Frank confession did Prime Minister during a visit to Crimea. Somewhere, a pensioner managed to get through to Dmitry Medvedev - a heart-rending scream can be heard in the video that went viral on the Internet: “It’s impossible to live, the prices are crazy, they calculate the wrong indexation for us! What is eight thousand, this is a meager amount, they will wipe their feet on us! You promised indexation , Where's she?!"
The prime minister, I must say, did not flinch. Indexation, he didn’t fuss, really doesn’t exist anywhere, because the government didn’t do it. “There’s just no money right now. We’ll find the money and do the indexing. You hang in here, all the best to you, Have a good mood and health,” Dmitry Medvedev said cheerfully, putting his hand in his pocket, and on this optimistic note he hastened to end his communication with the people.
Self-control of the head of government one can envy. Not every politician is able to respond to the cries of the soul of voters with the directness and frankness of Ostap Bender. What money, grandma, no money. I kiss your hands, stay happy. Be positive, old lady, you have to be positive.
Claims against Dmitry Medvedev there can be none. He just honestly warned that the whole country would have to pay for the annexation of Crimea. “It was a conscious choice, a choice at the request of people who asked for help,” he said. At the very beginning, however, the ministers and the president rashly declared that no one would get hurt, but it quickly became clear to everyone that this would not work.
Truly knows no limits human ingratitude for saving us from the Nazis. Let grandma say thank you in general that these days are vegetarian times. Otherwise they would have caulked her somewhere for such words (doesn’t she want to say that she is dissatisfied with her release?). For the sake of Crimea, all Russians’ pension savings were frozen for several years, but it’s not enough for her.
But this is not so much about Crimea. And Dmitry Medvedev himself notes that there is no indexation throughout the country. It is important that the Prime Minister finally briefly summarized the economic situation in the country and summed up all the anti-crisis meetings over the past 2 years. At meetings in the White House, other phrases are heard, more ornate and impressive, about stimulating the economy, adapting to the sanctions regime and the unfailing fulfillment of all social obligations. There are so many scenarios for the development of events that have been written! Soon the ex-Minister of Finance will present the President with two more scenarios to choose from: either distribute money from the budget to support industries, or not distribute it. Dmitry Medvedev did not tell the pensioner about a single scenario, not a single state program or anti-crisis plan.
We have many scenarios and decrees. We have no money, as it turns out. If there was money, there would probably be no need to write scripts.
What can the head of government do? Is he printing this money for you or something, or can he launch some reforms? He is, after all, already. And back in 2013, . If we find the money, there will be indexation. The Prime Minister speaks as if he simply had money left in another jacket.
All that remains is to hold on. We must hold on pensioners, workers of Uralvagonzavod, which is under threat of bankruptcy, entrepreneurs who are being squeezed out of business and intimidated by tax increases, public sector employees who are being asked to freeze their salaries, metallurgists and truckers, importers and exporters. The slogan "Hold on!" - it’s the same as “Save yourself who can.” That is, taxi as you know before the scripts arrive.
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Two years ago, on May 23, 2016, the Russian segment of the Internet was replenished with a new meme. Its author was the country's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
During the prime minister's visit to Feodosia, she was approached by elderly woman. She did not introduce herself, but immediately asked the second official of the state a question about a pressing issue: “You said there will be indexation [of pensions], where is it in Crimea? What is 8 thousand? This is minuscule. They wipe their feet on us here! It’s impossible to live on pension, the prices are crazy.” The prime minister couldn’t find anything better than to answer: “It [indexation] is nowhere to be found, we didn’t accept it at all... there’s just no money now. We'll find the money and do the indexing. You hang in here, all the best, good mood and health to you.”
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The idea of the editorial board to find that very pensioner, which arose after Dmitry Medvedev’s new appointment to the prime minister’s position, seemed crazy. First of all, we didn't even know her name. Secondly, the population of Feodosia and its suburbs is about one hundred thousand people. Searching for a nameless pensioner among a hundred thousand is unthinkable. All we had was a blurry screenshot from a video of the grandmother communicating with Medvedev.
