Makarevich's conversation with Putin

Novo-Ogarevo, time-midnight.

- Good afternoon, Vladimir Vladimirovich!

- Good afternoon, Andrey Vadimovich! They told me, did you want to meet? I listen to what you have there? (Sit down at the table.)

- Vladimir Vladimirovich, I recently wrote a letter to you, everything is said there. I'm about bullying in the media. After all, they are watered with slopes!

-I saw a letter, I showed me today before the meeting, yes ... Well, what do you want, they have ratings there, business after all, and you are a popular person, and popularity has its own costs! Yes, sometimes they overdo it, Dima gave me a certificate, it happens. But we have freedom of speech, you yourself have fought for this for so many years, did not? Your songs there are about all this ... well, here it is, your freedom of speech, with costs - “growth costs”, do you know such an expression? (Laughs.)

- Vladimir Vladimirovich, the fact is that there are direct insults. It comes to threats. I have been singing for people for forty years, and I have not earned this ... In our country, everything depends on you practically - just move a finger, and these crazy people will shut up in an instant, I'm sure. And it will be possible to talk at least seriously, discuss some positions, and not as it is now. The fact is that ...

- Andrey Vadimovich, what, do I have to quit everything and sit on the phone to call everyone, or something? ..

- Yes, at least through Dima Peskov to even pass this three: Ernst, Kulistikov and Dobrodeev! These will shut up - the rest in an instant will understand!

- Yes, it is impossible, Andrey Vadimovich. Well, how then I will look them in the eyes of their shareholders: the managers will tell them-the president pressed their hands, the ratings have fallen, there are no profit, and they will also steal it for this, they will also climb into the shareholders! And it turns out that the president lobbies the interests of competitors! Yes, I have no right to interfere with the Constitution!

-Well, Dobrodeev’s only shareholder, that is, the state! He has there ...

- And what about Dobrodeev? Were there any programs for "Russia"?

- No, but in "Vesti" ...

- Andrei Vadimovich (puts his hand on Makarevich’s hand) , you will calm down first of all! Nobody offends you specifically, no one is lowering any shaggy and banderlogs on you - these are all skeys, you know them, these are all your friends. Yes, you yourself are doing the program for television, money, they said, decent earn money, to whom I even explain about the ratings? Yes, these bastards-journalists will not regret their mother for the rating! You yourself fought for this ... Let's go, it’s better to swim ... are you like a diver? I have swimming trunks there, everything is. Or just went to eat, I was hungry already: I ​​was sent from Patriarch Kosul here, they had to cook the cooks today. Are you a culinary specialist, a specialist in this matter? At the same time, you’ll tell me whether they have cooked well, otherwise I don’t really understand this, maybe they are preparing for me how it got, relaxed, hacaturs, use the fact that I am not gourmet (laughs) . Come, Andrey, have dinner! How with concerts you have all this hype?

Putin gets up from his place, making it clear that the official part of the meeting is over, but suddenly a serious voice speaks in the end:

- In general, maybe you go to the Crimea? In Sevastopol - there very guys asked, missed our artists ... And these overwhelming people immediately will die, otherwise with this trip, Dima told me, they were ready to eat you here ...

- There the children were in Slavyansk, Vladimir Vladimirovich, and the children are children everywhere ...

- (Laughs.) Why are you all, just what - at once children ... Well, swim? Or dinner?

- Thank you, I'll go, Vladimir Vladimirovich! Thanks for the meeting!

- Well, look! And think about Crimea, we will support, if that. We will help. Okay, work calmly, no one will eat you!