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GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST - Will Dmitry Medvedev make a good President if he wins the election?
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- Regular_John February 23, 2008, 16:20
- Watching the presidential election unfold, it is obvious to any outside observer that Medvedev is the only credible candidate. After watching the appalling display of intimidation and violence by the lunatic Zhirinovsky on television I can well understand why the Russian electorate are fully endorsing Medvedev.
I have been impressed recently by Medvedev's statements of intent. He has made it clear that he intends to invest much of his time and energy on Russia’s serious internal issues health, pension, education, and infrastructure. This is music to my ears I look forward to these words turned into deeds during Mr Medvedevs presidency.
At the moment Russia is 65th in the world when judging the individual wealth of its average citizen (per capita) I look forward to this position being radically improved under Medvedev a great nation like Russia needs to be amongst the top twenty this will take time but I feel Medvedev has the right policies to make this happen.
I wish him every success.
- Leslie February 18, 2008, 00:50
- Medvedev will be Putin's puppet. There won't be any change at all. That's why Putin chose Medvedev as his successor. So to that extent perhaps stability is good.
- HH January 24, 2008, 18:25
- The only true thing about Medvedev is: he is young and probably open-minded. I quite agree with previous posts that we lack tough heavy-weight politicians who do not only make show but are committed to their work. Personally, I do not support Medvedev, 'cause he is a guy from Vladimir Putin's crew (team management, you know) and he will be sipping politics from the cup Vladimir Putin did.
Correct me if I am wrong.
- Sevodnya_Net January 24, 2008, 14:29
- Well, the other candidates are mentioned, but it's starting to look like that part of a function where the host reads out apologies on behalf of the absent guests: Nemtsov pulls out, Kasyanov might be fiddling his signatures, Zyuganov might not bother. Bogdanov will doubtless be barred on account of his daft hairstyle.
At this rate it's going to be Medvedev v Zhirinovsky. The club owner's son versus the bouncer!
There ain't going to be a proper election, let's be clear about that, but that doesn't mean that Mr Medvedev isn't going to be a good president.
Reading between the lines of his speeches particularly the latest one, there are lots of hopeful signs.
- Oleg January 24, 2008, 03:34
- Will Dmitry Medvedev be a decent president?
Intriguing, isn't it? Believe me or not I was eager to give a fair and honest answer. So I went to the "Election 2008" page in order, strange and unusual it might appear, to compare him with other candidates...
Nada...
Are there any other candidates at all?
- John January 24, 2008, 00:05
- If he's like Putin and takes advice from him, yes.
- Norman January 22, 2008, 20:21
- To be a good President, Mr. Medvedev has to work on financial and social issues like: education, housing, health care, transportation, financial growth and the legal/criminal system.Russia has to look at its concerns first, then how to interact with other nations. If Russia is running well then other nations will respect Russia.
- Sevodnya_Net January 22, 2008, 13:01
- Mr Medvedev wins the election I hope he spares a thought for the people involved in the election campaigns of messrs Bogdanov and Kasyanov - seeing the piles of boxes (presumably containing the 2 x 2,000,000 signatures needed for them to contest the election) on the news brought home the enormity of the task.
Campaigning like this should at least give them an early boost for the actual election.
Counting and checking the authenticity of all these signatures must be quite a task too, so those responsible should also maybe be remembered. In fact it sounds like the checking bit is being done extremely enthusiastically already :-)
- Sohail January 22, 2008, 00:08
- Medvedev is a good choice. I would like to see a dawn of new entrepreneuralisim in modern Russian where opportunity and talent is open for the many Russians and indeed Europeans that bring entrepreneural flair and talent to the Russian economy.
There would be continued modernisation and opportunity for all Russians. A step forward with a man of panache, substance and integrity but also down to earth and a leader that would take Russia forward with the people of Russia at heart.
- Artyom January 19, 2008, 13:23
- Hello! I am a student of 5-th course in MSTU. I suppose that Dmitry Medvedev has great experience in spite of his age. Mr Medvedev is one of the most liberal politics in modern Russia. I believe that he has a good chance to become successful president. But he should not overestimate Russian's opportunities. It is also important to follow non-agressive external politics. I also think that Mr. Medvedev can expect on the great part of Putin's electorate.
- Angie (U.S.) January 10, 2008, 07:24
- My personal opinion and first impression is that Mr Medvedev is to young for such a big responsibility.Russia need a president with business degree not a law degree and a vision for the computer generation and where Russia need to be.With a vision to be less oil dependent and more solarenergy exploration.A vision to make a relationship between goverment and business prosperous for each other.For the best relationship a goverment and business could have is one in which both prosper together.Its just an opinion
- Stephen John January 4, 2008, 13:04
- Hi Im an English ex pat living in Yalta for 4 years, I have great fath in the abilities of Mr Dmitry Medvedev, He has the carisma and the schooling from his mentor,and will maintain stability of the motherland of Russia. plus he has the support of the peoples of the Crimea, We are by Tradition, Russian, and I give freely my support to him.
God bless him,and all Russian people
Stephen
- