It's time, my friend, it's time!

It seems that Mr. Medvedev greatly upset Mr. Putin by publishing the article “Russia, forward!” So much so that the Prime Minister had to quickly remind the President about “blood identity.” It’s as if Comrade Comrade came from the Mausoleum to the 20th Congress. Stalin would rightly point out Comrade. Khrushchev that his hands are covered in Gulag blood. In 1956, fortunately, the dead comrade. Stalin is a real threat to comrade. I couldn’t imagine Khrushchev and could only serve as a silent reproach.

With Mr. Putin alive, it is much more difficult for Mr. Medvedev to question his, the national leader’s, infallibility. After all, the president is not some kind of oppositionist, but a person who owes a lot to the prime minister.

Comrade Khrushchev also owed a lot to Comrade. Stalin - both because of his party career and because at some point he did not suspect him, a loyal Stalinist, of an enemy of the people. True, Comrade Comrade is his successor. The Generalissimo did not appoint Khrushchev.

Mr. Medvedev, without the help of Mr. Putin, would hardly have settled in the Kremlin today.

Therefore, whatever one may say, Comrade. It was easier for Khrushchev in 1956 to debunk the personality cult of the “father of nations” than for Mr. Medvedev in 2009 to timidly mention the opportunities that were mediocrely missed during Mr. Putin’s presidency.

Stick your head out - get a “blood identity” and a hint of the not-so-distant year 2012. This is not a bulldog fight under the carpet - this is an open warning for those who have a short memory.

Well, in Putin’s political system of coordinates the logic of reasoning is absolutely clear: if you sign, follow through. Either you are still one of us, or we will find a replacement. The bench is long. Didn't Mr. Medvedev understand the rules of the game when he agreed to the presidency? Tea was not a child at the age of 42, and he should have studied Mr. Putin’s character traits over a couple of decades. Surely he understood and accepted. He probably also guessed about his inevitable subordination in the duumvirate. It would be frivolous to believe that with the political castling that was offered to him, one could automatically get rid of the psychological dependence of a long-term assistant on a long-term boss (and vice versa). But he “pledged his soul,” despite the humiliating conditions.

Maybe not forever, judging by the article “Forward Russia!” Its content has already been criticized both left and right. It (the content) is undoubtedly contradictory, does not answer many questions, and is overly pretentious. But all this does not seem so important when it comes to understanding that Mr. Medvedev, in fact, decided on a desperate gesture. To question the activities of the person who entrusted you, one of many, with chair No. 1 is not an ordinary act at all. Obviously, things are so bad in our blessed Fatherland that the president is forced to violate the “agreements.”

It is difficult to predict unambiguously how Mr. Medvedev will behave after Putin’s shout. Although, it seems, he should have foreseen the harsh reaction of his mentor. And if he foresaw it, it means he was going to take the blow. True, the steps that soon followed were not evidence of firmness and are more depressing in their triviality than inspiring optimism.

The television event with the distribution of instructions regarding the project of “Maxim Kalashnikov’s city of the sun”, conceived, apparently, as a demonstration of the implementation of the plan, was more reminiscent of gatherings of amateurs than a meeting of statesmen who understood the subject of the conversation. In this micro-television play, Mr. Medvedev played the role of the early Gorbachev, who in the mid-80s forced officials to put into production the development of domestic Kulibin automobiles. There is nothing bad, of course, in the support of a caring journalist who knows where Russian scientific and technical discoveries are stored and how to extract them from these storehouses. It’s just a pity that it doesn’t say where to take them after removing them.

In a country characterized by the dominance of a corrupt and bureaucratic apparatus, which by its nature is not able to digest innovative ideas, where scientists and successful entrepreneurs can easily rot in camps, starting to solve the problem by working with “letters from workers” is an exercise as pointless as it is. vulgar. Without fundamental institutional changes, no “cities of the sun” can arise in Russia in principle. If amateur enthusiast Maxim Kalashnikov does not understand this, then the president is supposed to perceive the world around him more professionally and realistically.

