For the article “Ivan Skobrev or, Running for Money” on Twitter, Ivan’s mother called me a “grabber and a swindler,” and my dad, in a personal letter, generally “promised to prove,” but I still didn’t understand what he promised. Ivan himself, who was apparently touched to the depths of his soul by my “insinuations,” did not forget to mention that he “probably wrote all this for money, everyone earns as best they can.” Ivan also found aggressive fans who began to explain to me “what an Olympic champion is” (Ivan is not one yet, by the way) and “how much his preparation costs.” Songs of the Landsknechts I will not disappoint my respected (sincerely, respected, since I wrote about “grabbing”, and not about “grabbing”, with whom it does not happen) opponents, the time has come to pay tribute to those who, for some reason, helped me , like Ivan Skobrev, he did not pay “30 pieces of silver.” And I, as Ivan writes, am also offended: “I would understand if I didn’t run, didn’t work, or didn’t imagine the result... But, apparently, the new governor has new views on sports and paying athletes” (http ://www.severinform.ru/index.php?page=interview&interid=121). So I write: “I would understand if I had not written, if I had not defended the governor with foam at the mouth, if I had not given results. But, apparently, Oleg Aleksandrovich has different views on how to write”)))))))))))). Here is another interesting passage from Ivan: “But I also cannot accept this position, because I honestly do my job, I work every day and more than once a day. And, of course, I want there to be a return. As for me, I tried to work as hard as possible not only on the track, but also then - to lobby for the interests of the Vologda region, be it at the federal level in the Ministry, in all interviews - in print, television - I always mentioned both the sports club and our achievements. And this attitude upset me, to say the least.” Damn, I did the same thing, and much more often, and, I’m afraid to say, more effectively than Ivan (and worked, and worked, and lobbied for the interests of the region), but I did not receive a PENNY FROM THE REGION. Not a single one. Moreover, he ruined his health and became disabled. Try to endure such a psychological load, you are unlikely to live to see my 50th birthday! And here is another interesting reasoning from Ivan Skobrev: “I received an offer from the Khabarovsk Territory in September. This came as a surprise to me. They offered me favorable conditions; they were four times higher than those offered in the Vologda region. And, of course, I could not but agree, because when I do work, I want to get normal money. Moreover, I think you understand that this job is not for life. And now my main task is to prepare for the Olympic Games, and there is a year and a half left before them, and, of course, I want my family to be prosperous, and to work to the maximum, and to earn money during this period, so as not to look back later, and what it will be after my work. Still, I think you understand that high-performance sports are not all about health. So today I understand some of the governor’s comments, his wishes that I speak for two regions. But, to be honest, with the approach and way of conducting negotiations that the Vologda region has demonstrated over the past three months, I think that there is no chance. And it’s not that I don’t want to - but for God’s sake, I’m ready.” Ivan thinks literally like me. Moreover, as each person reasons. Everyone wants to make good money. Even a nanny in the village, whose mistake could cost the life of a child, or even more than one! If Ivan doesn’t win the gold medal in Sochi, what will happen? Will the earth go off the rails? But for some reason she receives 4000 from the budget, if she receives it, and Ivan, as a true “hired soldier,” does not want to talk about less than... with 10 zeros at the end... He is offended... Let me give you one more long quote: “Landsknechts, the German mercenary soldiers, who existed from about 1487 to 1556, provided one such advantage. Originally created as a force to support the aspirations ofcreation of the Holy Roman Empire by Maximilian, heir to the Holy Roman Empire, they soon began to hire themselves out to the highest bidders, including Maximilian’s enemy, the King of France.” “Something familiar is heard in the coachman’s long song”... Don’t you think so?!))))))))))) With a mentality like that of Ivan and his relatives, who measure too much by money, it is obvious that the manifestation is normal civil position, “without flapping your ears” and powerful blows to the chest, seems impossible. Everything around is corrupt, even Igor V., although this, alas, is not the case yet))))))))))) “A billion here, a billion here” Okay, enough to torment Ivan, let’s take care of the authorities of the Vologda region. I have, frankly speaking, an excellent relationship with Oleg Aleksandrovich Kuvshinnik. More precisely - NONE! He is on his own, I am on my own. Like two real boys, we have nothing to share. We go, you know, through life, spitting and not looking at each other. He thinks that I “didn’t make a face,” I think that he did. He is Guber, I am the small-town Sigmund Freud)) True, one day I “foolishly” decided to “sign up” as a PR specialist for the Development Corporation of the Vologda Region, and I, the No. 1 blogger in this region, was given 10 points out of 10 for the essay I wrote - something like 1.6 (and the judges, who), and the young guy from Severstal gets as many as 10 points. I then called OA and was indignant: “What the hell?” But he’s not simple either, he says: “You have to prove that you’re a great PR man!” So I had to write a note “Underdevelopment Corporation of the Vologda Region” (http://www.proza.ru/2012/04/07/1586) and optimize it for search engines. Now the acquaintance with the Development Corporation of the Vologda Region for those who are interested in this begins with an acquaintance with the unknown Corporation for the Underdevelopment of the Vologda Region, invented by me. And you, dear reader, with what “title” would you begin to get acquainted with this grandiose insight of the governor’s mind?)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) minds, I don't believe it. Although, what can I say, many of them graduated from the Higher Mathematics Courses of the Severstal Welfare Complex, and not every Perelman will understand the mathematics there. Therefore, we solved financial issues something like this: A friend calls Slava to his friend Zhora in the early 2000s. He asks: “Tell me, Zhora, how much will it cost us to invite the Shamakhan queen?!” Zhora yells into the phone: “Billion!” Slava, not hearing (the noise of the sauna), shouts back: “A million?!” “No,” Zhora shouts, accompanied by the dull thud of a volleyball, “deafness, billion!” “Well, to hell with it,” Slava says, not having heard Zhora. - a billion here, a billion here! The treasury, tea, will not become poorer. The blast furnace milks well!” Well, then there was a conversation about how much it costs to stretch a hose from the winery to the Palace of Drunken Metallurgists, about the social prospects of the project, etc. In the end, everyone was happy: the Shamakhan queen, the drunken guests of the holiday, the police, the beer dealers, and drug addiction specialists. Everyone got theirs! Yes, there were people in our time!!! But every fairy tale ends someday. Like, probably, the fairy tale with the Olympic champions from the Vologda region, sucked out of the “budget finger”. However. “Loser psychology” is a new promising direction in psychology. I’m reading the posts of the “Minister of Sports” of the Vologda Region Oleg Dimoni on VKontakte (http://vk.com/id6301029), dedicated to Skobrev. He promotes himself, damn it, at the expense of the latter mercilessly, calls for quartering, and then, suddenly, he writes on September 20: “Today I held a briefing for journalists at the regional government building. There is only one topic - Skobrev. I’ll post a few materials that have appeared, and that’s all. The topic can be closed." And here (http://www.severinform.ru/index.php?page=newsfull&date=20-09-2012&newsid=169825): “The government of the Vologda region does not intend to sort things out with speed skater Ivan Skobrev in court. However, officials are convinced that if they go to court, the athlete will have “serious problems.” He made this statement at a meeting with journalists….