Are completely. Where, where the democrats dominate, but in general mitch mccon, the leader of the republicans, is ready for a bipartisan deal ; as we know, there are fierce debates in the lower house, where they do not want to allocate additional money to us foreign programs, where they want to make cuts. Pentagon, that is , there such radical things sound like for example, to reduce the salary of the head of the pentagon to one dollar, well, this does not fit into any framework at all, right, well, that is , these people, in fact, they are ready to stand until the last, as far as i know, american departments are already preparing to stop programs, freeze them for about 2 weeks, they wont be able to come to an agreement before that, for those of our viewers who dont understand what it means to close the american government, this doesnt mean that they will literally put locks on the offices and everyone will be fired, this a little more complicated, right . Yes, yes, absolutely right, its just that people who work in the government, for example, and those who ensure flight safety, yes, thats what the federal air transport agency does here, and this is what the socalled. Faa in the usa does, thats it these people will work, but they will work without wages, until the moment when the government and , respectively, the senate and congress agree on what to do in this situation, that is, in fact, people will work for free, this is big blow to american families, and those who work with the government, and people, for people who work under contracts, and this is a blow to the us economy, because, for example, hotel reservations, conferences are cancelled, the government makes a very large contribution to the development of american gdp, therefore these will be very big losses and i think that the republicans on the far right need to remember this, they will lose more than they save, well, this will put pressure on them to agree, but this may, as you rightly said, be some that time although in fact everything is clear that nothing is clear, but there was the first attempt, in the house of representatives, to reduce or even stop military assistance to ukraine, as i understand, this attempt did not end in success, but more than 100 congressmen from the Republican Party voted for it , tell us and give your assessment, is this something significant . Yes, absolutely right, this is a significant shift in attitude towards ukraine, as we remember, the previous emergency aid package was usually supported by a majority of the house representatives, but about 4030, 50 rightwing republicans did not support this agenda, now we are talking about , accordingly, this support has fallen by half, yes, so i think that we will witness gradual reductions in aid to ukraine, completely abandon now, of course, republicans and democrats cant, because firstly, they dont like to admit their mistakes, and secondly, i think they understand perfectly well that this will do even more, cause more damage than it will bring any positive changes because well completely abandoning ukraine is called radicalizing an already radicalized state, yes, so i think it will be very soft. Process and but it absolutely obviously exists and we are, of course , most likely moving towards some kind of compromise on this issue . And lastly, yesterday there was a debate between republican politicians who are vying for the president ial nomination of the Republican Party. And what i believe is that trump did not participate there, because he believes that he is so ahead. That he had no need for this, expected that if he did, he would become a prime target. In short, without him, the debates, well, did not become a big event, but someone still somehow stood out, took the lead, and if there is someone, what are their views . Oh, well, i, i watched the debate, in general , i read, the press about what happened on the. Stage yesterday in california at the Reagan Library , and some contenders for the nomination actually won; the winner was ron desans, who more actively articulated his position as florida, yes, yes, the governor of florida, he is in second place with a large gap from donald trump, there are about 40 points, or even a little more, but he is second. The absolute favorite of the Republican Party, yesterday he performed very brightly, i would say, but he also managed, managed to promote his agenda and there was clear respect for him on the part of other candidates, but nicky haley, who was also called a favorite, a potential contender for the nomination, perhaps even Vice President under donald trump, if he wins, she was of course lost yesterday lost from the point from the point from the perspective of her emotions, she was so upset yesterday at her opponents that, well, not only my opinion, but also the opinion of others, that she , of course, yesterday failed the second debate, well to be clear about this, she was the ambassador of the united states, the United Nations organization nations, and was my main conservative. If i may say so, to critics of russia in the trump administration, did she somehow voice these views yesterday . Yes, quite obviously, she was attacking vivica ramaswamy, and when it started, the discussion about ukraine began, ron desantis somehow slipped through, managed to express his position, saying that this war is not beneficial for us, i will do everything. In order to stop it, in case of victory, vivik kromoswamy tried to support ron santis, saying that well, look, we are not defending democracy at all, we are defending a country in which about eleven opposition parties have been closed, here we are in a race nicky halley started screaming , former Vice President pence began to support her, in general, a terrible cacophony began and. They were forced to stop this discussion, well, in general, yesterday there was such an uncontrolled discussion, it was difficult to understand at all what the candidates thought on this or that topic, because they constantly interrupted each other, but not at all in the context of reagan, yes, reagan conducted his discussions completely differently, well, with reagan there was a principle that he would not attack his other competitors, this