[Marxism] More from Medvedev

["Jurriaan Bendien" <andromeda246@xxxxxxxxx>]

In an interview on Putin's presidency, Medvedev says:

"You can't be anything but tough in Russia. We live in a country where a
civil society has not yet been formed. The leading political and social
force after the fall of the CPSU is
the bureaucracy. The bureaucratic hierarchy from bottom to top is the
framework of the state. You would agree that it is the bureaucrats and not
the military, the businessmen, party or religious figures, like in Iran,
wield real power here. And bureaucrats demand an
authoritarian, tough manner of administration, they simply don't recognize
any other style.
     By the way, Yuri Luzhkov who knows all the vices and shortcomings of
bureaucracy is very keenly aware of it. So, he has been successfully
managing Moscow all these years
resorting to tough, occasionally brutal decisions. And he has been
successful.
     Concluding this topic, I would like to tell you that the past four
years have been very eventful for the country. Russia has become more
consolidated, it has made great strides toward economic recovery and
strengthening its influence in the world. This inspires
hope and confidence in a big future. In the future Russia will not be a
solitary super power. But neither will it be a junior partner of the US. Nor
will it be the kind of "bright future" that
had been promised to us since 1917."

Trud Daily, May 7, 2004, p. 3. http://www.fednews.ru/





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