Execution on demand

On October 31, you and I witnessed a funny sight - namely, Mr. Kostunov’s collision with Mr. Posner. It is clear that Vladimir Vladimirovich did not say anything particularly new. No, of course, people who watch only Channel One and NTV were pretty surprised to hear (for the first time, probably) criticism of the system, and not of the opposition.

Another funny thing is: it turns out, based on the words of Deputy Kostunov, that one cannot speak badly about the Russian judicial system and the Investigative Committee. Yes, as about a dead man, you understood everything correctly. Either nothing or good. “Good” is like a two-room apartment, “nothing” is like in the Duma or in the Government.

And now all the Kostunovs there are terrified by the fact that some sad little bald guy with a burry pronunciation and a love for old jokes says something negative on Channel One, in a program whose ratings are much lower than news ratings. “How dare he!” - they are indignant. - “Let him either apologize or leave the channel!” It’s good that they didn’t demand to perform ritual hara-kiri after that...

And you say that oppositionists are not allowed on state channels. Yes, if you give the same Udaltsov or Yashin five minutes on air, they will say such things that their vigilant Kostunov will demand to be shot. And preferably live. For undermining stability and inciting hatred towards swindlers, thieves and other morally deformed individuals. And Comrade Markin will say that he does not believe in the execution.

Indeed, what kind of execution in our democratic country with the best court in the world and ideal elections?

It’s good that fellow party member Zheleznyak stopped his heroic colleague in the fight for honesty on Channel One. Indeed, it turns out badly: influencing editorial policy, banning freedom of speech... You can mock for a long time, but it won’t make us any better - along with kidnappings, the state introduces complete censorship of public media, prohibits even mentioning the shortcomings of the system .

“Comrades! The party does everything right!..” Oh yes, it seems they are still going to pass a law banning criticism of parties, so soon we will be saying with a sad smile, “The party always does everything right. Of course, it’s a party, it’s made up of people, and people don’t make mistakes, since they’re in the party.”...

So everything will be, eh, Comrade Kostunov? What if you think about it?