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Âñòðå÷à Ìàøè Ãåññåí è Ïóòèíà

 
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Ìàøà Ãåññåí: «Çà íåäåëþ äî âñòðå÷è ÿ íà Ïóòèíà íàîðàëà»


Ïóòèí ïðåäëîæèë Ìàøå Ãåññåí îñòàòüñÿ ãëàâíûì ðåäàêòîðîì «Âîêðóã câåòà». Ñïåöèàëüíî äëÿ ÁÃ îíà ðàññêàçûâàåò, êàêîå ðåøåíèå ïðèíÿòî, êàê ïðîõîäèëà áåñåäà è êòî àâòîð èäåè ïîëåòà ñî ñòåðõàìè

«ß ëþáëþ ïòè÷åê, êîøå÷åê, çâåðóøåê», — ñîîáùèë ìíå ïðåçèäåíò, çàäàâàÿ òîí íàøåé âñòðå÷è. Òî åñòü îí ãîâîðèë, êàê ãåðîé ïëîõîãî ðîìàíà, äâóõìåðíûé ïåðñîíàæ, èçúÿñíÿþùèéñÿ èñêëþ÷èòåëüíî øòàìïàìè. Íó, èëè êàê ãåðîé ìîåé êíèæêè î íåì ñàìîì.

Çà íåäåëþ äî âñòðå÷è ÿ íà Ïóòèíà íàîðàëà. Äåëî â òîì, ÷òî íàêàíóíå ìû ñ ïîäðóãàìè èçðÿäíî âûïèëè ïî ïîâîäó ìîåãî óâîëüíåíèÿ ñ ïîñòà ãëàâíîãî ðåäàêòîðà èçäàòåëüñêîãî äîìà «Âîêðóã ñâåòà», ïðîèçîøåäøåãî ïîòîìó, ÷òî ÿ îòêàçàëàñü îòïðàâëÿòü êîððåñïîíäåíòîâ ïèñàòü î ìèññèè Ïóòèíà ïî ñïàñåíèþ ñòåðõîâ. À óòðîì ìíå íàäî áûëî âñòàâàòü â 6 è ëåòåòü ïî äåëàì â Ïðàãó. È âîò ÿ åäó â òàêñè, è ó ìåíÿ çâîíèò òåëåôîí. Íîìåð íå îïðåäåëÿåòñÿ.

— Ìàðèÿ Àëåêñàíäðîâíà? Íå âåøàéòå òðóáêó. Ñåé÷àñ ÿ âàñ ñîåäèíþ.
ß íå âåøàþ òðóáêó ìèíóòû äâå — è ñòðåìèòåëüíî çâåðåþ.
— Ìàðèÿ Àëåêñàíäðîâíà? — óæå äðóãîé ãîëîñ. — ß âàñ ñåé÷àñ ñîåäèíþ.
— Ñ êåì âû ìåíÿ ñîåäèíèòå? — îêîí÷àòåëüíî òåðÿþ òåðïåíèå ÿ. — ×òî ýòî âîîáùå òàêîå? Ìîæåò, âû ïðåäñòàâèòåñü õîòÿ áû?
— Ïóòèí Âëàäèìèð Âëàäèìèðîâè÷.
— Íó, çäðàâñòâóéòå.
— ß ñëûøàë, ÷òî âàñ óâîëèëè. È ÷òî ÿ íåâîëüíî ñòàë âèíîâíèêîì ýòîãî ñîáûòèÿ. ß õî÷ó âûðàçèòü ñâîå ñîæàëåíèå. Âîîáùå âñå, ÷òî ÿ äåëàþ â ýòîé îáëàñòè, íå äîëæíî èìåòü íèêàêîãî îòíîøåíèÿ ê ïîëèòèêå. Íî äëÿ ÷åëîâåêà â ìîåì ïîëîæåíèè î÷åíü òÿæåëî...

Îí âçäîõíóë. ß äóìàëà î òîì, ÷òî ñåé÷àñ ìíå íàäî âûñêàçàòü âñå, ÷òî ÿ äóìàþ î åãî ïðèðîäîîõðàííîé äåÿòåëüíîñòè. Íî ñíà÷àëà íàäî óáåäèòüñÿ, ÷òî ýòî íå ðîçûãðûø. Ïîýòîìó ÿ, ïîæàëóé, ñêàæó ÷òî-òî âðîäå: «Íó, åñëè âû — òîò, çà êîãî ñåáÿ âûäàåòå...»

— Ïîýòîìó, åñëè âû íå âîçðàæàåòå, — ïðîäîëæèë ìîé ñîáåñåäíèê, — òî ÿ õîòåë áû âñòðåòèòüñÿ ñ âàìè è îáñóäèòü ýòî.
— ß íå ïðîòèâ, — ñêàçàëà ÿ, êàê ðàç êîãäà òàêñè ïîðàâíÿëîñü ñ êëàäáèùåì, íà êîòîðîì ïîõîðîíåí Êàôêà. — Íî îòêóäà ÿ çíàþ, ÷òî ýòî íå ðîçûãðûø?

×åðåç íåäåëþ ÿ îêàçàëàñü â êðåìëåâñêîì áóôåòå (äâîéíîé ýñïðåññî — 15 ð., ÷àé ñ ëèìîíîì — 10 ð.). Êàæåòñÿ, ýòî áûë íå ðîçûãðûø. Ìíå óæå òî÷íî áûëî ïîðà ñôîðìóëèðîâàòü, ÷òî ÿ õî÷ó ñêàçàòü Ïóòèíó î åãî ïðèðîäîîõðàííîé äåÿòåëüíîñòè. Áëàãî, âðåìÿ íà ýòî áûëî: ïî ïðîñüáå ïðåññ-ñëóæáû ÿ ïðèåõàëà çà 45 ìèíóò äî íàçíà÷åííîé âñòðå÷è, à ñàì ïðåçèäåíò îïàçäûâàë — êàê âûÿñíèëîñü, ðîâíî íà äâà ÷àñà, ÷òî ïî åãî ìåðêàì íåìíîãî. ß áëàãîðàçóìíî âçÿëà ñ ñîáîé êíèæêó: çàìå÷àòåëüíóþ «Birds of Heaven» Ïèòåðà Ìàòòèññåíà, î æóðàâëÿõ.

