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Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (75) 763

Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (75) 763

May 25 - 31, 2009

Main tendencies of political week

Main directions of informational interpretations last week were still linked to activities of the state leaders. Vladimir Putin noticeably increased his presence on the political field compared to the previous period; he made some moves of a clearly ideological character. The brightest example was the laying of flowers in the Donskoy Monastery on the graves of historical persons who had sovereign and patriotic but non-communistic views. Thus, Vladimir Putin made it clear that he still was one of the leading political figures in the country, its national leader with his own political and ideological, not just social and economic doctrine.

The Russian president kept combining his predecessor’s course with a new style. Last week this was demonstrated by promulgation of the budget address and a meeting with representatives of the business community. As far as the first case is concerned, the head of state preferred to draw attention to the document previously considered only ‘technical’. Probably it was specially made to highlight the new social and economic course pursued by state authorities during the crisis that was reflected in the block conditionally called “10 planks” similar to the president’s political reforms. The meeting with businessmen was interesting from at least two points of view. Firstly, it was attended by businessmen only, not by representatives of business trade unions. Secondly, from the point of view of the communication style, this was rather a lively dialogue in which the president carefully considered quite specific issues of the economy’s functioning.

The president’s meeting with LDPR activists last week finished the series of such meetings with representatives of parliamentary parties. As it turned out, they were mostly concerned by two issues – cutting the election threshold to the State Duma and providing equal access of all parliamentary parties to the mass media. The first issue is likely to be raised at the president’s expected meeting with representatives of non-parliamentary parties.

Major events May 25, 2009 - May 31, 2009

Event Winning side Defeated side Development Outlooks

Russian president’s budget address is published

Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin

 

Course at implementing social commitments to the population will continue on any negative background

Dmitry Medvedev meets with representatives of the business community

Dmitry Medvedev

 

If a direct conflict of interests between businesses and the population emerges, the state will support the latter (at least publicly)

Vladimir Putin speaks at an extended meeting of the board of Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Primakov

 

 

PM will keep looking after the Chamber simultaneously consulting with other business ‘trade unions’

Vladimir Putin takes part in a national meeting of chairs of FNPR primary trade unions

Vladimir Putin,

Mikhail Shmakov

 

FNPR will manage to retain dominant positions among trade unions for a long time

Vladimir Putin’s column is published in Russky Pioner magazine

 

 

PM may make personal publications in the mass media regular

Alexander Sukhorukov is appointed Rosoborozakaz director

Anatoly Serdyukov

Sergey Ivanov

 

The new head will pursue the defense minister’s policy

Vladimir Shamanov is appointed airborne troops commander

Anatoly Serdyukov

Vladimir Shamanov

Generals’ Fronde will lose another possibility to consolidate around a strong figure

Publication of rumors about soon dismissal of defense minister Anatoly Serdyukov

 

 

This variant is unlikely in the near future but even if Serdyukov is dismissed his policy will be pursued by his team

Alexander Belyayev is appointed deputy agriculture minister

Yelena Skrynnik

 

The new appointee will take part in implementing agricultural leasing programs

Maria Seliverstova is appointed acting head of water resources agency

 

 

This HR move won’t lead to redistribution of the spheres of influence in the entity

 Volume: 13 pages

 


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