"MIKHALKOV WAS PREFERRED TO BALABANOV"
DECEMBER 11
, 2017
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December 11th, 2017
The election of the chairman took place at the Xth Congress of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation. Surprisingly, it was once again directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, who has been heading the NGO since 1998.
The alternative candidate was self–nominated Viktor Balabanov, "the father of four children and the grandfather of six grandchildren, who has 126 TV roles and 108 roles in theaters." In addition, the artist's creative biography includes "10 Molotovs, two Khrushchevs and one and a half Lenin."
After self-nominated Balabanov called the first point of his program that if he became chairman of the Union of Cinematographers, he would tell Vladimir Putin "to resign," the members of the candidate's Investigative Committee booed and voted against his candidacy in the elections.
Thus, Nikita Mikhalkov turned out to be the only candidate. In his election speech, he noted that the main thing would be "to educate decent young people who can be given into the hands of our Union."
278 candidates attended the congress, the majority voted "for", five were against, three abstained (including Mikhalkov himself). According to the new charter, also adopted at the congress, the chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation can now be elected to this post an unlimited number of times.
The answer is on Viktor Balabanov's <url> website:
"As I have already reported, the statement itself was important to me, and not the nomination for the post of Chairman of the Union - an expression of attitude towards the current President Putin!..
Evgeny Gerasimov, the leader of the Congress of Cinematographers, with the support of the obedient majority, postponed the speeches in the debate until the end of the congress, carrying out the pro forma elections BEFORE the DISCUSSION!..
I insisted on discussions, but the vote proposed by Evgeny Gerasimov doomed those who signed up to speak to useless nonsense at the microphone...
Then I had the idea to nominate my candidacy to strike on the main Problem of Russia, which slows down the development of cinema in Russia, and the development of the economy, and all spheres of society, every Russian and his standard of living!..
I said, what's the point of living for Russians who don't have as much "baggage" as I do?!.
Putin is a brake on development, a brake on Russia!
He organized a group around himself - this is duplicated by levels everywhere!.. That's why corruption is rampant everywhere!..
I demonstrated to my colleagues that there are people who do not recognize the cult of personality!
...But you should always not only deny, but also suggest!..
And I announced the name of Grigory Yavlinsky so that people would know and think about an Alternative to Putin!
Yavlinsky, an Economist, will lead Russia to a high level of development, just like the life of every Russian!..
Russians will have Free funds that will be invested in the production of films!
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