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the Optimistic forecasts of the authorities, it seems, beginning to end. Planned a new trend — the initiative goes to the pessimists predicted a protracted economic crisis and the need to restructure the economy in a new way. In mid-may in an interview with Forbes, the head of “RUSNANO” Anatoly Chubais said that Russia “sounded alarm bell”, announcing the need to get off the oil needle. In a recent article in “Kommersant”, the initiative picked up the head of the accounts chamber Alexey Kudrin: “the rent that was past 20 years, we will not be… came the most critical moment to turn from the oil economy to the knowledge economy and technology”.

the Transition to an innovation economy, knowledge economy… How many times have you heard the mantra from officials at various levels over the past two decades. From such statements it would be possible to compile a folio volume of “Capital” Karl Marx. But things are there.

While there was controversy and there were calls for innovation and “kazaniu the oil needle”, in practice Russia has been developing “energy superpower” by throwing on this basic resources. And education and health “optimized”. Investing in people, in the “knowledge economy” remained empty slogans that are not backed by actions.

With the “oil needle” the Russian shot without her consent, Saudi Arabia and coronavirus. At that time in Russian history, external circumstances baffled the authorities, exposing the inefficiency of the state mechanism.

Kudrin calls for the reversal of the commodity economy to an innovation and to implement the project focus on the following “nacash” (national order): “We want to be healthy and live a long life; we don’t want to be poor and that our income has increased; we need a growing innovation, including the digital economy; we need adequate time challenges public administration and institutions”. As the proverb says: “Better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick”. “Natali” from Alexey Kudrin — the dream of any normal person. But what is the mechanism for their achievement is proposed? Read the article of the head of the accounting chamber: “Rent” will now give new technological and innovative solutions, a number of innovations, but only if we stay ahead of the curve. Came the most critical moment to turn from the oil economy to the knowledge economy and technology”.

so, a little catch up, you have to overtake. A familiar slogan! But if the “turn from the oil economy to the knowledge economy and technology” was not committed in a period when there were many possibilities, what resources it will be implemented now? The answer lies in the word “rent”. Kudrin declares that now “rent” ��Udut to bring digital technology. In other words, “rentier economy” remains, but changing the source of charging rent. It’s not about innovation, but about the development of the next resource. Digital the rent can only be obtained from the population, which will be taken under full digital control of the state. Hard at work on creating a Single electronic register of citizens, which will be collected in full “digital dossiers” on every citizen of the Russian Federation. The government propose to replace a paper passport mobile app. Even the vote transferred to a digital format. The Russians should be completely “transparent” for the state. “Digital cap” is a system digital state control over citizens in both political and economic spheres will allow to squeeze out of the population rents, which had provided oil and gas.

Alexei Kudrin has been Finance Minister in the period, which is called “fat years”. Currency in the country was more than he could digest economy. You can then invest in education in a “knowledge economy”. But instead of directing money for the development of the country, they were put in a jug of Stabilization Fund. The Fund was mostly spent on overcoming the consequences of the 2008 crisis. And the policy of reduction of social obligations of the state was implemented in the form of “optimization” of health and education, “reform” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, raising the retirement age and other painful steps.

Time and opportunity to create a “knowledge economy”, innovation has been missed. And the same footage that these opportunities are missed to provide “breakthroughs” and “reversals” from oil to figure? In what tale is this possible?

at least fairy tales are played and the so-called “non-systemic opposition”, which is raging on the Internet, but does not affect real life. Power offline engaged in their usual business, and the opposition online exposes, denounces, but no real steps are taken. Alexei Navalny is not a political leader, and one of the most popular bloggers. The task of a political leader to act. Navalny unmasks the authorities, produces steam, and it’s all over. His “great future of Russia” is a modern variant of the legend about city of Kitezh. Grad this is beautiful and perfect, but no one will ever see. It is possible only to dream, to imagine its beauty in your mind. As a “knowledge economy”, innovation, breakthroughs and other analogues of “milk and honey”.

the Archaic and the magic of the Russian political landscape clearly illustrates the fact that the only “opposition” who has shown a willingness to act, not only to shake the air with incantations about the “beautiful future” was the Yakūta shaman Alexander Gabyshev.

There is a concept of “political culture”. It is a system of customs regulations, which governs the political behavior of citizens of a particular country. In everyday language we say, “so accepted” or “so it is not accepted”. Political culture embodies the values of society, the spirit of laws, on the basis of which the state. In Russia, the authorities often resorted to the “letter of the law”, under forced, formal pretexts, removing candidates that are considered in the Kremlin “opposition”. Legally everything seems to be clean. But it violated the “spirit of the law”, the principle of equal access of citizens to participate in elections.

In developed democracies it is not customary to withdraw from the election of their competitors under false pretenses. The level of political culture does not allow to resort to such petty shulerskih techniques. The struggle for power is tough, but there is a framework of political culture, beyond which is tantamount to the destruction of his political career. In Russia, however, political culture has degraded to the level of third world countries.

No “Natali” or “national projects” will not be able to work while in our country will create conditions for the functioning of modern society with a system of values, corresponding to the twenty-first century. No “digitization” and other “modernization” will not change anything until you upgraded the brains of the world. The Soviet project was successful in ravaged by revolutions and wars the country precisely because the state purposefully engaged in the modernization of brains.

And in Russia of the XXI century, no modern state. Parliament is not a place for discussion. The judicial system did not become a separate branch of government. The party system is destroyed, never having had time to form. Elective procedure turned into a formality. They do not perform their political functions.

This is a depressing result of dramatic, bloody history of the country, held for a hundred years through two world wars, revolutions, the collapse of two empires (Russian and Soviet), the violent transition from capitalism to socialism in the early twentieth century the reverse transition at the end of the same century. And what is the result? So much sacrifice, effort, resources, and time lost in order to go to the feudal structure of the state?

the Ruling stratum tries on the laurels of a great Victory, which has no direct relationship. But except for the soldiers of the red army were to fight to the death, to a handful of oligarchs and officials embezzled the wealth of the country, and the majority of the population eked out a miserable existence? The fact of debate about whether or not to distribute money to all Russians in the period of the pandemic, is already a crime to those who laid down their lives for a better life descendants.

Today in Russia ��vozmojno “development strategy” in principle. The system is tuned to stop time or reverse it. But for the future all the way to Russia’s closed. Formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union system is a fabulous “unknown little animals”, which has absorbed the worst features of the USSR, the Russian Empire, Muscovy, the Golden Horde. Overcoming “ruin in heads” — home “nuzzel”, without which the chances of returning to modern civilization from Russia. And time to lose either.