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July 13, 2011 Mikhail Delyagin

Some time ago, I had fun polls that showed in a variety of audiences (to sincere about the keepers inclusive) that the question "Who would you choose the President of Russia - Putin, Medvedev or anyone else?" From 40 to 65% of respondents answered "anyone."

Moreover, judging by the comments, people understood that “anyone” could really be “anyone” - from Chikatilo to Novodvorskaya, and Kadyrov and Nemtsov looked for many unacceptable options.

With a stake, the standing “vertical of power” took out the “dear Russians” to the most stove.

And, it seems, competent political technologists are ready to use this.

I was very intrigued by the statements of Prokhorov, appointed by the leader, and maybe the owner of the “right -handed”, about the readiness to become the prime minister. After all, people do not like to loudly announce their real plans. Blitching means to “bend God”; Like many other archetypal features, this one is not treated. With a public statement about its purposes, the carrier of Russian culture automatically underestimates the bar: they say, I’m nothing here, I’m just taking a priest and I indulge in the Belarusian car ...

Therefore, a statement of readiness to become just the prime minister and interesting. It can give out a hidden desire to become president: the soldier who dreams of becoming only a colonel is bad. Fortunately, the country's need for “lips, except for these” is obvious.

In any case, Prokhorov is the only bright person (he has yet to become a politician or not become), “allowed to the table” of federal policy since 2003. Let's see if he is suitable for the role of “anyone”, which is obviously more preferable against Putin and Medvedev.

Its shortcomings are known: from belonging to the oligarchy and the inability to speak to a suitable enchanting "highlight" in Courchevel.

Its advantages are no less obvious: the ability to lead, strategic thinking, brilliant memory, simple human luck and the ability to take revenge (which is worth the presentation of the Order of the “Honorary Legion” after Courchelles!).

So, another survey. In no way representative: the social structure of its participants has the same distant attitude to the social structure of the Runet as the structure of the Runet - to the structure of Russia. But as a landmark is quite suitable.

In the social network, Hidark, which positions itself as a unification of consisting and independently thinking people, from almost one and a half thousand voted in less than a day 51% cast votes to Putin, 34% - Prokhorov and only 15% - Medvedev. In fairness, it should be noted that most users abandoned the vote, expressing indignation at such a meager choice.

About 200 people voted in the personal LiveJournal of this note, but in this, completely different audience, the voices were distributed almost the same: 52% - for Putin, 33% for Prokhorov, 15% for Medvedev.

A little more than half of “for Putin” do not carry meaningful information: this is the natural choice of “your dragon”, well -known and not frightening at least the unknown.

A deafening impression is made by another: more than three times Medvedev’s lag from Putin and more than double - from Prokhorov. It would be pleasant for me to attribute it to people rejection (my blogs visits a little liberals) “Return in the 90s” that Medvedev personifies, but it doesn’t work: after all, the oligarch Prokhorov personifies exactly the same thing!

It seems that everything is simpler: Putin and Prokhorov, each in their own way, are perceived as independent people. They lived their lives themselves, they made decisions, they set goals and achieved them.

Yourself.

It is impossible to deny this even with the worst attitude towards them.

Medvedev, despite all his managerial biography, does not make impressions of independence. It is about the impression: reality may be different, but the impression he does not allow him to consider it seriously. Despite the work of qualified political technologists and image makers.

Thus, Medvedev seems to be guaranteed to lose in the public consciousness both Putin and Prokhorov. His victory will be simply perceived as illegitimate, and he himself is an impostor, a kind of “False Dmitry Third”.

Prokhorov, who calmly cuts down on the liberal field of the Putin successor immediately after his exit to the political arena, theoretically - while maintaining a pace taken, can win a convincing “clean” victory over Putin.

In the end, both Medvedev and Putin personify the return to the past-maybe, in addition to his will: the first in the 90s, the second-in the 2000s. And a return to the past is guaranteed death for any society: that is why people always - and we remember this from their own experience - even choose the worst future, preferring it to the most magnificent past.

Prokhorov - while a thing is in himself - can easily become a symbol of the future.

And this prospect is felt by sensitive users of Runet.

Author - Director of the Institute of Problems of Globalization, Doctor of Economics

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