As Sands and Kudrin noted 15 years with Putin – Russia’s Oil

«Oil of Russia», 01.04.15, Moscow, 00:19 Ukrainian question about the “value of the Crimea” presidential press secretary forwarded the ex-Minister of Finance

On Tuesday the 15th anniversary of the election of Vladimir Putin’s first presidential term marked public debate on site ITAR-TASS. “It’s too important date to her place without discussion and understanding of what happened to Russia and the world,” – said the need for the event’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, the head of state. As moderator, he did everything possible to this discussion took place in a favorable light for the main character. But critics, among them were Alexei Kudrin, Igor Jurgens, CEO and channel “Rain” Natalia Sindeeva, the mouth is not plugged, and all tender points, including a lack of structural reforms, starting a sluggish economy, the arbitrariness of the judicial and law enforcement system, labeling of Dissent – they were named. “Maybe a round table means that the Kremlin also see the need for change?” – Asks some participants.

In the Kremlin, as we know, no celebrations to mark the important date was not satisfied. Putin himself about it in general never mentioned, and Dmitry Peskov, said that no friendly dinners or receptions will not. This is contrary to the style of GDP, which do not tend to pay attention to the little things. Nevertheless, the 15th anniversary of the authorities turned a good reason to gather experts and lead, as President of the Fund “Public opinion” Alexander Oslon, subtotals “big way our president.” It is noteworthy that the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev at a roundtable in general no one remembered. All the successes and failures of its members – and the discussion was attended by public figures, cultural bohemians and journalists – unequivocally attributed to Vladimir Putin.

For seeding Mr. Oslon dispelled several myths associated with the rating of the first person. He was not always high: the fall of 1999 the level of confidence of nowhere holding Putin was only 2-3%, but in January it rose to 57%. This phenomenon FOM president explained that people saw in the GDP of a powerful new political leader. “This proves the role of television channels in the formation of rating,” – appealed to Oslon Alexei Kudrin. Further discussion developed about the same way. Roundtable participants shared almost equally to the ardent supporters of Putin and his more or less cautious opponents, and tried not to disregard replicas of each other.

So, Kudrin denied the statement Oslon that the growing popularity of Putin beginning of the first period of rule was associated with pensions. According to the former minister of finance, pensions regularly began to pay more in 1997. In addition, the government has yet to GDP has been achieved to large monopolies, such as “Gazprom”, started in full to give taxes to the budget. “Putin did not come to the worst economic conditions,” – said Kudrin, drawing attention to important detail: in the first term of GDP, oil was $ 35, and the growth of the economy has reached 7-8%. For a third term oil has risen to $ 100, but the growth, on the contrary, slowed down to 1.2%. The main achievement of the past 15 years Kudrin called the creation of a developed market economy. Particularly important steps in this direction was the decision on the free movement of capital, put an end to “wooden” ruble, and join the WTO. “They were given to Putin is not easy” – recognized experts. Now the president is facing new challenges. “In the period 2015-2018′s economic growth will be 1.5%, at best 2%. This low rate, do not correspond to the ambitions of Russia. The high rating of Putin (75% according to FOM) to be used for structural reforms, growth-oriented economy “, – Kudrin said.

The Economist Igor Jurgens exacerbated the problem by comparing the current Russian with Argentina since the end of World War II. Then the country was on the 5th place in the ranking of growing economies. But structural reforms were not carried out in full and on time, and now Argentina 65th in the list. Jurgens said that does not share the ambitions of Putin, who decided to put Russia on a par with China and the United States. “In my opinion, there is no multi-polar world is not. There are China and the United States. The president wants to make us equal of these two poles. This is a very difficult task,” – said Jurgens, noting that the situation in the economy is complicated by the difficult situation in the society. “We do not have a dialogue with the new, there is no movement forward, but a search of the fifth column and a return to autocracy, orthodoxy, and nationality. This triad is not enough to carry out reforms giant complexity,” – said the expert.

Topic “fifth column” supported in his speech and general director of “Rain” Natalia Sindeeva. Like the experts invited to the roundtable journalists also shared with those who generally “yes”, and those who doubt the correctness of Putin’s course. The first details recalled, “as he was a guy,” as initially scared of cameras, smiled shyly and how quickly regained a sense of common people of the country. Others, however, spoke of the off-scale aggression against dissidents, labeling, pressure on opposition media and supports their business. And that Putin’s high rating can be used not only for the good, but also to the detriment of the country. “I think that it is dangerous, including for Putin himself,” – said the chief editor of “Gazety.ru” Svetlana Babayeva.

In general, despite the Kremlin loyalist area and moderating Dmitry Peskov, discussion turned out pretty sharp, uncut. By the end of the word given even Ukrainian reporter asked how much cost the Russian annexation of the Crimea and why the authorities refuse to recognize the presence of Russian troops in the Donbas. Peskov said that the Russian armed forces in Ukraine is not. A question about the “cost of Crimea”, forwarded Kudrin, noting that it is about the content of the new subject of the Russian Federation, rather than annexation. Former Minister of Finance estimated the direct and indirect losses from the Crimea in the 150-200 billion dollars for 3-4 years. Watch the video on “Putin 15 years in power: the opinion of professionals”.

Elena Egorova Learn more at http: / /www.oilru.com/news/455145/

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