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Main page > Products > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts - The weekly bulletin > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (50) 791 Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (50) 791December 07 - 13, 2009 Main tendencies of political weekDiscussions of the Perm nightclub fire tragedy hit the highlight last week. Due to understandable reasons, it was politicized and touched upon many issues of current politics. In this or that way many liberal media sources claimed that federal authorities were responsible for the series of recent tragic events (the Siberian hydropower plant disaster, the arms depot explosions in Ulyanovsk, the Nevsky Express derailment and the Perm fire). The State Duma opposition (LDPR, CPRF) also tried to make use of the tragedy demanding dismissal of emergencies minister Sergey Shoigu, which in reality was aimed at affecting United Russia. However the increased activity of the opposition (not only regarding the Perm tragedy but also other incidents) plays against it, because by the beginning of the spring election campaign the opposition will have been exhausted losing its drive, which on the whole plays into the hands of state authorities. The party electoral topic was also in the spotlight last week. Political parties are readying for a new regional electoral cycle that will become indicative inter alia from the point of view of the layout of forces in 2011. Simultaneously there was a media campaign carried out to test the public opinion on possible changes on the party field. In particular, there was another wave of rumors about an allegedly upcoming merger of the communist party and Just Russia. There were also leaks organized about Boris Titov’s alleged breakup with Pravoe Delo (Titov announced the launch of the Zamodernizatsiyu.ru portal jointly with V. Inozemtsev and G. Yavlinsky). Meanwhile, UR primaries traditionally finished with some scandals. The president kept sending signals to different strata of the population and elites. His moves at the beginning of last week were interpreted as anti-liberal by the majority of mass media sources. His statement at a media forum that the situation with the freedom was speech was fine in Russia caused a negative reaction. His request to the Federation Council to grant him a permanent right to use Russian troops abroad was also considered anti-liberal (anti-Constitutional). At the end of last week the head of state made some steps that were on the contrary perceived as reformative (a meeting with Constitutional Court judges and the staff cleansing in the federal prison service). Major events December 07 - 13, 2009
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