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Main page > Products > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts - The weekly bulletin > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (36) 777 Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (36) 777August 31 - September 06, 2009 Main tendencies of political weekLast week saw the sharpening of struggle for the autumn agenda that was going on simultaneously on several informational fields and was timed to a number of events and occasions. State authorities represented by Dmitry Medvedev focused on the humanitarian sphere, which was mainly attributed to Day of Knowledge celebrations. Firstly, in his TV interview the president said it was necessary to standardize history books to avoid falsification of history. Moreover, the institution of ombudsman for children’s rights was established on a federal level. Presentation of a new design of the president’s website was also timed to September 1. Finally, the head of state accelerated efforts on creation of the e-government: this initiative until recently was successfully sabotaged by the bureaucracy. However, a number of groups increased their informational pressure on state authorities trying to impose their own agenda on them. In particular, the so-called anti-Putin coalition became active insisting on replacement of the strategic course. These players try to prove that the system built over the past 10 years has become obsolete and it is unable to solve existing problems (not only those caused by the crisis). Replacement of speakers is noticeable in this camp – experts who were considered loyal to state authorities, although they were never thought to be conservators, are replacing their marginal counterparts. There were intensified attempts to revise the anti-crisis strategy chosen by state authorities, which is to wait until the crisis is over observing social obligations to the population and minimizing political side-effects. The fact that the crisis has probably reached its bottom, which demonstrates the efficiency of such strategy, makes adherents of radical changes become more active. Some observers accuse Vladimir Putin of his unwillingness to make unpopular steps and carry out reforms saying that he is guided by personal interests and wants to maintain his high rating of support. The idea about the necessity of ‘Russian Pinochet’ was again promoted on the media field; such a person is believed to be able to violate democratic procedures to implement authoritarian modernization in the liberal way. Major events August 31, 2009 - September 06, 2009
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