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Main page > Products > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts - The weekly bulletin > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (43) 679 Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (43) 679October 15-21, 2007 Main political trends of the weekThe live call-in show with President Putin as a host had promised to be a sensation. However, no significant political statements were made. This indicates that the fundamental decisions highly important for the post-Putin alignment of forces will be made after December 2. The questions-and-answers show turned out to be a “technical procedure” because the majority of questions asked dealt with socio-economic status of various population groups. Incidentally, the president covertly expressed support for The United Russia without violating election laws. He also pointed to a quite topical problem – increase of income gaps between the rich and the poor. Rising food prices dominated mass media early in the week but almost completely disappeared by the end of the week. There may be two explanations for that. First, executive power services, especially regional, started sealing agreements with food suppliers, which allowed the government to curb soaring prices. Secondly, last week officials continued encouraging social optimism, using the victory of the Russian national team of England as handy tool. Nothing really significant happened in the party segment either, which may be explained by the parliament campaign getting to midterm – the period in-between submitting documents and registering tickets. Exactly a half of runners – 7 out of 14 – preferred collecting signatures instead of leaving a deposit, which is quite risky pick. However, it is unlikely that more than 2-3 parties will have their signatures rejected because the Kremlin needs pluralism to make the election results look legitimate. Besides, multiple runners is a favorable format for The United Russia because it will allow the “power’s party” to redistribute the votes of outsider parties to its benefit. Against the background of outward calmness of public politics, the conflict has moved to the government. The standoff over Sergei Shargunov’s candidacy wound up with the victory of his rivals and his exclusion from JR’s tickets. This fact may show that Vladimir Putin is not really after balanced party competition because Shargunov’s exclusion is a serious disadvantage for the Sergei Mironov’s party. However, last week the president waded into the turf war between security services creating a new state committee to fight illegal drugs and naming Viktor Cherkesov as its chief. Besides, the president continued placing members of his own team, mainly former spy officers, in key positions. This time Putin appointed Nikolai Tokarev as the head of Transneft.
Major events Oct 15, 2007 - Oct 21, 2007
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