Without deity, without inspiration

The on the eve of the head of the Ministry of Education and Science, Olga Vasilieva, claims that she called her appointment "obligation", and not "deity." She stated this to the Moscow Agency.

“To the question“ How do you consider your purpose? ”I answered as“ obligation ”. In Russian, the word“ obligation ”is the need for what should be done. This is one meaning. And another meaning, more philosophical - the need for something arising from the moral law,” said Vasilieva. The minister added that it is necessary to increase the level of education among journalists so that they understand the semantics of "this beautiful Russian word" obligation ".

On Friday, on her first, after the appointment of Vasiliev’s interview, to the question of the correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda, what emotions she experienced, learning about the appointment, replied : “With regard to emotions, the Divine, if you understand. The deity of what you are doing.”

“I don’t know what Olga Yuryevna definitely had in mind, but I can assume. I think that she believed that God's will is coming up, which does not depend on her desire or the desire of other individuals. And what was to be done,” said Archpriest Alexander Abramov, the first deputy head of the religious education and catechization of the Moscow Patriarchat "Divine."

The journalist of KP Roman Golovanov apologized to Vasilyeva, calling this "work on mistakes." "The recording of the conversation was made on a recorder built into the phone. Dechanging the answer to the question" How did you learn about your appointment? What emotions did you experience? "Due to the quality of the connection, I incorrectly conveyed her words. Instead of" obligation "(the need for what should be done) indicated the" Divine ". I was insured by the commentary of the expert who explained the possible meaning of the term, the text was sent to the seal. Olga Yuryevna, I recognize my mistake and I apologize to you," wrote Golovanov.

On Friday, President Vladimir Putin agreed with the proposal of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to appoint Vasiliev the new head of the Ministry of Education and Science. Dmitry Livanov, who held this post, was appointed special representative of the head of state on trade and economic relations with Ukraine on Saturday.

Vasilieva - Head of the Department of Religious Science RAGS. The doctoral dissertation was defended on the topic "The Russian Orthodox Church in the policy of the Soviet state in 1943-1948." The presidential administration holds the position of deputy head of the Department of Public Projects.

Vasilieva is a member of the Council for Preparation of Programs on the course "Patriotic History" under the Ministry of Education. She is a member of the Commission on Religious Associations under the Government. In early 2014, Vasilieva participated in the organization of the round table about "conservatism as ideology of development" within the framework of the United Civil Front. As a supporter of the ideas of conservatism and patriotism Vasiliev, she repeatedly performed at closed meetings-seminars for the ONF participants, governors, teachers of social sciences, and the internal policy of the Presidential Administration.