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Main page > Products > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts - The weekly bulletin > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (44) 732 Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (44) 732October 20-26, 2008 Main tendencies of political weekEconomic issues continued prevailing the last week agenda due to Russia’s involvement in negative processes occurring in the world. At the same time operative management of economic problems was getting more and more concentrated in Dmitry Medvedev’s hands, who had created the council for financial system development. This body could become another consultative entity of the president, if it did not include the FSB director and interior minister. It seems Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin shared the roles again considering the latest developments. The PM acts as the leader of optimists, who do not notice problems in the economy and insist on retaining the status quo, while the president expresses cautious concern about the developments. At the same time both tandem members show community of the fundamental assessment of the situation. Economic problems started influencing the domestic politics more noticeably, including staff struggle. Last week deputy finance minister Sergey Storchak was released from custody at the initiative of the Investigation Committee. The formal reason for this was the completion of investigation of his case. However, the real reason is the worsening of the situation with debts of Russian companies. There is a serious danger that the assets of the raw materials sector may be obtained by western creditors following margin calls; thus, a necessity in Storchak as specialist in settling debts emerged. In its turn this strengthened positions of finance minister Alexey Kudrin, whose conservative financial policies provided for the accumulation of reserves for a rainy day. Last week attempts to artificially start the wave of protests organized by the non-systemic opposition failed: actions in practically all cities attracted few people representing mainly ultra-left and ultra-liberal organizations. It seems that under the conditions of ‘soft landing’ of the economy and social sphere the population is not ready to participate in protests and prefers individual strategies of adapting to the situation not resorting to radical actions. Major events October 20 - October 26, 2008
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