«ß íå ïðîòèâ, — ñêàçàëà ÿ, êàê ðàç êîãäà òàêñè ïîðàâíÿëîñü ñ êëàäáèùåì, íà êîòîðîì ïîõîðîíåí Êàôêà. — Íî îòêóäà ÿ çíàþ, ÷òî ýòî íå ðîçûãðûø?»
Ïðèçíàòüñÿ, äî ïðîøëîé íåäåëè ÿ ìàëî äóìàëà î æóðàâëÿõ.  îòëè÷èå îò Ïóòèíà, ÿ çâåðóøåê, êðîìå ñâîèõ ñîáñòâåííûõ, íèêàê ñïåöèàëüíî íå ëþáëþ, à ïòèö òàê è âîâñå áîþñü. Íî Ìàòòèññåí çàìå÷àòåëüíî îïèñûâàåò æóðàâëåé — ñàìûõ êðóïíûõ èç ëåòàþùèõ ïòèö, ñðåäè êîòîðûõ ñòåðõè âûäåëÿþòñÿ ñâîåé êðàñîòîé. Òî åñòü âûáîð ñòåðõîâ ñðîäíè âûáîðó àìóðñêîãî òèãðà, ñíåæíîãî áàðñà, áåëîãî ìåäâåäÿ: âñÿêèé ðàç, óêðîùàÿ î÷åðåäíîãî äèêîãî ãèãàíòà, Ïóòèí äåìîíñòðèðóåò, ÷òî îí — öàðü çâåðåé.

Íî ñêàçàòü ÿ åìó õîòåëà äðóãîå. Âîò êàê ôîðìóëèðóåò Ìàòòèññåí: «Åñëè âû äåéñòâèòåëüíî ïîíÿëè æóðàâëÿ — èëè ëèñòüÿ, èëè îáëàêî, èëè ëÿãóøêó, — âû ïîíÿëè âñå.  óñëîâèÿõ óñóãóáëÿþùåãîñÿ äåôèöèòà ÷èñòîé âîäû è íàäâèãàþùåéñÿ êîíêóðåíöèè çà ýòîò ðåñóðñ — à ýòà êîíêóðåíöèÿ ìîæåò ñòàòü ãëàâíûì êðèçèñîì íîâîãî òûñÿ÷åëåòèÿ äëÿ âñåõ ôîðì æèçíè íà çåìëå — ñóäüáà Homo ìîæåò ìàëî îòëè÷àòüñÿ îò ñóäüáû Grus (æóðàâëåé. — ÌÃ)».  Ðîññèè, â ðåñïóëèêå Êîìè, ïî âåñíå òåêóò ÷åðíûå ðåêè, ïîòîìó ÷òî êàæäûé ãîä â íèõ âûëèâàåòñÿ ñòîëüêî íåôòè, ñêîëüêî âûëèëîñü âî âðåìÿ êàòàñòðîôû â Ëóèçèàíå â 2010 ãîäó. Íà Áàéêàëå — äðåâíåéøåì è ñàìîì ãëóáîêîì îçåðå ìèðà — ïðîäîëæàåò äåéñòâîâàòü öåëëþëîçíûé êîìáèíàò, ïðè÷åì ýòî îáåñïå÷åíî ëè÷íûì âìåøàòåëüñòâîì Ïóòèíà, óáåäèâøåãîñÿ, ïîïëàâàâ íà ìèíè-ñóáìàðèíå, ÷òî Áàéêàë äîñòàòî÷íî ÷èñò. Òàê âîò, ìíå õîòåëîñü ñêàçàòü, â òàêèõ óñëîâèÿõ ïûòàòüñÿ ñïàñàòü ñòåðõîâ è èðáèñîâ — áåñïîëåçíî, à äåëàòü èõ ñïàñåíèå ãëàâíûì ýêîëîãè÷åñêèì ïðèîðèòåòîì ãîñóäàðñòâà — ëèöåìåðèå.

Ïðåæäå ÷åì ñêàçàòü, ÷òî îí ëþáèò çâåðóøåê, Ïóòèí ñïðîñèë ìåíÿ, íðàâèëîñü ëè ìíå ðàáîòàòü ãëàâíûì ðåäàêòîðîì «Âîêðóã ñâåòà» èëè «âû óæå õîòåëè ÷òî-òî èçìåíèòü è âû ñ÷èòàåòå, ÷òî ñòàòóñ ãîíèìîãî æóðíàëèñòà ïîìîæåò âàøåé êàðüåðå».

Ìíå íðàâèëîñü. È ÿ äîâîëüíà ñâîåé êàðüåðîé.

— Òîãäà ìîæåì ïðîäîëæàòü ðàçãîâîð, — ñêàçàë Ïóòèí è ïðîäîëæèë ìîíîëîã. Ñêàçàë, ÷òî «èñòîðèþ ñî ñòåðõàìè» ïðèäóìàë ñàìîëè÷íî. ß óäèâèëàñü: ñïàñåíèåì ñòåðõîâ óæå íåñêîëüêî äåñÿòèëåòèé çàíèìàåòñÿ îäèí è òîò æå ÷åëîâåê è çîâóò åãî ñîâñåì íå Ïóòèí. Ïðåçèäåíò ïîÿñíèë, ÷òî ðàíüøå â Ðîññèè áûëà ïðîãðàììà ïî ïåðåñåëåíèþ ñòåðõîâ — òàêàÿ æå, êàê â Àìåðèêå, — à ïîòîì åå ïåðåñòàëè ôèíàíñèðîâàòü, à ïîòîì îá ýòîì ïðîñëûøàë Ïóòèí è ïðèäóìàë åå îïÿòü íà÷àòü ôèíàíñèðîâàòü. È äàæå êóïèë äåëüòàïëàí.

