Alexander Subbotin: 'The Head of State is absolutely right that one cannot engage in self-promotion and come with just a beautiful speech.'

The Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee took part in the STV talk show "On the Merits," where regional policy and the problems faced by local authorities were discussed based on the results of a seminar-meeting on working with the public.

- The Head of State is absolutely right that one cannot engage in self-promotion and come with just a beautiful speech. One must come with an idea. And when this idea burns within you, the words that verbalize this idea and convey it to the viewers emerge on their own. And then it is perceived from the other side of the screen. So I think that's why I'm here. If necessary, we will argue, we will answer questions. Sharp, less sharp, very sharp. But the most important thing is that everyone understands…
You call them officials. I immediately start looking around: after all, we live in the same houses, use the same entrances, go to the same shops. Therefore, an official is some kind of artificially created caste.
In fact, the peculiarity of our state is that, as it has developed, as the President has built it, there are no such officials. That is, everything is so unified, everyone is so equal, let's say.
Therefore, I think this program is also designed to make everyone look at us and say: they are just like us, - said the head of the region on the STV talk show "On the Merits."