Igor Aidman: "How Mikhalkov wanted to sell their homeland"

"In connection with the anniversary of Mikhalkov, many people write that he is a sincerely mistaken person, as opposed to the unprincipled" demons ", such as Surkov or Sobchak. I have a different vision of the situation based on personal experience. I will share my old" memoir "on this topic. History occurred in the spring or early summer of 1999. Then, in the conditions of uncertainty and permanent conflict in the power Elites, Mikhalkov was considered by many as a real candidate for the post of president of Russia, ”writes a sociologist on his Facebook page.

“I was ashamed to recall, the political consultant and the PR man, worked with different customers and was frivolously treated, as a non -binding game, for which they pay well. My old acquaintance Sergey K -Sov, the scientist, the businessman and official was an adviser to the Minister of Atomic Energy Adamov. He had an unexpected proposal. Listen to Igor, ”he said,“ I’m advising Nikita Mikhalkov, I need your help. ”

Meet. Sergei introduced me on the course of business. He helped Nikita as a specialist in atomic energy. It was about the participation of Mikhalkov in the upcoming elections of the President of Russia later. Mikhalkov was absolutely sure that the label for the Russian presidency was issued in Washington. According to Sergey, it was planned to receive American support for the director’s candidacy in exchange for a promise to transfer the nuclear industry of Russia to the international (read Western) control. To begin with, it was supposed to scare the Americans by the fact that the Russian nuclear industry is on the verge of collapse, threatens the world with an environmental disaster, unauthorized access to it of terrorists, etc. In this situation, Mikhalkov proposes to the States, in exchange for support and financing his election campaign in case of coming to power, to establish international control over the nuclear industry of Russia. The support of the Americans, primarily financial, was a prerequisite for making a decision on the participation of Mikhalkov in the elections.

But this is for the Americans. And to work for the Russian public, Mikhalkov non -trivial offers needed on the topic "How to equip Russia." From me, Sergei wanted to get some ideas for such a program. Moreover, my proposals were supposed to correspond to the Mikhalkov conservative-human ideology.

I remember very surprised, I did not take this situation seriously. But he did not offend his friend and wrote an almost humorous text about the revival of the zemstvo in Russia. There, I remember, there was a piece on the transfer of certain power in the rural area "Troika", consisting of a parish priest, director of the district school and hospital (or other representatives of the Zemstvo intelligentsia). This "triple" was to consider various economic and household issues, up to the resolution of family conflicts and the punishment of the submitted habits-scandalists. In general, I was staring as best I could. But Sergey said that the text "went with a bang." Then we still went to discuss these proposals with Mikhalkov’s people in the “Culture Fund”.

Soon Sergey informed me with a stink: “Nikita went to the United States, it would communicate with the“ Republican elite. ”After some time I accidentally met Sergey, and he disappointedly said that the project was covered, the Americans were not interested in them, Mikhalkov would not move anywhere. I would not expect anything else and therefore was not surprised.

In general, such a story was. "Every Patriot would like to sell their homeland, but not everyone would buy it from it" (imitation of Nikita Mikhalkov, i.e. Kozma Prutkov). "