Congress of winners

10 years ago, in September 2011, at the next congress of United Russia there was a sensation: the then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the then president, Dmitry Medvedev, announced that they decided to change places - this scattering then caused both shock and indignation, and changed the further course of the history of Russia. NT worked at this congress. That's how it was

Dmitry Medvedev was enough to refuse the second period for 20 minutes

20 minutes of shame. What looked like an intrigue a week ago-and the outcome of the parliamentary campaign, and who will still reign in the Kremlin after March 2012, in some 20 minutes
(so much the speech of Dmitry Medvedev lasted at the congress of "United Russia") gained clear outlines. Vladimir Putin on September 24 again became president (dictator?-On this on page 10), although officially this will happen only after his inauguration in May 2012. And Dmitry Medvedev, appointed the first in the Oser list and the future head of the White House, even though he was still the head of state and the supreme commander, publicly called who he was all these four years of his de jure of the presidency: a locomotive, who lacked the scale of the personality to take on the load of affairs to renew Russia (about the reasons-on page 8). The performance, during which Medvedev refused the second term, observed The New Times
At 9.30 a.m. on September 24, before entering the territory of the Little Sports Arena, Luzhniki, where the second day of the United Russia Congress took place, the activists of the “Young Guard” gathered. The leader of the organization, member of the Coordinating Council of the All -Russian Popular Front, Timur Prokopenko announced the participation in the congress of several thousand young guards. The day before, each of them received a special memo: in it in an accessible form it was explained what the congress is, how to prepare for it and how to behave on the rostrum. “Be sure to have a passport with you, not to take piercing items, firearms, there should be no smell of alcohol,” the party leadership instructed activists. - There should be no activists in sneakers, only shoes. 40% of the composition in jackets without ties. 60% of the composition in shirts without ties and jeans/trousers. ”

“Russia”, according to the direction, a separate paragraph in the memo, which was at the disposal of The New Times, was dedicated to the section “The task of Mger”. “It is necessary to active participation of all the young Guards in the support of the leader,” the document says. -The slogans "Ro-sie!" (At least 5 times), “People! - Medvedev! - Putin! " (At least 5 times), "Pu-Tina!" (At least 5 times). Call between a quick response group (GBR) MGER and regions. GBR: "Ve-naked, Russia!" Regions in response: “Vein-ruddy, Russia! (At least 5 times). The congress will complete the anthem of Russia. Every newlyword should sing a hymn. ”

The congress with a 15-minute delay was opened by Boris Gryzlov: he said that 639 delegates were registered on him. Until 13.00, when the Rossi-24 television channel began the direct broadcast from Luzhnikov, the wrestler Alexander Karelin managed to speak before the United Russia, the main “Woman of Russia” Ekaterina Lakhova, Shakhtar Alexander Kaminsky, who forgot his speech at some point, and actor Vladimir Mashkov, who said that he would not ask for money, and he came to “repay the debt”.

At 13.00, members of the tandem appeared in the hall. The hall got up. Vladimir Putin went to the stands, but did not have time to reach: he was stopped by the sounds of the anthem. The prime minister hesitated and listened to the anthem, standing next to the delegates. The first performance of the leader of the Unified Rosia took exactly 7 minutes. “Today we must decide who will lead the list of United Russia,” Putin said. - But I would like to start with another: everyone is expecting from the president, the chairman of the government of proposals for the configuration of the authorities after the presidential election. Agreements than to do next, have long been reached between us. A few years ago. But it doesn’t matter who will sit in which places. ” “Many suggested heading the list to me, and I am very grateful to you for this,” the prime minister continued. - At the same time, in recent years, practice has developed when the president heads the list. I think that this tradition does not need to be violated. I propose that the list is headed by the current head of state, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ”(Stormy applause, turning into a standing ovation. - Note the New Times).

Dmitry Medvedev rose to the podium on 13.09, he met 20 minutes, although he went to the main thought of his speech for quite some time: “10 weeks remained until the day of voting. (...) "United Russia" is a really pro -presidential party. (...) The proposal of Vladimir Putin is responsible and very serious. I accept it. (The stormy applause turning into a standing ovation stood up. - The New Times). " Finally, Medvedev moved to the main thing: “I accept it and now I will explain the reasons. The party should be freed from random people, should become more young and creative. If you entrust this work for me, I am ready to deal with it. ” It became clear here: Medvedev refuses the second term. Then he announced the conditions of his resignation: “I am ready to do practical work in the government and I believe that the party should support the candidacy of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for the position of president of the country. We will not give the country to those who want to ruin it. ”

“They did the right maneuver correctly,” Vice-Prime Minister Igor Sechin whispered at that moment at that moment, Dmitry Kozaku and Alexander Khloponin, who was sitting next to him. The officials were talking throughout Medvedev’s speech - he, in fact, already said everything. And Vladislav Surkov, the first deputy head of the presidential administration, and at that time spoke on the phone and laughed periodically.