First of all, I interviewed my Feodosia acquaintances. None of them knew the grandmother. A topic created on a local forum asking to identify the grandmother turned into a political debate.
The photograph with which I walked around Feodosia to look for the pensioner from the video with Medvedev
Having walked around two churches, fourteen shops, a clinic, a branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, interviewed a dozen people on the streets, and even frightened a woman who looked like the grandmother I was looking for (approaching her in an empty alley with the question: “Aren’t you in the photo?”), I was already thinking report to the editor: “It’s a waste of time.”
And suddenly I found a message on VKontakte: “It seems that this woman is selling milk at the market.”
In the dairy pavilion of the Central Market they actually confirmed to me: “Yes, this is our Anya. And yes, she was the one who spoke to Medvedev.”
That’s how I found out that the pensioner’s name is Anna Buyanova, and that she lives 20 kilometers from Feodosia, in the village of Novopokrovka. “You get to the village, and then ask - any of her houses will show you,” they told me in the dairy pavilion. And so it happened.
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Anna Buyanova. Photo: Ivan Zhilin / Novaya Gazeta Anna Buyanova lives on the outskirts of the village in a squat hut. I catch her plucking a chicken.
For the first five minutes she simply sighs: “From a Moscow newspaper? Here? How is that?..” Then he invites you into the house and apologizes repeatedly: “We’re doing renovations here. We've just started...”
After brewing mint, he begins to remember.
“I didn’t just go on my own [to Medvedev]. We have people in our market... a team. They asked me: the prime minister is coming, I need to tell him about pensions. I'm not the only one with a problem.
I replied: “Well, let's do it. I can resolve this issue."
“When Medvedev arrived, people were not allowed to see him. But I know Feodosia well, and I walked through the courtyards on Aivazovsky. And she went straight to where his car stopped. He saw that I was breaking through so brazenly and told the guards to disperse.”
- And you asked him that very question...
- Well, yes, about pensions. Don't get me wrong: I have 30 years of experience, I worked as a cook in a canteen, then as a manager in a canteen, then as a teacher in kindergarten, then a caretaker at a school. The minimum length of service required for a retirement pension is 20 years, and I have 30 years of experience. But in the end I receive not a labor pension, but a social pension - 8,000 rubles.
- Why?
- Don't know. Pension Fund The district does not give an extract for the second year. And without this you cannot complain to Simferopol.
Screenshot from video. The moment when Anna Buyanova asks Medvedev a question about pension indexation — After asking the prime minister, was your pension indexed?
— No. At first they promised. They said there would be 11,000. But in the end, in April last year they only made an increase to the cost of living. And now, instead of 8,058 rubles, I get 8,500. But this is not indexing.
- How are you holding up?
- But only thanks to the economy. 53 chickens, 4 turkeys, 2 ducks. The cow was removed last year. Plus a vegetable garden: potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers. Plus their fruits grow. If I need to pay for electricity or gas, but I don’t have money, then I sell something: sometimes chicken, sometimes vegetables.
Selling, by the way, is also not easy—they came up with a whole scheme. First, a deputy from the village council should come to me to see that I really have my own garden. Then he draws up an inspection report, with which I go to the head of the village council. The head of the village council, in the presence of two witnesses, neighbors, checks the report: he asks them whether beets really grow on my plot, whether there are chickens. And when the witnesses confirm, he gives me a certificate that I can sell.
I have my own place at the market in Feodosia - 55th. It costs 50 rubles per day. And I spend another 100 rubles on the road from Novopokrovka and back. In July and August, when I sell cucumbers and tomatoes, things go well: I can earn 600, I can 800, I can even earn 1000 rubles a day. And in winter it happens that I can sell some potatoes for just 200 rubles. And it turns out: 200 rubles minus 100 for travel, minus 50 for a seat... Sometimes I earn 50 rubles a day.
— Was it always this hard?
“I must say, life was easier under Ukraine. The hryvnia was solid, but the ruble... turned out to be kind of empty.”
Pyotr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta. You get more money, but you go to the store: you spent everything and didn’t buy anything. But from January 1, 2019, as they promise, there will be a revision of the cost of living again: the smallest pension will be 12,000 rubles. That's what they said in Social Security. Here we are, waiting...
