Working up to ninety is great and easy!
The image of the dark present and black future of Russia. Pension reform, amicably supported by United Russia, will lead to unemployment and impoverishment of the Russians. Against the background of popular protests against the reform imposed on top, which the authorities covered with a ball game, Putin’s rating collapse was recorded. This is written by foreign publications.
I want to eat. Russian deprived of all rights. 1992 Photo of the Year (www.globallookpress.com)
On the "Military Review" you can find readers' comments, the authors of which point to the lack of interest from the West, from human rights activists, from the US State Department on pension reform, which in Russia are strongly pushed by gentlemen in power. As so, some commentators are indignant: the advocates of true democratic values are silent! “That is, I suppose, they categorically agree with this kind of democracy?” - inquires, for example, one commentator.
No, democracy advocates are not silent. In the largest Western media, we find a lot of materials on the topic of pension reform, promoted by the Russian government and the United Russia party. Another thing is that other Russian media for some reason bypass such materials side. And we risk looking through to read “The Washington Post”, “The Independent” and other “the” from abroad. And we will also pay attention to human rights materials.
Vladimir and Karl. 2018 Photo of the Year (www.globallookpress.com)
Large openDemocracy portal (oDR), an independent global media platform with over 8 million visitors per year, its pages dedicates analyzing social and political issues and even (oh, horror!) "seeks to educate citizens to defy power and encourage democratic debate around the world." Human rights - the main landmark of the site, and openness - the main method. This portal addresses “tough questions about freedom, justice and democracy.” Of course, the oDR stands for freedom in Russia and throughout Eurasia.
In late July, the site oDR came out material Anastasia Gein, correspondent for Znak.com, on pension reform in Russia. The report is called “The increase in the retirement age in Russia: six real stories.”
Six Russian citizens told the journalist what they thought about the upcoming reform. These six are among the first to experience the effects of pension reform. These are men born in 1959-1963, and women born in 1964-1968. In a few years they will reach retirement age.
Victor Moshkin from Yekaterinburg will soon be 55 years old. He is an engineer at the Sverdlovsk Regional Radio and Television Center. It works with electrical installations and devices (work in high-risk conditions). Already, he has "certain health problems." Who will need an engineer who will not pass a medical examination (employees of the company undergo a medical examination annually)? Already, Victor is not able to work at heights. “It’s impossible to find a job in 55,” he notes. And he adds that his colleagues are also excited by the pension reform. “I did not see anyone who would agree with this [reform],” he states. - Maybe the deputies in the State Duma don't care: their job is to sit in parliament. But our work is physical. ”
Marina Tsai from St. Petersburg - 51 year. “Despair is what I feel now,” she says. No, she is not an engineer, she is a designer in a small company. But the woman was about to retire in four years: she already has difficulty moving because of arthritis in her lap. In addition, one of her eyes sees poorly. Marina's work experience is 27 years. She likes the job, but she is not sure that she can work for a few more years. “If I lose my job, I will have no one to rely on,” she adds.
The next of the six is Catherine Denina. “My father will not live to retirement,” she says. - Because of this reform, our entire family will suffer. We live in Bryansk, my father Sergey turned 55 in March of this year, and my mother Valentine is now 54 of the year. On July 1, our whole family went to a rally against raising the retirement age. I also wrote a letter to the presidential administration. We understand that our father will not live to retirement. He needs constant hospitalization due to his state of health and his work, and we pray that he is still alive by the time he is 60 years old. My mother should start working as a cleaner, but the pain in the joints is so strong that she barely falls asleep at night. And the government asks them to continue working ... ”
Sergey Denin, in question, is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. His current job is difficult: he is a blacksmith, working on rolling stock. This job is very difficult to do in 55, and what will happen in 65? ..
Tatyana Astakhova, 52 of the Year, St. Petersburg, a health and safety officer at a construction company, said in an interview: “I have only one demand: the government must resign, and the president should be impeached.” “Just a year ago I was completely apolitical,” Tatyana recalls. “But now, faced with this blatant injustice, I want to do something ...”
Igor Sotnikov, 53, unemployed (making a living from investments), Ekaterinburg, says otherwise. He is convinced that the current scenario "we have already seen in Ukraine." People take to the streets, led by protesting persons - from Navalny to the Communists. First they talk about pensions, then they shout: “Down with Putin!” This scenario was run in Ukraine, and this is “the whole purpose of this reform,” Igor is sure. "Pension reform is initiated by the International Monetary Fund, whose headquarters is in the United States," concludes Sotnikov.
