The verdict of the theory of small affairs

On the death of the vice-speaker: at first the Siberian regional policy died, and Alexei Kleshko later-he was largely a derivative of it

On Thursday in Krasnoyarsk, the first vice-speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the region and the famous television journalist Alexei Kleshko was buried. He was 48 years old, passed away of his own free will. Farewell to him can be interpreted as the verdict of the theory of small affairs, indicated with ultimate clarity.

Of course, the Voltaire “let everyone cultivate his own garden,” the idea of ​​honest fulfillment of his work (and there the world will change for the better) will live on, and in some times and in some spaces from it, it is quite possible for a west, but not in today's Russia. And, of course, the human soul is a darkness, there is nothing to try to reduce Alexei suicide to accusations against the regime neurotizing country, but still some things are mandatory for those who remain here to pronounce. So Vadim Vostrov, the head of the TVC TV channel, where Kleshko continued to conduct programs before his death, and his comrade, said: “Tragedies should set the meanings.”

Vostrov: “I recall our most difficult conversation - in the summer, after voting for pension reform. Alexei was suppressed, he understood that it would be difficult for him to explain to his voters why he voted “for”. This was the requirement of the system ( Kleshko in the regionalism headed the YP faction. - A.T. ). Then he realized that they were framed. Because the idea was this: a tough version of the pension reform was made (Alexey did not agree with it, as well as many in the country, in the region), all regional parliaments vote, and then all Vladimir Vladimirovich comes out and says: “Here's a softening.” And the script did not work.

It was difficult to be a hostage to this system, but he could not do otherwise. Because he did not think of himself without politics, it was his life.

And the system is arranged so that you either vote with everyone for the proposed option, or you are out of the game, and you have no chance in politics. Alexei accepted these rules of the game many years ago. And - became a hostage. He could not leave - he lived a huge number of projects, discussing these grants, libraries ... "

This really seemed the meaning of his life - projects in the social sphere and culture, they moved thanks to him, they gave money from the budget precisely thanks to him. And what? During the time, while Kleshko saved the library, and then modernized them, he was still engaged in a bunch of no interesting things to anyone, changing the mayors of Krasnoyarsk for the 18th time shifted tiles on three main streets, demolished fences, put fences, changed the curbs for the 27th time. The governors of the region inspected the process, cut ribbons. The public collected the used batteries and waste paper, planted trees (they cut them down a year later), released balls into the sky - either against the war, then for the ecology, then for all the good. Everyone was engaged in “small affairs”, cultivated the Voltaire kindergarten, did anything except that both the edge and Russia in general were required.

Alexey grew up in the years when the barbarism, with which Siberia was “mastered”, nevertheless tried to soften, and under the slogan about the “region of high culture” the Soviet regime built not only mines, melting stoves and barracks, but also theaters; Alexei was formed as a journalist and politician in the 90s, when the regional authorities did not first elected, and not appointed by Moscow, the thesis of the equal rights of the constituent entities of the federation, fair intergovernmental relations, a clear division between Moscow and the regions of authority and tax sources, carried out the country's agenda. And then, with the regional front, they figured out and restored in Siberia not even late-Soviet status quo, but primitive extensive management in the anti-human version itself; The current environmental disaster in Krasnoyarsk is the apotheosis of the center of the center. And all other politics was canceled here: they were cemented, vocalized, and passed.

And Kleshko, an ambitious young man, a star of broadcasts, has already come to it - to realize and take place. AND? He had all the makings to become one of the first in the movement for true federalism, but the topic was banned. At first, the Siberian regional policy died, and Kleshko then - it was largely derived from it.

Why is politics at all, how is it invented by humanity, if there is Putin, vertical, “united Russia”?

He was looking for himself in what was allowed and justified. That behind him are people, projects, specific affairs ... In some of the Americas, he would be one of the first. The man was born to conduct a symphonic orchestra, and he was put to listen to the “felt boots” on the balalaika and praise the performance. For this they allowed to glue cardboard boxes. Years later - tired.

