About saints and people

An extraordinary reaction was caused by the appearance of actress Chulpan Khamatova in the “Zaputin” video. I will leave aside discussions on the verge of mass psychosis of her alleged compulsion to film; It is now clear that there was no intimidation or violence, the actress really respects the generous contender for the next presidential term, and this is perfectly illustrated by photographs where Chulpan happily looks at Putin and almost hugs Golikova (this is the minister, in case anyone has forgotten).

The presidential candidate beams with care and compassion during his visit to the Federal Scientific Research Center, budget money flows into accounts, which is correct, since the Center is state-owned, created on the basis of the Research Institute of Pediatric Hematology, and not by Putin personally from scratch, from scratch. How many thousands of children will get a new life, this is wonderful. And Chulpan, by the way, is no longer a girl, she is free to make her own decisions - who she should vote for, even if it’s for Putin.
But that's not what I want to say.

Chulpan is an excellent actress, a beautiful woman, the mother of her children. But above all, she is in the mass consciousness - the creator, soul and heart, the guiding star of the Gift of Life charity foundation, a selfless fighter for the lives of children and, in general, just a saint. (Her colleague Dina Korzun is also a talented actress, an intelligent and compassionate woman, also a co-founder of the Foundation, a beauty - for some reason she is not so popular and no one calls her a saint.)
And few people remember the name of the true saint. The one who was the first creator of the charitable foundation. And who passed away last year, unable to cope with cancer...

*From newspaper articles: “Galina Chalikova began doing charity work in 1989, after the earthquake in Armenia. Then she organized a collection of things and funds to help children from Armenia who were being treated at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital. In the 1990s, Chalikova was vice-president of the Public charitable foundation."
*From an interview with Galina Chalikova: “The main reason for creating the fund is the caring and courage of oncohematologists, primarily Galina Novichkova, Alexey and Mikhail Maschanov. These doctors were not afraid to turn to us for help, to speak openly in TV shows and newspaper articles about that the hospital does not have enough medicines, modern devices, bone marrow donors for children. Thanks to their requests, we understood what kind of help the hospital needed. It turned out that quite large sums of money were required to provide this help. We began to collect them, attracting artists. journalists, businessmen. The wonderful actresses Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova joined us. They not only gave their names to the fund, but also became very involved in helping the children. And then we realized that we needed a bank account, accounting and a professional team. I’m very lucky that Dina and Chulpan decided to become founders of the fund.”

That is, the initiative still did not belong to the actresses, although, for example, on the website of Sberbank, which participates in the charity program, it is written exactly like this: “The Gift of Life Foundation was founded in 2006 on the initiative of Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun.” It is clear that at some stage the Foundation needed recognizable faces and popular support. Dina and Chulpan, having become the hallmark of the Foundation, did a lot, a lot: they participated in charity concerts, addressed people from television screens, illuminating the world with their beautiful smiles - it was impossible not to believe and trust them. In addition, they are co-founders of the fund, and this is also probably a difficult job.

And then the question is: why is only Chulpan in the people’s minds? Why is she an angel and a saint, and everyone else involved in the cause of saving children - doctors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and just ordinary people who regularly transfer some amounts to the Fund’s account (I know many young mothers who have issued special Sberbank cards, from which a certain percentage of each purchase is transferred to the Fund) - as if in the shadows?

To everyone who helps children sincerely and not for PR, not for votes in elections, not for praise in the media and staged photos, honor and praise. Putin has so far been noted in the press for only one personal expenditure - a couple of thousand rubles to pay a fine for exceeding the size of a rally in his own support. I don’t know, maybe he transfers his entire salary to some funds? But if this were so, then his servants would not fail to sound the trumpet about it; he does not disdain any PR: he builds houses for fire victims, plows roads, all his exploits are heard and seen. For budget money, I emphasize. In his spare time, he looks for amphoras for free, kisses whales and boys.

...The saints, I think, are still in heaven. But on earth they are just people. All sorts of things. Both good and evil.
Including the gullible: since the charming Chulpan is for Putin, then I am for him. Since Prokhorov has a smart sister, I’ll give him my vote on a platter. Have you ever tried to think and make decisions on your own?