In the economy

Worms

December 3, 2007. Maxim Blanc

A frank interview with the co-owner and president of the financial and industrial group with the uncomplicated name “Finance groups” by Oleg Schwartzman, published last Friday by the Kommersant newspaper,, which has been told about the economic goals and methods of the “Power Blok” in the head with the deputy head of the Kremlin Igor Igor, tells quite detail and frankly (or rather cynically). Sechin, made a lot of noise. Moreover, it is interesting that the veracity of the facts presented few is in doubt. The main subject of the discussion is who is behind this “collision” on Sechin, what will be (and whether you will) consequences and response. Such a reaction is understandable. By and large, Schwartzman did not discover any America: about the active intervention of security forces (relevant and retired) in the business, about their dominance in state, half -state and completely formally non -state corporations and companies, about “social disclosures”, Greenmeile and raider attacks with supports of security forces, it was said for a long time. And these conversations have already begun to lose their severity and relevance.

The sensation of the revelations of Schwartzman is not at all that it became clear that in the Russian political and economic system parasites have started that can bring this system to a death-about this, if they did not know, then at least everyone was guessed-and in the fact of the performance. It does not often happen that some bull tapeworm sticks out the head and begins to broadcast about its exploits, represent itself with a vital organ, intestinal purifier, hope and support of the brain acting according to its brain-a direct instruction. So, if one of the sober people still had at least some illusions that the disease did not affect the central nervous system of the Russian authorities and the economy, but the numerous facts of the “power raids” on small, medium and even very large businesses are unpleasant costs of “Yukos affairs”, such “plenters on the ground”, then after the interviews these illusions had to be completely dispelled.

Now about the possible background of this whole story and its consequences. Of course, it can be assumed that the powerful group was organized by an interview with Igor Sechin, and Kommersant Schwartzman acted as “Shahida-Kamikaze”, whose last mission is to dump the powerful “gray cardinal”. Personally, this version seems doubtful to me. The interview looks more like a software statement and a demonstration of power. Moreover, the views and approaches expressed there were a logical continuation of the president of the last time on the theme of “enemies of the people”. In fact, Schwarzman’s interview is Sechin's view on the “Putin Plan”, a specific program of actions to eradicate the oligarch enemies, strengthen the economic and political power of what it is still customary to call the Russian state by inertia. This is also a provocation, which is aimed at more confrontation development of events, a kind of “special operation to identify“ latent disagreement ”.
Having opened the cards, the Schwarzman-Putin not only publicly announces the new rules of the game, but they invite everyone to whom they do not like it to try to contrast them. Moreover, they honestly warn that from now on the world is clearly divided into “its” and “enemies”. And “their own” in this world is all allowed except betrayal - they are over the law, and “enemies” are deprived of any right. What an attempt to appeal to the “world community” means automatically entering your name in the list of enemies “rumbling with foreign embassies”. It is interesting that the publication of the interview in time coincided with the statement of Gazprom about the intention to switch to rubles when calculating Russian gas, as well as with a widely lit media meeting of Vladimir Putin with the Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, who told the president that the Russian economy is protected from negative external influences. Both that, and another - a kind of reminder to the West about whose hands a gas valve and what are now oil prices, as well as the warning of investors from an exaggerated reaction. However, with regard to foreign and Russian investors, one should not expect a general flight of capital from the country. All people have a different threshold of disgust, and many are ready to communicate and conduct business with a person who has wound worms, even if he does not try to treat this disease, but opposite it in every possible way it soles and cultivates. In the end, you only need to be able to suppress the gag reflex and thoroughly wash your hands after communicating with a similar character. The same can be said about Western politicians - they are quite capable of communicating with the most cannibal regimes, and one should not count on their help. However, it is for the better. We must cope with our tapeworm and ascarides, so as not to lose the remnants of self -esteem.