It is necessary to stop the chaotic, illegal development of Moscow districts.
In the vast majority of European capitals, nothing has been built for a long time. There people simply live and enjoy all the benefits of a developed, modern city. Green spaces, parks and public gardens, all of this is carefully preserved and maintained.
In the Russian capital, the opposite is true. There is no area where there is not a huge compaction or infill development. Architectural monuments are being demolished, parks and courtyard green spaces are being cut down. Muscovites are already tired of never-ending construction projects, tired of fighting with officials who are selling plots of land for development left and right as if the goal of their life is to build as much as possible and as high as possible. Violations of sanitary standards and rules during the development of areas have not been observed for a long time. Anything that interferes with the disbursement of the budget and the receipt of commercial profits is ignored by officials. Officials are accustomed to overstepping the interests of residents with impunity, and this has already led to numerous protests and rallies. Deputies of the Communist Party faction of the Moscow and State Dumas barely have time to process voter requests with complaints about illegal construction and cutting down of green spaces. Developers are targeting not only open urban spaces, they are trying to build up courtyard areas, trying to grab any piece of free land under the windows
- 07 July 2019, 23:17
Residents canceled fake public hearings
and held real public hearings at a meeting with a Moscow City Duma deputy!
What to do if officials invite outsiders to public hearings so as not to take into account the opinions of local residents? What to do when officials bring in paid extras and state employees through the back door to approve construction projects in favor of developers? Such public hearings are falsified and it is very rarely possible to cancel them and hold repeated public hearings in compliance with all legal norms. On July 6, in the Otradnoe district, at the address: Dekabristov Street, building 43, Moscow City Duma deputy Nikolai Zubrilin of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction listened to residents’ complaints at a meeting with the population. People said that no one invited them to public hearings on the construction of the Shopping Center at 45 Dekabristov Street, none of the local residents present took part in the public hearings. And thus the residents understand that no one is going to take their opinion into account, because... outsiders who do not live in the houses next to which this construction is planned took part in the public hearings. Moscow City Duma deputy Nikolai Zubrilin suggested that residents cancel the results of the fake hearings and hold public hearings, the real ones now, when residents themselves can decide on the feasibility of construction
- 07 July 2019, 23:10
- 01 July 2019, 00:04
- 08 May 2019, 00:03
Transferring children's education to digital form, as envisaged by the Moscow Electronic School (MES) project, will be a serious mistake that will lead to very negative consequences. Deputy of the Moscow City Duma Nikolai Zubrilin (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) reported this to a REGNUM correspondent.
“Our students today practically cannot write. I saw how they write: in clumsy handwriting, like a chicken paw. This happens because they write very little; their main material is printed material,” Zubrilin noted.
Instead of switching to Western technologies and standards, Russia should return to the traditional domestic education system, the interlocutor is sure.
“Translating school education into electronic form is a serious mistake. This will move the entire educational process away from reality. We already have 80% of the educational process of children and adolescents taking place on the Internet. This alienates them from nature and communication. Apart from being in class until the end of lessons, they have no communication whatsoever. On the street we no longer see “flocks” of children playing there. After school they come home and sit at the computer until late in the evening. Having done their homework, they go to websites, look for some games and entertainment. This has a detrimental effect on children,” said the Moscow City Duma deputy.
According to the deputy, electronic school leads to the fact that a person “will have
“Don’t make a cult out of food,” said Ostap Bender, and he was absolutely right. Today in the world there are millions of diets, techniques and technologies for losing weight. People, in all seriousness, scrupulously, down to the last calorie, calculate their portions. Their heads are literally filled with rubbish about when, what and how to eat.
Andrey Metelsky - pediatrician, adolescent psychotherapist, sexologist, gestalt trainer, certified trainer of the INTC center. General psychotherapeutic practice - 20 years.
The fight against excess weight is going on on all fronts, and humanity is losing in this unequal battle. Because he is fighting the wrong thing. And if you figure it out, there’s no need to fight at all. Why? Let's figure it out.
Why are diets popular? Because people themselves don’t want to do anything. They are too lazy to think and realize the problem they are facing. It’s easier to turn to an authority who will take you by the hand and lead you to a “happy future.” There are now millions of applicants for the role of authorities - choose whoever you want, the main thing is to pay.
