Toy tanks rush in all directions: what is wrong in Surkov's article

As Novye Izvestia has already reported, former presidential aide Vladislav Surkov (pictured) delighted his fans with a new opus with a very attractive title: "The Foggy Future of an Obscene World". In it, he again turned to his favorite geopolitical problems and the role of our country in them.

Let's cancel the Brest peace!

Surkov noted the importance of geopolitics, the influence of the area on the development and aspirations of the people, as well as the fact that the environment affects many aspects of the life of the local population and forms the unique features of the nation. The geopolitician also declared the importance of the size of the territory, calling “control of space the basis of survival”: “Now it is often heard that this is an archaic idea of politics. That the struggle for lands, seas and skies is no longer worth waging, because... it is not clear, however, why. Most likely, because laziness and fear.

Surkov paid special attention to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which the Bolsheviks concluded with Germany in 1918; the oppositionist, as you know, called it an "obscene peace". This metaphor, according to the geopolitician, most clearly emphasizes the terms of surrender, according to which Russia abandoned the vast territories of the Baltic states, Belarus, and Ukraine: “The western border rolled back far to the east, pushing the country within the limits of pre-Petrine, one might even say, pre-Roman times. There's nowhere better".

Even now, Surkov complains, the western border of the country almost coincides with the border drawn along the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and Russia has not experienced any wars or revolutions: “the fatal vulnerability of the system” was demonstrated by Perestroika and “muddy glasnost”.

But on the other hand, Surkov rejoices, “there is a lot of geopolitics ahead. Practical and applied. And even, perhaps, contact. How could it be otherwise, if it is cramped and boring, and awkward... and it is unthinkable for Russia to remain within the boundaries of an obscene world, ”adding at the end of his reasoning that“ we are for peace. Of course. But not for obscene. For the right one."

A new "obscene world" of Russia is guaranteed

Surkov's opus did not go unnoticed by analysts who appreciated it on merit. Thus, the journalist Pavel Pryanikov writes: “I read the next fantasies of Vladislav Surkov. You see, he is cramped within the borders of the "Brest peace".

“Surkov started out as a postmodernist and ended up with Dugin. In general, the perfect example of a retrotopia that struck the authorities. They are not interested in the present, much less the future. Only the past is interesting.

It is very similar to Weimar Germany, overflowing with a thirst for revenge, revanchism. And also - to the world of popadans: "N moves into the body of Beria or Nicholas II, turning the world upside down." But with such an attitude, the authorities will soon have another "obscene world".

The Englishwoman does not spoil things to everyone!

An analyst of the Paradox Friend channel considers this opus to be another attempt by Russian propaganda to drive a wedge between NATO countries:

“Following the well-known “spy” formula, the public will interpret Surkov’s text as a criticism of any “obscene” compromises with NATO. But there are no former Kremlin ideologists. In the sense that neither extra-systemic nor anti-Western. Surkov simply goes further (or to the left - along the chronological axis).

While the Kremlin is trying to return the bonuses received as a result of the Second World War but taken away as a result of the Cold War, one of the architects of Putin's Russia, retired, proposes a revision of the interim trophies of the First World War. Namely, the results of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which turned out to be both beneficial to Germany and extremely inconvenient for the Entente countries, the then Russian allies, among which the “Anglo-Saxons” so unloved by Lavrov dominated.

In other words, Surkov's attack is quite in the style of (semi) official foreign policy tactics to drive wedges (mainly hydrocarbons) into the defense of the "collective West". Even though the article was published just on the day of the visit to Moscow of the new Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Scholz, and, in principle, there are a lot of Germanophiles in the domestic higher echelons.

On the other hand, the “Englishwoman shits” is far from being for everyone, especially among the oligarchs. In any case, if the premium audience perceives Surkov as the “voice of the pro-British party”, this will at least save him from “troubles on the stock exchanges and in exchangers.”

Surkov's tanks are racing only in his mind

Political scientist Alexander Morozov strongly doubted Surkov’s intellectual “titanism”, which his fans attribute to him: “Here, Avdotya Smirnova, in a conversation with Sobchak, said that Surkov is an intellectual, just a titan. And I'm not sure. So he also decided to speak out "about war and peace." He writes about this: these days, Putin and Lavrov are demanding that NATO return to the state of 1997, and also denounce the decisions of the 2008 Budapest summit. This is petty thinking, writes Surkov. And he comes in with a trump card: it is necessary, he writes, to achieve the denunciation of the Brest Peace of 1918. Why? Because following the results of the 20th century, we were driven into the borders provided for by this treaty. And why do we need it? Because... And here is an unexpected argument! - because such is the "natural landscape of our lands"... (* dear Avdotya! But still you will agree that writing "like Prokhanov" after working in the apparatus for a long time is somehow wild. what kind of "intellectualism" is this "?! Slava reached the state of Vitaly Tretyakov, anyone can see this)".

Activist and popular blogger Kristina Potupchik completely denied the seriousness of this opus: “Meanwhile, in his separately taken metaverse, V.Yu. Surkov is building an empire. Toy tanks go West, East, North and South. They fly into space, bite into the firmament and capture the Internet and the chronotop that exist in this metauniverse. V.Yu. Surkov is becoming more powerful and wider, without, however, going beyond the boundaries of the consciousness of V.Yu. Surkov. Who would have thought that the metamodern would be essentially like a hospital ward…”

Journalist Kirill Shulika asks in bewilderment: “Is there anyone who writes more disgustingly than Surkov? I thought it was Prilepin, but no, even this one is literally a classic compared to Surkov”.