February 1 in Vitaly Tretyakov's program "What to do?" ("Culture"), in which questions of imperial policy and ideology were discussed, there was, in particular, such a passage.
To the thesis (controversial, from our point of view - ed.) of the president of the Neocon expert consulting company Mikhail Khazin that if a Muslim president is elected in Russia, then Russia will very quickly become the leader of the Muslim world, Vitaly Tretyakov stated the following: " What a convenient and easy option to become a leader is to simply elect a person *of non-traditional confessional orientation" (emphasis added - *ed. ).
I wonder how representatives of the Muslim community of Russia, as well as numerous guardians of the law on "traditional" religions in Russia, would react to this statement?
It is significant that none of the other five participants in the discussion paid any attention to this turn of events.
What to do? // Culture. 2004. February 1.