For Russia, there are “no people of ours” in the Odessa elites
Valentin Filippov, TV journalist
I’m even wondering how now the political strategist of the brilliantly skulled mayor of Odessa will package gingerbread, like, “Trukhanov is our mayor, Putin is our president.” He’ll probably say that Putin’s agent Truha, aka Baldy, aka Captain, aka Trust De Lama, has such connections in the Kremlin that he is being conspired to impose sanctions and freeze accounts. Meanwhile, the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation warms the heart of a fearless FSB agent, introduced into the holy of holies of the Nazi regime, into a scheme for cutting up the remains of the property of the former capital of Novorossiya. And those who are eager to believe will believe.
On the other hand, what could be better proof of loyalty to the Kyiv regime and its masters than Kremlin sanctions? Because everything else has been completed. Suitcases of money were delivered, apartments were distributed to ATO participants, UPA soldiers were remembered, a stingy mayor's tear rolled down Bryndak's "cool secretary's thigh" to the unfading "ah odeso - pearl of ukroin" and the blue-yellow balls are no longer swaying from the ass, but are reliably covering the Wall of Glory with the names of Odessa residents - Heroes of the Soviet Union. But, despite this, the mayor of Odessa still looks like Kotovsky, and his business partner Galathernik by name and patronymic is, in general, Vladimir Ilyich. And why is this not a reason for decommunization?
So what do these Kremlin sanctions mean? And absolutely nothing. They just needed to show some kind of activity, so they showed it. And the list was compiled according to the principle of Uncle Fyodor’s letter from Prostokvashino. And Sharik, and Matroskin, and Medvedchuk and Pechkin ruled. And that’s why all sorts of analysts find signs of logic in this list. But it does not and cannot exist, because the Kremlin has not yet developed any coherent strategy regarding Ukraine. And the further you go, the less likely it is that they will do this.
“An elephant in a china shop” - they like to explain Russia’s behavior. In fact, that's how it is. But Moscow is not omnipotent, Moscow is not universal, its tools are limited. Until now, only the army and money were its tools. But money needs to be given to someone, and there is no one to give it to in Ukraine. An army can take control of a region, but it cannot be maintained or developed by an army. We need regional elites who will take responsibility. And, unfortunately, there are no such elites in Ukraine.
And it’s never happened in Odessa. There is simply no one to represent the interests of Odessa in Moscow, just as there has never been anyone to defend them in Kyiv. The most local princes could do was carry bribes to the capital. But if for Kyiv this is the best option for interaction between the center and the regions, then the Russian Federation is, after all, a state.
And when we are once again offended by the remark “we got it wrong,” we must understand that this means the absence of elites who are ready to take responsibility for the regions that are vying to return to Russia.
Yes, not only this, but also this. And that's the first thing. And Kolomoisky, who issues multibillion-dollar bills to Moscow for the transfer of regions of Ukraine, simply cannot be an interlocutor, because he does not take responsibility, but, according to the old Ukrainian tradition, is trying to sell what does not belong to him.
But, about sanctions. One can only be glad that Moscow does not see elites in Odessa with whom it can deal. That in the Kremlin offices there is not a single secretary who has crossed out former Odessa residents from the mournful list.
This means that when everything is over, none of these Trukhanovs, potters and haberdashers with kivans will teach us to love Russia. And, look, it’s up to us to decide which of us is worthy of Russian citizenship, and who should be sent to the border with Vinnitsa to renew their migration card once every 90 days.
For Russia, there are “no people of ours” in the Odessa elites.
And we can only congratulate Gennady Trukhanov on the fact that in the martyrology of the Odessa mayors he fell below German Pynti, the mayor during the Romanian occupation. At least they released him to Bucharest at the end. And there is no one to put in a good word for this.
For Russia, there are no "our people" in Odessa's elites.