Doctors, not security forces

President and society rarely coincide in ethical and political assessments

The president’s appeal to the people turned out to be brief and contained only one factual news - the non -working week turned into a non -working month. The Russians will have to sit at home all of April.

At the same time, there was more political burden in this short speech than in the previous appeal, detailed, filled with specific, primarily economic issues.

Firstly, Putin did not mention the security forces in the role of the saviors of the Fatherland.

Neither the army, nor the FSB, nor the Ministry of Internal Affairs, nor the Ministry of Emergencies are named as the main institutions of the confrontation of the epidemic. Although it is known with what persistence the power lobby tried to use the situation without quotes in order to take the country under continuous operational control.

Secondly, doctors and volunteers are called real heroes.

This is the rare case when the positions of our editorial office and the head of state coincide completely. And not only in the format of the statement, but also as a requirement to provide doctors and volunteers taking the first blow, everything necessary to protect against the virus.

Thirdly, Putin actually admitted that in a crisis of a large country, a centralized dictatorship is more harmful,

What helps to cope with the call. And restarted Russian federalism. The heads of regions must act according to circumstances, based on the level of threat and own capabilities.

The mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin received special political support, which was directly called by the Moscow Mayor, who, focused on the security forces, and the media screwed to them, almost directly accused of seizing excess powers and an anti -constitutional coup in a single city. No, Putin said, Moscow took on the main blow and the most stringent restrictions are justified.

There is a hope that a non -working month will help stop the development of the epidemic. But it is obvious that he will cause a fierce blow to the economy and income of citizens. The president promised that they would be supported, but this time without specifics. And this is the third category of people who take on the main blow of a common misfortune. About them, as well as about doctors and volunteers, we will tell you first of all.