— Òàê ÷òî, Ìàøà, âû áûëè íåïðàâû, — ñêàçàë îí. — Íî è âû áûëè íåïðàâû, — òåïåðü îí îáðàòèëñÿ ê Ñåðãåþ Âàñèëüåâó, âëàäåëüöó ÈÄ «Âîêðóã câåòà». — Òàê âîò ñðàçó, èç ïóëåìåòà. Íî â æóðíàëå, — òóò îí âíîâü ïîâåðíóëñÿ êî ìíå, — äîëæíà áûòü äèñöèïëèíà. Ýòî êàê â àðìèè: êîãäà íà÷àëè âûáèðàòü êîìàíäèðîâ, âî âðåìÿ Ïåðâîé ìèðîâîé âîéíû, ñðàçó ïðîèãðàëè.
Ïîñëå ýòîãî èñòîðè÷åñêîãî ñîîáùåíèÿ ÿ ïîëó÷èëà ïðàâî âûñêàçàòüñÿ î ïðè÷èíàõ îòêàçà ïîñëàòü êîððåñïîíäåíòà ê Ïóòèíó è ñòåðõàì.

— ß ñîëèäàðíà ñî âñåì, ÷òî âû ñêàçàëè î âàæíîñòè ó÷àñòèÿ ãëàâû ãîñóäàðñòâà â ïðèðîäîîõðàííûõ ìåðîïðèÿòèÿõ, — íà÷àëà ÿ ïðîòîêîëüíî. — Ê ñîæàëåíèþ, â íàøåé ñòðàíå âñå òàê óñòðîåíî, ÷òî åñëè ðå÷ü èäåò î âàøåì ëè÷íîì ó÷àñòèè, òî îíî ñòàíîâèòñÿ ãëàâíûì, à ïðèðîäà äîëæíà ïîäñòðàèâàòüñÿ. Âû, íàâåðíîå, çíàåòå, ÷òî êîãäà âû íàäåâàëè îøåéíèê ñ äàò÷èêîì íà òèãðèöó, òî ýòà òèãðèöà áûëà âçÿòà èç Õàáàðîâñêîãî çîîïàðêà. À êîãäà âû íàäåâàëè îøåéíèê íà áåëîãî ìåäâåäÿ, ýòîãî ìåäâåäÿ ïîéìàëè çàðàíåå è äåðæàëè âçàïåðòè, ïîä âîçäåéñòâèåì ñèëüíûõ ñåäàòèâîâ íåñêîëüêî äíåé äî âàøåãî ïðèåçäà.
«Ïîòîì âñå íà÷àëè êðè÷àòü, ÷òî àìôîðû áûëè ïîäëîæåíû. Íó êîíå÷íî, îíè áûëè ïîäëîæåíû!» — îí çàñìåÿëñÿ íàä èäèîòàìè, êîòîðûå âîîáùå ìîãëè ïîäóìàòü, ÷òî ýòî íå òàê
— Íó, åñòü ïåðåäåðæêè, — ñêàçàë Ïóòèí, êàê ìíå ïîêàçàëîñü, äîâîëüíî. — È ñàì ðóãàþñü çà ýòî. Íî ýòî æå ÿ ïðèäóìàë ýòèõ òèãðîâ! Çà íàìè åùå äâàäöàòü ñòðàí, ãäå îáèòàþò òèãðû, òîæå ñòàëè ýòèì çàíèìàòüñÿ. È ÿ ïðèäóìàë ëåîïàðäîâ! Äà, ÿ çíàþ, ÷òî ëåîïàðäà ïîéìàëè çàðàíåå. Íî ãëàâíîå — ïðèâëå÷ü âíèìàíèå ê ïðîáëåìå. Ýòî êàê ñ àìôîðàìè. Ïîòîì âñå íà÷àëè êðè÷àòü, ÷òî àìôîðû áûëè ïîäëîæåíû. Íó êîíå÷íî, îíè áûëè ïîäëîæåíû! — îí çàñìåÿëñÿ íàä èäèîòàìè, êîòîðûå âîîáùå ìîãëè ïîäóìàòü, ÷òî ýòî íå òàê. — Íî ÿ æå çà÷åì íûðÿë? Íå äëÿ òîãî, ÷òîáû æàáðû ðàçäóâàòü, à ÷òîáû ëþäè çíàëè ñâîþ èñòîðèþ. Âîò äàæå âû, íàâåðíîå, ñ âàøèì îáðàçîâàíèåì, íå çíàåòå, ÷òî òàì, â ýòîì ìåñòå, ðàíüøå áûë êàãàíàò, ÷òî ñòåïíûå íàðîäû ïðèíÿëè èóäàèçì. À ïîòîì âñå íà÷àëè ïèñàòü, ÷òî ÿ, êàê ìóäàê, äîñòàë ïîäëîæåííûå àìôîðû. Íî êòî-òî æå íà÷àë ÷èòàòü! — Ïóòèí ñòàë ïåðåëèñòûâàòü ëåæàâøèé ïåðåä íèì íîìåð «Âîêðóã ñâåòà», êîòîðûé, êñòàòè, îá àìôîðàõ íè÷åãî íå ïèñàë. Æóðíàë òîãäà åùå íå áûë àôôèëèðîâàí ñ Ðóññêèì ãåîãðàôè÷åñêèì îáùåñòâîì, ïîïå÷èòåëüñêèé ñîâåò êîòîðîãî âîçãëàâëÿåò ïðåçèäåíò ñòðàíû.

—Òàê ÷òî, — ñêàçàë îí, îáðàùàÿñü êî ìíå è ìîåìó áûâøåìó ðàáîòîäàòåëþ, — ÿ ïðåäëàãàþ âàì ïåðåñòàòü ññîðèòüñÿ, âàì, Ìàøà, âåðíóòüñÿ, åñëè âû, êîíå÷íî, ãîòîâû.
Âàñèëüåâ ñêàçàë, ÷òî ãîòîâ.

— À ìíå õîòåëîñü áû âûñêàçàòüñÿ ïî âòîðîìó ïóíêòó âàøåãî âûñòóïëåíèÿ, — ñêàçàëà ÿ.

Ïóòèí ñ ãîòîâíîñòüþ êèâíóë.