Our body is designed in such a way that it constantly requires a certain set of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. When going on a diet, a person, for example, limits himself in fat consumption. He drinks skim milk and kefir, eats only certain foods, etc. The body, which needs fats for life (sorry, this is how nature intended it, and it won’t be possible to deceive it), will panic. As a result, he will try to get fats from anything and put them aside in reserve. This is, of course, a very generalized, but quite working scheme.
It’s the same with all the other elements: as soon as they are missing, the body, against our will, tries to accumulate them in excess, what if there are “hungry” times ahead? The result of any diet will ultimately come down to the fact that sooner or later we will give it up and soon we will get a completely opposite result.
They will object to me, they say, there are vivid examples that, having gone on a diet, people became slim and attractive and subsequently felt great without food restrictions. Such cases do exist, but you may not understand the underlying reason for success. These people became healthier not because they went on a diet, but because they finally paid attention to themselves. Started to love yourself.
The main reason for weight gain is in your head. By solving a hidden psychological problem, we allow the subconscious to give a signal to the body - the difficult situation has been resolved, we can no longer “seize” it, and we lose weight without any effort.
The range of such problems is wide, and often they are completely unobvious. This may be a fear of close contact, in which the organism metaphorically “expands” its presence in the world, protecting the small “I” within. Some people gain weight due to insecurity, trying to become bigger and more impressive. There are many reasons, the main thing is to understand them.
But most often the roots of problems are found in early childhood. My youngest son recently started school, and I was horrified to discover how many fat kids there are in first grade. How parents should try to make their child look like a barrel by the age of 7!
A child naturally knows how much to eat and when. If he is psychologically healthy and eats as his subconscious tells him, then he will never get fat. In Minsk in the 90s, pediatricians conducted an experiment. We took two groups of two-year-old children, one of them was fed classically (at a certain time and with adjusted dishes), and the second was served a buffet (take what you want, when you want). It turned out that children who ate freely received all the ingredients necessary for full life in their food with amazingly precise accuracy.
Every day, when picking up their children from kindergarten, mothers ask: “What did they feed you?” Like it really matters. At first, for a person, food is just food. Fuel necessary for the life support process. But every day we point out to the child its importance, and, of course, sooner or later he begins to believe in it.
We still live with post-war complexes: bread cannot be thrown away, soup must be eaten to the last drop. And our child crams into himself calories that are completely unnecessary for the body through force.
We feed the children, compensating for their mistakes in parenting, paying off for bedtime stories not read, attention not paid, etc. Coca-Cola, chocolates, chips and hamburgers become an alternative currency for expressing parental love. Only this currency is counterfeit. For his part, the child, noticing that his parents approve when he eats as ordered, begins to subconsciously absorb more and more, hoping for approval.
With the tenacity of maniacs, we try to feed our children according to the schedule. And eventually they get used to it and are less and less able to hear the signals of their body. By the way, it has long been proven that proteins eaten without appetite are not digested into amino acids; the body perceives them as something foreign and eliminates them naturally.
I repeat: you need to eat when you want and as much as you want. The only nuance that does not allow us to live comfortably in this paradigm lies in the word “want”. We must clearly understand what we really want to eat, and not, for example, to get approval, love, solve problems at work, etc.
The global trend of fighting excess weight with the help of diets and weight loss products says only one thing: humanity is increasingly falling into childhood and does not want to be responsible for its actions, its body and its life in general.
I am convinced that the problem of excess weight, like many other “problems” of modern humanity, was created artificially. Over the past ten years, I have watched with interest a funny process in a very popular glamor magazine. First, a series of articles appeared about women’s autumn depression, saying that it was caused by bad weather, the decline of nature, and all that. Soon, patients began to come to me and began to mope.
A couple of years later, articles were published about winter depression associated with a lack of light - there were twice as many “moping” patients. It is quite logical that soon publications appeared about spring depression, which was associated with a lack of vitamins, and summer depression (I don’t even remember why). Clients who were ready to be depressed could now happily remain depressed for a whole year. The same thing happens with articles about obesity and the fight against it. The scheme is very clear: a problem is created, and then ways to solve it are proposed.
