Daydreams of the "leader"
I remember that not so long ago, Mr. Khodorkovsky was asked if he was ready to become the next president of Russia? The journalists from the French edition of Le Monde asked, and, answering this question, MBKh (Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky) said that now, they say, he does not have such a task, but if necessary, then, they say, he is ready ... work to overcome the crisis and carry out constitutional reform ”.
At the same time, the former head of YUKOS, speaking of the "presidential" task, did not specify whether MBKh sets tasks of this nature for himself personally, or if tasks are set before him by several other persons ... he or “not himself”, it is worth reflecting on the topic: “What? But what if?" Suddenly, MBKh will stand as a candidate for the upcoming (in 2018) presidential elections, and suddenly there will be those 50 percent plus 1 voter who came to the polling stations, capable of voting for Mr. Khodorkovsky. Well ... As they say, in the order of delirium, but still ... Moreover, MBKh himself is clearly dreaming of this.
Here one can, it would seem, be indignant at the very fact of such reflections - they say, what kind of "potential presidency" of Khodorkovsky is in question, after all, MBH was running out of time. You can be indignant (I myself am indignant), but the situation in this case is very original in our country.
About the situation ...
Indeed, the question may quite rightly arise: can Mr., who was serving time in prison for committing a crime, run for president of the country? The most surprising thing is that Russian laws in this regard are not just democratic, but somehow too democratic. The Constitution of the Russian Federation, which is going to "reform" MBH, in the article about the President of the Russian Federation does not say absolutely nothing about any prohibitions on candidate activities for those who were serving time.
Not so long ago, Maya Grishina, a member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, put all the dots on the "Y" in the issue of requirements for candidates for the presidency of Russia, cursing that a person with a canceled criminal record (if recognized by the court as legally capable) still has the right to be elected and be elected, because in the Constitution there are no prohibitions in this case. Great, you won’t say anything ...
That is, according to the current Russian law, even a criminal can become president (de jure), as long as only a conviction, including conviction for serious crimes, is canceled ... Just try a person with an extinguished criminal record to get a job in a school or in the internal affairs bodies ... Everything is clear - the road is closed. And the presidential post, it turns out, is so-so - ugh ... - spit and grind - run for a murderer, even a corrupt official, even a pedophile - if only there was a certificate of redemption.
Forgive me, this is not even liberal legislation, this is something beyond the brink of liberalism, which allows well-known "friends" of Russia to invest in the same MBH, in order to at least try to push this individual higher in order to realize their goals and interests.
However, there are elements that can cut off such fans to express foreign interests as MBH from the presidential race. The point is that a candidate for the presidency of Russia must permanently reside in Russia for 10 years, and also not have, in addition to Russian, any other citizenship, as well as a residence permit in a foreign state.
As you know, the ex-head of Yukos at this stage of his rich life, settled far beyond the borders of the Russian Federation. According to the latest information, Khodorkovsky lives in a house on the shore of a lake in Switzerland, and is in no hurry to appear in Russia. And no one can say with complete confidence today that MBH has exactly one passport, and this passport is Russian, just as no one can say for sure whether Mr. Khodorkovsky received a residence permit in the vastness of democratic Europe ...
In general, all this understatement about the status of the ex-inmate in the YUKOS case can only mean that if Khodorkovsky is going to "occupy" the Kremlin, then he is certainly not going to participate in the elections for this. His numerous interviews - after he “ironically” declared his unwillingness to engage in political activity, also “ironically” breaking his promise - indicate that MBKh is counting on some kind of Maidan embodiment in the Russian Federation. In general, it so happened that if a certain individual who calls himself a "politician" has something in the rating asset at the level of statistical error (like, for example, Mr. Navalny), then we are not talking about real participation in real elections. Everything is usually limited to open or half-veiled calls for a certain group of Russians to "act." The very action of these gentlemen is certainly associated with a "noisy crowd" going out to the city center under slogans like "We are for peace!" and so on. So far, thank God, it has managed, but this, as they say, is by no means a reason to relax.
So, what can the Russians expect if MBKh or such a “leader of the Democrats” as MBKh suddenly takes the helm? You can, of course, drive away these bad thoughts from yourself, but, as they say, you need to know your “friends” by sight and understand what, for the sake of satisfying “friendly” interests, they are capable of.
