"Cosmists, guys, you are weak"

Meeting of Russian Planet journalists with the new editor -in -chief. Deciphering the conversation

On December 2, the editors of the Russian Planet publication met with the new leadership of the project. A few hours earlier, the former editor -in -chief of the site Pavel Terenikov was fired. His place will be taken by the publisher of the RP, Alexander Isaev, who “supervised” the “planet” by investors (Morton construction company near Moscow). Isaev announced to reporters about the fundamental “change of course”. As it turned out, under Pryanikov, investors did not suit the “eclecticism” of the site, its commitment to European values ​​and the general “lack of cosmism”.

At the disposal of Medusa was an audio recording of the meeting of the editorial office with Isaev. The new leadership speaks about its plans for the “Russian planet” evasively - the site should “reflect” Russia “as a sovereign country, Russian civilization”.

Decoding is published with minimal reductions.

Alexander Isaev, publisher of the Russian Planet: Well, you are aware of, since today you have a new chief editor. It's me. Mr. Pryanikov left us by mutual agreement of the parties. Accordingly, the “Russian planet” will now change dramatically. A new concept of the publication will be developed, it will affect the editorial policy, there will still be a radical change in design and management structure. First of all, in fact, the editorial office will create several edits in the areas of politics, society with its editor -in -chief; Peace, weapons, defense and so on, and the like. The total number of the editorial staff, which I was developed by me still with Pasha Pryanikov, increases quite significantly. If about 50 people work now, including those who serve you, clean up you ... ( a restrained laughter is heard ). By the way, I am not funny. At all. The staffing is almost doubled - up to 102 people. This is a plan that will be implemented in the near future.

As for the editorial policy, in the coming days it will be developed. The editorial policy will take into account the interests of the investor and owner of the Russian Planet company, which I am.

I would like to introduce you to some gentlemen - maybe you know them. First of all, Vladimir Devonkov, this is my deputy. Alexander Rudakov and Eduard Eidin are two chief editors who will now be responsible for developing a new concept of the editorial policy of the Russian Planet. It will be implemented and will be combined with the release of a new design that we have been engaged in August.

We appreciate you. We believe that the “Russian planet” under the control of Pryanikov achieved good results, no one hides them. This is a joint work, not only yours, but also other people who tried. Programmers that you call some phrases, designers, seoshnikov, be that as it may. We suggest you make a decision for yourself. The solution is quite simple - are you ready to stay taking into account the complete reformatting of the publication.

Editor: Can I have a question?

Isaev: We will try, as saying, less, because we have little time with the discussions, and, unfortunately, I feel bad. The questions are limited because you are a lot, and I am alone.

Editor: One question is simple - what is the reason for the dismissal of Pasha?

Eduard Eidin, the new chief editor of the Russian Planet: I can tell.

Editor: Tell us.

Eidin: All his fabrications that he, without warning and without talking to him, was offered to quit - this is a lie. Personally, I and several more people talked with him for more than two hours. On the one hand, I wanted to understand his conceptual views on what he is doing. Because the Russian Cosmism, which we, by the way, is very respected in the project, in any way on the pages of the “Russian planet” was reflected.

Cosmists, guys, you are weak.

We talked with him about European orientation, because he said that he was an adherent of European civilization. We asked him to tell what European civilization is. I'm not talking about the fact that it is continental, Anglo -Saxon - well, no, apparently. We asked him why Russia cannot, actually, build Russian civilization? Let's discuss, because we personally think that Russia is sovereign ... ( a phone call is heard, Aidin says the editorial office: “Let them write”, referring to messages on social networks ). We believe that Russia is a sovereign, self -sufficient country, Russian civilization

Editor: Tell us, what is the reason for the dismissal of [Pryanikova]?

Isaev: Let me say. Strategically, we parted at the point of view on the development of the “Russian planet”. I answered?

Editor: Yes.

