Is Medvedev Mr Russia?
Posted by INSTID on September 21, 2009 · 20 Comments
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev is travelling to Switzerland and the US this week to take part in G20 meeting and also continue talks with President Barak Obama.
As Dmitry Medvedev travels to Switzerland this week and later to the US to face president Obama and mingle with other G20 leaders, the overwhelming question will remain: Is this the man to talk to on Russia? After all, many in the West strongly believe Russia is still run by Vladimir Putin, who also recently blatantly said the country’s leadership since 2012 will be decided in a “chat” between himself and Medvedev, the president echoing that they are “of the same blood”.
Over the 15 months of his presidency in Russia, Medvedev has achieved more than anyone expected: he is re-ploughing the legislative field, to create foundations of a legal state in Russia, and uproot corruption. He has started improving the state bureaucracy, and has held a helping hand to small businesses and civil society in Russia. Some diplomatic successes, including the rapproachment with the US, are also said to be under his personal belt. Last week, Medvedev published a clever, insightful, comprehensible and inspiring programme “Russia, forward”, outlining the major priorities for the country’s development to do away with Russia’s inherent sluggishness and achieve a technological break-through while also fostering individuals’ sense of self-worth. Such a combination is unprecedented in Russia, the two previous economic modernisations (under Stalin and Tsar Peter I) were achieved at a massive social cost.
Despite all that work, and also efforts to reach out to the Russian public via a personal video blog and regular TV interviews, there is something seriously missing about Medvedev that so far keeps him in the shadow of Putin. He might be the right and likeable guy for an ordinary Russian, but he does not appear to be capable enough as a national leader. Medvedev’s achievements are not celebrated, they are almost clandestine, not to undermine Putin. He is less known as an individual than Putin. Most importantly, he lacks a supporting structure: the main problem with his call to Russians to join him in taking “Russia forward” is that it has zero suggestions as to how those who share his views can contribute.
Medvedev does some profound work and takes little credit for it. He might rather do, but Putin’s people are omnipresent even in his own administration, and he personally is no fan of radical moves. No need for a revolution, though. What Medvedev has to do is not to copy Putin’s brusque style, but rise to show he is a different, but equally strong, personality. This will help him get a following and resources eventually needed to realise his liberal vision for Russia. As he goes on the foreign tour, he will be sharing this vision with foreign leaders and the public. The more they treat him as Mr Russia, the more chances are he will succeed in realising it.
Спасибо за пост, только почему не пишите последние пару дней? Мы же ждем продолжения
+1 полностью согласен с Антоном!
Ну жесть конечно…
супер оригинально
“Спасибо за пост, а это тема”
С чистым юмором.
видели видели)
“спасибо за инфу”
“Пост хорош”
Спасибо огромное!
Спасибо!, в цитатник!
Огромное человеческое спасбо!
Кто тута? Все верно, а как же иначе?
Сайт просто супер, побольше бы подобных!
Я бы сказала о монументальности, грандиозности некоторых сюжетов. А назвала бы – “нефильтрованный реал”. На мой взгляд, красота – это все-таки другое: лучшее, чистое, избранное, заставляющее трепетать и поражаться. Можно найти красоту во всем, но всё скопом – не есть красота. Имхо.
выход из кризиса – внуково 2 ?
А будет продолжение новости? Очень было бы интересно почитать
фантастика!…
Ура! С 2009 всех блогеров!
“It strikes me that Medvedev’s biggest ‘problem’ is that he is very much unlike previous Russian leaders (from Peter the Great onward). He appears to be a civilized, sober-minded individual with no flair for drama and no obvious ties to organized crime. He seems the kind of leader we would expect to find here in Canada. Given that Russian people are used to their leaders acting like spoiled angry children, instead of a glorified managers the heads of state really are, they might feel like they got a bum deal.
Putin was a star. He made Russian politics interesting again for expats. He has a personality on him to rival Anna Wintour, he is also a cunning, ruthless bastard that would make Machiavelli proud. Which is great if you are running the holy mess that is modern Russia (where people say that they want freedom but aren’t willing to accept the responsibility that comes with it. what they really want is a bit of money and to be left alone) under the microscope of global media.”
Забавная идея. Интересно сколько времени на это потрачено?