In the Kremlin

His name is Nikita?

19 January 2012 Anton Oresh

When Nikita Belykh went to the governors and from a well -known liberal politician turned into a quiet state official, at first glance, which imperceptibly integrated into the system, I did not condemn him. Then many in different ways discussed: whether it is worth cooperating with the authorities, whether compromises are possible with them and to what limit, they said that one in the field is not a warrior and that even whites would not build an earthly paradise in a separate region, but it will get lighted up. What if, not an hour, and will be a rebirth at all?

Now, when they seriously and clearly ran into him, when it was more and more clearly, that he would sit at a maximum of Putin’s return to the Kremlin, there were sarcastic voices, they say, he knew what he was going, with whom he had contacted and by whose rules he would play. So now do not cry, Nikita. He, however, does not really cry.

And then I internally supported his act. How much? Refuse governorship only because it is given from the hands of poor supreme power? But this is not a medal that you can not take. This is also power! But doesn’t any opposition seek to power? Yes, the general rules did not change and the whites should have taken into account who is dealing with and what dangers for his conscience and views could be here. However, he was entrusted with a whole area! The area in which a decent person at the head could be. Is it bad if at least one area is headed by a decent person? As life showed, there was no special moral exploits from Nikita Yurich. In bad affairs and obvious transactions with the authorities and conscience, he was not seen. And Putin’s trim is the best confirmation. Actually, Belykh, the first governor, on whom Putin openly ran into the present stage-something that means. But the whites did not lose time in his Vyatka.

At our Echo, he led for a long time and continues to keep the Governor's Diary. A weekly program about the life of the subsidized region and what is happening there and what the governor has to do. Very interesting! Listen on occasion, or read on the site. This is not a brave report on achievements. There, about errors, and about difficulties, about what is necessary, but objectively it is impossible to do - and for what reasons. About the fact that it did not work out yesterday, but today it somehow succeeded. Such a real life that most of the country lives.

Belykh is the only governor, as I understand it, who speaks about it so openly. And perhaps the most affordable of all governors. This is not only for us, journalists, useful - this is useful for everyone. Although, of course, not everyone loves him far, far away in Vyatka. Poor area. Objectively poor. And in any case, the whites are not a mistake, too, was also not rare. But he tried to make better and, though not by seven -mini steps, but moved forward. And the fact that in addition to fats from individual entrances, which were very carefully searched, they did not find anything else “bad” - also an assessment of the work of the governor.

And now I had a thought. Putin again prepares us a gift. Until now, all his words and actions have only multiplied the protest and ranks of the protesters. Putin worked for the opposition worse than any Navalny. And now he is ready to make another, royal gift. If he drives the Belykh, then the liberal, democratic politician is “idle” - one of the few who has real fresh practical experience at a high level. But unlike Kasyanov or Nemtsov, the figure of Belykh does not cause such mass objections among the adherents of Bolotnaya and Sakharov Avenue.

So if Vladimir Vladimirovich makes a little more efforts to the dwell of Nikita Yuryevich, he will present us with the same candidate who has not yet been and who, according to Mr. Kudrin, had to soon appear.

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