Aidin: He also did not say that he would take time to think. He did not answer our proposal. Nothing answered at all! A person disappeared, simply dissolved on the pages of other people's publications. Somehow childish.

Editor: You said that he did not answer your proposal. And to what proposal?

Eidin: We explained. To date, the Russian Planet project, its main paradigm: that Russia is a sovereign, self -sufficient country. Everyone has their own political views ...

Editor: This is not political views, this is a diagnosis.

Isaev: Strategically, we parted in a vision of how the “Russian planet” will develop. All.

Editor: And now the "Russian Planet" will develop how?

Isaev: In two weeks you will find out if you stay in this edition. More questions? Only one or two.

Editor: just not entirely clear. Here you say: a cool project, indicators, but close it for inexplicable reasons.

Isaev: We do not close the project. It will exist and develop.

Editor: Do you know that the only thing that gave this project indicators is the quality of journalists, what happened because of Pryanikov's work? He hired often very inexperienced people here and literally in a few months turned them into high -class specialists, who are now instantly grabbed? And you have already invited people here who are simply unprofessional. We will not talk about their political orientation. You just destroy your project.

Isaev: I'm sorry. I will answer. Mr. Prynikov gave a staffing table with salaries and with a task - to pick people in a certain time. If Mr. Perenikov, whose editorial policy no one has intervened for two years, preferred to recruit and train his team for some time-this is his right. Only the question is different. During the discussion, we wanted to take already prepared journalists, we had a certain limit in time. This is important. We did not have 14 years old, like the Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru.

Editor: Do you mean now the correspondents of the newspaper "View" that we have already appeared last week?

Isaev: I mean the development of the project that took place. The information that the news department developed by itself or based on the training that took place here is one situation. We have Google Analytics, that since May we have a constant decrease in visiting from Yandex, you can’t argue with these data. That's all.

Editorial: We have the attendance data of the Rus project (the publication on the basis of which the Russian Planet was created - approx. Medusa ). Tell us right now - will we do it?

Isaev: We will make a “Russian planet”.

Eidin: What is the case with you? Do you agree to work in a new project? Stay - let's talk about who has a desire.

Editor: You don’t even have a concept to convince us.

Eidin: And we cannot take cats in a bag. Here the girl very subtly hinted that you are a high professional level, and here we came who were not unknown. I'm not going to compete. But I want to say that the analysis of the “Russian planet” is from the point of view of highly artistic, highly directing and other skills ... There is something to talk about. Secondly, the portal is eclecticism. There is no thought in the portal. Yes, guys. You, of course, are young guys, striving forward, but you still have ahead. To teach you, teach and teach.

Editor: Do you consider yourself a person professional enough to teach us journalism?

Eidin: Absolutely. Not even journalism, but life.

Editor: What will happen in these two weeks?

Isaev: In these two weeks it will be the following. In the near future - I think, by Monday, a new concept will be presented to me, after which a decision will be made to accept or not adopt, after which we can submit the concept to your consideration - in terms of understanding how much you are in the paradigm of the new concept.

See also: Platform of Russia. Journalist Sergei Smirnov - about the history of the "Russian planet"

Editor: In approximately a nutshell: what will it be about?

Isaev: It will not be, as you write, a pronounced Orthodox portal. In no case. Naturally, we will have, as now, the “Religion” section.

Editor: Well, except as apophatic - can you designate?

Eidin: Now I will give you something, and you will run, overload everything, and print. That's when you become ours ...

Isaev: Once again I explain: I, as the editor -in -chief, the owner of the publication can dismiss Pryanikov by agreement of the parties. Do you understand? Pryanikov and I found an agreement. We will document everything.

Editor: The whole point is that we are trying to think about something. We think up, because no one says anything to us.

Isaev: I have already seen how they thought out, I also read Facebook.

Editor: This is your task - to speak out and explain these decisions.

Isaev: I do not have to explain these decisions, believe me. The situation is that this is a legal and, in principle, a commercial organization that has an owner. In which there is an employee who has some relationships with the owner. If they find an agreement among themselves on solving some problem, it means that they found it. Pasha and I found this agreement.