— Æóðíàë âñå-òàêè íå äîëæåí áûòü êàê àðìèÿ, — ÿ ñîáèðàëàñü â òå÷åíèå ìèíóòû âûðóëèòü íà çàêîí î ÑÌÈ, ãàðàíòèðóþùèé íåâìåøàòåëüñòâî âëàäåëüöà â ðåäàêöèîííóþ äåÿòåëüíîñòü.

Ïóòèí ïîñìîòðåë íà ìåíÿ è ëóêàâî ïîäìèãíóë:
— Ñìîòðÿ êàêàÿ àðìèÿ.
— Ëþáàÿ, — ñêàçàëà ÿ.

— Òàê ÿ çà ýòî âðåìÿ â ýòîì ïîäíàòîðåë, — íåîæèäàííî ñîîáùèë Ïóòèí, ïîäíèìàÿñü ñ ìåñòà. — Ýòî ìû ñ âàìè êàê-íèáóäü â äðóãîé ðàç îáñóäèì. Ñïàñèáî. Äî ñâèäàíèÿ.

Íàøà âñòðå÷à äëèëàñü ðîâíî 20 ìèíóò.

À â «Âîêðóã câåòà» îáðàòíî ÿ íå ïîéäó. Ïðîñòî ïîòîìó, ÷òî íå ìîãó ðàáîòàòü â æóðíàëå, ãäå ãëàâíîãî ðåäàêòîðà íàçíà÷àåò Ïóòèí.
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î âèíàõ ïðîñòî è ñî âêóñîì
Zabougornov
Äîáðûé Àäìèíèñòðàòîð (èíîãäà)


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: , 31 2012, 17:46:36     :

Èç å¸ ðàññêàçà ñëåäóåò ÷òî îíà åù¸ íå èçæèëà â ñåáå ïîêà õîëîïñêîãî íåäóãà.

Ïî÷åìó íå âåøàåò òðóáêó êîãäà åé çâîíèò íåçíàêîìåö è çàÿâëÿåò ÷òî îí å¸ ñ êåì òî ñîåäèíèò? Èëè îí òàêè ïðåäñòàâèëñÿ ÷òî îí, òèïà, ÎÒÒÓÄÀ è ÏÎÝÒÎÌÓ îíà íå âåøàåò òðóáêó. Èëè ó íåãî â ãîëîñå ÒÀÊÈÅ èíòîíàöèè ÷òî å¸ õîëîïñêèé íåäóã ñðåçîíèðîâàë è ïîýòîìó îíà íå âåøàåò òðóáêó Òåðïåëèâî æä¸ò (äâå ìèíóòû), íà÷èíàåò çâåðåòü, íî æä¸ò, æä¸ò ðàçãîâîðà ñ Íà÷àëüíèêîì.

Çà÷åì ïðèåõàëà çà 45 ìèíóò äî âñòðå÷è? Ìàëî ëè î ÷¸ì å¸ ïîïðîñÿò â ïðåññ-ñëóæáå! ×òî, äóõà íå õâàòàåò âåæëèâî ñêàçàòü ÷òî ÿ ïðèåäó ê íàçíà÷åíîìó âðåìåíè êàê ýòî ïðèíÿòî ó íîðìàëüíûõ ëþäåé ñîáèðàþùèõñÿ îáñóäèòü äåëîâûå âîïðîñû? Èìåííî ÷òî íå õâàòèëî! Õîëîïñêèé íåäóã íå ïîçâîëÿåò.

Äàëåå, îïîçäàë Ïóòèí. ÎÊ, ïîäîæäàëà 15 ìèíóò, äàëåå ïî÷åìó íå ïîïðîñèëà ñîåäèíèòü å¸ ñ íèì? ×òî, äóõà íå õâàòèëî? Èìåííî ÷òî íå õâàòèëî, õîëîïñêèé íåäóã íå ïîçâîëÿåò: íà÷àëüñòâî íå îïàçäûâàåò, îíî çàäåðæèâàåòñÿ.

Îíà íå â ñîñòîÿíèè ïîíÿòü ÷òî Ïóòèí åé íå íà÷àëüíèê.

Åñòü ãðàæäàíèí Ïóòèí è ãðàæäàíèí Ãåññåí êîòîðûå äîãîâîðèëèñü âñòðåòèòñÿ è îáñóäèòü äåëîâîé âîïðîñ íà ðàâíîïðàâíîé îñíîâå. Åñëè ÷åëîâåê îïàçäûâàåò áîëåå ÷åì íà 15 ìèíóò áåç îáúÿñíåíèÿ ïðè÷èí - ýòî íåóâàæåíèå ê ñîáåñåäíèêó. Õîëîïñêèé íåäóã íå ïîçâîëÿåò ãðàæäàíêå Ãåññåí ïîíÿòü ýòî. È ýòî îí çàñòàâëÿåò å¸ æäàòü åãî 2 ÷àñà. Îïîçäàë áû Ïóòèí íà 3 ÷àñà - îíà áû è òðè ÷àñà æäàëà, íå ïèêíóëà áû, õîëîïñêèé íåäóã íå ïîçâîëèë áû.


Íàñ÷¸ò äóðû. Ìîæåò è â ñàìîì äåëå äóðà åñëè äóìàåò ÷òî âëàäåëåö èçäàíèÿ íå ìîæåò âìåøèâàòüñÿ â ðåäàêöèîííóþ äåÿòåëüíîñòü.

Îí íå òî ÷òî âìåøèâàåòñÿ, îí îðãàíèçóåò ðåäàêöèîííóþ äåÿòåëüíîñòü, íàíèìàåò ðåäàêòîðà, îáúÿñíÿåò åìó öåëè èçäàíèÿ, ñòàâèò çàäà÷è è ïð. È åñëè äåÿòåëüíîñòü ðåäàêöèè åãî íå óñòðàèâàåò - îí âìåøèâàåòñÿ. Åñòåñòâåííî, äîëæåí âìåøèâàòüñÿ íå íàðóøàÿ Çàêîí, ïðàâà ïàáîòíèêîâ äîëæíû áûòü ñîáëþäåíû. À åñëè ïîëèòèêà èçäàíèÿ íå óñòðàèâàåò ðåäàêòîðà èëè êîãî èç ðåäàêöèè - òàê òàêîé ÷åëîâåê ìîæåò èçëîæèòü ñâîè àðãóìåíòû - ÷òî, êàê è ïî÷åìó - è åñëè åãî îí àðãóìåíòû íå áóäóò âîñïðèíÿòû, òî îí óâîëüíÿåòñÿ, èä¸ò â äðóãîé æóðíàë èëè îðãàíèçóåò ñâîé ñîáñòâåííûé.
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: , 31 2012, 20:18:59     :

