Removed Putin

Surprises of remote format

Crisis is the time of new opportunities. So “our president,” as the host of the Vremya program Kirill Kleimenov invariably and with the same aspiration calls Vladimir Putin, has finally discovered the possibilities of modern technologies and now regularly communicates with officials and citizens via videoconferencing. And TV people excitedly tell how great he does it.

Program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" is going through hard times. Of the entire triad, only Putin remained from the name. Not in Moscow. Not in the Kremlin - in a remote area near Moscow, where entry is ordered to outsiders even in peacetime, and now even more so.

But what seems to be a weakness to others can easily be turned into a powerful strength with the ability. And the skills of the leader of the program should not be occupied.

“Vladimir Putin purposefully (this word is emphasized by intonation) holds industry meetings for two weeks in a row. This is an example of effective crisis management. No one has a universal recipe, and the president manually coordinates the work of industries,” opens the latest issue of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" Vladimir Solovyov.

“This week, quite unexpectedly for many, the political kitchen was ajar: how the president’s working day goes. Well, now we will open it more than the rest, ”the constantly vibrating author Pavel Zarubin vibrates from familiarization with the great and fateful.

In the frame, during one of the meetings with the governors, someone's hand reaches out to Putin. "Whose hand is this?" Zarubin intrigues.

“Putin wrote something and handed the paper to the side. Another hand extended from the side. The aide read the document and returned it to the President. Putin, knowing that a video camera was working in the hall, prudently turned the paper over.”

“The remote format brought many surprises,” the tireless Pavel Zarubin continues to reveal the “secrets of the Madrid court”. — There was an opportunity to see how the work of the supreme power is arranged. Here at Putin, right during the meeting, the telephone panel lights up. A low signal sounds. The question, of course, is who can call the president like that when he is busy. We managed to find out some details, we will tell you soon.

Again, nothing out of the ordinary. It's just that during the meeting Putin gives instructions to the heads of sectoral departments by special telephone. But Pavel Zarubin still rejoices: "When the governor hears the president giving instructions on his behalf, he cannot help but smile with satisfaction."

Zarubin's senior comrade and colleague Vladimir Solovyov is not stingy with praise: “Look what new methods of work Pavel and his team came up with. This, of course, just beautifies television.”

New methods of working with the population are being worked out remotely by the main character of this program, which also contributes to the decoration of TV. Putin now addresses his people directly every week, urging them to unite in the fight against the coronavirus, to endure a little more in isolation (he tolerates it), and life will get better. The people (especially on the Web) are already publishing “funny pictures”, placing three-liter cans of water in front of the TV, like Alan Chumak in the dashing 90s, when there were no other methods of treatment, except for liquids charged with a psychic, did not exist in nature.

Now the people finally have a reason for self-respect. Previously, only crowned persons and leaders of other states (including the Pope) languished in anticipation of "our president." Sometimes they languished for hours. Now the Russian people have the honor of languishing. And also for hours. And TV channels keep the intrigue, placing warning captions or a running line at the bottom of the frame to attract attention.

Before the last address on April 28, the caption, referring to the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, announced in advance: “After 15:00, Putin will hold a meeting on the fight against coronavirus.” People clung to the TVs and soon waited for the next notice: "Putin will hold a meeting after 16:00." The authorities are not late - the authorities, as you know, are late. We are waiting, sir. Half an hour later - a new version: "Putin will hold a meeting after 16:30."

There was anxiety. What's happening? Where is our president? Stuck in traffic? Late for a meeting? So he is remote, and therefore, no traffic jams, no high-level meetings.

One. Completely alone. Lonely and sad. Then a new caption appeared in time: "Putin will hold a meeting after 17:00."

Showed up after 5:30 pm. Traditionally, he did not apologize for being late. Yes, and it would be for that - people are still sitting at home in self-isolation. That's how they watch TV. Especially old people. The president’s heart hurts especially about them: “Let’s remember Jack London’s poignant story, touching to tears, “The Law of Life.” It talks about the fact that the tribe abandoned their old people, who became a burden. The children gave them some food and left, leaving their parents to be eaten by the beasts, leaving them to die. Can you imagine for a moment that it is possible to do with our parents, with our grandparents as in this story? I will never believe it. This is not our genetic code."

It is understandable why Putin was moved to tears: he himself is already a grandfather, he tried on the tragic outcome of the life of the leader of an Indian tribe, described in the story of Jack London. I shuddered. I also remembered Sparta, where sick children and infirm old people were thrown off a cliff.

That is, our president spends time in self-isolation with great benefit for himself: he reads works of art, gets acquainted with the legends and myths of the ancient world. Maybe he was late for a meeting with the people, because he could not tear himself away from another fascinating book. Happens.

The heads of ministries and departments, who had been waiting for a meeting on coronavirus for the same two and a half hours, listened to the poignant story together with the people and did not reproach the “chief” with a gesture or a word. Against.

“Thank you, Vladimir Vladimirovich, for your constant attention to the coronavirus,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin expressed the general opinion.

And Peskov said even earlier that this is Putin’s working principle - to delve deeply into any issue and become an expert himself, in this case, a virologist.

On Sunday, Pavel Zarubin will certainly describe this appearance of the president to the people in the most iridescent colors. Such is his job - to look for and find only positive in every word of Putin and inspire people with hope that with such and such a leader, we are not afraid of the virus itself. Lucky. It was just luck. This is not some irresponsible Trump. “Vladimir Putin is closely and firmly in control of the situation. From all requires active and quick action. Vladimir Putin will consider any delay as criminal negligence with all the ensuing consequences,” Vladimir Solovyov commented on the work of the president in manual mode in the previous edition of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin." That's the only way we'll win. And only with him.