If initially the entire current scandalous story with opposition leader Navalny looked like a detective story, albeit a rather primitive one, now it has been reformatted into a vulgar political anecdote.
It is based on a banal system of forgeries.
Obvious, especially not hidden.
On the principle of Ostap Bender: "More cynicism - people like it."
Moreover, the evolution of this plot is too predictable and stereotyped, which speaks of its man-made and predetermined character.
This is how provocations are traditionally carried out.
The initial suspicions have been confirmed.
Alexander Lukashenko told Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin that Angela Merkel's statements about Navalny's poisoning are falsifications.
The Belarusian president announced the interception of the conversation between Warsaw and Berlin by electronic intelligence, which spoke of the staged nature of Navalny's poisoning.
He promised to convey information about this conversation to the Russian side.
Lukashenko quoted a quote from the intercepted conversation: the hoax was arranged “to discourage Putin from sticking his nose into the affairs of Belarus”.
In this case, the hands of Poland would be completely untied for the promotion of a protest Belarusian fire in the colors of its flag, as well as for the production of all kinds of provocations.
“You see how Jesuit things these people are,” he said.
Is anyone surprised by this style of political affairs with European partners?
Only Russian opposition-minded citizens do not perceive this, they say that it is madness to say something like that.
In their built and strictly regulated world view, all this does not fit with democracy.
Does not fit and does not fit, they have long been in their fantasy reality, in which Russia is painted in a radically black color - smuggled goods.
Recall that immediately after the plane landed with Alexei Navalny, a statement about his poisoning was thrown in.
The nature of this statement was not the level of speculation and version, but immediately had an almost axiomatic character.
Allegedly, Navalny criticized the Russian power mores too harshly and he should not get away with it so easily.
The Russian doctors who saved his life found no traces of the poisoning.
In parallel with this, ultimatum demands were sent to send him to Germany for treatment.
The German clinic, where Navalny was placed, immediately took the side of the poisonous version.
The ghost of the ominously legendary "Novice" began to wander.
Recall, he was promoted to the whole world, untwisting the Salisbury scandal, which was directed into an extended spy series.
Once this very "Novichok" appears, then this is almost one hundred percent proof of the intervention of Russian state structures.
After all, everyone knows that the Russian authorities poison all their opponents (and even those who look askance at it), doing it provocatively and cynically and exclusively as a “Novichok”, while at the crime scene employees of special departments are scattered about it.
Well, you know what the ridiculous logic is ...
By the way, this "Novichok" is now being made the main brand in Russia.
The Russian word, which must be known all over the world, so that it becomes a visiting card of our country, its synonym.
Sputnik, matryoshka, balalaika, "Novichok".
At one time they tried to prove that this is a gas station country.
Now they focus on its toxicity, on the fact that it occupies a leadership position in the axis of evil.
That poisons everything that you touch.
The sinister nature of the Iraqi regime was proven by shaking the test tube.
Here, concentrated poisons, which eliminate all unwanted ones, go through gas pipes or, on the contrary, pump athletes with steroids, the whole politics is on doping ...
From the outside, all this seems wild, but only at first glance.
The standard work is underway to activate the clichés, and the blissful picture of the world of the Western man in the street rests on them, therefore everything that is built in this clichéd context is not perceived critically, for granted.
The Russian man in the street, who thinks of himself as a freedom-loving oppositionist, traditionally believes in the unconditional correctness of Western voices.
In Russia, for him, this is everything that comes from the government - propaganda, lies and slander.
Any voice with a foreign label is the highest, undoubtedly truthful authority.
The voice of the democratic distilled reason can neither lie nor impudent.
This is the symbol of faith.
Tunnel thinking is very easy to manipulate.
Therefore, if it is stated that Navalny was poisoned, made it a "Novichok", and the poisonous impulse comes from the Russian authorities, then it is so.
Everything is obvious and without proof.
All that remains is to resent and hate.
From the very beginning of this whole story, the timeliness of the "poisoning" was striking.
Expectation of provocation in line with the notorious "sacred sacrifice".
The moment was painfully opportune: post-election protest activity in Belarus was at its peak.
The idea was imposed that the entire Belarusian people, as one, had rebelled against the dictator, who had already lost his mind and who was about to flee if he did not feel the support of Russia.
The situation with Navalny could force Russia to get bogged down in its own problems: to pacify the turbulent protest activity inside the country, to begin to make excuses and fight off the attacks of numerous critics who would outlaw it.
Then she will certainly have no time for Lukashenko, no time for the support of the legitimate Belarusian authorities.
We should not forget about the Russian September single voting day - there could be an aim to create a chain reaction of regional instability.
Moreover, they tried to cut Russia off from Belarus before the presidential elections, throwing in the legend about Russian "saboteurs" who came to organize riots.
And it practically would have been possible if the tangle of intrigue had not been promptly unraveled and the needlewomen who woven it had not been named.
The second scandal was intended to build the necessary moat between Russia and Belarus.
It is possible that the "poisoning" of Navalny was planned in conjunction with the plan for the same "saboteurs".
Everything is too predictable, stamped handwriting and long ears of interested persons stick out, who are now building a seductive Eurovector for Belarus using the navigator of Polish-Lithuanian Telegram channels and media.
Now this whole story with the Russian oppositionist more and more resembles the scandalous "murder of Babchenko" in the Kiev entrance.
Then the social network critic of the Russian authorities very diligently portrayed the victim.
They began to declare about some impossible number of people objectionable to Russia, whom, along with Babchenko, it was planned to eliminate.
But after all this nonsense and absurdity was somehow quickly hushed up and they try not to remember it.
But how much noise there was then, how many curses against the Russian authorities for the innocent murdered!
The usual thing.
These curses have long lived their own lives.
Now, apparently, in the case of Navalny, an act of miraculous recovery should be expected, because the inoculation of democracy and love of freedom is the best medicine against Russian despotism and deceit, which is now symbolized by Novichok.
If the goal was achieved and Russia could be separated from Belarus, so that Polish interests began to march there, then the whole cure would go much faster.
The ghost of the "Newbie" would have evaporated, if a laboratory error had been declared, or the topic would have been simply stopped being discussed and it would have left the news feeds.
All this would be very reminiscent of the agreement on resolving the political crisis, which Yanukovych signed with opposition leaders in February 2014.
Then the representatives of Poland and Germany were witnesses of this signing.
Yanukovych was simply deceived, they set a trap, and the witnesses ... it is clear that bribes are smooth from them.
Lukashenka was also led to something similar through a system of provocations in the current situation.
Angela Merkel said that they wanted to silence the Russian politician.
So he is silent, and more and more people are talking for him and around him ... we know who.
Apparently, initially, there was an installation on these voices, and they decided to write off Navalny himself and reboot the Russian opposition forces in order to add radicalism to them, because the Belarusian fire that had been staged must be urgently transferred to Russia.
Although Navalny is not a newcomer to politics, he speaks in the rank of, rather, a talking head.
Unable to rally opposition, infect with ideas, make them pulsate with new meanings.
He is a sign.
Quite popular, promoted, but not surprising for a long time.
There is and is.
The activity is quite predictable.
Another thing is that behind this talking head and sign there is a fairly serious corporation working in the opposition field.
His "poisoning" - including an attempt to rebrand the opposition.
Now the opposition forces in Russia are unable to lend a shoulder, they specialize exclusively in the field of creating background noise ranging from expressions of indignation to hysteria.
This is not enough.
Fire organizers need radicalism, and they will tune in to its wave.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.