The first thing that the "Swiss reformer" offers is constitutional reform. Moreover, it is not at all the reform, as a result of which the clauses imposed by the puppeteers from the United States in the early 90s (for example, the complete independence of the Central Bank) for the "correction" of the independence of the Russian Federation will disappear from the basic law. The reform proposed by MBH from the banks of the Swiss reservoir is aimed at a significant expansion of regional powers by weakening the central government. It would seem, what is reprehensible here? On the contrary, the regions have more powers, more independence, higher internal competitiveness ... However, in the end, all this is proposed not at all to increase the competitiveness of the regions as such, but in order, as it was already in stories countries (both in the presence of the Constitution and in its complete absence), sow internal contradictions, revive destructive slogans like "Stop feeding the Caucasus!" or Voronezh will speak to a Russian from Pskov or Arkhangelsk. During periods of complete weakening of the central government, Russia has already passed the time of bloody fragmentation. And if you do not learn from your own bitter experience, then you should at least look around - there are enough examples in the current world.
Second from MBH: Russia's complete renunciation of its nuclear status. Take out all nuclear weapon to the landfill and methodically dispose of - Khodorkovsky's dream. Well, isn't this a gift to the “friends” of Russia, for whom the nuclear shield of the Russian Federation is that bone in the throat that does not allow them to revel in “exclusivity”. At one time, our "friends", rubbing their hands and swallowing saliva with pleasure, already "helped" us to get rid of our nuclear status - watching how we ourselves sent wagons with enriched uranium to our "partners", how strategic bombers sawed, in addition production defense workshops for the production of colander and graters.
Third from Khodorkovsky: Russia's future lies in NATO and the European Union. Is this with the aim of Russia becoming a testing ground for hundreds of thousands or millions of refugees from Africa and the Middle East according to quotas that Brussels will carefully allocate to us? This is so that Russian servicemen, at the behest from Washington, are sent to fulfill in the NATO understanding of "international duty" to serve the interests of the same "exclusive nation"? ..
Well, and finally, about Khodorkovsky's "program" (the June publication of the Voice of America, posted on Online "Oppositionist"):
Oh, how! .. West, then? ..
No, thank you ... We will think about our future ourselves ... Let the West think about its own future, and there, Michal Borisych, there is something to think about, isn't it ...
At the same time, the former head of YUKOS, speaking of the "presidential" task, did not specify whether MBKh sets tasks of this nature for himself personally, or if tasks are set before him by several other persons ... he or “not himself”, it is worth reflecting on the topic: “What? But what if?" Suddenly, MBKh will stand as a candidate for the upcoming (in 2018) presidential elections, and suddenly there will be those 50 percent plus 1 voter who came to the polling stations, capable of voting for Mr. Khodorkovsky. Well ... As they say, in the order of delirium, but still ... Moreover, MBKh himself is clearly dreaming of this.
Here one can, it would seem, be indignant at the very fact of such reflections - they say, what kind of "potential presidency" of Khodorkovsky is in question, after all, MBH was running out of time. You can be indignant (I myself am indignant), but the situation in this case is very original in our country.
About the situation ...
Indeed, the question may quite rightly arise: can Mr., who was serving time in prison for committing a crime, run for president of the country? The most surprising thing is that Russian laws in this regard are not just democratic, but somehow too democratic. The Constitution of the Russian Federation, which is going to "reform" MBH, in the article about the President of the Russian Federation does not say absolutely nothing about any prohibitions on candidate activities for those who were serving time.
Not so long ago, Maya Grishina, a member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, put all the dots on the "Y" in the issue of requirements for candidates for the presidency of Russia, cursing that a person with a canceled criminal record (if recognized by the court as legally capable) still has the right to be elected and be elected, because in the Constitution there are no prohibitions in this case. Great, you won’t say anything ...
That is, according to the current Russian law, even a criminal can become president (de jure), as long as only a conviction, including conviction for serious crimes, is canceled ... Just try a person with an extinguished criminal record to get a job in a school or in the internal affairs bodies ... Everything is clear - the road is closed. And the presidential post, it turns out, is so-so - ugh ... - spit and grind - run for a murderer, even a corrupt official, even a pedophile - if only there was a certificate of redemption.
