One of the peculiarities of the Crimea is that after ultra-politicized Ukraine, he found himself in Russia. The very thing in which the very conversation about politics is seriously - tabooed. Where stand-up show and KVN joke about mother-in-law, and not about power. Where any discussion of politics at the level of solidarity and personal complicity is unthinkable. The elite has monopolized politics and is not going to share it even with those who are ready to support it sincerely, - writes the leader of the ICTV channel, journalist Pavel Kazarin for the Crimea. Realities.

"Do not think about the white rabbit" when discussing political expelled, then talk about the policy becomes whatever. "The Myrrh-Busting Bust of Nicholas II" or the abolition of the play "Nureyev" in the Bolshoi Theater is after all a conversation not about culture or spirituality. This discussion of the same tabooed - albeit through the system of allegories.

And so in Russia everything happens. Any film premier Zvyagintsev becomes an event - and discussion of the tape turns into a political discussion. Just as in a sealed boiler, steam breaks out through minute cracks and crevices, so in Russia everything is decidedly political.

It is a "discussion", because it is it - a serious one - that remains under an unofficial ban. Because the discussion and discussion is an appropriation (contesting the monopoly of power) and the first step to try on the responsibility (and the boundaries of this in Russia are clearly outlined by the space of personal apartments). Joking is acceptable, but the conversation is taken seriously as a claim to subjectivity.

By and large, the state accustoms Russian citizens to the fact that they are totally irresponsible. "Our business is small," "they are more visible to them at the top" - these are the formulas behind which there is disregard. At best, the Russian citizen is given the role of a fan who can rejoice at the rostrum of the "success" of his team - as it was in the spring of 2014. But not more.

The system-forming ideology of Russia was not Orthodoxy and not the people - it became cynicism. Cynicism as unbelief in ideals, as a detachment from principles. This is echoed by Russian propaganda, convincing the viewer not that Moscow is right, but that it is no different from any other players.

Those few who are ready to disagree with this are forced to learn Aesopian language. And to discuss the political - which about the organization of life - with the help of indirect causes and related topics, which can be any in form and content, for they are still just an excuse.

And the process of annexation of Crimea was accompanied by the fact that Russia taught Crimean people to talk about politics. Moreover, she herself repeatedly broadcast to them the idea that they are the authors and implementers of the "return to their native harbor". That without their grassroots rush there would be nothing. That only their active participation made it possible to change flags.

And with each new day Crimea from this self-awareness will wean.