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All for one
The presidents of the Russian republics hastily respond to Ramzan Kadyrov's proposal to rename their posts
Presidents are counted in the fall. A little more, and we will know exactly how many of them we have in Russia in general, as well as per capita. The well-known initiative of Ramzan Kadyrov found an immediate response. Somehow it immediately became clear that many chapters ...
Presidents are counted in the fall. A little more, and we will know exactly how many of them we have in Russia in general, as well as per capita.
The well-known initiative of Ramzan Kadyrov found an immediate response. Somehow it immediately became clear that many heads of the Russian republics had long been weary of the weighty title of "president" and would be happy to change the signs on the doors (provided that the keys to the offices were kept).
One by one, they began to hastily declare: "There should be only one president in Russia!" - without even noticing that this phrase sounds ambiguous in the presence of a power tandem in Moscow. What if they noticed it? Probably, one would have to declare: “There should be only two presidents in Russia!”
President of Udmurtia Alexander Volkov is already ready to renounce his title: "There should not be presidents in the republic, but, let's say, heads of republics." At the same time, President of the Republic of Mari El Leonid Markelov spoke in the same way: “Of course, there is logic in Ramzan Kadyrov's statements. In Russia, there should be only one president. If such a decision is made, we will consider it the right one.”
Still would not count! As long as the officials appointed by Moscow govern the subsidized regions, any decision of the center will be correct - up to the adoption of the opposite decision. A light opposition is possible only when the republic is stronger. So, in Tatarstan it was announced that there are no initiatives to rename the presidential post. “What to be called is the business of the head of the territory, his parliament, his people in the end,” said the press service of Rustam Minnikhanov, still president (also appointed by the higher president without the participation of the aforementioned people).
It is not difficult to assume that Tatarstan will be the last to abolish the title of "President of the Republic". And before the State Council of Tatarstan votes for it with understanding, there will be a couple of rallies on the square demanding sovereignty and mentioning the conflicts that happened under President Gorokha.
There should be at least one president in Russia (nowadays sometimes it feels like there isn't a single one). And this one president, if he wants the country to prosper, perhaps, should think not about Kadyrov's initiative to rename the heads of the republics, but about what kind of republics we have. According to the Constitution, they are listed as states, but flags, coats of arms, anthems and decorative parliaments do not make them states. How does the state of Tatarstan differ in terms of independence, for example, from the Samara region? And should a republic have more independence than a province? And if so, how can it manifest itself without detriment to other regions? Are signs in two languages enough, or is something else allowed? For example, write to the center of the petition in Latin.
In a country where there are no signs of public life, where governors and mayors are not elected, where even the candidacy of the head of the landing is about to be coordinated with United Russia, newspapers are enthusiastically polling readers: “What, in your opinion, should be called head of the republic? Yes, even the business manager. At least the caretaker.
... I break away from the computer and look out the window, which overlooks the intersection of Kazan's Dekabristov and Chistopolskaya streets. Here is the hot spot of the planet - a lot of cars from all directions are trying to overcome a tight intersection. Every day is a terrible waste of nerves and time. And on the table I have a message from the Vechernyaya Kazan newspaper that the promised two-level interchange at this intersection will not be built yet. More specifically: "At the end of last week in Moscow, it was decided to exclude it from the list of objects included in the Universiade construction program." It is clear that Moscow allocates money for the improvement of Kazan for the Universiade-2013. But who would have thought that from Moscow it is clearer on which streets of Kazan to build interchanges, and on which not.
The question is, is the federal center, which is closely engaged in street denouement in the regions, able to focus on denouement in political and economic relations with these rather conditional states? States headed by very conditional presidents who come up with unconditionally conditional initiatives.