Ìàøå íåò óâàæåíèÿ ïî âñåì ïåðå÷èñëåííûì ïóíêòàì. Îíà èçæèëà ñåáÿ êàê æóðíàëèñò, è äàæå ïðèäâîðíûé õîëîï-õðîíèêåð Àíäðåé Êîëåñíèêîâ êóäà èðîíè÷íåå è òàëàíòëèâåå åå â îïèñàíèè êðåìëåâñêèõ ïîñèäåëîê, íàâÿçøèõ â çóáàõ è ïðåâðàòèâøèõñÿ â ïðèò÷ó ïóòèíñêèõ îïîçäàíèé, âñåâäîñâåòñêèõ îáåçüÿíüèõ ñáîðèù è ðàóòîâ, ÷åì îíà. Áåäíàÿ Ìàøà. Øëà á óæå êóäà-íèáóäü.
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Âñå, ÿ áîãàòà. Ïîêà, íåóäà÷íèêè, ÿ âàñ âñåãäà íåíàâèäåëà! Smile

î âèíàõ ïðîñòî è ñî âêóñîì
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Äîáðûé Àäìèíèñòðàòîð (èíîãäà)


: 06.03.2005
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: , 2 2013, 16:09:16     :

http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/the-despair-of-enduring-putin%E2%80%99s-reign-before-he-falls/?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Worse, the Better
By MASHA GESSEN

MOSCOW — I’ve long told myself and anyone else who would listen that things in Russia will get a lot worse before they get better. I have even thought, in accordance with an old dissident adage, that “the worse, the better”: the faster and more cruel the crackdown, the sooner the regime itself will crack. What I did not realize was just how bad “worse” was going to feel.

I did not imagine that it would get to the point where I would wake up in the morning, get my bearings — where I am, what happened yesterday, what is expected to happen today — and feel like howling in pain.

When I said to myself and others that things would get worse, I did not imagine this despair.

For the last two weeks, I watched as Parliament passed and then President Vladimir Putin signed into law a ban on American adoptions from Russia. About 50 children who had already met their future parents will now have to stay in orphanages, and thousands are losing a chance to gain a family. I have long known that it is increasingly difficult for foreigners to adopt in Russia (and there not nearly enough potential Russian adoptive parents), and the law itself is cruel and cynical, but what I found devastating was the spectacle of Russian politicians clamoring to argue for it — and the upper house of Parliament unanimously voting in favor.

I have also long followed the practice of denying Russian visas to journalists and activists who have been critical of the government’s policies. I have also known that this has derailed careers and separated friends and families. But last week a friend’s child, visiting relatives in Moscow, became seriously ill, and the mother could not come to her child’s bedside because she is banned from getting a Russian visa.

Another new law bans Russians who also hold U.S. passports from leading or even being members of nongovernmental organizations; several people I respect may have to give up their lives’ work. And Russian politicians are already demanding that the ban be extended to journalists.

The last few days of the year also brought news of the firings of several journalists and television hosts who had expressed opposition views; all were dismissed from nominally independent, privately owned media outlets. It is one thing to know that it is increasingly difficult to practice journalism in my country; it’s another to talk on the phone to someone I like and respect and hear just how lost and hurt a person feels when his career is effectively declared to be over.

And as the year drew to a close, there was a spate of hunger strikes. Mothers of three or more children in Moscow stopped feeding themselves to protest being denied housing guaranteed by federal law. An activist named Vladimir Malyshev has been holding a hunger strike in a central Moscow shopping mall for more than a month; he demands the release of the more than a dozen people held in connection with police clashes following a protest on May 6. And one of those people, 51-year-old Sergei Krivov, has been on hunger strike fore more than two weeks. These hunger strikes are not publicity stunts — they have received precious little publicity. They are acts of pure despair.

When I said to myself and others that things would get worse, I did not imagine this despair, other people’s or my own. We humans are not very good at imagining how we will feel in the future. More to the point, we have a way of forgetting that dictatorships are frightening places, where people get killed, jailed and hurt — not just any people but people we know, our friends, our kids, ourselves. That makes “the worse, the better” a very frightening bargain.
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Äîáðûé Àäìèíèñòðàòîð (èíîãäà)


: 06.03.2005
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: Îáåð-ãðóïïåí-äîöåíò, ñò. ðóêîâîäèòåëü ãðóïïû ñêîðîñòíûõ ñâèíãåðîâ, îí æå Çàáàøëåâè÷ Îöààò Ïîýëåâè÷

: , 2 2013, 16:18:06     :

http://www.newsru.com/russia/13sep2012/gessen.html
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"Ãåññåí çàïàìÿòîâàëà íàïèñàòü î òîì, ÷òî â çàêëþ÷åíèå áåñåäû, îòâå÷àÿ íà âîïðîñ Ïóòèíà, ñîãëàñèëàñü áû îíà ïîðàáîòàòü äàëüøå ãëàâíûì ðåäàêòîðîì, åñëè íà ýòî ñîãëàñèëñÿ áû âëàäåëåö èçäàíèÿ, îíà îòâåòèëà: "Äà, ñîãëàñèëàñü áû", - ñêàçàë Ïåñêîâ.

 õîäå áåñåäû, äîáàâèë Ïåñêîâ, ãëàâà ãîñóäàðñòâà ñêàçàë, ÷òî íå ìîæåò äàâàòü óêàçàíèÿ ñîáñòâåííèêó, îäíàêî, "êàê ÷èòàòåëü, õîòåë áû, ÷òîáû Âû îñòàâàëèñü ãëàâíûì ðåäàêòîðîì".