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Responsibility to one person outweighed responsibility to the whole country

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Further, Vladimir Putin went back to Sofita: “I will speak loudly, the commanding voice has not yet been lost,” he joked. “We have large -scale tasks.” Then the prime minister moved to the presidential program speech about the re -equipment of the army and social benefits that are waiting for the country after his return. Medvedev listened to the speech of the senior comrade in the tandem, in whose favor he had just given the Kremlin, with a stone face. Having proposed to approve the federal list of the party, consisting of the candidacy of one Medvedev, Vladimir Putin announced a break for a secret vote. When the break ended, Putin announced the results of the vote: the 582 delegate voted for, 1 - against, there were no abstent, invalid ballot - 4. Total: 587 voted, although at the beginning of the congress he declared 639 delegates.

That is, 52 delegates urgently left the Luzhniki, learning about the change of power in the country?

Vladimir Putin suggested once again to approve the list. Everyone raised their hands. “Who is against it? Where is this one person? - the prime minister joked gloomily. - Where is this dissident? Well, in vain, it would seem. " But the dissident, apparently, became the 53rd delegate, escaping from the Luzhniki. After that, Putin again proposed to speak to Medvedev, and at that moment when the president rose to the rostrum, the camera broadcasting the congress on the website of the ER.RU Party, grabbed the face of the delegate, which was widely yawned - indeed, Medvedev as a political figure, as well as his words, were already of interest to anyone. “In the presidential election, we will recover our candidate (the camera showed Putin), and nothing else,” Medvedev promised. After that, he went down to the hall. To Putin. The Prime Minister announced a break in the work of the congress, tandem once again rose to the stands, thanked the delegates and left Luzhniki: in the Zavidovo residence near Moscow, the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych was waiting for them to discuss gas problems.

The bureaucratic reactions “Responsibility to one person outweighed responsibility to the whole country,” the New Times anonymously commented on the surrender of Medvedev, one of the high -ranking Kremlin officials. “Yes, there is no reason for joy,” Arkady Dvorkovich, assistant to the president for economic issues, wrote on Twitter, also, apparently, preparing for a resignation. - In the small sports arena "Luzhniki" it is better to play hockey. It's time to switch to a sports channel. ” “The main loser became (Minister of Finance Alexei) Kudrin, who was read to the place of the prime minister,” the anonymous source said. “Now he is nothing but the post of head of the Central Bank, and does not threaten.”

Putin’s return of Putin met with stormy applause, turning into a standing ovation, another Kremlin insider said that the decision on the castling was at least discussed for a long time. Although on September 20, one of the functionaries of United Russia, close to Vladislav Surkov, claimed in a conversation with The New Times that the tandem has been working on at least four options for the development of events at the congress. The inclusion of Medvedev with the first number in the Lists of Osra as preparation for resignation and transition to the government was only one of the options. The joint nomination of tandem members was also discussed; Another option is to keep silent and postpone the news announcement until November-December. Finally, there was even such an exotic option as returning the position of vice president so that Medvedev, having left the Kremlin, combines this position with the premier-this would be to become a relatively equivalent replacement.

The change of persons after Putin's break announced to work did not return, and lists of regional groups were posted on the party’s website. As expected, in a number of regions, large government officials will lead the party to the elections: Deputy Prime Ministers Alexander Zhukov (Kaliningrad region), Igor Shuvalov (Primorsky Territory), Victor Zubkov (Volgograd region), Igor Sichin (Stavropol Territory), Dmitry Kozak (St. Petersburg), Yuri Trutnev (Perm Territory) and Sergey) and Sergey) and Sergey) Shoigu (Krasnoyarsk Territory). The head of the presidential administration, Sergei Naryshkin, headed the list of United Russia in the Leningrad Region. Already the first analysis shows that a serious blow was inflicted on the people of the chief Kremlin ideologist Vladislav Surkov and the speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov (the latter are resigned after December 4). The “Gryzlovsky” deputy secretary of the Presidium of the Secretary General of the party Yuri Shuvalov, “Surkovsky” Sergey Markov, Sergey Belokonev and Maxim Mishchenko did not fall into the lists of “Gryzlovsky”. In a semi -passage place was the political scientist Vitaliy Ivanov close to the presidential administration. There will definitely not be in the next Duma and the leader of the "Luzhkov" faction of Konstantin Zatulin. But the head of the government apparatus Vyacheslav Volodin, who will most likely move with Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin will significantly strengthen his positions and can change Naryshkin as head of the Kremlin administration.