Yulia Voevskaya, postal operator, 50 years, Balashikha, considers the reform “a blow to the heart”. In her opinion, the “reforms” that the government is pursuing are “endless”. Julia did not plan to retire in five years, but was hoping to receive pension payments. “My vacation coincided with the World Cup. I happened to be in different regions of Russia. It all looked like a feast during the plague. Everything is great, people are funny, police are smiling, foreigners are happy. Meanwhile, the population is shocked, people are literally in tears! Because everyone in the regions is waiting: their mothers will receive their pensions, additional pennies for the family, or not ... ”
Oliver carroll in «The Independent» calls the bill on raising the retirement age in Russia "controversial" and reminds that it led to protests. For the project in the first reading only the ruling party "United Russia" voted. Moreover, several deputies of the ruling party, still known for their demonstrative loyalty, "mysteriously absent from the vote."
The controversial issue of pension reform has been repeatedly raised over the past two decades, but the government has repeatedly chosen a “deferment”. And it turned out that reform began to advance in the least favorable economic times. Most Russians from 2014 have faced a real wage cut. “The prospects are bleak,” the British columnist is convinced.
“According to state polls,” adds the author of the material, “the trust rating of Mr. Putin fell to a record low from 2011 onwards - below 38%.”
Even according to state sociologists (who, we will note in parentheses, the Western press traditionally does not trust), 8 from 10 Russians do not agree with the plans of the government. In Russia, there are protests against pension reform.
Critics accuse the state of the fact that the project of pension changes was announced without any discussion a few hours before the start of the football match between the national teams of Russia and Saudi Arabia. True, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov insisted that it was a coincidence ...
In some regions of the Russian Federation, the journalist reminds us that the proposed retirement age is lower than life expectancy: in Chukotka, in the Far East, the average life expectancy for men is 60,33, which is almost five years lower than the proposed retirement age.
“Putin’s hand” remained “strangely hidden” throughout the whole process of promoting reform. His press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, “distanced the president from the unpopular bill,” the journalist writes. State media “are under strict control,” they were even “ordered to avoid the word“ reform ”in order to avoid associations with“ chaotic ”1990 years, but instead adhere to a line emphasizing the need for reform. However, “an attempt to isolate the good king from the bad boyars may not turn out to be quite successful”: the president’s ratings “are steadily declining” in parallel with the decline in government popularity. This is “the first time that this happened after the annexation of the Crimea in the 2014 year,” the Briton states.
And here is another “coincidence”, the author writes further. On the eve and on the voting day, the Russian military released several videos showing tests of new weapons: Avangard and Dagger. Russians, Carroll reminds, as a rule, support the president’s foreign policy position, as opposed to domestic politics. And propagandists, apparently, decided to play on this.
Washington Post publishes material from the Associated Press.
It is noted that President Putin is apparently “trying to alleviate” public anxiety about pension proposals, and therefore declares that he will listen to “all opinions” on this issue.
Activists from the communist parties and parties advocating the liberal market held rallies around the country before the Duma vote. Protests show "unusually broad resistance to changes in pension plans."
Influential British newspaper "The Financial Times" ridicules Putin's attempts to give the people "bread and circuses." If the second (football) is all right, then the first is “difficult”. People themselves gave the Kremlin spectacle: in 45 cities (excluding those where the football championship was held), people went to protest rallies against raising the retirement age.
The ball game did not save Putin from a rating crash. His rating fell to its lowest level in almost five years. This happened even in spite of the fact that “the responsibility for the reforms was shifted to the unfortunate Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev,” the authors of the material say ironically.
Pension reforms will hit older voters and provincial laborers, who were previously an important component of Mr Putin’s electoral base, the newspaper reminds. The average life expectancy of men in the Russian Federation is below the new retirement age in 47 from the 81 region of Russia, the authors point out.
As experts have repeatedly stressed, the development of the country requires improving the investment climate, strengthening property rights and creating independent courts. Instead, “the Kremlin prefers to replace private investment with government spending, which is typical of Putin’s May decrees,” observers summarized. The championship is over, and now "the Russians will be poorer than they could be."
Several years ago, the Russian press laughed a lot at B. Obama: they say, not the president, but the lame duck. "Lame ducks" in the United States called presidents who went for a second term. On the second and last.
In 2018, Putin also went on his last date. (Some of his fans, however, think differently, even think of the royal throne for an irreplaceable president.) And since the last time in the Kremlin is last, popularity with the electorate is no longer required. And lining up in one row: the pension bill, the increase in VAT, the price of gasoline ...
Oh, of course, this is a joke! There is no row. All matches. There is not even “Putin’s hand” that foreigners often see. In dreams see.
Photo: twitter.com/navalny
Putin has nothing to do with it. The bad oligarchs, the liberal government, Medvedev, Navalny, Khodorkovsky, ukropropaganda, the State Department and the IMF are to blame for everything. These are all of them, and Putin alone is not able to fight off enemies. That is why he loses his rating, as a character of a computer game loses his “health”, on which various monsters press.
