General Plane and the end of the Luzhkov era

History is an inevitable and merciless thing. The empires are decaying and declining, the rulers who seemed almighty, age and go into oblivion.

In essence, in the situation that has developed today in Moscow, there is nothing new. The days of the reign of the indefatigable Luzhkov are coming to an end, and not even federal rulers, but age and inexorable time. The next year, the Moscow ruler will turn 75, and this means that there will be no new term. And even if he succeeds in the impossible - to sit again in the mayor’s chair, it is still clear to everyone that this is not for long.

The evidence of the soon end of the Luzhkov era causes not just serious concern, but a panic among his surroundings. Everyone understands that he has no successor. The feds in the early 2000s conducted a competent operation on the collapse of the Moscow group, appointing almost all possible successors Yu.M. heads of different regions. As a result, surrounded by the Moscow mayor is nobody who is even theoretically able to inherit his post. So, the ambulance of power will not occur in the form of inheritance, but in the form of redistribution. And as soon as Yuri Mikhailovich “with honor” leaves the office of Tverskaya, 13, a whole flow of revelations will begin, monstrous facts of corruption will become a public property, hundreds of criminal cases will open up to today's Moscow officials and approximate businessmen, many of them will lose their acquired “public service” property, and some together with it and freedom.

However, this is all inevitable, but even in the recent, but still the future. And today, city officials still have power in the city, which they are trying to use to secure their retreat.

That is why hastily, in a hurry, ignoring federal legislation and even direct requirements of the Kremlin (what can we say about public opinion) is accepted by the “General Development Plan of Moscow”. It would seem that the feds gave time to accept the general plan until the end of 2011. Where to rush? But everyone understands - in the fall of 2011, the term of office of Yu.M. Luzhkov, but it may not be new.

Of course, the federal authorities, for the sake of a tactical task, the success of United Russia, allowed Luzhkov to prevent any of the opposition candidates to the election. Therefore, the absolutely trained and manual Mosgordum darted into all the hard and served the project of the general plan, not paying any attention to the protests of Muscovites and public organizations. However, winning in tactics often leads to defeat in the strategy, I will try to explain it. What functions does the new general plan perform? Why was he so urgently needed by the city authorities?

For all experts who analyzed this document, it is obvious that it is hateful and not only does not solve the main problems facing Moscow, but supports all erroneous solutions. An attempt to implement it will lead to an even greater deterioration in the transport situation, the destruction of the remnants of the historical center, will further aggravate the environmental situation. The alleged resettlement of 1.7 million people will inevitably lead to an exacerbation of the social situation. It creates a clear impression that people who prepared the general plan are not going to be responsible for its implementation.

Then why try to impose this document to the city with such difficulties? Not only the envy of the glory of Herostratus drives the Moscow rulers.

The answer is quite simple. The project of the general plan has two main functions that have nothing to do with the development of the city.

Firstly, the general plan legalizes all the construction crimes of the Moscow authorities, carried out in recent years. That is, most building decisions on the demolition of historical quarters, the development of the center, including point, construction of underground tunnels, etc. It was not carried out on the basis of legislation, but on the basis of PPM (decrees of the Moscow Government). That is, yesterday, city officials, issuing the next permission to demolish the house of the 19th century, did not think about how legal it is, and now, on the eve of the change of city government, they understand that most of these permissions are illegal and leads straight to prison. And they need to retroactively bring “legal” grounds for their criminal actions. That is why the general plan appears as the “development zones” of the territory on which the destruction of historical development has already been carried out, which is why all the already advanced transport errors are laid down in the general plan, for example, the practice of building shopping centers in places of transport interchanges or apartment buildings excluding the capabilities of the transport system.

The second goal is to ensure the conditions for the last corruption crop of the Moscow authorities (the so -called "Dembretsky chord" of the Luzhkov team). The adoption of the general plan opens up opportunities for the total sale of Moscow for investment construction projects. The lobbyists of the general plan for a long time and Putano talk about the “development zones” and “stabilization zones”. However, we must clearly understand that “stabilization zones” are just stains for construction, which in the near future the city authorities are going to sell.

And then, after the departure of Yu.M., his current encirclement will run abroad (as is customary for the wandered oligarchs), leaving the new problem may be inherited by the federal authorities. For example:

· Acute social conflict between the Muscovites who will understand that their houses and the usual lifestyle are under a real threat, and investors who will present completely legitimate documents, executed under Luzhkov;

· The transport situation, which is not only close to the collapse, but is also able to destroy, for example, the priority presidential project of the innovation center in Skolkovo. After all, it was the proximity to the capital and the convenience of transport messages that became the reasons for choosing Skolkovo by the center of innovative development. And what kind of transport communication with Moscow is possible when specialists from the Moscow region were not involved in the development of the Moscow General Plan, even as consultants.

· The destroyed historical center of the capital, which today is still an integral architectural complex (despite significant losses of recent years) and may be a person of the country for coming guests and who, if the general plan is trying to implement. According to the Archnadzor organization, up to 40% of the territory of the historical center enters the “development zones”. That is, everything that has been preserved will be destroyed.

The federal government needs to decide whether it wants to get all these and many other problems and then deal with the consequences of “farewell to the Luzhkov team” with Moscow or easier to intervene in the situation today. If the Kremlin authorities “save Moscow”, they will get gratitude to people, regardless of their political beliefs, such a step can affect the position of Muscovites much better than various PR moves and propaganda on television.

Well, to us, the inhabitants of Moscow, and those who are not indifferent to our city, we must rely first of all on our own strength. We must overcome internal doubts and understand that we are capable of by our will and determination to stop the process of destruction of Moscow. If thousands of residents protesting against the policy of the city authorities go to the streets of Moscow, the authorities will be forced to make concessions.