Kudrin to deliver speech in mass demonstration
Russian former finance minister Alexei Kudrin called for non-violent but sweeping “transformation” of Russian politics and society, said Kudrin, in an article published in daily Kommersant just hours ahead of a planned mass demonstration in Moscow.
“I share your negative emotions about the results of parliamentary elections in our country.”
“I believe in the possibilities of successful realization of a scenario for the calm, non-violent transformation of our political system and the entire state. Dynamic, but non revolutionary. Where the quality of the transition is more important than its speed,” Kudrin wrote.
The widely-respected former finance minister, who resigned his post earlier this year after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he planned to swap jobs with President Dmitry Medvedev, said the March presidential election should serve as a litmus test for the country’s political transformation.