- So this time they promise seriously?
— They say yes.
— Dmitry Medvedev was reappointed prime minister...
- You know, the other day my heart skipped a beat. They showed Putin shaking his hand on TV. And I realized: “It will happen again.” Since Putin shook his hand, it means they will continue to be friends.
- And how do you like this fact?
— It seems to me that this was done in vain. Medvedev will not give us anything. But, on the other hand, for some reason I think that this time Putin will tighten the screws on him. Putin also read about his billions ( referring to the scandal provoked by the investigation of Navalny’s team. — I. Zh.). So maybe now Medvedev will be more responsible.
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Anna Buyanova in her chicken coop. Photo: Ivan Zhilin / Novaya Gazeta Saying goodbye, Anna asks if I have money for the return trip.
“It’s strange to hear such a question from a person who can barely make ends meet.”
- Well, anything can happen. - she smiles. - Maybe we need help. Good deeds also need to be done.
And pensioner Anna Buyanova is hiding behind the fence of her house. He goes on to pluck the chicken in the middle of the garden, where potatoes, cucumbers and beets grow, and which feeds her along with a meager pension, which has not changed much after the conversation with the prime minister of the country.
Novopokrovka village, Feodosia, Crimea
The famous phrase of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev “There is no money, but you hold on” has already become the reason for many jokes and memes on the Internet. Behind last days Only lazy people didn’t post this quote, and unscrupulous media outlets rushed to put the author in a bad light.
Where it all started
During a working visit to Crimea, Dmitry Medvedev talked with the local population. One of the elderly women complained to him about the lack of indexation of pensions, which are not enough for a normal life. The Prime Minister allegedly responded to this as follows:
“There is no money, but you hang in there”
The phrase immediately went viral on the Internet, it was happily picked up on social networks and people began publishing witty remarks. Someone advised this is how to fill out a tax return:
...or use the quote for housing and communal services receipts:
And they corrected the documents with Photoshop:
The notorious oppositionist Alexei Navalny could not miss such an opportunity. He published a version of the election poster on his Twitter microblog:
The phrase has even inspired some to make music. Russian comedian Semyon Slepakov wrote a song in which he quoted the phrase in more detail:
And someone even happily posted the original video, rushing to write to Once again on the topic of how bad life has become for people in Crimea:
Individual media outlets also distinguished themselves. Not without Ukrainian publications. To add spice to the news, journalists even wrote that there was no money specifically for Crimea, but there would be money for the rest of Russia.
“According to Putin’s ally, pensions will be increased for all Russians, but Crimeans should not expect any leniency.”
It is worth noting that the publication used the same video recording as the original speech in the previous screenshot. But here, in addition to the fact that the journalists themselves did not watch the video, they also added literary details, of which there is not the slightest hint in the video. They are counting on readers who will take your word for it and also not watch the video. And this is justified, because someone will not want to spend half a minute of time or mobile traffic watching a video. The simplest manipulation and play on trust - after all, why make the information reliable when they take your word for it and don’t even try to refute what is being suggested.
How it really was
Dmitry Medvedev actually visited Crimea and talked with local residents. And the woman actually complained about low pensions. But the prime minister’s answer sounded much more detailed, and this can even be seen in the video below:
“We will deal with pensions throughout the country; we cannot make pensions in just one place. It (indexing) is nowhere to be found. We didn't accept (indexing) at all. There's just no money. If we find the money, we'll do indexation. You hang in here, all the best to you, good mood and health."
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, known for his memorable quotes, has finally broken the long pause. Today, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers, whose statements “go to the people,” denied information about his illness, saying that he “wasn’t sick” at all. Although on March 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Dmitry Anatolyevich “was not saved” from the flu epidemic. " Real time"recalls the most striking statements of the prime minister.
“Yes, I wasn’t sick”
The protracted silence of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was broken today when, at a meeting with representatives of SMEs, he said that “he was not sick.”
“I wasn’t sick,” Medvedev said when one of those present congratulated him on his recovery.
Let us recall that on March 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Dmitry Medvedev fell ill with the flu. The head of state, discussing the epidemiological situation in Russia, said that the situation with influenza in the country “remains serious”, “and Dmitry Anatolyevich was not saved.”
Crimeans, and later the entire population of the country, heard almost the most striking quote from Medvedev on May 23, 2016. Photo youtube.com
“There is no money, but you hold on”
However, the residents of Crimea, and later the entire population of the country, heard almost the most striking quote from Medvedev on May 23, 2016. The head of government said it when one of the local residents complained that pensions were not indexed, and “eight thousand rubles are not enough to live on.” Medvedev responded to this by saying: “There is simply no money now. If we find the money, we'll do the indexing. You hang in here, all the best, good mood and health to you.”
“Anything can be aroused”
This is exactly what Dmitry Medvedev spoke about the bill, according to which law enforcement agencies The opportunity to initiate tax criminal cases without materials from tax authorities returns. It is interesting that the bill was introduced into the Duma by Vladimir Putin. Then many started talking about difficult relations in the political tandem. And the full phrase sounded even harsher:
“You can excite anything, especially by order and for money, which often happens when one structure fights with another!”
"About the cat"
The story of the cat Dorofey, Medvedev’s favorite, became one of the most discussed topics in Runet in 2012. The commotion was caused by information that the pet allegedly escaped from the residence in Gorki.
Dmitry Anatolyevich commented on the situation with a post on Twitter. “About the cat. From sources close to Dorotheus, it became known that he did not disappear anywhere. Thank you all for your concern!”
The story of the cat Dorofey, Medvedev’s favorite, became one of the most discussed topics in Runet in 2012. Photo instagram.com/damedvedev
“The government cannot be shaken like a pear”
With this phrase, Medvedev explained in 2011 why during the years of his presidency not a single minister left his post due to unsuitability. “Not all accidents depend on ministers; we really have a very difficult situation both in industry and in the economy. (...) The government cannot be shaken like a pear.”
“Barack, rest!”
So in 2010 Medvedev commented on the content telephone conversation with the American President on federal channels. In an interview with the press, Dmitry Anatolyevich then, in particular, said that his American colleague was “on vacation.” Therefore, he wished him to have a good rest.
“Barack, rest! You did your job well!” - Medvedev commented.
“What I say is cast in granite”
An equally popular saying by Dmitry Anatolyevich was his words spoken at the end of 2009 at a meeting of the commission on economic modernization and which, perhaps, were prophetic.
Then, in the status of the President of Russia, he, speaking at a meeting of the commission on economic modernization, interrupted the general director of the state corporation “Russian Technologies” Sergei Chemezov, who tried to give the president an explanation for his “remark.”
“No, you don’t need mine. It’s not my remark anymore, but a verdict. You have replicas, but everything I say is cast in granite.”
The saying was made by him after a fire in the Perm club “Lame Horse”. Photo rg.ru
"Scoundrels without brains and conscience"
Medvedev called unscrupulous entrepreneurs “without brains and without conscience” scoundrels. He made the statement after a fire in the Perm club “Lame Horse”, where more than 150 people died in December 2009.
"Freedom is better than non-freedom"
Russians also remember Medvedev’s statement made in 2008 at the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum, where he gave a big pre-election speech as a presidential candidate.
“Our policy should be based on a principle that I consider, despite all its obviousness, to be the most important for the activities of any modern state striving to achieve high standards of living. This is the principle “Freedom is better than unfreedom.”
“No need to whine”
The quote also applies to 2008. With this phrase, President Medvedev, while in Magadan, responded to complaints from entrepreneurs.
“I understand that it is not easy for business to operate, that our bureaucratic apparatus is still heavy, but there is no need to whine.”
Damira Khairulina
During Dmitry Medvedev's working trip to Crimea, a pensioner asked him a question about the indexation of pensions. A video of the Prime Minister's response went viral on the Internet.