The latest interviews also cause embarrassment, in which Mr. Medvedev, like a guilty student, gives lengthy explanations regarding his “blood type” with Putin, the cloudlessness of their relationship, the irremovability of the government and “automatically” again utters stock phrases about the imperfection of the judicial system and corruption , violation of human rights, etc., etc. An inexhaustible stream of words depreciating over and over again.

If this continues, then there is a very high probability that the “steam” of the article will go into the whistle of “responses to Curzon”, and Mr. Medvedev will increasingly turn into an object for evil irony.

It is quite clear that it would be naive to expect any radical steps from Mr. Medvedev a week or two after the publication of “Forward Russia!” But, on the other hand, in order for the political and business communities to believe in the seriousness of the president’s intentions, they (the communities) need not his words about loyalty to Mr. Putin, but an understanding of the direction of movement.

For example, it remains a mystery who will be the engine of modernization. In a good way, it should be the Prime Minister. But by listing in “Forward Russia!” what has gotten worse or even worse, and what has been missed during the decade during which Mr. Putin alternated between premiership and presidency, Mr. Medvedev effectively questioned the competence of his former boss Of course, even before the article one could have guessed that Mr. Putin is not S.Yu. Witte and not P.A. Stolypin, and the president only authoritatively confirmed what was a premonition. However, the question about the individual, whose role is extremely important to launch modernization, remains unanswered, because Mr. Medvedev swore to Western journalists that he was very comfortable in the environment of the current prime minister.

It is obvious that to solve the problem of modernization, modern Wittes and Stolypins are precisely what is needed. Persons with a different biography from Mr. Putin, higher intelligence and intuition, different organizational experience, a greater understanding of the intricacies of the functioning of the economy and global development trends. The purpose of the president, if he is a responsible leader, is not to interpret the charades of his prime minister about the “blood type” and the “cutting” of power in 2012, but to search day and night for and place extraordinary people in key positions. And not necessarily only from among relatives, classmates, classmates, and fellow countrymen. Talented people are a commodity; they are scattered all over the world, and do not crowd exclusively on the banks of the Neva.

Two such candidates, following calls from the Kremlin to help with ideas and personnel, can be recommended now - M.B. Khodorkovsky. and Lebedev P.L. Their blood is hardly the same as that of the president and prime minister, but at least they have brains to borrow, professional and human merits are overflowing, which is much more valuable for the business.

There have been stories in Russia when prominent people were not only invited from abroad, but were rescued from prisons, where they ended up, as a rule, due to slander and ill will. There are, thank God, such destinies with a happy ending! Do not let Stalin out at the request of P.L. Kapitsa L.D. Landau, if we had not had many fundamental discoveries and a Nobel laureate. Do not return from the camp at the request of I.V. Kurchatova S.P. Queen, it is possible that we would not have been so successful in space exploration. Do not release at the insistence of G.K. Zhukova K.K. Rokossovsky and other military leaders, perhaps, would have won the Victory with even more blood. There is no need to mention humanism in relation to Stalin, but the sin for these outstanding people on his conscience became less.

So in the case of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev, it would be better to use their abilities in some breakthrough direction than to keep them behind bars, forcing them to waste their intelligence for years on refuting the primitive falsifications of prosecutors and various other “eccentrics.” Not only would such a step by the president help soften the morals of law enforcement officers and judges, but also for entrepreneurs who are ready to invest, it would be a good sign that the “doctor” will not be sent. There is no need to talk about the humanitarian component.

In 1956, comrade. Khrushchev risked anathematizing part of his past and country in order to gain a chance for its future development. That’s why he remains in memory not as Stalin’s blood-stained accomplice and “corn grower,” but as the creator of the Thaw and a reformer.

Mr. Medvedev is a man of a different time and a different mentality. He does not have Khrushchev's determination and scope. The more difficult it will be for him to move “forward”, setting an example for the rest of Russia. But by not moving, he will definitely bury himself as a person. And there will be nothing to remember him with. Well, perhaps because he, like his permanent boss, was very fond of Swiss watches and became the first Russian president-blogger. According to Senka, the hat will turn out to be (a folk sign).