White and gray

One is white, the other is grey. Two cheerful leaders. May Day is marching across the country, and both presidents suddenly, unexpectedly for everyone, walked among the people. Yes, even in the morning, have a beer, putting aside frivolous sports rackets. Why would this be?

It seems that lawyer Barshchevsky, who has long been grazing in administrative fields, turned out to be better informed than the rest. It is his style to pass off what he heard in the Kremlin corridors as his deep analysis, but his professional memory is fine, so it makes sense to listen to what he, in particular, said about this on Ekho:

“Their appearance at the May Day demonstration is such a move with a double, triple bottom. First, Putin and Medvedev occupied the platform of the communists. Usually the May Day demonstration was associated with Zyuganov. Here Zyuganov somehow found himself on the sidelines. Secondly, it was a kind of symbol, an unspoken message that the May Day demonstration was a Popular Front, a general unification of the people. That is, the left and right extremes are cut off, and all the rest can be in solidarity. Well, thirdly, there is a subconscious desire to show that there was Bolotnaya, there was Sakharov, and we are gathering such a number of people. To show that mass street democracy is what we have.”

So, apparently, a decoy woman appeared in the crowd of greeters, who, in the voice of a pioneer mass entertainer, asked the leaders to consolidate the new May Day tradition and at the same time admired the appearance of the leaders, asking in a purely feminine way how such mind-blowing results on the face were achieved. It turned out that it was not peeling and injections, not Shiseido and Sisley day and evening creams, all sorts of massages, but grueling galley work. That is, by working hard. Cheap and cheerful, accessible to the masses. Know, sweat. Auntie did not expect any other answer and accepted it as a guide to action.

At the same time, political strategists working to earn their hard bread from organic flour decided to take away not only the platform from Zyuganov, but also the popular color of the opposition. Hence the white raincoat, sweater and shirt, and the unhealthy morning visit sewn with white thread to the beer bar, where the few visitors from the “nine” had probably sat “dry” all night the night before.

Under the bright lights of three cameras, there was nothing to talk about. The trick with the pen had already been worked out in Pikalevo; you can’t beat the theme of Zhvanetsky’s crayfish performed by Ilchenko and Kartsev. Was the beer at least Russian? Well, it’s okay, TV medalists, they’ll cut it just right. Therefore, we relaxed, although not for long.

On Sunday, Bolotnaya and Sakharov gather with their “May Day”. This could also become a new tradition.