Why is Medvedev not being fired?
Now in Russia it is very fashionable to demand the resignation of the government. Under this slogan, the opposition takes to the streets, you constantly hear criticism of Dmitry Medvedev and his team in everyday conversations. The main urgent reason for such a position of the people regarding the Cabinet of Ministers was the upcoming pension reform - a measure, to put it mildly, not popular among the population. People are dissatisfied with the worsening socio-economic situation, they are afraid to remain without income in old age in case of raising the retirement age.
However, there are certain nuances that make us relate to the slogans of the resignation of the government with a certain amount of skepticism. To begin with, without some major change in the economic course of the country, a change in the composition of the cabinet will not produce anything. You can remove Dmitry Medvedev and put in his place another person from the government, presidential administration or legislative authorities, but the situation will not change.
The paradigm of the current government will remain the same, respectively, and the country will move in the same direction. Until now, our country has not come to an optimal model of economic development for itself, and this is a very serious problem, which largely explains the rest of the tangle of problems and contradictions that arise after it. Changing the government makes sense only if the whole economic policy of the Russian state, other goals will appear and ways to achieve them will be outlined. Otherwise, personnel leapfrog will not lead to anything.
In addition, now in Russia there is virtually no normal opposition that would have real political influence and would advocate a patriotic, rather than a liberal-Westernist program. The “street” critics of Putin and Medvedev are even more fierce liberals, from whose actions the people will not get anything good. The experience of many countries of the world teaches us that after pro-Western transformations, the life of the people has not improved in any way. An example of neighboring Ukraine is the best confirmation of this. In order to change the government, a real alternative must be present - patriotically oriented political elites capable of thinking and acting in the interests of Russia, and not of the Western powers interested in destroying it.
It is worth paying attention to the fact that the dismissal of the current government due to opposition protests will look like a defeat for the authorities and President Putin in particular. But now the political situation is far from being formed in the world in order to destabilize the domestic political situation in the country against its background. In fact, in a difficult global environment, most countries are tightening control methods, transferring greater powers to the executive branch. We see this both in China, and in Turkey, and in the USA, and even in the countries of the European Union. In such a situation, the resignation of the government will be beneficial to those forces that dream of further deterioration of the situation in our country, its internal and external weakening.
However, there are certain nuances that make us relate to the slogans of the resignation of the government with a certain amount of skepticism. To begin with, without some major change in the economic course of the country, a change in the composition of the cabinet will not produce anything. You can remove Dmitry Medvedev and put in his place another person from the government, presidential administration or legislative authorities, but the situation will not change.
The paradigm of the current government will remain the same, respectively, and the country will move in the same direction. Until now, our country has not come to an optimal model of economic development for itself, and this is a very serious problem, which largely explains the rest of the tangle of problems and contradictions that arise after it. Changing the government makes sense only if the whole economic policy of the Russian state, other goals will appear and ways to achieve them will be outlined. Otherwise, personnel leapfrog will not lead to anything.
In addition, now in Russia there is virtually no normal opposition that would have real political influence and would advocate a patriotic, rather than a liberal-Westernist program. The “street” critics of Putin and Medvedev are even more fierce liberals, from whose actions the people will not get anything good. The experience of many countries of the world teaches us that after pro-Western transformations, the life of the people has not improved in any way. An example of neighboring Ukraine is the best confirmation of this. In order to change the government, a real alternative must be present - patriotically oriented political elites capable of thinking and acting in the interests of Russia, and not of the Western powers interested in destroying it.
It is worth paying attention to the fact that the dismissal of the current government due to opposition protests will look like a defeat for the authorities and President Putin in particular. But now the political situation is far from being formed in the world in order to destabilize the domestic political situation in the country against its background. In fact, in a difficult global environment, most countries are tightening control methods, transferring greater powers to the executive branch. We see this both in China, and in Turkey, and in the USA, and even in the countries of the European Union. In such a situation, the resignation of the government will be beneficial to those forces that dream of further deterioration of the situation in our country, its internal and external weakening.
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