Today section “Prospects of Russia” at the Davos forum has become one of the most popular: the hall was packed, visitors were eager to learn firsthand about how Russia will deal with the crisis and sanctions. Visitors’ Perspectives of Russia “have witnessed a dispute First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and former finance minister, head of the Committee of Civil Initiatives Alexei Kudrin individual freedom in Russia.
According to Shuvalov, the freedom of the citizens of Russia should be integrated into the cultural framework of the “internal understanding of the constraints”, otherwise – is not freedom.
“Absolute freedom, the freedom that we are trying to impose – media freedom of the mind, freedom to offend any person or popularly elected leader – is not freedom, because there is no cultural framework of understanding the internal limitations”, – stated Shuvalov.
In defending his point, he turned to the past. Catherine II wanted to free the serfs, but faced opposition from the nobility, who called her decision dangerous, he recalled. The last time the reforms that were supposed to give the Russians civil liberties, Gorbachev tried to hold, but it ended up “collapse of the country and poverty».
On the creation of the political system, ready-to-liberal model will have to spend a decade, I’m sure Shuvalov. “Do you think that no Kudrin, neither I nor Gref do not want us to have a Western-style democracy? Of course, we want to, but it would take decades of hard work, “- he said.
Kudrin categorically disagreed – he believes to poverty and the collapse of the Soviet Union led policy of the party leaders, held since 60 ies. She canned problems, and it is not in Gorbachev, Kudrin said.
In response Shuvalov cited associates Gorbachev himself, who recognized among the reasons for Russian concerns 90s abundance of freedom.
At these words was a question the chief editor of the magazine The New Times Yevgenia Albats: “If it were not for the freedom that was given to you, you personally, Gorbachev, and the whole process of restructuring, which gave freedom to millions of Russian to take care of your life and help others ?. . if it were not so, would you have the chance to become a wealthy man, first deputy chairman of the government, you could become rich and generally how a successful person? ».
His response -” we’ll win, and millions of people have lost “- Hall met with applause.
What is the debaters agreed, is the fact that the crisis – the best time for major reforms. It should be noted that as a fact, and the other in the near future they will do – the head of the Committee of Civil Initiatives Alexei Kudrin invited to the Commission’s anti-crisis government. Together with him there shall enter also the president of Sberbank German Gref. The head of Sberbank has agreed with Kudrin being consulted.
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