
“Personal success, encouraging initiative, improving the quality of public discussion, intolerance to corruption should become part of our national culture, precisely part of a national culture.”
“In my article, I called corruption one of the main barriers to our development. It is obvious that the struggle with her should be waged in all areas: from improving legislation, the work of law enforcement and judicial systems - to education in citizens of intolerance to any, including everyday, manifestations of this social evil.
We often say that there are few cases of holding corrupt officials accountable. I want to name several numbers: in six months of this year, more than 4.5 thousand cases of corruption were considered. Among the convicts are 532 representatives of state authorities and local authorities, more than 700 law enforcement officials. These figures, unfortunately, also indicate a scale of corruption that struck our society. However, one “landings” with one “landings” cannot be solved. But you need to plant.
In order to successfully fight corruption, all spheres of public administration must become open to society, including the activities of state authorities, courts and bodies of the judicial community. ”
“The most energetic measures must be taken to cleanse the ranks of the police and special services from unworthy employees. Such should be betrayed to the court.
The employees of these structures will present information about their property and property of members of their families. It is necessary to firmly strengthen discipline, more actively engage in internal investigations, to achieve full compliance with the moral and psychological qualities of personnel with high professional requirements. ”
“... the volume of funds allocated for the entire North Caucasus. However, the effectiveness of their spending leaves much to be desired. Moreover, part of the funds is almost openly plundered by officials. And this is at a time when unemployment and, as a result, mass poverty reached an extreme scale in the Caucasus. ”
“In a crisis, we provide direct support, direct assistance to Russian companies, the volume of which has already exceeded trillion rubles. In the future, we will help only those who have clear plans to increase the efficiency and implement high -tech projects. Ineffective enterprises should undergo a financial recovery procedure or leave the market. Their protection by establishing high trading barriers will not continue forever. The development of production occurs only where there is real competition. Russian consumers need to create access to inexpensive quality goods. And the task of Russian companies is to learn how to produce them. ”
Without knowing the name of the speaker, one would think that this is the text of the speech of the leader of the political opposition. But this was said by the president of the country precisely to those people who bear most of the responsibility both for the current state of affairs in Russia and for the solution of problems created with their direct participation.
An amazing thing: in 100 minutes of performance, the audience interrupted him with applause 58 (fifty -eight) times, which was reported immediately after the end of the message was completed. Counted quickly.
But almost a week has already passed since the main presidential speech of the year, and not a single practical initiative to eradicate corruption, restoration of justice, the termination of law enforcement agencies, theft of budget money, and the robbery of citizens through indefatigable tariffs of monopolies is not heard. Not a word. No sound.
In the possibility of canceling the transition to summer and winter time, they believed. In the ability to move the "meridians" of the waist time - they believed.
The possibility of combating corruption, restoration of justice, the cessation of lawlessness and theft - did not believe.
You can name many options for sources of this unbelief. For example, disbelief due to the actual weak powers of President Medvedev. For example, the exact knowledge that the message is addressed “to the TV” and the “top” will not reach the real landings of the “top”, although, raising his head, Medvedev said to the hall: “plantings” cannot be solved. But you have to plant. " They did not believe it. The fact that they can plant them did not believe.
Because they know well what the court we have, what a law enforcement system, by whom, how and for how much the issues are being solved. ” Any questions. And it suits them quite well.
The essence of the whole situation is that in order to “improve the controllability of the country,” the translation of the arrows in any direction has the most modest meaning.
The country is well governed under just a few basic conditions: political freedom, fair laws, objective justice, guarantees of property rights, honest elections and a strong civil society.
President Medvedev said about all this.
But this, it seems, none of those who listened to believe him.
So the translation of the shooter on the clock and geographical maps will take place.
And the transfer of free and democratic development in demand by the whole life of the country remains exclusively in words.
So far, it turns out only to kill time.
Lev Schlosberg