the opposition [Theme]

At M. Laffitte's, over tea and cigars, they discussed ways of organizing the next elections. Guizot proposed a fairly simple event. It will, of course, require expenses, but it will pay off completely. We must throw the bag of gold into the provinces and name our candidates in each district. Deputies elected in addition to the lists of the Ministry of the Interior, immediately upon arrival in Paris, provide everything necessary, give rent and side earnings, in order to turn from enemies into friends.

...against is always harder. Because all the same, those who are “for” are more ...

States rot from within, and external enemies only finish the job.

The dissident movement was organized by the West. This was the first attempt to create a "fifth column" ... Their intellectual and moral level was low. When I ended up in the West, I was convinced that 90% of them were self-seekers.

- Yes, we proceed from this, because we have never begun to deteriorate our relations either with NATO, or with the European Union, or with any other country in the West or any other region of the world. Everyone knows this story well. And when Saakashvili gave the criminal order to bomb Tskhenval and the positions of the Russian peacekeepers in August 2008, Russia insisted on convening a NATO Council of Russia to consider the situation. The then Secretary of State, Candolisa Rice, flatly refused. Although, when creating the Council of Russia, NATO was especially emphasized in the fundamental act that it must act in any weather. And especially should gather in crisis situations. This example marked the beginning of the current state of affairs in relations between Russia and NATO. This continued when the Americans provoked and supported the coup in Ukraine in February 2014, and the European Union swallowed the actions of the opposition, although on the eve of this coup, Germany, France, Poland, with their signatures, guaranteed an agreement between the then President Yanukovych and the opposition. And in the morning the opposition trampled on all these guarantees of the European Union and did it in its own way. And for this, the European Union imposed sanctions against Russia. You see, there is no need to look for logic here. The same is true with regard to the assessments that are being heard from NATO capitals about our forced retaliatory step. Moreover, our reciprocal step is three steps by NATO. Because our representation was cut three times. And most importantly, we are simply not allowed to work there. It was officially said that all contacts between the military were cut off. Then what kind of loss of opportunities for dialogue are we talking about? We proposed two years ago through the mouth of the chief of the gene. of the headquarters of the armed forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov to agree on the withdrawal of exercises at a certain distance from the contact line between Russia and NATO, to agree on the minimum distances that should not be violated by combat aircraft and warships. And much more has been suggested. Just a wall of silence. And when the minister in. Affairs of Germany said today that by its step Russia shows that it is not ready for negotiations. I just told you how we were ready to negotiate. And how NATO has been ignoring us for more than one year. In such statements and assessments of Western representatives, there is an understanding of the loss of their position, and the desire to blame someone else and the lack of diplomatic culture.

Why am I, in fact, against freedom of the press? Because it breeds mediocrity. The limiting law is beneficial, for the opposition that does not know the bridle becomes flat. Restrictions, on the other hand, force you to be resourceful.

The opposition is absolutely necessary. A true statesman, and indeed any reasonable person, will benefit more from communicating with his opponents than with the most ardent supporters.

- So what? That would be his punishment.

They can even make crackling speeches and dress up in beautiful opposition clothes, but at the first call, at most at the second, they will give a dera or swell the owner at the feet with lamentations: "We are not heroes, we are ordinary people, what to take from us?" They have long dropped the bar of the norm to look decent in a row of the same all-forgiving people.

In my opinion, we (in Russia) have a more democratic society than in America. And there are many examples of this. We have a president elected. Elected by the overwhelming majority of our population. No matter what the opposition says. What can not be said about the president of America.

Here, gentlemen, look carefully: on the stage is the Hero of Our Time - the only, in any case, the actual exhibit of the domestic zoo. He is in his thirties and forties. He is well educated, cultured, knows both. Somewhere in the table are gathering dust old poems or unfinished novel, and in my head and then pop up lines Brodsky. He's talented (at least not without ability). And not a fool at all. He perfectly understands what kind of weather is in the yard, and what it is all called.
And he, nevertheless, works "for them". Journalist, Internet columnist, advertiser, psychologist, computer scientist,
Designer. He, theoretically, if he does not hate them, then despises them for sure, but they pay him, and the "new brother-in-law" wants to live in a European way. And, most importantly, he finds pleasure and meaning in this whole situation, because, on the one hand, he is engaged in creativity, and, on the other, he has a bubble.
And he, thanks to these two magnificent components, pays and orders music, because he is dynamic, intelligent, solvent.
Yes, he has a progressive middle-class consciousness, although - also important! - suffers from the imperfection of the world very sincerely.

Let's be honest: when the issue of civil society is raised by the liberal opposition, this is internal speculation, it means only one thing: for it, civil society is those who a) support it, the liberal opposition, claims to power and b) those who solidarizes with the policies of America and their allies. Everything.

Our problem is that our oppositionists have ceased to perceive the people as a source of power and legitimacy. They are well aware that they cannot win any elections. Therefore, all this (the report) reminds me of just claiming a label for reign. That is, when the occupation troops enter - here we are. They write everywhere that they really cannot win elections, that the people are bad, infected with all sorts of imperial ideas. Why are we talking about the 90s. Because after the arrival of Yeltsin (God bless ...) and the humiliation of the whole country, who was the first to be called by Yeltsin after the disgrace of Belovezhskaya Pushcha? American President. They are dealing a gigantic blow to democracy in Russia. Because they show that there is a significant circle of opposition, which considers for itself the only source of power not the people and their voter, which they do not have, but a foreign master.

"Other Russia" is a workshop for selecting master key to real Russia. Read their texts. There is only one question solved there - how to overturn Putin's system, that is, to leave everyone without a country.