When we eat something, the body rewards us with pleasure hormones - endorphins, after all, you did the right thing, supported the vital activity of the body. There is a term “unconscious need”; when it is not satisfied, anxiety arises. Instead of dealing with this anxiety and understanding its causes, we suppress it with light endorphins obtained during the process of eating. At the same time, the need does not disappear anywhere - we eat again and again.
Let me summarize: In order to get rid of excess weight, we do not need diets, but a clear awareness of our needs. This applies to both adults and children. Of course, here it is worth understanding that we are not talking about diets prescribed for medical reasons. There are completely different causes and consequences here.
Nowadays, more and more people are trying to lead a healthy lifestyle, go to the gym (and this is great!), go on diets, but do not lose weight. Until we satisfy our unconscious needs, until we solve internal problems that have been shelved, we will not be able to fully lose weight and start eating right and healthy.
You can burn off fat mechanically by exerting incredible effort in the gym. But this will be an endless war that will not lead to anything good - the body will sooner or later take revenge for violence against itself. published
Metelsky A.N. – Deputy Chairman of the Moscow City Duma, Head of the United Russia party. Northern Izmailovo, district No. 15 of Moscow. He has many honorary titles and awards, he is an educated, erudite, talented person. All his life, he works hard and helps people. Playing sports. Married, has 2 children. A role model for ordinary people. He earned his entire fortune with his brilliant mind and honest work. Life taught him not to envy and not to count other people's wealth. He is one of several brilliant people of the United Russia party who came up with the idea of introducing payments for major repairs. You can’t really live on a small deputy’s salary. And then he had to cooperate with construction companies “Stroykom”, “Intervest”, etc. And build, build. Houses, hotels, complexes. Everything for the people. Why collaborate? Yes, because it is unbecoming for deputies to have so much property. Law is law. And it was necessary to acquire all sorts of useful connections with influential people, and negotiate and convince. Who has it easy now? With such a difficult and difficult life, seeing how tired her beloved son was. His caring mother gave the child the “Oriental Baths” complex. Perhaps for her boy to let off steam there. And there are difficulties in the family. Andrei is very worried that his son never got into the army. But the army turns young men into real men. I wonder if scum are born or made? And is this inherited? Like any person, Andrey also has his own cherished dream. AUSTRIA!!! Excellent choice. Well, this year it probably won’t work out. Because accommodation quotas are allocated only on January 2nd. But buying land and building hotels and complexes there is not a guarantee of obtaining citizenship. He can handle a living wage of 4 thousand euros per person. But the state has not yet earned a profit of 10 million euros per year. And the EU requirements for “newcomers” have become more stringent. Particular attention is paid to people who are mentioned in scandalous articles on the Internet and are suspected of money laundering. So it’s all difficult, bureaucracy, all sorts of problems. But it’s not in vain that he accumulated connections, maybe he’ll come to an agreement. A dream is a dream, but he doesn’t forget his homeland. Well done. In Kaliningrad everyone knows, loves and remembers him. And the mayor, and the prosecutor, and the judges and everything, everything, everything. And there are good friends, in spirit and spirituality. For example, Ruslan Khatsiev. Also a good person. Representative of the Chechen Diaspora, activist of the unification of Muslims in Kaliningrad and the Kaliningrad region. Very kind, hospitable and caring. He helps his charges in any way he can and works for their benefit. I even applied to the European Court. I wanted to build a mosque in Kaliningrad. Well, in addition to duty to the faithful, we also need to think about our daily bread. The man also works, he tries. Build something, buy something, resell something. He works, he convinces. I don't like collecting gossip. It's all from the media. Yes, and there are significant facts. I have one question for these good people. Are you guys Real Men? Will explain. Let's start with the Motherland. Well, you have a lot of things. You can do anything. But life doesn’t always work out the way you want. Well, we have already bought the Marton Palace Hotel. Well, to be honest. Well, leave them alone. A deal is a deal. What are you like girls, excuse me. Immediately run to the elders, stomp your feet and cry and complain. Or like small children. Either turn off the light, or steal some small change. Kindergarten is simple. And it’s not manly to write gossip in seedy newspapers that you were offended. You have a good analogue in the village of Lesnoye, Kaliningrad region. Also a Hotel. Nature, air, birds. And your Moscow friends will like it there more. They are tired of big cities and bustle. And there it is quiet and calm. Rest, get some sleep. And promote the World Cup. You will have everything. Although, if you remember the Order of the Red Banner or poor Artur Atakulov, then the questions somehow disappear. You would all go to Austria together and be useful there. Have the courage to be Men, Gentlemen!