Editor: Do you understand that you have succeeded only because over the past two months you have brought Pasha so much that he has left by agreement of the parties? Otherwise, you would have to deal with the labor collective. You may have heard about such a thing as the media law. According to the media law, you have no right to dismiss the chief editor without an agreement with the team. The only reason why the situation is now a little different - because Pasha has been brought to a state of very great fatigue.

Eidin: Has anyone touched him?

Isaev: I don't know how to comment. I am not a psychoanalyst and I can’t comment on who, how and what I brought Pryanikov to such a state of fatigue.

Editor: What were the delays in salaries in the last two months?

Isaev: Technical nuances. Now everything will be restored. I think the meeting is finished, thank you all, goodbye.

Editor: What are we going to do now?

Isaev: I think, while we are in labor relations, to work.

Eidin: Anyone can stay. Who does not want, can leave. There are no obligations. But I have to say the message. I really think you are good journalists. In fact. The fact that oars and windbreaks are directed in the wrong direction, to professional journalists, it seems to me, sometimes dealing, and sometimes not.

Editor: You confuse journalists and PR specialists.

Eidin: Can I finish saying and then I will listen to everyone with pleasure? I want to say right away that, unlike Alexander Nikolaevich [Isaev], I am ready for completely any discussions. It absolutely does not scare me. At today's stage, we, representatives of the founder of this resource (believe me, it is not necessary to be a journalist for this, although if anyone wants to read what I wrote, I will be happy to provide him with pleasure), today we believe that we are not satisfied with a certain eclecticism and orientation of this resource. You may have a different opinion, we are talking about our own. Today we see a certain conceptually different essence of this resource. And no matter how much Russian citizens waved their hands here that Russia is a self -sufficient country. Well, we see it like that. And we do not just see. We are in a certain opposition to what the authorities are doing today, we are in a certain opposition to what they are doing today.

We are completely not sure of what was done in the 1990s, we are not sure that everything was done correctly in the 2000s. We have our own point of view. We not only hold this point of view in our heads, but develop and present it for consideration to everyone. It will be presented to you if you work in this project.

You are journalists, experienced people, and must understand that Russia is a self -sufficient country of Russian civilization. This can cause rejection - they went to the publication one. This can cause another rejection - they went to the publication another. I understand that according to the law on the media, that for me it was a perfect surprise, the editor -in -chief is the project holder. I had to respect it. Yes, the editor -in -chief is the project holder. Therefore, we said, sorry, with the editor -in -chief, and not with you. The editor -in -chief knows everything about the new project. Here, put three exclamation signs so that it does not look so that he is so offended - we have our own attitude to the offended - and so it went. He knows everything.

He accepted, did not accept - I don’t know, he promised to think. But he knows everything that we were going to do. We gave him the direction of the new project. This new project was planned in time immemorial. No - it went, turned over, good, Russian cosmism, normally, let's see what happens. The editor -in -chief will turn out, the king, God and military chief - but also, please work.

I know very well the statistics of visiting your portal and I know very well how many users who go to your page, and your readers are really, and how many people pass by. The numbers are not comparable. If you see completely different materials on this portal, the number of users will slightly change.

Therefore, we are all interested in that you all stay, and try to interest you with a new project. However, he will not be fantastically different from Russian cosmism. Just cosmism is not yet visible.

Who wants to leave of his own free will, let him leave. We do not drive anyone away. But I want to tell you one sacramental phrase. I have a request for you - do not use it while you have complete freedom, while you have your own editor, replacing it while you yourself post materials. If the conversation that has taken place today appears there ... I'm not afraid, it's just indecent. And then I will speak with the person who put these materials not according to the law on the media, but as a man with a man. Well, or with a girl, I don't know. No, I will find girls with a girl. I promise that he will be very offended. I remind you what they are doing with offended.