"Íà ñëåäóþùèé äåíü îíà îòêàçàëàñü. Òàê òîìó è áûòü", - çàêëþ÷èë Ïåñêîâ.
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Äîáðûé Àäìèíèñòðàòîð (èíîãäà)


: 06.03.2005
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: Îáåð-ãðóïïåí-äîöåíò, ñò. ðóêîâîäèòåëü ãðóïïû ñêîðîñòíûõ ñâèíãåðîâ, îí æå Çàáàøëåâè÷ Îöààò Ïîýëåâè÷

: , 2 2013, 16:40:46     :

Äà-à...íåõîðîøî ïîëó÷àåòñÿ.... Ñ îäíîé ñòîðîíû ðóãàåò ðåæèì, ðàññóæäàåò î åãî ïàäåíèè, ñî âñÿêèìè òàì ïîáàñåíêàìè, âñïîìèíàÿ äèñèäåíòñêèå ïîãîâîðêè. Ýòî çàãëàçà. Êîãäà ðåæèì äàëåêî, à Äÿäÿ Ñýì áëèçêî.

À ñ äðóãîé ñòîðîíû (íó êîãäà Äÿäþøêà Ñýì ïî÷òè íå âèäåí) àêòèâíî ñîòðóäíè÷àåò ñ ðåæèìîì, ïðèíèìàåò îò íåãî ïðåäëîæåíèÿ (ñîãëàñèëàñü íà âñòðå÷ó ñ Ãëàâîé Ðåæèìà), ïðèåçæàåò àæ çà 45 ìèíóò äî íàçíà÷åíîé âñòðå÷è, è íå êóäà-íèáóäü, à â ëîãîâî, â Êðåìëü. Âåæëèâî áåñåäóåò ñ ãëàâîé ðåæèìà, ñîëèäàðíà ñ íèì ïî êàêèì-òî âîïðîñàì, íî åñòåñòâåííî, ïîçâîëÿåò ñåáå Ïóòèíà êðèòèêîâàòü, ñîãëàøàåòñÿ íà ïîñðåäíè÷åñòâî Ïóòèíà â å¸ êîíôëèêòå ñ âëàäåëüöåì èçäàíèÿ, ñîãëàñíà è íà âûðàáîòàííûé êîìïðîìèññ. Íå ñìóùàåò å¸ íè àâòîðèòàðèçì Ïóòèíà, íè åãî áðóòàëüíîñòü.

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 ñâîåé êíèãå Ãåññåí îïèñûâàåò, êàê Ïóòèí, ìàëîçíà÷èìûé ïîíà÷àëó âûõîäåö èç ÊÃÁ, ñóìåâøèé âåðíóòüñÿ â êîìèòåò è äàæå åãî âîçãëàâèòü, áûë âûáðàí Áîðèñîì Åëüöèíûì â êà÷åñòâå ñâîåãî ïðååìíèêà è ïîòîì áûñòðî óíè÷òîæèë ïðàêòè÷åñêè âñå çà÷àòêè äåìîêðàòèè â Ðîññèè, ïàðàëëåëüíî óêðåïèâ ñâîé àâòîðèòàðèçì äî ñòåïåíè áðóòàëüíîñòè.

Êíèãà âûðîñëà èç ñòàòüè-ïîðòðåòà, êîòîðóþ Ãåññåí íàïèñàëà î Ïóòèíå â îêòÿáðå 2008 ãîäà äëÿ æóðíàëà Vanity Fair. Îíà îïèñûâàåò «ñêðûòíîãî îäèíîêîãî ÷åëîâåêà», «âñå áîëüøå îòäàëÿþùåãîñÿ» îò ñâîåé æåíû è êàòàþùåãîñÿ íà ñäåëàííîé ïî îñîáîìó çàêàçó ÷¸ðíîé Audi ñ íîìåðíûì çíàêîì 007.

«×åðåç äåñÿòü ëåò ïîñëå òîãî, êàê Ïóòèí ïðèøåë ê âëàñòè, Ðîññèÿ — èçìåíåííàÿ ñòðàíà. Äåìîêðàòè÷åñêèì ðåôîðìàì íà÷àëà 90-õ áûë äàí çàäíèé õîä. Îò âûáîðîâ ïî÷òè èçáàâèëèñü. Âëàñòü â ñòðàíå ñêîíöåíòðèðîâàíà â ðóêàõ ìàëåíüêîé ãðóïïû ëþäåé äàæå â åùå áîëüøåé ñòåïåíè, ÷åì âî âðåìåíà ÑÑÑл, — ïèøåò Ãåññåí.[8]

Íó êàê æå æ, êàê æå æ, à äåëå ãîâîðèì î ìîåé êàðüåðå, î ìîåé ðàáîòå!

Áåññîâåñòíîå ïîâåäåíèå. Ëèøåíà âñÿ÷åñêèõ ïðèíöèïîâ. Ïîäóåò âåòåð èç-çà îêåàíà - áóäåò ðóãàòü Ïóòèíà. Ïîäóåò âåòåð èç Êðåìëÿ - çàòêí¸òñÿ è áóäåò íîðìàëüíî ðàáîòàòü, çàðïëàòó ïîäíèìóò - òàê åù¸ è Äÿäóøêó ïí¸ò.
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Äîáðûé Àäìèíèñòðàòîð (èíîãäà)


: 06.03.2005
: 12000
: Îáåð-ãðóïïåí-äîöåíò, ñò. ðóêîâîäèòåëü ãðóïïû ñêîðîñòíûõ ñâèíãåðîâ, îí æå Çàáàøëåâè÷ Îöààò Ïîýëåâè÷

: , 2 2013, 09:49:49     :

http://www.inopressa.ru/article/02apr2013/nytimes/russia1.html
Ðåïðåññèè â Ðîññèè, ÷åðíûì ïî áåëîìó

"Îíè ïðèøëè çà ïðàâîçàùèòíèêàìè, çà ýêîëîãàìè, çà ËÃÁÒ-àêòèâèñòàìè, çà êàòîëèêàìè è çà âñåìè ïðî÷èìè ÍÊÎ, êîòîðûå èì óäàëîñü îòûñêàòü", - òàê íà÷èíàåòñÿ ñòàòüÿ â áëîãå The International Herald Tribune. Æóðíàëèñòêà Ìàøà Ãåññåí ñîîáùàåò: ââèäó ïðîâåðîê, îñóùåñòâëÿåìûõ âëàñòÿìè, "äåÿòåëüíîñòü ñåêòîðà ÍÊÎ ôàêòè÷åñêè ïàðàëèçîâàíà".