Comrades, let's rally around Putin! We provide him a rating in 86%! And even in 90! Working up to ninety is great and easy!
Or are we all agents of the State Department and all-propalschiki?
I want to eat. Russian deprived of all rights. 1992 Photo of the Year (www.globallookpress.com)
On the "Military Review" you can find readers' comments, the authors of which point to the lack of interest from the West, from human rights activists, from the US State Department on pension reform, which in Russia are strongly pushed by gentlemen in power. As so, some commentators are indignant: the advocates of true democratic values are silent! “That is, I suppose, they categorically agree with this kind of democracy?” - inquires, for example, one commentator.
No, democracy advocates are not silent. In the largest Western media, we find a lot of materials on the topic of pension reform, promoted by the Russian government and the United Russia party. Another thing is that other Russian media for some reason bypass such materials side. And we risk looking through to read “The Washington Post”, “The Independent” and other “the” from abroad. And we will also pay attention to human rights materials.
Vladimir and Karl. 2018 Photo of the Year (www.globallookpress.com)
Large openDemocracy portal (oDR), an independent global media platform with over 8 million visitors per year, its pages dedicates analyzing social and political issues and even (oh, horror!) "seeks to educate citizens to defy power and encourage democratic debate around the world." Human rights - the main landmark of the site, and openness - the main method. This portal addresses “tough questions about freedom, justice and democracy.” Of course, the oDR stands for freedom in Russia and throughout Eurasia.
In late July, the site oDR came out material Anastasia Gein, correspondent for Znak.com, on pension reform in Russia. The report is called “The increase in the retirement age in Russia: six real stories.”
Six Russian citizens told the journalist what they thought about the upcoming reform. These six are among the first to experience the effects of pension reform. These are men born in 1959-1963, and women born in 1964-1968. In a few years they will reach retirement age.
Victor Moshkin from Yekaterinburg will soon be 55 years old. He is an engineer at the Sverdlovsk Regional Radio and Television Center. It works with electrical installations and devices (work in high-risk conditions). Already, he has "certain health problems." Who will need an engineer who will not pass a medical examination (employees of the company undergo a medical examination annually)? Already, Victor is not able to work at heights. “It’s impossible to find a job in 55,” he notes. And he adds that his colleagues are also excited by the pension reform. “I did not see anyone who would agree with this [reform],” he states. - Maybe the deputies in the State Duma don't care: their job is to sit in parliament. But our work is physical. ”
Marina Tsai from St. Petersburg - 51 year. “Despair is what I feel now,” she says. No, she is not an engineer, she is a designer in a small company. But the woman was about to retire in four years: she already has difficulty moving because of arthritis in her lap. In addition, one of her eyes sees poorly. Marina's work experience is 27 years. She likes the job, but she is not sure that she can work for a few more years. “If I lose my job, I will have no one to rely on,” she adds.
The next of the six is Catherine Denina. “My father will not live to retirement,” she says. - Because of this reform, our entire family will suffer. We live in Bryansk, my father Sergey turned 55 in March of this year, and my mother Valentine is now 54 of the year. On July 1, our whole family went to a rally against raising the retirement age. I also wrote a letter to the presidential administration. We understand that our father will not live to retirement. He needs constant hospitalization due to his state of health and his work, and we pray that he is still alive by the time he is 60 years old. My mother should start working as a cleaner, but the pain in the joints is so strong that she barely falls asleep at night. And the government asks them to continue working ... ”
Sergey Denin, in question, is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. His current job is difficult: he is a blacksmith, working on rolling stock. This job is very difficult to do in 55, and what will happen in 65? ..
Tatyana Astakhova, 52 of the Year, St. Petersburg, a health and safety officer at a construction company, said in an interview: “I have only one demand: the government must resign, and the president should be impeached.” “Just a year ago I was completely apolitical,” Tatyana recalls. “But now, faced with this blatant injustice, I want to do something ...”
Igor Sotnikov, 53, unemployed (making a living from investments), Ekaterinburg, says otherwise. He is convinced that the current scenario "we have already seen in Ukraine." People take to the streets, led by protesting persons - from Navalny to the Communists. First they talk about pensions, then they shout: “Down with Putin!” This scenario was run in Ukraine, and this is “the whole purpose of this reform,” Igor is sure. "Pension reform is initiated by the International Monetary Fund, whose headquarters is in the United States," concludes Sotnikov.