If anyone suddenly is not yet visible, as a beautiful -minded theory of small deeds, this cardboard, ignoring real problems, the flight from the world and truth correlates with authoritarianism - see, for example, the research of Adorno and its followers. Yes, this is one and the same, just from different sides.

How many of them, their own among strangers, strangers among their own, justifying his presence in power by the same “small” motives. "People are followed by, I can't betray them." "I'm here only for that ..." "Here are only three things." It ends badly. In politics, small, non -core good deeds are certainly a dead end. Even for their trick, they lose meaningfulness and do not save from black void. (Since we have something with something and the salvation of children's lives passes through the category of “small deeds”, and “charity”, I’ll make a reservation: this is not small.)

Our acquaintance with Kleshko for a quarter of a century, but for many years have not communicated - it was finished with jokes, which resembled late Brezhnev times and internal emigration.

And there was nowhere to emigrate, except for work - nothing. Neither family nor children; The handwriting examination of dying notes showed that they were written in handwriting Kleshko in a state of severe depression.

The request not to arrange magnificent funerals; Do not blame anyone; About the reasons-only one thing: he could not survive the death of her mother (but she died in January 2016, and, no matter how he was attached to her, no matter what severe depression was, could this be the only factor right now?).

Alexei did not have particularly close ones - despite the fact that he was familiar with him, perhaps, half a city - he talked to everyone and there was a really people's deputy. The most common colleagues and comrades who have communicated with Kleshko now testify that he decided everything for a long time, he directly said that he did not see the meaning in life and thinks about suicide. But they perceived it as part of character, as fatigue.

The departure into itself can be saving for happy units. Already not for politicians. There, inside, if you deepen into sequentially, hell is no less. Well, it does not happen that it is bad outside, but inside it is good: reality outside the window is always a reflection that inside us.

The Vostorov, recalling that they are not engaged in an independent policy and do not say the truth-these people are either in prison or in exile, Tomsk TV-2 “closed by lawlessness”, did not want to hide his emotions about numerous comments in social networks-they say, Kleshko voted for pension reform, and he would remain like that in his memory. Vadim replied: “Does your heroism end in the surname Kleshko? Then continue to be afraid? Maybe he proposed a pension reform, he forced everyone to vote for it, he puts it for reposts? But now people should not think about it - after all, they are also responsible for the system that are in the country, not only elites, not only Lesha, but also people, people who have suited everything for many years? ”

This is not the defense of Kleshko, it does not need it anymore. And it would not be for me to write this, about Alexei could say the most faithful words of Zoya Eroshok - they were friends, and I think this will report a lot for readers of the “new”. Tell me who your friend is.

It is impossible not to think: why did their deaths come together? You know, if a person does not realize the essence of contradictions in his soul, breaks in it, then this external life of his internal conflict will harshly expose and present. It works exactly the same way for the whole country-if some kind of community is preserved in our country, unity in something.

Krasnoyarski, saying goodbye to Kleshko, carried flowers to the large concert hall of the Philharmonic, where they came with cloves exactly a year ago - to two small photo portraits of Dmitry Hvorostovsky. Kleshko was buried on the day of the death of Hvorostovsky, a guy from the right bank of Krasnoyarsk, from the industrial zone, from the same simple family as that of Kleshko, who became a world star. He left Krasnoyarsk in time, then from Russia, and - took place.

And to all those who have continued to be taldy about the grave sin of Alexei for several days, it would be nice to understand that to weigh and decide not to them, the soul is not in their competence, in them - this country and this regime. Is it possible to forgive him - it’s better to talk about it.

And how much more the country will withstand when politics in everything affects even everyday ritual things, but it is not forbidden to do it? When people are forced to convince themselves that they are doing everything right, and do not believe themselves?

When an article by the Criminal Code “Bringing to suicide” seems almost a description of what is outside the window and in the box?