“The formation of government and presidential administration gives no signal that the situation in the country will change in the near term,” said Russia’s former PM Mikhail Kasyanov, on the photo.
Photo: Andrei Makhonin
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Kasyanov to Alarm Brussels by Forthcoming Crisis in Russia
European Parliament in Brussels holds today the first international conference on Russia since the inauguration of the RF President Dmitry Medvedev. “The formation of government and presidential administration gives no signal that the situation in the country will change in the near term,” said Russia’s former PM Mikhail Kasyanov, who is the only speaker on inner political problems at today’s event.
The international conference on Russia that opens today has a few sections, ranging from the new challenges and joint interests of Europe and Russia to Russia’s power engineering and the EU and the situation in Russia after the recent presidential elections. The State Duma Foreign Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev, RAO UES CEO Anatoly Chubais will stand for the country during the event.
The timing of the conference - just a few days after Medvedev’s inauguration – brings the internal political situation in the limelight. Mikhail Kasyanov, once the country’s PM and today’s leader of People’s Democratic Union, is the only policymaker of Russia invited to deliver a speech on this issue.
Kasyanov is evidently in the most resolute mood, standing ready to speak of the general absence of legitimacy of Russia’s parliament and president. What’s more, his report predicts that the country will face a new political, social and economic crisis should the new president continue the political course of Vladimir Putin.
But hardly anyone in the country hopes to witness any crucial moves soon, the more so that the policy continuity is the absolute highlight today. “The formation of government and presidential administration gives no signal that the situation in the country will change in the near term,” Mikhail Kasyanov said.
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