| Moscow, May 26. The President’s state of the nation
address to the Federal Assembly of the RF demonstrates that nothing will
change in Russia over the next four years. This statement was made by Deputy
Chairman of the YABLOKO party Sergei
Ivanenko to a Rosbalt correspondent. “Putin has clearly confirmed
the continuity of his plans for a second term where great power statehood
will come to the fore, with human rights and democratic freedoms placed
on the backburner,” stressed Ivanenko.
The President’s statement that at least a third of Russian citizens
should have an opportunity to buy housing by 2010 reminded Ivanenko of
the slogan at one of the recent CPSU congresses: “Every family will
get its own flat by 2000.” “No one argues that mortgaging
should develop and cheap mass-scale housing should be built, the question
is different –how should this be done?” noted Ivanenko. According
to Ivanenko, the housing problem cannot be resolved without attracting
investments and a favourable investment climate cannot exist in a society,
where there is no drive against corruption or bureaucracy. “Unfortunately,
the President has neglected these issues. He did not even mention administrative
reform, which came as a great surprise to me,” concluded deputy
Head of YABLOKO.
|
