Will the Kremlin put Grudinin in the prime minister’s chair?
Pavel Grudinin, who is considered the main candidate for the left and patriotic opposition in the upcoming presidential election, made a sensational statement. In the event of his defeat in the election (to Vladimir Putin, of course, because there is no one else to lose there), Pavel Grudinin is ready to head the new government of the country.
As Grudinin said, he is ready to become the Prime Minister of Russia only if his hands are completely free. As an example, he cited the story of Yevgeny Primakov's appointment as Prime Minister, who managed to change the country in six months. Grudinin is going to hold a number of important social and economic reforms.
What does the head of one of the most successful agricultural enterprises in the country want to do if he is appointed prime minister? Grudinin promises to carry out nationalization in the country, form a government of public trust, and introduce a progressive taxation scale. By the way, the other day, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation proposed in the State Duma of the Russian Federation a bill on nationalization, which provides for the possibility of forcibly withdrawing from private property to federal property, but, unlike revolutionary regimes, compensating property owners for its value. Obviously, Grudinin has something similar in mind when he talks about the introduction of nationalization in the event of his premiership.
Russian economists have long argued about the introduction of a progressive tax. Among ordinary citizens, for obvious reasons, this idea has always been highly appreciated. After all, until now, top managers with multi-million dollar salaries and nurses or cleaners pay the same tax on personal income at 13%. But if 2% is subtracted from 13 million, then you can still live in luxury for the remaining 87%, but for a person with a salary of 10 thousand rubles, a deduction of 1300 rubles will always be noticeable. By the way, the left has long been proposing to generally remove the taxation of citizens receiving wages below a certain threshold.
Grudinin was also asked about who could deal with the very important issue for the country in the fight against corruption in his office, if Putin did make the Communist candidate the prime minister. Grudinin dismissed the possibility of appointing the most vociferous "anti-corruption" Alexei Navalny, but he named the name of Yuri Boldyrev, a well-known economist close to the left.
Grudinin promises to raise the minimum wage to 25 thousand rubles. On the one hand, this is really a necessary matter - just such an amount is sufficient for a person who is more or less worthy of living, taking into account utility bills, travel, food, clothes and medicine. But does the budget have resources for such an increase in the minimum wage? Many experts value this promise of Grudinin with well-known skepticism, considering it a classic example of electoral populism.
It is still unknown whether the Kremlin will really consider the possibility of appointing Grudinin to one of the leading posts in the Russian government if Putin wins the presidential election. But, perhaps, this would be a good step, taking into account the interests of different groups of the country's population. In a difficult international political more than ever before, the country needs consolidation, and it’s still not worth ignoring reasonable opposition.
As Grudinin said, he is ready to become the Prime Minister of Russia only if his hands are completely free. As an example, he cited the story of Yevgeny Primakov's appointment as Prime Minister, who managed to change the country in six months. Grudinin is going to hold a number of important social and economic reforms.
What does the head of one of the most successful agricultural enterprises in the country want to do if he is appointed prime minister? Grudinin promises to carry out nationalization in the country, form a government of public trust, and introduce a progressive taxation scale. By the way, the other day, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation proposed in the State Duma of the Russian Federation a bill on nationalization, which provides for the possibility of forcibly withdrawing from private property to federal property, but, unlike revolutionary regimes, compensating property owners for its value. Obviously, Grudinin has something similar in mind when he talks about the introduction of nationalization in the event of his premiership.
Russian economists have long argued about the introduction of a progressive tax. Among ordinary citizens, for obvious reasons, this idea has always been highly appreciated. After all, until now, top managers with multi-million dollar salaries and nurses or cleaners pay the same tax on personal income at 13%. But if 2% is subtracted from 13 million, then you can still live in luxury for the remaining 87%, but for a person with a salary of 10 thousand rubles, a deduction of 1300 rubles will always be noticeable. By the way, the left has long been proposing to generally remove the taxation of citizens receiving wages below a certain threshold.
Grudinin was also asked about who could deal with the very important issue for the country in the fight against corruption in his office, if Putin did make the Communist candidate the prime minister. Grudinin dismissed the possibility of appointing the most vociferous "anti-corruption" Alexei Navalny, but he named the name of Yuri Boldyrev, a well-known economist close to the left.
Grudinin promises to raise the minimum wage to 25 thousand rubles. On the one hand, this is really a necessary matter - just such an amount is sufficient for a person who is more or less worthy of living, taking into account utility bills, travel, food, clothes and medicine. But does the budget have resources for such an increase in the minimum wage? Many experts value this promise of Grudinin with well-known skepticism, considering it a classic example of electoral populism.
It is still unknown whether the Kremlin will really consider the possibility of appointing Grudinin to one of the leading posts in the Russian government if Putin wins the presidential election. But, perhaps, this would be a good step, taking into account the interests of different groups of the country's population. In a difficult international political more than ever before, the country needs consolidation, and it’s still not worth ignoring reasonable opposition.
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