| Development of Russia-US strategic relations on the basis
of the mutual assured destruction (MAD) concept had become
outdated already long ago, such a statement was made by Dr.Grigory
Yavlinsky, member of YABLOKO’s Political Committee, during
the meeting with US Vice President Joseph Biden.
According to Yavlinsky, we should all abolish the old view
on the Russia-US relations as a zero-sum game, when a success
of one of the parties means a defeat of the other one.
Yavlinsky also noted that to hit this goal the parties have
to be more dynamic in adopting meaningful decisions in the
field of joint anti-ballistic missile defence (ABM) that had
been advocated by Yavlinsky and other YABLOKO members since
1998. In particular, Grigory Yavlinsky stressed the importance
of implementation of the statements on creation of a joint
Russia-NATO AMB system in Europe made during the November
summit of NATO where Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had
participated.
Yavlinsky considers a joint ABM be the most significant area
of Russian-American relations in the filed of security which
has good prospects and is vitally important not only for both
the countries but for the entire world.
Grigory Yavlinsky and Joe Biden also discussed the political
situation in Russia. Yavlinsky noted that the main difficulties
of the political situation in Russia, in particular, absence
of the key democratic procedures, had been obvious to everyone
for a long time already. However, he added that it would be
important to realise that the solution of the problems implied
dismantling of the system created in Russia in 1990s, and
this process would be more complicated and deeper than simple
rotation of persons in power.
Yavlinsky also stressed that it should be the task of the
Russian society to solve this problem, and the society should
count on its own in this long-term and complex work.
According to Yavlinsky, the key goals of the civil society
in Russia, as well as YABLOKO as a part of the society, are
equality before law, independence of justice and inviolability
of property rights.
He also wished to the President Obama’s Administration to
resolve the serious economic problems and find a correct way
out of the extremely difficult situation in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yavlinsky also stressed that Russia was interested in positive
development of the USA as one of the key Russia’s partners.
See also:
Russia's
ABM Initiatives
Russia-US
Relations
Russia
and NATO
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