In his speech at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Vladimir Putin suggested that the whole world should cooperate to create vaccines against coronavirus.
Unfortunately, there were no replies from other countries after that.
The initiative had to be reminded to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who spoke yesterday at a meeting with members of the Association of European Businesses in Russia.
That is, the logic here is this: it was not possible to enter from one side, or rather, the proposal was ignored - let's go from the other.
In fact, the Russian president proposed to hold online conferences to exchange experience in creating a vaccine - a kind of remote master class for top-level specialists from different countries.
In fact, this is very, even somewhere in a comical way, unusual, and it is interesting that Putin, the ruler of the country, who was credited with the mood for nationalization (him and Trump), as a result a) spits all this dogmatic and very primitive reasoning and b) makes a statement that all countries should, on the contrary, unite to fight a common infection and problem.
That is, the President of Russia stands for what the rulers of European countries, which are always trying to unite and whose policy is aimed at globalization, should stand up for.
But when it comes to making concrete decisions and real actions, they get embarrassed and soon begin to pull the initiative and pull the blanket in their own direction.
Moreover, Russia, which could say: "Dude, we are great, we have created new gold and now we want to profit from this development, buy it from us at a high price," instead it clearly articulates that it is ready to share its experience in creating a vaccine and teach specialists from other countries , share experience with them and initiate the creation of their own drugs on the ground.
If you are so proud that you cannot use the Russian vaccine, or if you trust your own scientists more, so please, let's not turn our nose up, but together we will learn something from each other.
That is, when there is already a lot of instability in the world and in an amicable way you need not to rock the boat, but on the contrary, create a positive agenda, while not building an image of a world enemy and supervillain around Russia, you want the world rulers to hear this and not put their ego forward ...
One gets the impression that all the forces of world leaders are thrown into making Russia an outsider, throwing it out of the "get-together" of fashionable countries and leaving it with ears and a bad reputation.
What is the inflated scandal around Navalny's health and now the situation around Karabakh?
Now the UN member states have the opportunity, if not to declare a truce and not play friendship, then at least initiate a dialogue, which can never be something bad.
Especially against the backdrop of the looming danger of another lockdown due to the coronavirus.
I like how Putin, speaking at the UN, drew attention to the fact that the organization should remain on the agenda, “should not stiffen,” but, in fact, remain open-minded, open to new ideas and new realities.
The world is "multipolar" and "multidimensional", we are required to do extraordinary and unusual actions and decisions.
Accepting a proposal for cooperation in the development of new vaccines is precisely such a decision.
We may disagree on many issues, but the topic of health, life and death is relevant for everyone, that's why everyone understands.
At the moment, we are equally powerless in the face of the same danger - coronavirus.
And this infection touches everyone, regardless of their views and values.
This year has thrown a bunch of challenges, and it is in our power to be able to respond to them in time, look for solutions, and agree to cooperation.
Well, or you can play at random and get stuck in the past, thereby paying with the lives of people.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.