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Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (37) 778

Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (37) 778

September 07 - 13, 2009

Main tendencies of political week

Informational lines that are to become backbones of this political season’s agenda became more clearly outlined last week. Dmitry Medvedev’s policy article gave a tone to it, although it will take decades to implement tasks it stipulates. At the same time, the published document is just the first step in implementing a new format of work on the state of the nation address – its next stage will be the president’s speech in Yaroslavl as well as work on the address carried out through a direct dialogue with the population. Thus, the document formed as a result of such a multistage process will represent not only the opinion of the president and his team but in fact it will be the population’s order retransmitted by the head of state to the Russian bureaucracy.

With the beginning of a political season attempts to split the tandem have again intensified; and they seem to be more prepared and organized being conducted in different directions simultaneously. Firstly, liberal sociologists signaled Dmitry Medvedev that his rating was approaching the PM’s one while the level of the population’s support to Putin’s was unchanging. Secondly, some observers represented by systemic liberals hinted at a possible split in the tandem; they claimed that basic theses of the president’s address and the PM’s report on prospects of overcoming the crisis at United Russia’s congress would be allegedly opposite. Finally, a new portion of discrediting information about Vladimir Putin was published.

The autumn session of the State Duma that de facto started last week will be quite exhaustive and hard for deputies. Their future activities can be divided into three groups of topics. Firstly, this is a budget draft: debates around this document will be quite excited even in the State Duma because state authorities have different views on the possibility/impossibility of overcoming the crisis. Secondly, debating the president’s initiatives submitted during the summer holidays. Finally, this is the beginning of implementation of the president’s address.

Major events September 07, 2009 - September 13, 2009

Event Winning side Defeated side Development Outlooks

Publication of Dmitry Medvedev’s article “Go Russia!”

Dmitry Medvedev

 

The article and speech at the Yaroslavl forum will stir great informational resonance

Vladimir Putin says he and Dmitry Medvedev won’t compete at the 2012 presidential elections

Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev

 

Speculations around confrontation in the tandem over a 2012 presidential candidate will decline slightly but won’t disappear fully

Dmitry Medvedev says positive changes in Russia’s economy have occurred inter alia thanks to the Russian government’s activities

Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin

 

Tandem representatives will keep showing unity on strategic issues

Dmitry Medvedev says about the necessity to work out a state anti-drug strategy

Dmitry Medvedev, Viktor Ivanov

 

The document will be worked out soon

Dmitry Medvedev commissions the gov’t to improve the alcohol market regulation system

Rosalcohol

Agriculture ministry, federal tax service

Implementation of the president’s instruction will lead to redistribution of authority in favor of Rosalcohol

Dmitry Medvedev establishes Day of Court Bailiff

Federal court bailiff service

 

The service will continue lobbying additional powers

Rashid Nurgaliyev says 2.5 weeks are left to eliminate corruption in the police

 

Rashid Nurgaliyev

It is quite possible that after this period expires there will be reshuffle affecting the ministry’s top officials

Vladimir Kolokoltsev is appointed Moscow police chief

Dmitry Medvedev, Rashid Nurgaliyev

Yury Luzhkov

If Kolokoltsev copes with his duties, his experience may be employed on a federal level

Anatoly Aksakov is replaced with Vladimir Pleskachevsky in the National Banking Council

UR

JR

UR will keep making use of competitors’ mistakes to strengthen its own positions

Volume: 13 pages 


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