Waiting hall

On December 3, President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to the Federal Assembly. The address is not interesting because of what the president wanted to say: his message is contradictory and somewhat confused. He lacks a pivotal idea, a strategy that he himself does not seem to see. Maybe this is good, because at the current level of the Kremlin's development, a big idea would be false, bad and dangerous.

We welcome not what he said, but what was not in the message. No braces, no tightening of nuts, no clanging of an emergency. There is no Ukraine - it has disappeared from the horizons of Russian geopolitics. This made everyone happy - both supporters and opponents of the authorities. We are glad that there were no radical frightening statements - and we are glad to applaud this. This shows how the criteria for what we want to hear have decreased over the past two years. And I like it too, because today the authorities have plunged themselves into a state in which they no longer control their actions. It's better if she doesn't do it.

In general, the president's message was devoted to domestic affairs. Another thing is that it shows the disastrous state of the concept of our internal affairs: if something is not state, then it does not exist. Even among the non-profit organizations (NPOs) that the President honored with a mention, a group of especially valuable ones was singled out - those who work with the state. They essentially work with society, but if you want to say something good about them, they are described as loyal to the state and therefore deserving of monetary incentives. This is a deep philosophy. Sincere, but strategically dead-end.

A triumphant start is necessary from the president's point of view. As he thinks, so as not to disappoint the television majority, which for so long have been accustomed to fronts, assaults, launching rockets and destroying dozens of command posts a day. This should not be taken too seriously. Because it was a conversation in an empty room. It is interesting to compare with last year, when the people sitting in the hall portrayed in different ways some desperate enthusiasm, some radicalism, some agreement with the majority. Now it was a waiting room, I would even say a transit room: no one knew where he would end up with the next paragraph of the president. Therefore, with fear, the Orthodox applauded at the word "Allah." This team is easy to manage. Now signals are no longer needed - a simple wink without words is enough. Television focused the lens on the prosecutor Yury Chaika during the president's speech on corruption - and everyone was delighted. Everyone sees this as a big sign. In fact, it's a wink without words - and without obligation.

Finally, there was nothing definite for those people to whom the state cannot give anything: there is no extra money. I mean working people, not officials who sit on streams. People who are forced to earn money, for example, small businesses, did not hear anything there. At the same time, promises were made to create new project management, inspiring circles close to the budget. Already with these words, some begin to figure out a rollback and an office to manage these large projects. But this is not a signal for those who earn their money, and least of all for truckers who never made it to Moscow.

Television focused the lens on the prosecutor Yury Chaika during the president's speech on corruption - and everyone was delighted. Everyone sees this as a big sign. It's actually a wink without words - and without obligation.