After the election of new academicians and members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (among the number of new foreign members – friend of Vladimir Putin and one of the managers of the company for the construction of the underwater gas pipeline Nord Stream, former chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany Gerhard Schröder) premier Putin spoke before the general meeting, promising fundamental science fundamental support – 60 bln rubles a year, as well as housing for young specialists and equipment for laboratories. Comrade Putin, “national leader” of Russia, head of the party «United Russia», great judo master and in general – “our everything” Putin’s speech, as always, had a note of instruction-admonition, a slight trace of delusions of grandeur, and the stamp of moral virtue on a concerned face. That is, Vladimir Putin just can’t seem to leave the image of president behind.