Eternal femininity

Notes on the margins of an unannounced presidential campaign

It all started with the fact that several quite popular people from the Nashi movement on the net, who now portray liberals in power, suddenly began to discuss without any reason - would it be good or bad if a woman suddenly became the president of Russia? According to their calculations, it turned out that yes, it would be very good. That, if, of course, you do not take into account Vladimir Putin, a woman is almost an ideal option.

Then one respected publication pleased with the “leak” - it turns out that there is also a discussion in the presidential administration: should candidate number one be nominated as a “sparring partner” as a rival? Are there few worthy women in Russia? In general, in Russia, as you know, there are more women than men, and many of them are very worthy.

So it turned out that the ex-Nashists were not just having idle conversations, but were preparing the ground within the framework of the approved media plan. But it's still half the trouble.

Another respected publication responded to the publication of colleagues and issued a comic note that the best candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation could be a well-known TV presenter and part-time secular party girl. The leading and part-time secular party girl did not understand the joke and attacked the respected publication with devastating criticism, accusing the authors of the article of spreading deliberately false rumors.

So it turned out that the ex-Nashists were not just having idle conversations, but were preparing the ground within the framework of the approved media plan. But it's still half the trouble

All this, however, did not prevent several political columnists from publishing texts in both respected and moderately respected publications about whether a well-known TV presenter is worthy of being the president of Russia. There was something like a controversy, passions flared up, well-known feminists boiled over.

And if the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, had not changed the agenda with an imperious gesture, having mobilized the Muslims of the Russian Federation to protect the Muslims of Myanmar, the news might have been discussed until now. The texts would have multiplied, their authors would have pretended not to understand a simple thing: Putin will always be here.

And yes, of course, if you think about it, it's quite a debatable question. A woman would certainly have coped with the work of the president no worse than a man, in favor of such a position there are a lot of examples from world practice and personal life. There are also arguments against, they would be easily picked up by supporters of traditional values, amusing connoisseurs and once again reminding how confidently the homeland is moving along the road to savagery.

But all those who managed to argue about the prospects for the appearance of a woman candidate in the election campaign boldly and confidently ignored one important nuance: none of the political parties, systemic or non-systemic, announced their desire to nominate a woman candidate. No political movements, social groups, etc. did not declare such intentions. It's just some unnamed figures from the presidential administration who decided that it would be nice to somehow stir up interest in the elections, to make such a feint.

We are not surprised by such things. We are calm and understanding about the fact that the country's main elections are a moderately interesting performance, the script of which is hastily written by nameless people from the administration. This is the norm.

And this, probably, speaks more about the upcoming elections than Vladimir Putin's tour of the regions, the bright speeches of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the pale speeches of Gennady Zyuganov and other dull tinsel.