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Galina Mikhalyova, Executive Secretary of YABLOKO’s Political
Committee, on the results of the United Russia congress
The congress of the United Russia party resembles the congresses
of the communist party of the Soviet Union of the Brezhnev’s
stagnation period, the present United Russia congress lacked
only young pioneers saluting their elder comrades and the
statue of the Lenin. The key thing which is common between
the two congresses is their absurdity, an obvious discrepancy
between the declared goals and the reality. The [proclaimed]
“conservative modernisation” ideologeme is something like
“dry water”.
Modernisation without the institution of political competition
is impossible in the modern world. It is impossible to build
hostile relations with neighbours and influential countries
even in the situation of high oil and gas prices and the state
oriented at the raw exports. Raw should be sold, however terms
and conditions should be negotiated.
Our leaders obviously think that our people are a crowd of
obedient idiots. The first is more or less correct. However,
the second is not. Simply this is not obvious to everyone,
like it was not obvious at the [Soviet] stagnation period.
See also:
The
original
Yabloko
and the Parties of Power
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