Ivan Davydov. Interpol, issue twenty-eight. On the difference between the corrupt press and the independent one

Interpol, issue twenty-eight. On the difference between the corrupt press and the independent one
Ivan Davydov

Publication date: November 10, 2000

Other people's affairs

The domestic press is watching with bated breath the scandal that has broken out in the States. The impulse is, in general, understandable.

I think the point is not that the United States is a superpower. The fact is that, consciously or not, the part of the Russian population that calls itself intellectual, that is, the writing and broadcasting part of the population, is accustomed to taking the overseas friend-enemy (cross out what is unnecessary, depending on the time, place and state of mind) as a standard. In everything. We will catch up and overtake, and so on, and not even since the time of Nikita Sergeevich, but at least since the time of Alexander Alexandrovich (who is Blok) and his dreams of a “New America”. And perhaps even earlier, but the unfortunate lack of education of the author of these lines does not allow us to give a specific example.

And now it’s done! Theirs is worse than ours! We caught up and overtook! The stock exchanges are in panic, the country (in the sense of theirs) is in confusion, local colleagues weakly hide their joy and discredit the overseas electoral system. It's really nice when something nasty suddenly happens to someone who usually causes envy. Man is generally a creature with a lot of shortcomings, but we will fight them. And therefore - not a word about the elections in the USA.

And not only for this reason. My humble opinion is this: the United States is not our enemy, but not our friend either. Just a neighbor, given the closeness of the world and the speed of movement of modern information delivery vehicles and nuclear warheads. The neighbor is influential and must be taken into account, but nothing more. So let's move on to internal affairs. Partly even personal.

Internal affairs

The last issue of "Interpol" (for the irregularity of the column's publication, I apologize to regular readers, but I have one good reason - I was crushed in the winter and further according to the text, which, after the "Screen Test" , I think, is widely known) was, if anyone remembers, in fact, an ode to Ilya Klebanov, the man and head of the commission to investigate the fate of one nuclear-powered ship, about whom (both the investigation and the fate) everyone somehow forgot, carried away by the intrigue of the elections in the United States. Of course, elections on the other side of the world are much more interesting than the reasons for the death of a certain number of fellow citizens, as well as the moral, excuse the expression, appearance of some of those who, by the will of fate, polytechnologies and partly even the people, lead us.

Analyzes √ 1

So, I’m glad that my humble opinion did not go unanswered.

Vladimir Pribylovsky published an article about the fate of Ilya Klebanov in the famous Parisian newspaper “Russian Thought”. Pribylovsky claims that Klebanov faces an unenviable fate. Since, he says, in one of Pavlovsky’s publications the Deputy Prime Minister is called unflattering words, it means it’s time for him to retire.

This is the power of the electronic word! And I shared my private opinion, not even considering that I was practically signing a decree of resignation.

I would love to publish here a list of government officials who do not arouse my sympathy. Let Mr. Pribylovsky draw conclusions, I don’t mind. The only pity is that he greatly exaggerates my influence in the highest spheres. I'm afraid they don't listen to me. I'm trying in vain.

Analyzes √ 2

A slightly different response is in the article by Sergei Varshavchik on Deadline. "Deadline" is a publication known for its attitude towards power. If Yevtushenko is against collective farms, then I am for it. If Putin decides (it’s difficult to find a suitable example), well, if Putin decides to bury Lenin’s mummy, then Varshavchik, together with his boss Makarov, I think, will rush under the red flags in the front rows of picketers, pushing away Prokhanov and Chikin.

To put it briefly, this is Yavlin’s attitude towards the actions of the authorities.

So, Varshavchik, appreciating my humble opinion, writes:

"...the national tragedy has the face of Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov, or, as he is now popularly called, Khlebanov. It was this high-ranking official, appointed to head the commission to determine the causes of the death of the submarine, who, with his contradictory statements, finally compromised the authority of the authorities in the eyes of the hitherto loyal population.

Including even the author of the Russian Journal, Ivan Davydov. <...>

If the authors of “RJ” write this, it means that the government has really exceeded the permissible limit of cynicism and lies.”

I have already had the good fortune to note the depth of thought, subtlety and awareness of Varshavchik’s colleague. What follows is a personal message to a colleague, which readers can skip.

Dear Sergey! First of all, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that I was not talking about power, but about a specific person. You can allow yourself to talk about power, no, about Power with a capital P. I - no. Do you know why?

Because we, in our corrupt pro-Kremlin publications, first think and then write. And exactly what we think. And you, independent and proud people, will never succeed in this. Because you don't think at all. You are presenting positions learned, I don’t know, in the Central Pushkin School, the Higher Pedagogical School, or at Ms. Novodvorskaya’s rallies. These positions have no relation to reality, if only because some kind of Power acts in them instead of specific people. Well, it doesn't matter. With your positions, there will always be a consumer, he is called Yavlinsky. That's right, with a small letter, because in Russia in the last two years this name can already be used as a common noun.

Just like your colleagues from the newspaper “Zavtra”, for example. You think that you are far from them, but the point is not in positions, but in the ability to be critical of them. However, their consumer, let’s call him, by analogy, Zyuganov, is also an endangered species. Remember this Dovlatov story? " - He's some kind of Soviet? √ What are you saying, he's anti-Soviet. √ Well, what's the difference?"

Such, colleague, are things, as the author of one online review, who has already expressed similar thoughts, would say.

The reader may be indignant at the excessively lengthy discussion of the internal affairs of two little-known writers. But I have a suspicion that it is not so much about people as it is about trends.

Not diamond thieves

By the way, the story with Varshavchik’s next essay also has a purely online continuation. We open the online newspaper "Daily News √ Vladivostok", the section "X-Files".

We read the article “Who killed the Kursk?” We try to find ten differences from Varshavchik’s article. We find two. The first is the title (in “Deadline” √ “Klebanov deceived all of Russia”). The second is the author’s surname. Instead of Sergei Varshavchik, there is a certain Andrei Tomilin .

How is it in Russia? √ They steal┘

By the way, isn’t that why The X-Files are stolen? It would be better to hide it that way. And in general, √ ​​is not such a diamond to steal.

Conclusion

Perhaps I am behind the times and got carried away discussing matters that happened a week ago. But it seems that some cases have no statute of limitations. Such, for example, as beautiful-minded intellectual stupidity or the banal habit of taking someone else’s property, forgetting to ask permission.

See you again, friends. And generally speaking.