Ãåññåí ñîâåòóåò íå èñêàòü â ýòèõ äåéñòâèÿõ âëàñòåé ñêðûòûé ñìûñë: Ðîññèÿ òóò ÷ðåçâû÷àéíî ïîõîæà íà ÑÑÑÐ. "Ðèòîðèêà, ïðàêòè÷åñêàÿ äåÿòåëüíîñòü è çàêîíû ïóòèíñêîé àäìèíèñòðàöèè ïðèìå÷àòåëüíû ñâîåé ïîñëåäîâàòåëüíîñòüþ, à ïðîãðàììà íà áëèæàéøèå ìåñÿöû âïîëíå ÿñíà", - ãîâîðèòñÿ â ñòàòüå.  äåêàáðå 2011 ãîäà Ïóòèí îáâèíèë Ãîñäåïàðòàìåíò â èíñïèðèðîâàíèè àêöèé ïðîòåñòà, à ïîçäíåå Êðåìëü ïðîâåë ÷åðåç Ãîñäóìó íîâûå çàêîíû îá "èíîñòðàííûõ àãåíòàõ" è ò.ï. Ïî ìíåíèþ Ãåññåí, òåïåðü âëàñòè âïðàâå "çàêðûòü ëþáóþ ÍÊÎ, ïîëó÷àþùóþ äåíüãè èç ÑØÀ". Íà ïîäõîäå - çàêîí îá "èíîñòðàííûõ àãåíòàõ" â ÑÌÈ.

×òî äàëüøå? "Äðóãèå çàêîíû òîæå áóäóò ïðèìåíÿòüñÿ áóêâàëüíî è ëèáåðàëüíî. Îðãàíèçàöèè áóäóò âûíóæäåíû çàêðûòüñÿ. Íåêîòîðûõ ëèäåðîâ è äðóãèõ àêòèâèñòîâ îáâèíÿò â ãîñóäàðñòâåííîé èçìåíå. Ðîññèÿí, èìåþùèõ ñâÿçè ñ ÑØÀ, âûíóäÿò óéòè ñ ðàáîòû, âî ìíîãèõ ñëó÷àÿõ - óåõàòü èç ñòðàíû. Ãðàæäàíñêîå îáùåñòâî â Ðîññèè áóäåò ðàçäàâëåíî", - ïðîãíîçèðóåò Ãåññåí. Ïî ìíåíèþ àâòîðà, óäèâëÿòüñÿ íå÷åìó: "â ðîññèéñêèõ çàêîíàõ âñå ýòî ïðîïèñàíî ÷åðíûì ïî áåëîìó".


http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/the-putin-administration-goes-after-russian-nonprofits/
Repression in Russia, in Black and White
By MASHA GESSEN

MOSCOW — They came for the human rights activists, the environmentalists, the L.G.B.T. activists, the Catholics and every other nongovernmental organization they could find. Throughout the last week and a half, authorities all over Russia have been conducting raids on nonprofit groups.

The work of the nonprofit sector has been effectively paralyzed.

There have been at least a hundred raids, and hundreds more are expected. The raids usually involved the prosecutor’s office and the tax police, but some organizations have also been visited by the fire marshal, health inspectors and even the Emergencies Ministry. The authorities have demanded financial documentation but also sifted through the trash and taken apart air-conditioners.

NGO staffers have been posting on their blogs pictures of stacks of binders and papers — the thousands upon thousands of pages of documents assembled to satisfy the authorities’ demands. The work of the nonprofit sector has been effectively paralyzed and, if the raids continue, will be for months.

“Why now?” Western media have asked. Were the Russian authorities this scared by last year’s protests? Has the liberal part of the elite lost out to the hard-liners? President Vladimir Putin has in turn issued an obtuse defense of the raids, claiming that they are at once routine and a response to an extremist threat. With the Kremlinologists trying to read meaning into nonsensical attacks and the Kremlin obscuring any sense that can be found, Russia has never looked more like the Soviet Union.
Graffiti next to an entrance to the “Memorial Group” rights organization in Moscow reads “A foreign agent.”Kirill Kudryavtsev/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Graffiti next to an entrance to the “Memorial Group” rights organization in Moscow reads “A foreign agent.”

And as in Soviet times, the search for hidden meaning or complicated signals is misguided. The Putin administration’s rhetoric, practice and law have been remarkably consistent — and the agenda for the months ahead is laid out in plain sight.

In December 2011, responding to the emergence of the protest movement, Putin accused the U.S. State Department and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of personally inciting the unrest. Once he was re-elected president, the Kremlin shepherded a succession of new laws through Parliament. These included a law requiring nonprofits that receive funding from abroad to register as “foreign agents” and submit to debilitating reporting requirements; amendments allowing virtually anyone to be prosecuted for high treason; a law restricting the civic activities of Russians who have U.S. passports and giving the authorities discretion to shut down any nonprofit that receives money from the United States. A law on “foreign agents” in the media is in the pipeline.
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The current spate of raids has been linked to — and largely explained by the authorities as stemming from — the law on foreign agents. Literal and liberal enforcement of the other laws will follow. Organizations will be forced to shut down. Some of their leaders and other activists will be accused of high treason. Russians who have links to the United States will be strong-armed into leaving their jobs and, often, the country. Civil society in Russia will be crushed.

None of this should surprise anyone. It’s all there, in black and white, in Russian law.
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Íåóâÿçî÷êà îäíàêî. Ÿ æèçíü â îïàñíîñòè ñåé÷àñ, à ïîêèíóòü Ðîññèþ îíà ñîáèðàåòñÿ òîëüêî ÷åðåç ïîëòîðà ìåñÿöà, â ñåíòÿáðå. ×òî ìåøàåò åé êóïèòü áèëåò íà ñàìîë¸ò ñåãîäíÿ è âûëåòèòü â Øòàòû, ó íå¸ æå àìåðèêàíñêèé ïàñïîðò?