Yulia Voevskaya, postal operator, 50 years, Balashikha, considers the reform “a blow to the heart”. In her opinion, the “reforms” that the government is pursuing are “endless”. Julia did not plan to retire in five years, but was hoping to receive pension payments. “My vacation coincided with the World Cup. I happened to be in different regions of Russia. It all looked like a feast during the plague. Everything is great, people are funny, police are smiling, foreigners are happy. Meanwhile, the population is shocked, people are literally in tears! Because everyone in the regions is waiting: their mothers will receive their pensions, additional pennies for the family, or not ... ”
Oliver carroll in «The Independent» calls the bill on raising the retirement age in Russia "controversial" and reminds that it led to protests. For the project in the first reading only the ruling party "United Russia" voted. Moreover, several deputies of the ruling party, still known for their demonstrative loyalty, "mysteriously absent from the vote."
The controversial issue of pension reform has been repeatedly raised over the past two decades, but the government has repeatedly chosen a “deferment”. And it turned out that reform began to advance in the least favorable economic times. Most Russians from 2014 have faced a real wage cut. “The prospects are bleak,” the British columnist is convinced.
“According to state polls,” adds the author of the material, “the trust rating of Mr. Putin fell to a record low from 2011 onwards - below 38%.”
Even according to state sociologists (who, we will note in parentheses, the Western press traditionally does not trust), 8 from 10 Russians do not agree with the plans of the government. In Russia, there are protests against pension reform.
Critics accuse the state of the fact that the project of pension changes was announced without any discussion a few hours before the start of the football match between the national teams of Russia and Saudi Arabia. True, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov insisted that it was a coincidence ...
In some regions of the Russian Federation, the journalist reminds us that the proposed retirement age is lower than life expectancy: in Chukotka, in the Far East, the average life expectancy for men is 60,33, which is almost five years lower than the proposed retirement age.
“Putin’s hand” remained “strangely hidden” throughout the whole process of promoting reform. His press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, “distanced the president from the unpopular bill,” the journalist writes. State media “are under strict control,” they were even “ordered to avoid the word“ reform ”in order to avoid associations with“ chaotic ”1990 years, but instead adhere to a line emphasizing the need for reform. However, “an attempt to isolate the good king from the bad boyars may not turn out to be quite successful”: the president’s ratings “are steadily declining” in parallel with the decline in government popularity. This is “the first time that this happened after the annexation of the Crimea in the 2014 year,” the Briton states.
And here is another “coincidence”, the author writes further. On the eve and on the voting day, the Russian military released several videos showing tests of new weapons: Avangard and Dagger. Russians, Carroll reminds, as a rule, support the president’s foreign policy position, as opposed to domestic politics. And propagandists, apparently, decided to play on this.
Washington Post publishes material from the Associated Press.
It is noted that President Putin is apparently “trying to alleviate” public anxiety about pension proposals, and therefore declares that he will listen to “all opinions” on this issue.
Activists from the communist parties and parties advocating the liberal market held rallies around the country before the Duma vote. Protests show "unusually broad resistance to changes in pension plans."
Influential British newspaper "The Financial Times" ridicules Putin's attempts to give the people "bread and circuses." If the second (football) is all right, then the first is “difficult”. People themselves gave the Kremlin spectacle: in 45 cities (excluding those where the football championship was held), people went to protest rallies against raising the retirement age.
The ball game did not save Putin from a rating crash. His rating fell to its lowest level in almost five years. This happened even in spite of the fact that “the responsibility for the reforms was shifted to the unfortunate Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev,” the authors of the material say ironically.
Pension reforms will hit older voters and provincial laborers, who were previously an important component of Mr Putin’s electoral base, the newspaper reminds. The average life expectancy of men in the Russian Federation is below the new retirement age in 47 from the 81 region of Russia, the authors point out.
As experts have repeatedly stressed, the development of the country requires improving the investment climate, strengthening property rights and creating independent courts. Instead, “the Kremlin prefers to replace private investment with government spending, which is typical of Putin’s May decrees,” observers summarized. The championship is over, and now "the Russians will be poorer than they could be."
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Several years ago, the Russian press laughed a lot at B. Obama: they say, not the president, but the lame duck. "Lame ducks" in the United States called presidents who went for a second term. On the second and last.
In 2018, Putin also went on his last date. (Some of his fans, however, think differently, even think of the royal throne for an irreplaceable president.) And since the last time in the Kremlin is last, popularity with the electorate is no longer required. And lining up in one row: the pension bill, the increase in VAT, the price of gasoline ...
Oh, of course, this is a joke! There is no row. All matches. There is not even “Putin’s hand” that foreigners often see. In dreams see.
Photo: twitter.com/navalny
Putin has nothing to do with it. The bad oligarchs, the liberal government, Medvedev, Navalny, Khodorkovsky, ukropropaganda, the State Department and the IMF are to blame for everything. These are all of them, and Putin alone is not able to fight off enemies. That is why he loses his rating, as a character of a computer game loses his “health”, on which various monsters press.
Comrades, let's rally around Putin! We provide him a rating in 86%! And even in 90! Working up to ninety is great and easy!
Or are we all agents of the State Department and all-propalschiki?
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