Forgive me, this is not even liberal legislation, this is something beyond the brink of liberalism, which allows well-known "friends" of Russia to invest in the same MBH, in order to at least try to push this individual higher in order to realize their goals and interests.
However, there are elements that can cut off such fans to express foreign interests as MBH from the presidential race. The point is that a candidate for the presidency of Russia must permanently reside in Russia for 10 years, and also not have, in addition to Russian, any other citizenship, as well as a residence permit in a foreign state.
As you know, the ex-head of Yukos at this stage of his rich life, settled far beyond the borders of the Russian Federation. According to the latest information, Khodorkovsky lives in a house on the shore of a lake in Switzerland, and is in no hurry to appear in Russia. And no one can say with complete confidence today that MBH has exactly one passport, and this passport is Russian, just as no one can say for sure whether Mr. Khodorkovsky received a residence permit in the vastness of democratic Europe ...
In general, all this understatement about the status of the ex-inmate in the YUKOS case can only mean that if Khodorkovsky is going to "occupy" the Kremlin, then he is certainly not going to participate in the elections for this. His numerous interviews - after he “ironically” declared his unwillingness to engage in political activity, also “ironically” breaking his promise - indicate that MBKh is counting on some kind of Maidan embodiment in the Russian Federation. In general, it so happened that if a certain individual who calls himself a "politician" has something in the rating asset at the level of statistical error (like, for example, Mr. Navalny), then we are not talking about real participation in real elections. Everything is usually limited to open or half-veiled calls for a certain group of Russians to "act." The very action of these gentlemen is certainly associated with a "noisy crowd" going out to the city center under slogans like "We are for peace!" and so on. So far, thank God, it has managed, but this, as they say, is by no means a reason to relax.
So, what can the Russians expect if MBKh or such a “leader of the Democrats” as MBKh suddenly takes the helm? You can, of course, drive away these bad thoughts from yourself, but, as they say, you need to know your “friends” by sight and understand what, for the sake of satisfying “friendly” interests, they are capable of.
The first thing that the "Swiss reformer" offers is constitutional reform. Moreover, it is not at all the reform, as a result of which the clauses imposed by the puppeteers from the United States in the early 90s (for example, the complete independence of the Central Bank) for the "correction" of the independence of the Russian Federation will disappear from the basic law. The reform proposed by MBH from the banks of the Swiss reservoir is aimed at a significant expansion of regional powers by weakening the central government. It would seem, what is reprehensible here? On the contrary, the regions have more powers, more independence, higher internal competitiveness ... However, in the end, all this is proposed not at all to increase the competitiveness of the regions as such, but in order, as it was already in stories countries (both in the presence of the Constitution and in its complete absence), sow internal contradictions, revive destructive slogans like "Stop feeding the Caucasus!" or Voronezh will speak to a Russian from Pskov or Arkhangelsk. During periods of complete weakening of the central government, Russia has already passed the time of bloody fragmentation. And if you do not learn from your own bitter experience, then you should at least look around - there are enough examples in the current world.
Second from MBH: Russia's complete renunciation of its nuclear status. Take out all nuclear weapon to the landfill and methodically dispose of - Khodorkovsky's dream. Well, isn't this a gift to the “friends” of Russia, for whom the nuclear shield of the Russian Federation is that bone in the throat that does not allow them to revel in “exclusivity”. At one time, our "friends", rubbing their hands and swallowing saliva with pleasure, already "helped" us to get rid of our nuclear status - watching how we ourselves sent wagons with enriched uranium to our "partners", how strategic bombers sawed, in addition production defense workshops for the production of colander and graters.
Third from Khodorkovsky: Russia's future lies in NATO and the European Union. Is this with the aim of Russia becoming a testing ground for hundreds of thousands or millions of refugees from Africa and the Middle East according to quotas that Brussels will carefully allocate to us? This is so that Russian servicemen, at the behest from Washington, are sent to fulfill in the NATO understanding of "international duty" to serve the interests of the same "exclusive nation"? ..
Well, and finally, about Khodorkovsky's "program" (the June publication of the Voice of America, posted on Online "Oppositionist"):
The West must think about the future of Russia.
Oh, how! .. West, then? ..
No, thank you ... We will think about our future ourselves ... Let the West think about its own future, and there, Michal Borisych, there is something to think about, isn't it ...
- Alexei Volodin
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