Nothing unites Putin’s elite more than outrage at the very idea that money from the reserve fund could be given to people to make their lives easier. Yes, I insist on this. If Russia’s reserves currently stand at 17.7 trillion rubles, then we can and should spend 10 trillion of that to help citizens. Specifically, right now we should pay every adult 20,000 rubles and 10,000 rubles for each child. We can also cancel taxes for small businesses. And utility charges for the period of “self-isolation.” And I will keep collecting signatures for this. Sign if you haven’t already: https://5steps.vote/ As for Solovyov and Sobchak, I’m not surprised that it is precisely propagandists from state TV channels who are foaming at the mouth trying to prove to us that people should not receive a single kopek from the reserve fund. In their view, the country’s reserves exist only to pay their fees. And Putin makes sure they keep getting them without interruption — with no “self-isolation” or “non-working weeks.”