covenant is completely ignored, but at the end of our program , i want to say the obvious, we talked a lot, talked about history, in general, it is relatively recent, only 30 years back to historically speaking, this is not very much, and the main conclusion that i draw for myself is that russia really, russia. Which went through very serious trials in the nineties, russia had great luck, it managed to avoid a civil war , and such a danger really existed, the fact is that in russia today there is political stability, that the idea of a civil war is simply not discussed, because there is no reason for it, this is , of course, a very important and. Very positive factor. Ekaterina, thank you, it was great game, well see you next week. Hello friends, this is a podcast about the life of the wonderful with you, me, its host, writer alexey varlamov, my guest is vladimir romanovich ligoida, whom im even afraid to introduce, he has so many positions and responsibilities. And a journalist, professor mgemo , editorinchief of the magazine thomas, chairman of the senodal department for interaction between church and society, head of the press service of the holy patriarch, public figure, religious figure. Vladimir ivanovich, how did you come to live like this, thats what i need to know first of all, its interesting, i want to say that you have no less responsibilities and positions, dear alexey nikolaevich, well, now im asking a question, i represent you, yes, yes, yes, well, somehow you know, by the way, im here recently i thought in connection with one date in my life that somehow everything turned out quite naturally for me, but i still read teaching in my main incarnation, i really wanted to teach, i started teaching while still a student, well, that happens sometimes we have such stories, and actually at the institute i lived and i continue to live there, and then when the patriarch turned this professional movement of life so abruptly, he gave me such an honor by inviting me. To create a department, new at that time, information, well, with the magazine it also happened somehow very naturally, back in students, in senior years, we came up with a form, and at first volodya gurbolikov and i, you know well, at first we were with the editors, then i immediately became the editorinchief, so when i work at the journalism department, i always say that its difficult for me about some journalistic things to say, because i immediately became the chief, my first position was editorinchief right away, so Something Like that, you dont know what . Interesting, because, as far as i understand, you were not born in moscow, far from moscow , in the north of kazakhstan, in kustan, and you studied there, then after graduating from school, you entered mgemo, the second time, anyway, i would like to dwell on at this moment , yes, for me mgemo, it was generally something transcendental, im just that in maggemot only because of connections, only there are children from some families, thats how the idea came into your head that why exactly magimon , mom, mom, wanted, mom wanted, as they say, i once joked that out of obedience, i, i wanted to go to the faculty of philosophy, moscow state university, msu, but first urga, first to serdlovsk, to yekaterinburg, i even went there as a schoolboy, i had some conversations, but everyone said that it was impossible, thats exactly what you just said, what is it, but the first time it didnt work out, you say, the first time it didnt work out, for me there was a medal, medalists back then had to confirm the medal with two exams, and i wrote an essay for five, which does not happen , so to speak, i passed english for four, in general, you were stabbed to death in english, well, i wasnt stabbed, i didnt know objectively, of course, and i had to take it further, then there were five exams, and i ended up scoring 22 points , i needed 23, that is, the passing score turned out to be 23, and you still took the risk of going there again a year later , but somehow i got it i was already preparing, preparing, working in parallel for several months, although in an ambulance as an orderly, well, in general, i watched life, so to speak. Angles in different optics, they got in, yes, i got in, since the medal was still valid, i got two as, i got in, yes, but im still very interested, because as far as i understand, it was a terribly interesting time, it was the end of the eighties, the beginning of the nineties an extremely interesting time, because i entered as a citizen of the ussr, by the end of the first semester i became a foreigner and in general everything was incomprehensible, although you know, here i am i was thinking about it recently, when we were talking to students, i talked about their time , this is what they are going through now, and i understand that we didnt feel all this drama that we are talking about now, the collapse of the soviet union, then, and what did you feel, this is really very interesting to me, this feeling that we are living in an era of change, but everything is changing before our eyes, what will happen next no one knows, this is a parting with the past, these are some kind of rallies. Then the august peak of the ninety first year there or vice versa october ninetythird . How did you perceive it all then . This will sound strange, i was never interested in politics, having graduated from a Political University and defended myself in political science, somehow, well , it was always less interesting to me, and in august i remember that i had just returned to kostanay, my dads apiary was, and now there is, and here we are going, we just remember a difficult evening, we pumped out honey, im still hurting, those bees there, that means theyve stung you, everything is very painful, we turn on the radio, and i tell dad, dad, dont turn it on , i say, already, he says, well, you what if we miss something important, i say, well, what could be important, thats what s there now on the eighteenth and august 19th. Yes, yes, and he turns it on, so we hear, he says, you see, son, and you said , it means nothing, so, and in ninetythree years i was studying in the states as an exchange student, i remember that i succeeded on completely