“Blade runner” - this is the metaphor used by the famous speed skater Ivan Skobrev, apparently briefly characterizing his personality, lifestyle, and life credo in general in his LiveJournal blog. Interest in his person arose due to two circumstances. The first is that rare person in our region (Vologda) who can really lay claim to an Olympic medal in Sochi, including the title of Olympic champion. Without any doubt, this is also his own fixed idea, towards which he has been moving quite purposefully for many years and, it seems, tirelessly and inexorably. Secondly, this is the athlete who broke all relations with that region (Vologda region), which for almost ten years quite generously financed the training of a promising boy, until he turned into a seasoned “gold medal hunter” and sent all his benefactors “to count bath basins.” The reason that lies on the surface is banal - they did not agree on the price. I cannot give an exact figure, since there are too many dark spots in this story for the public, but if you read into the words of Skobrev, which he set out in his LJ and interview, and in the words of Oleg Dimoni, the Vologda “Minister of Sports”, it goes about the amounts for a mere mortal are very impressive - from 17 to 25 or more million rubles, either for a year, or for six months, or for an even shorter period. In Cherepovets, just recently they managed to “find” as much as 800 rubles “for the snout” as a supplement for nannies and junior kindergarten teachers, but still did not reach the minimum wage in the public sector (4150 rubles). It turns out that Skobrev’s “pearls are small”, and in the kindergartens of the city, which he represented for 10 years, there are almost 600 vacant places, which no one, apparently due to natural greed, wants to occupy, since there is a “salary ceiling” there. about 7000 rubles. “Here is the truth of life for you,” as Poloter, the hero of the film “I Walk Through Moscow,” performed by the legendary Vladimir Basov, would say. For the sake of an Olympic gold medal, are we ready to give a damn about the present and future of our children?! Let me remind you that Oleg Dimoni not so long ago headed the trade union of education workers, so guess at once what his thoughts are about “all this.” Perhaps he doesn’t understand anything about big-time sports, but the fact that he posed the question: “How long!” It’s quite possible to appreciate: “Vanka “makes money” at any cost, and we owe the entire social sphere for the sake of “big athletes”, whose greed has long been unlimited, and we can’t wait for gratitude, let it go to waste?!” - this is probably what the “minister” thinks. And more serious bosses probably still consider Vanya a “non-core asset”: “Well, if he wins the Olympics, so what? Should I sell the plant under the hammer for the sake of his victory?” What should the actual price of an Olympic gold medal be? In the NHL, this issue has already been “overwritten” to such an extent that every time the administration and the hockey players cannot agree on “who is more valuable to the Motherland.” All the metamorphoses of the dynamics of Ivan Skobrev’s personality development are not a big secret. I was nothing, became something, won something, traveled around the world, looked at how others live, compared with myself and made the appropriate conclusions: “I am a star, and the attitude towards me should be appropriate. If you want a medal, go get the money!” Everything, by the way, fits perfectly into the modern logic of social life, where money decides everything. In this regard, Ivan Skobrev, in the literal sense of the word, is a victim of circumstances. In fact, he can’t compare his standard of living with the girls from kindergarten No. 117, but by world standards, he’s a tramp! Although, who knows, considering the fees that football players, hockey players and their coaches receive in Russia today. The world has gone crazy, gone crazy with money, and Vanya, why should he stand on the sidelines? Moreover, such a “suit suits”. Everyone knows what fixed idea is in the heads of our leadership. Can.