The Party’s Successor
In the context of presidential race of Dmitry Medvedev, who is Russia's first deputy prime minister and front-runner in the upcoming election, Rossiyskaya Gazeta published Saturday the United Russia’s program of October 1, 2007. More likely than not, that publication will remain the first and the last program document till the end of election campaign.
Vladimir Putin is the word combination that is often mentioned in the recently promulgated program of United Russia, the so-called “Putin’s Plan Is the Well-Deserved Future for the Great Country,” which the party used to win parliamentary elections. United Russia could be found in the text from time to time, but the program completely omits the name of Dmitry Medvedev. It isn’t surprising actually, Medvedev was named the presidential candidate only December 10.
The sources familiar with the situation forecasted not long ago that Medvedev would promulgate his own program in early February, after the start of the agitation stage of presidential race. What’s more, Medvedev was expected to make public his plan exactly through Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
But the parties that backed up Medvedev simultaneously with United Russia don’t appear particularly concerned about the fact that the candidate has made no definite promise to the society. “The program is the intention declaration, but the intentions are the same for all parties,” said Mikhail Barshchevsky, leader of Grazhdanskaya Sila (Civil Force) party. The difference is in the “methods of attaining declared targets,” Barshchevsky explained.
Personal contacts with the successor have sufficed to make sure that “he understands the problems of village and if he is yet unaware of anything, he immediately sinks into the issue,” said Agrarian Party Leader Vladimir Plotnikov.
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