Translated material
Master of the earth
But once upon a time our rulers were much less restrained.
In 1897, during the population census, Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich indicated in the “occupation” column simply, without any pretense: “owner of the Russian land.”
Times have changed.
On May 20, Ramzan Kadyrov made his contribution to the campaign to declare property and income. Among the real and movable property, he indicated a three-room apartment in Grozny with a total area of 36 square meters and a Zhiguli VAZ-21053 car.
Nothing surprising.
...If Vladimir Putin's real estate lists an apartment in St. Petersburg with an area of 77 square meters, a plot of fifteen acres near Moscow and a garage in a collective parking lot, and Dmitry Medvedev has as much as 47 acres and an apartment of 347 square meters in joint ownership... If Vladimir Putin listed two Volga GAZ-21, 1960 and 1965, and a Skif trailer from 1987 (and for some reason did not write down Zaporozhets), and Dmitry Medvedev - Volkswagen Golf from 1999 ...
...Then Ramzan Akhmatovich clearly follows the “message” given by the top officials: “You need to be more modest!”
It should be clearly, to the utmost clarity, but without the fanaticism of the Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov: the latter, according to the declaration, does not have real estate, being content with an all-terrain vehicle and a trailer.
Staying true to the line is what is important to note. And so it is in everything - starting with the elections. However, in recent years, in this matter, the federal authorities have rather been learning from the Chechen ones. During the parliamentary elections in Chechnya on October 12, 2008, the president said: “The turnout will be at least one hundred percent, or even more” - and the federal Central Election Commission agreed with him...
This also brings us closer to ultimate clarity. To the understanding that real power is not in owning cars and trailers. Not in possession of land - acres and in general. This is power over people, their affairs and souls.