Putin is throwing balls at us

This is already quite similar to the joke from the site Vladimir Vladimirovich.ru. “Listen, brother,” Vladimir Vladimirovich said to his press secretary Alexey Alekseevich Gromov, “there’s still an hour left before dinner, maybe we can go to Ostankino and take a look at the fire?” We haven’t been to a fire for a long time.” “Well, you came up with an idea, brother,” Alexey Alekseevich was surprised, “what is there to see there? The tower is not on fire... Now, if only the tower...". “Well, it’s still interesting,” Vladimir Vladimirovich insisted, “firefighters are scurrying here and there, pulling hoses, Shoigu is running around in a helmet. I know how much I love to look at Shoigu in a helmet... And at home the duck is just about to finish in the oven...”

There cannot be a single reasonable explanation why Vladimir Putin rushed straight from the plane to Ostankino to fight the fire. Doesn't he have a phone in his car? Was it really not explained to him that nothing terrible happened, that only one studio burned out and there were no casualties? Well, even if there are casualties? So it's just PR? But the PR is quite poor. Then it was necessary to give some instructions or at least ask in more detail. And then he got out of the Mercedes, put on his raincoat, nodded his head for a minute, threw off his raincoat - and back into the Mercedes. Or perhaps the president believes that the very fact of his presence can radically influence the crisis situation? Will the water run faster through the hoses and the fire will recede? That is, after all, delusions of grandeur? And by the way, about this very mania...

Recently, at the Paris book fair, during a meeting of the Russian and French presidents with writers, one famous Russian writer asked Putin: “And you yourself, Vladimir Vladimirovich, what kind of books do you like?” They say that the president smiled slyly and replied: “Just tell you - that’s the only way you’ll write.”

It’s interesting that when our president, already in Germany, admitted to the editors-in-chief of some Russian newspapers that he was thinking about a third term, did he also smile slyly? Because the scenario he proposed is not believable for a second. Indeed, the constitution says that you cannot hold the highest position in the state three times in a row. Therefore, not in a row - it’s possible. That is, Putin again has the right to claim the presidency in 2012. But how can one imagine this, as it was customary to say in the previous reign, “political castling”? In 2008, Putin left his boyfriend on the farm with a firm guarantee that in four years he would honestly return the keys to his office and during this time he would not change the furniture in the office, would not throw out the previous owner’s papers from the table, or remove the photograph from the wall ? There is no such guy and no such guarantees. And it cannot be. Well, Vladimir Putin understands this very well. And never in his life will he believe that someone will voluntarily return power to him. As they say, these chips don't go back. Because the President of Russia, whoever he becomes, automatically becomes the owner of such a resource, in the face of which any preliminary agreements, even any compromising evidence, simply cease to have any meaning. Therefore, we can only hope for human decency... Is this in such and such a question, like power in Russia? Funny…

Why did Vladimir Vladimirovich tell us this primitive tale about the new term in 2012? Nobody pulled their tongue. Well, he would say, as always, that it will not go anywhere, that he is not going to change the constitution, etc. Maybe it broke out?

In fact, the following happened: Vladimir Putin first uttered the phrase “third term” in relation to himself. In other words, we are slowly becoming accustomed to the idea that Putin is in Russian politics for a long time. And how things will turn out then is the tenth question. You never know what circumstances might force the head of state to slightly adjust the original plan - a new war in the Caucasus or, God forbid, another massive terrorist attack on Russian cities. Well, yes, I wanted to in 2012, but in the face of the threat hanging over the country... So they threw this trial balloon at you and me. Considering that the president’s rating has been inevitably falling lately, and the protest against the government’s policies is slowly gaining momentum, we can assume that there will be many more such balls. And then all that remains is to admit the obvious: Putin is not going to go anywhere in 2008. Firstly, because he has nowhere to go, and secondly, who will let him go?

So you and I will have only two options: either relax and enjoy Vladimir Putin’s new presidential term, or don’t relax.