Dmitry Medvedev on one of the streets of Feodosia after visiting the Ivan Aivazovsky art gallery as part of a working trip to Crimea. Photo: Dmitry Astakhov/TASS
The decision on additional indexation of pensions in 2016 will be made after July 1 based on the results of the first half of the year, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets told RIA Novosti. She emphasized that the government's social bloc will insist on indexation based on actual inflation.
Earlier, a video appeared on the Internet where Dmitry Medvedev, speaking about pensions with a resident of Feodosia, stated that the state has no money. An assistant hands papers to the Prime Minister, surrounded by security. Suddenly, a question comes from the crowd surrounding the security ring. A woman behind the scenes asks the head of government about when pension indexation will happen in Crimea. "No money left. You stay here, all the best to you,” Dmitry Medvedev concluded his answer.
Internet users actively reacted to the video. “Have you seen pensions in Belgorod?” — one of them wrote in the comments.
The minimum pension in Russia is 6 thousand rubles. This year, Russians' pensions were increased by only 4%. The government's social bloc insisted on additional indexation. The day before, Chairman of the State Duma Budget Committee Andrei Makarov told RBC that he would consider the issue of additional indexation of pensions in October new line-up lower house A decision on it will be made even later, other sources noted.
Is it true that the situation with pensions is special on the peninsula? Crimean blogger Alexander Gorny answered this question from Business FM:
Alexander Gorny blogger “As for pensioners in Crimea, indeed, their situation has worsened a little. This is due to the devaluation of the ruble, and the equivalent, if we take it in dollars, of course, has decreased. Food prices in Crimea are higher than on the mainland by about 10%, somewhere by 20%, somewhere by 30%. In the Ukrainian years, of course, the level of pension provision was much lower: if we take dollar recalculation, maybe about 100 dollars, maybe 150 dollars. When Crimea passed to Russia, both pensioners and civil servants benefited from this situation, whose salaries increased several times. But taking into account the devaluation that is happening in the country and inflation, the standard of living is falling not only in Crimea, but throughout Russia. And this remark to Dmitry Medvedev is really a cry from the heart not only of Crimean, but also of all Russian pensioners. Of course, pensioners do not fully understand that the situation is similar throughout Russia. Pensioners, like civil servants, benefited financially from this, but when they go to the market and realize that this money is also not enough, when they returned to Russia, they hoped that life would still become a little better.”
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea Dmitry Polonsky in an interview with Govorit Moskva radio said that there are no problems with pensions in the republic. “We are no different from other regions. There is always dissatisfaction among citizens; they always want salaries and pensions to be higher, prices to be lower. There are some objective difficulties. But there is no special Crimean problem regarding particularly low Crimean pensions,” Polonsky said. The former speaker of the Supreme Council of Crimea, first secretary of the Crimean republican branch of the Communists of Russia party, Leonid Grach, does not agree with the official’s position:
Leonid Grach first secretary of the Crimean republican branch of the party "Communists of Russia"“Tariffs for everything have also increased; taxes have been introduced for all these re-registrations of one’s property and re-conclusion of contracts with the gas industry. Before today a lot of Crimeans stand in queues, and they pay for this to re-register meters or any other indicators. Today, in terms of food pricing, we are not inferior to Moscow, and everything that has already accumulated is socially very significant, because a person is in a good mood when there is bread, when there is some kind of penny. Yesterday Dmitry Medvedev visited the Aivazovsky art gallery, walked about 300 meters to the Green Museum, and people stood, this was not a meeting, and people immediately went on the attack, as they say, that it is impossible to live on 8 thousand rubles. I would say that such a “shot” of a social nature has already taken place. I think that Dmitry Medvedev's answer is quite clumsy, dismissive. It was necessary to change the tone of the conversation, and not get away with a remark, especially since he didn’t even see the people, he was walking surrounded by a retinue consisting of guards and officials. And this added to the heat in Feodosia, because in the city there is still dead industrial production, factories are not working. Everyone expected that Medvedev’s arrival in Feodosia would be devoted to this topic.”
The Kremlin refused to comment on Medvedev's statements. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the issue of pensions relates to the government, which has the broadest powers, so it is incorrect to comment on the work of the head of the Cabinet of Ministers.