Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, right, proceeded with meetings with heads of State Duma’s factions. The yesterday’s guest in the Kremlin was Gennady Zyuganov, right, leader of the Communist Party of the RF (CPRF).
Photo: Dmitry Azarov
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Medvedev Employs Communists
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev proceeded with meetings with heads of State Duma’s factions. The yesterday’s guest in the Kremlin was Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party of the RF (CPRF).
Gennady Zyuganov was the third party leader that met with the new president. State Duma Vice Speaker from Fair Russia Party Alexander Babakov and Civil Force leader Mikhail Barshchevsky had had their rendezvous with the president already. Civil Force has no faction of its own in the lower house of Russia’s parliament but it had been amid the parties that nominated Medvedev the presidential candidate.
The sources say Medvedev will meet with LDPR leader Dmitry Zhirinovsky and Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky in the nearest future. As to the meetings with spokesmen of United Russia’s faction, the leader of the latter and today’s PM of the country Vladimir Putin promised to see about it.
In the Kremlin yesterday, Medvedev proposed to communists to take part in the matter of national significance. “We have nowhere to step back, it’s time to pass all those documents,” the president said referring to the national program for corruption fighting. “In essence, it’s clear what should be there… But there are nuances, both legal and economic, which could be debated.” The CPRF faction is the second in the State Duma “in terms of significance and authority” and it has its own ideas, so it should be also involved in the process, according to the president.
So, the communists were urged to come up with their own counter-corrupt amendments and to join the elaboration of judicial reform. Zyuganov accepted the offer, specifying that the faction has not only the experts and ideas but also the ready bills.
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All the Article in Russian as of June 18, 2008
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