Platinum passports

The population of South Ossetia is about 60,000 people. Almost everyone has Russian passports. By the way, who and why ordered them to be given is still unknown. They call - but they do not cause anywhere - A.S. Voloshin. He, of course, is silent - since they do not ask.

Be that as it may, Ossetians, unlike many Caucasians living in Moscow, say, did not pay for these passports.

But for the pleasure of distributing these passports to them was paid by Russia.

For at least 10 years, Y. Ossetia received about $ 100 from the Russian budget per year (in recent years, the ruble equivalent amounted to 2,500,000,000 rubles). Of course, there was no doubt-however, there was no doubt about how exactly Mr. Kokoita spent money was not. Of course, for the needs of their people - after all, the people did not show discontent, right?

Thus, for each resident of Yu. Ossetia it accounted for about 1,500 dollars a year from the Russian budget - this is about the same as it will turn out if we divide the expenses of the Russian budget by the number of citizens of the Russian Federation. The only difference is that, as I understand it, they did not collect taxes to the Russian budget in Yu. Ossetia.

Then there was a war.

The cost of hostilities - according to official estimates - about $ 500 million. For the restoration of Yu. Ossetia, according to Kudrin (the first estimate), it will take another $ 500 million.

They say that during the days of military operations, the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Russian Federation decreased by $ 16.5 billion - including the money that the Central Bank spent on maintaining a sharply collapsed ruble exchange rate. However, I would still not react this money directly to the "payment of South Ossetian passports."

But now a new misfortune begins - the recognition of Y. Ossetia.

Recognized Nicaragua.

How much it costs the Russian budget is difficult to evaluate. The Ministry of Finance hopes that others will follow Nicaragua.

Here is about recognition from Belarus they say (not enemies-Rusofobs, but the RBC channel) that A.G. Lukashenko asked - no, not in exchange for recognition, but “just like that” - a loan of $ 1 billion and a reduction in gas prices, which will give about $ 200 million in a year.

And next in line is recognition from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan spared the Russian budget - and immediately refused to play recognition. "Bargaining is inappropriate here."

I do not ask why Russia twists the hands of the allies and turns pockets for itself, in front of the eyes of the whole laughing world, giving different countries to "master the recognition budget." To whom and what do they want to show and prove in this way?

It is impossible to understand this. It remains to be comforted by the fact that there is some kind of diplomatic and magical ritual incomprehensible to the middle mind ...

But it is curious to count.

So.

Over 10 years, the costs of maintaining cocoys (and the rest of the population of the republic) are 1 billion.

War itself + restoration - 1 billion.

But the most precious thing is the recognition of the independence of Yu. Ossetia (or rather, the recognition of Russia's right to give out this independence to whom she wants) by Nicaragua, and the project still has such leaders of world public opinion as Belarusia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan ... Well, we put 4 more billion for all.

Total we have about 6 billion.

The population of Yu. Ossetia, I repeat, - 60,000 people.

In general, if “recognition plans” are implemented, then Russia will pay about $ 100,000 for the right to issue 1 (one) of the Russian Federation for the Russian Federation.

There is no thin one without good! It follows from this that at least Russia will not capture Crimea. At the same prices, to give their passports to the residents of Crimea - the budget of the Russian Federation will not be enough. After all, the population of Crimea is 2 million people. And they will not want to take a Russian passport cheaper - there is no calculation. After all, now the dachshund is already firmly known.

These are only those who were born in Russia, take and wear Russian passports for nothing. The rest will not be given to Russia so cheap.

But ordinary Russian taxpayers have no reason to envy: budget money “for passports of Yu. Ossetia” can still not be searched in the pockets of the Ossetians themselves, but on the accounts of Ortegs, Moscow generals and owners of construction firms that establish the Kokoita and his relatives.