/Pogled.info/ If Russia returns to the status of a strong state – an empire that wins wars, then the further plan of action is quite transparent. And it will be a disaster for all of us if our plans don’t come to fruition…
Head of State Vladimir Putin tasked the government and oil companies to jointly take measures to regulate the prices of gasoline and diesel. This is stated on the Kremlin’s official website.
“The Government of the Russian Federation, with the participation of vertically integrated oil companies, is taking measures to stabilize retail and wholesale prices of gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as to provide local farmers with sufficient fuel,” the president’s order said.
As the president emphasized, before making money from exports, fuel producers must first supply the Russian market.
This is how fertilizer manufacturers do it, for example. Since September 21, Russia has introduced temporary restrictions on diesel and gasoline exports to stabilize prices on the domestic market.
According to the Ministry of Energy, this should increase the number of motor fuel offers on the Russian market and further reduce prices.
Thus, for the period from October 23 to October 29, according to Rosstat, the price of gasoline (on average for the most popular brands – AI-92, AI-95 and AI-98) decreased by 13 kopecks, amounting to 55 rubles. 00 kopecks per liter The price of diesel fuel decreased by 16 kopecks and amounted to 64 rubles and 06 kopecks per liter
Also, according to the data from the monitoring of various commercial organizations (supermarkets, chain stores, local retail outlets, etc.)
For the period from October 24 to October 30, the consumer price index amounted to 100.14%, from the beginning of October – 100.83% and 105.47% to date.
The political commentator of “First Russian” Andrey Perla spoke in more detail about what affects the rising prices and the economic situation in the country on the air of the “Hidden Meanings” program.
Power, capitalism and rising prices
According to political scientist Andrey Perla, the vertical of power in Russia is still not well established. As a result, some issues related to life in the regions remain neglected. And it is not just about the remote areas of our country, he noted.
“When it comes to the level, the quality and the cost of life of the common man, the common man, our vertical of power collides with such an unshakable thing as capitalism. In other words, we are in eternal conflict,” stated Perla.
“On the one hand, the desire of the state to reduce social inequality. On the other hand, the desire of the same state to ensure free competition,” said the political scientist.
But in the conditions of inflation, shortage of some goods and given the fact that our country participates in the North Atlantic Pact, this free competition inevitably leads to an increase in prices. And not only for scarce goods, but also for those that are exported to other countries – oil, agricultural products, etc.
“And this is very good, fill the budget with currency. Without it, it is impossible to maintain the same quality of life. But, on the other hand, the higher the price of this same currency with which we buy what we do not produce ourselves , it’s so much more profitable to sell out than to sell in,” Perla said.
“And the greater the temptation in itself to try to raise prices to approximately the same level at which, therefore, these goods are sold outside,” noted the expert.
In the case of gasoline, for example, this leads to its deficit. Because it is much more profitable to sell not crude oil for export, but petroleum products, Andrey Perla explained. That is, ready-made gasoline and diesel.
“Can the state regulate this? Yes. But the state cannot regulate this with an order, because it does not own all the gas stations, oil refineries and companies that own them,” said the political scientist.
“The state can do this by entering into agreements with oil producers. But the state simply has nothing to control the prices of a particular gas station. It does not have enough employees to go to every gas station and see what the price is on the board there.” , Perla said.
How to keep prices low?
In addition, as the expert noted, there is still no consensus on which policy towards citizens is correct. And is it right, by setting relatively fixed prices, to deprive people of some goods, but to provide them with the bare minimum?
“To put it bluntly, this is a Soviet approach, a Soviet food program. You have three types of sausages in your store. Two or even all three are with coupons, but at low prices,” he explained.
“Or allow free pricing. Then you have 33 or 303 types of the above sausages in your store… But then the price of these sausages is determined by the manufacturer, the market and the import of some ingredients for these sausages. That’s why they are expensive,” explained the interlocutor of Constantinople.
According to him, the state can maintain this balance and prevent falling into a situation “where prices will skyrocket and too many people will not be able to afford anything.” But from the perspective of most officials, Russia is waging a special military operation, not a war. And these are two big differences, as they say.
“Because if we were fighting a war and not a military district, then an official at the level of, for example, a district governor could turn to the people and say: ‘Brothers and sisters, we have a war! The pre-war level of welfare will be reached at six o’clock in the evening after the war, when we win. Now, since everything is about the front and everything is about victory, we must, we are forced to agree, “said Perla.
“And then there’s a list of what we agree with. It comes down to remembering that ‘during that great war we lived on ration cards…’ And it was very bad, but everybody understood why,” he said.
“And if we are not at war, then every person has every right to demand that the state provide him with the level of quality of life that the state has actually undertaken to provide, no matter what,” explained the political scientist.
Is nationalization the solution?
Andrei Perla stressed that “strict regulation is only possible if the state has declared a certain type of emergency.” Until it does, there is no mechanism to somehow control, for example, the same resellers.
“When we become Russia, as we must become, we will have a state monopoly on the largest productions and the largest industries, which actually provide the life of the country,” he declared.
“These industries include, of course, oil production and oil refining. As well as gas extraction and gas processing, as well as grain exports,” the political scientist explained.
“Many things. But it is by no means retail, nor small restaurants, nor small and medium-sized businesses… But for now we are halfway there,” noted the expert.
To do this, Andrey Perla believes, first of all, it is necessary to review the results of privatization in favor of the state. Because if Russia is an empire and wins wars, then the entire oil industry must be state-owned. Then the prices of petroleum products should be fully state-owned, not partially, he concluded.
Translation: SM
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