| The leader of the Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO
Grigory Yavlinsky thinks that pressures on President Putin's foreign
policy imposed by certain political and bureaucratic forces aimed
at ensuring changes to the present course have increased recently.
"Systematic and abrupt criticism of the foreign policy course
of the President of Russia by the military-and-political bureaucracy,
with the large-scale involvement of the mass media, raises serious
concerns," stated Yavlinsky in an interview with journalists
on Wednesday, April 24, 2002.
According to Yavlinsky: "This has become especially important
since the president's statement in his address to the Federal
Assembly that "the period of confrontation is over"
and "we are building constructive and normal relations with
all countries" and that "it is especially important
for our country to learn how to find allies and be a reliable
ally for others," and "many definite steps towards [Russia's]
integration with Europe," the intention "to continue
active work with the European Union aimed at establishing a single
economic space", and that "we support permanent dialogue
with the United States and work to change the quality of our relations
with NATO."
"The provincial isolationists who kept silent for a long
time, standing behind the President as they considered him "one
of their flock", have now in the new circumstances adopted
a very dangerous line towards a split in the executive authorities
into irreconcilable political camps and have been preparing to
take political revenge," added Yavlinsky.
He also stressed that "the same thing happened in history
in 1964 and 1991, and it is well-known what happened next (in
October 1964 Nikita Khruschyov was dismissed, and in August 1991
an attempt to dismiss Mikhail Gorbachev was undertaken)."
"The Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO categorically opposes
attempts to exploit even the biggest mistakes in domestic and
economic policies for the forces of reaction- to disrupt the political
system and destabilise the situation in the country," noted
Yavlinsky.
See also:
Russia-EU
Relations
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