When I was asked to write memoirs for the 20th anniversary of the capital’s parliament, I was somehow at a loss: work is like work, what should I remember? And then I thought that becoming a deputy in Moscow is akin to joining the cosmonaut corps: for the entire metropolis, 12 million people, there are only 35 of us. Each deputy was entrusted with 150-250 thousand Muscovites and delegated the right to represent their interests in one of the branches of the capital’s government. So, remembering how you worked becomes no longer a personal desire or reluctance, but a kind of obligation. People need to know what and how you did on their behalf all these years.
It is not easy to remember everything that has been done in 13 years. So I decided to focus on a few questions. First: what struck me most about the capital’s parliament when I started working there? When I came to the Moscow City Duma in 2001, the “recent history of parliamentarism” was eight years old. Much has already been done, a certain way of life and activity of the Duma has emerged. What struck me most, as a military man, was that the Duma has its own Rules of Procedure. It's like the army regulations. It spells out everything: how much time for the report-questions-answers-debate, how to address each other, what statements are possible and which are absolutely not; document flow, time frames for consideration of draft laws, regulations, statements, what is the penalty for violating the rules, etc., etc. And the most important thing is that everyone is strictly guided by the letter of the regulations. This does not mean that no one should have an opinion and cannot express it. No. This means that there are “rules of the game”, an ethic of labor relations, which is voluntarily accepted by everyone and used in practice. I should note that, despite the pluralism of opinions and political disagreements, labor productivity, largely thanks to regulations, has always been and remains high. Over 20 years, the Duma held more than 1,400 meetings, at which more than eight thousand issues were considered and more than seven thousand documents were adopted.
Second question: what do you remember most? If we talk about work on individual legislative acts, then in the Duma it is customary to consider all laws to be equally important and significant. We do not single out “some special” or “most important” documents. And yet I want to talk about the work on the bill banning gambling in the capital. It is very revealing in many ways. Firstly, many laws at the federal level appeared after similar ones in Moscow. And this document is no exception. We also became pioneers in the field of regulation of the gambling business. Secondly, when working on the law, the Moscow City Duma encountered actively expressed misunderstanding on the part of business. Nevertheless, in 2005, we adopted the Law “On the placement of gambling business facilities on the territory of the city of Moscow”. And lastly, this law does not seem to have a pronounced social orientation, but only regulates business... But we feel the effect of its adoption is colossal. Just think about how many people, thanks to the law, were freed from gambling addiction and did not fall under the influence of this destructive passion... And how many families were saved! How many debts have not been incurred! And even how many lives are saved! So, the fate and lives of people, ordinary Muscovites, depend on every document adopted by the Moscow City Duma.
I cannot help but touch upon one more aspect of the deputy’s work. These are meetings with residents, reception of the population. You understand that people do not come to us because they have a good life. And sometimes in a state of extreme despair. It is difficult to understand and accept that your desire, your need cannot be realized not only due to circumstances, but also due to the fact that it is contrary to the law. Moreover, if earlier people came for clarification of the law, today they are well-versed in law and often turn to the deputy with the secret thought of using his resource to resolve their not entirely legal issue. For example, the area of an apartment is only 40–50 centimeters more than the minimum required for each family member, but you are no longer put on the waiting list for housing. Where's the justice? Today we have to not only explain and act as a psychotherapist, but also, by collecting statistics on gaps in the law, discuss with colleagues the need to amend the legislation of the city and country. To “polish” laws and monitor their enforcement.
And, of course, if I can, I help, turn on the deputy resource, write letters, explain, tell people what they need to do in a given situation.
And one last thing. Journalists often ask the question: “What did working in the Duma give you personally?” At first, the way the question was posed surprised me: I came to the Moscow City Duma not to get something, but to help, create, do, give... Not paying attention to the clumsy wording, I still thought about the essence of the issue. Probably, each of us is given our own path. Walking along it, we learn, get to know the world around us and ourselves, create and accept something, and refuse and reject something...