legal grounds to escape from some lecture, because i approached a professor, in northern california, it was at the university, i say, you heard what is happening in our country, yes, i say, you know, let me go, please, i have to see whats going on, he says, yes, yes, of course , go, here, and then here we are, but it was completely curious, because i left, here it turns out from one side, returned to the other in every sense. And now, how do you perceive all this . Now, you know, i perceive this through the prism in general, here are thoughts about how much a person, humanity, society, i dont know, academic circles, are able to, being in the moment, assess the situation, or is it Still Necessary historical distance. There is such an imperative requirement for assessment, well, firstly, because we dont know the consequences, but when everyone says today that the events taking place are toric, i understand perfectly well that this is so, but i also perfectly understand that we dont understand , firstly, not knowing the consequences, yes, being in the process, we still cannot evaluate it, and it seems to me that this is both not given and impossible for a person, i think a lot, i cant say, i think deeply, but still periodically im asking this question, about the importance of historical distance and what else is needed to evaluate events, but it just seems to me that almost no one imagined that the soviet union would collapse, when now people say, yes, we knew everything, we always knew, there were different ones, i understand, there were forecasts, there were some of these, but then in the moment, so i listened, recently there were lectures there by our outstanding historians, who, frankly, well, no one expected this, returning to your question, me. Friends, we dont care partly existed in some kind of reality, but i cant say that there is another such academic reality, but all the same, thats where your treasure is, thats where your heart is, thats how i began to be interested in literature and philosophy there, i continued in that space, somehow it was more interesting for me there, then we opened a church for ourselves at that time, and i, for example, if you remember what happened in the first year, then despite all the drama and scale of the events that we are talking about, i i remember much more sharply and clearly. For example, remember, this is an orthodox shoe store, as it was called, because there was the only store where they sold religious literature, it was a department on the furunzinskoye metro station in the shoe store there were several tables, and there, in my opinion, from the Publishing Department of the then moscow patriarchate, they sold the first this is reprinted literature, this is what i remember very well, well, from what you are telling, it looks more like the youth of a future academic professor who really lives in history, in philosophy, and so it turns out that you are now exactly on the edge, the church and society, you cannot say, let me, a year or so will pass, and i will tell you what to think about this or that, what to do with the icon of the trinity or Something Else with some things, thats how it gets along in you, well, you know, it seems to me that i realized in time, just as i realized at school that im not a poet, so at some point i realized at the institute , that i am not a scientist, well, simply because with all my interest in academic life, there is respect for philosophy there, in my postgraduate years in general disappeared in the department of philosophy, what department was i studying in, then it was called the faculty of International Information in the department of public relations, in graduate school i was already with my favorite teacher pavlovich vyazimsky at the department of World Literature of culture, but i defended myself in political sciences, but i i realized that after all , i dont have this dominant academic scientist, im not ready to give it all up and leave. I am, after all , a teacher, that is, a popularizer, you know, when i was at school, i remember, we were in yekaterinburg we arrived, went to the faculty of philosophy and we got to a lecture about engels, and i remember what the teacher said , that marx was really a thinker, and engles was such a popularizer, somehow this thought stuck in my head and didnt in the sense that i compare myself with engels, but i understand that im a popularizer, i can find contact with the audience, as long as. I have this, i understand that it can go away tomorrow, because how you know very well, every time you enter an audience, its still like all over again, and you dont understand whether this lecture will work or not, in fact, i ve got this turnaround, and as for my current main obedience, forgive me, i m using this word, but in some sense its true yes, then i treat it in such a way that i probably turned out to be needed, i was given such an honor, they called me, i came, that is, you didnt ask for it, i didnt ask for it, i didnt go. Im not because this is Something Like that, well , i just didnt have such plans, i dont i was going to change anything, i headed the department of journalism, we were going to write some kind of textbook, i planned to somehow build. This uh academic career, yes academic, yes teaching, academic, this turn is unexpected, but i understand that for these 15 years i lived there, well, several lives, and no matter what dimension you take, i was on bering island, accompanying the holy patriarch, but when would i end up on bering island, never, but where is my mommy, i told you mile that she had to leave, far away . Yes, you have special circumstances, so we make an exception for you, but you cant endlessly go through families, you need to make a decision, would you like to live in another place someday, in another city or in another house, i like houses, i thought everything it will be simple, no or yes, these are not suitable, those are better, but what if im wrong, and what does he know about your situation . Its a beetle, mile, a dead beetle, he cant move anymore, make it so he can, and what should i tell him, that ill go to heaven, sit down next to the lord . 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