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Ìàøà Ãåññåí ïîêèíåò Ðîññèþ "èç-çà ãîìîôîáíûõ çàêîíîâ"


Åùå â 2012 ãîäó Ãåññåí áûëà óâåðåíà, ÷òî îñòàíåòñÿ â Ðîññèè

Ðîññèéñêàÿ æóðíàëèñòêà Ìàøà Ãåññåí çàÿâèëà î ñâîåì íàìåðåíèè ïåðååõàòü â ÑØÀ â ñåíòÿáðå. Îíà îáúÿñíèëà ýòî ìíîãî÷èñëåííûìè óãðîçàìè â ñâîé àäðåñ, à òàêæå ãðÿäóùèì âîçìîæíûì ïðèíÿòèåì çàêîíà îá èçúÿòèè äåòåé ó îäíîïîëûõ ïàð.

Ãåññåí ñ ñåìüåé ñîáèðàåòñÿ îñòàòüñÿ â Ðîññèè äî ñåíòÿáðÿ, à ïîòîì ïåðååõàòü â ÑØÀ, ïîñêîëüêó ó íåå òàêæå åñòü ãðàæäàíñòâî ýòîé ñòðàíû.

Áûâøèé äèðåêòîð ðóññêîé ñëóæáû "Ðàäèî Ñâîáîäà" Ìàøà Ãåññåí ñîîáùèëà, ÷òî åé ïðèøëî ìíîæåñòâî ïèñåì ñ óãðîçàìè ïîñëå åå âèäåîîáðàùåíèÿ íà òåëåêàíàëå "Äîæäü", â êîòîðîì îíà íàçâàëà çàêîíîïðîåêò î ãåé-ïðîïàãàíäå "ôàøèçìîì" è ïðèçâàëà âñåõ íåñîãëàñíûõ íàäåòü "ðîçîâûé òðåóãîëüíèê" - ñèìâîë îòïðàâëåííûõ â êîíöëàãåðÿ ãååâ â ïåðèîä Âòîðîé ìèðîâîé âîéíû â Ãåðìàíèè.

Ñàìà æóðíàëèñòêà íèêîãäà íå ñêðûâàëà ñâîåé ñåêñóàëüíîé îðèåíòàöèè.

"Óãðîæàâøèå ëþäè äåéñòâèòåëüíî æåëàþò ìíå ñìåðòè. ß ñ÷èòàþ, ÷òî áîëüøèíñòâî èç íèõ íåíîðìàëüíûå, íî ýòî íå çíà÷èò, ÷òî îíè íå ìîãóò äîñòàòü ïèñòîëåò èëè ïðîñòî òÿæåëûé ïðåäìåò è âûïîëíèòü çàäóìàííîå", - ðàññêàçàëà îíà â èíòåðâüþ Áè-áè-ñè.
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http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/the-mad-race-for-moscow-mayor/?_r=2
The Mad Race for Moscow Mayor
By MASHA GESSEN
Immigrants, many from Vietnam, are forced into a detention camp in Moscow, ahead of the mayoral election.Maxim Shipenkov/European Pressphoto Agency Immigrants, many from Vietnam, are forced into a detention camp in Moscow, ahead of the mayoral election.

MOSCOW — There is an election campaign in the city. It is not like most election campaigns: It lacks many typical election-campaign characteristics, and the winner is preordained. But it has already claimed its first casualties: hundreds of illegal immigrants, many from Vietnam, who are being rounded up all over the Russian capital and forced into a cluster of tents erected in the Golyanovo neighborhood on the city’s eastern edge.

The last mayoral election in Moscow was held a decade ago. A year later, President Vladimir Putin canceled the elections of governors and the mayors of Moscow and St. Petersburg; this move was inexplicably billed as a counterterrorism measure. Last year, the government partially restored the system of regional elections as one of a handful of concessions to the protest movement.

The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, appointed to his post in 2010 by then-President Dmitri Medvedev, has decided to try gaming the system before it could threaten him by running while he is still popular. Instead of facing re-election in 2015, he resigned from the position in June, forcing an early election this September.

Almost immediately, Putin appointed him acting mayor. Sobyanin will compete against several hand-picked candidates, and one real one: the anticorruption blogger Alexei Navalny, who is popular but is banned by law from becoming mayor because he is a convicted felon.

It is an odd campaign. Precious few media outlets in Moscow aren’t controlled by the Kremlin, and most of those rent office space from the city at heavily discounted rates, so they prefer to avoid criticizing the authorities. In addition, Sobyanin has refused to take part in debates. He takes his cue from Putin, who has always been openly disdainful of honoring his opponents by sharing a stage with them.

Still, if you look closely, you will see a few signs that a campaign is under way. There are some billboards. Navalny holds regular meetings with voters all over Moscow. Residential buildings in the city center are having their facades repainted: Mine had not seen a paint job in the 15 years I have lived there, and now its sole entrance is blocked by scaffolding.

And there is the tent city. Both of the leading candidates have made blatantly nationalist statements, blaming immigrants for rising crime and virtually all of Moscow’s other problems, even though statistics do not bear this out. Navalny’s lapses into xenophobic rhetoric have alienated a small part of the opposition but have probably won him many more supporters. This may be one reason Sobyanin has sprung into action: For the last two weeks, Moscow police have been rounding up undocumented aliens who work in the city’s marketplaces and other menial jobs, starting with the Vietnamese.

A temporary settlement that looks very much like a refugee camp, with huge tents filled with metal bunk-beds, has been speedily constructed. It is not clear exactly how many people are there, but the police have reported detaining as many as 1,500 immigrants in raids over the last couple of weeks. Human rights activists are reporting that the conditions in the camp are intolerable and that the state has provided no legal grounds for holding people there.

Moscow courts are already choking on the number of deportation cases suddenly coming in. Eventually, thousands of Vietnamese citizens, as well as anyone else the Moscow police choose to round up before the September election, will probably be deported. Until then, they will suffer heat, hunger and indignity in the tent city funded and tolerated by the residents of Moscow.

One marvels at how a Russian bureaucrat can turn holding an election into an opportunity to make life in the city that much worse.
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