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Main page > Products > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts - The weekly bulletin > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (76) 764 Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (76) 764June 1 - 7, 2009 Main tendencies of political weekDespite the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which is quite a resonant event, the main media speculations last week were mostly connected with the ruling tandem and its prospects. It should be mentioned that a new campaign aimed at splitting the tandem started in early June; now the stake is made on igniting a conflict between the teams of the tandem members. There is an idea in the mass media field that Dmitry Medvedev needs to create his own team to become a “full-fledged president”. This stipulates not only the formation of a group of people sharing the same views but also their promotion to administrative posts that will enable them to control substantial resources. This will inevitably lead to sharpening of inside-elite conflicts and the sides will start appealing to corresponding tandem members forcing them to turn from arbiters into players. Such developments may undermine stability of the political system. However, judging by the actions of the tandem members, a conflict scenario of developments is unlikely. Last week in contrast to rumors Dmitry Medvedev supported Putin’s finance minister Alexey Kudrin in his polemics with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko. In addition, Russia’s president proposed the State Duma to reappoint Central Bank chief Sergey Ignatyev for another term and nominated him long before the date stipulated by the law. This may have been made to prevent possible speculations about a new CB head. Moreover, last week Dmitry Medvedev at least twice supported the government’s policy of gradual devaluation of the ruble. Last week a campaign to rehabilitate the Novocherkassk-2009 topic was launched. This was inspired by events in Pikalevo, the Leningrad Region, where the locals blocked a highway after they had been left unemployed. Although the problem was quickly settled personally by Vladimir Putin, liberal experts interpreted the incident as a failure of the government vertical. Meanwhile, state authorities are adjusting the mechanism of soft neutralization of social risks inter alia using trade unions while the non-systemic opposition having got disappointed in the efficiency of direct actions, declared about their intention to take part in the Moscow City Duma election, which may become the first step towards their “systemic transformation”. Major events June 1, 2009 - June 7, 2009
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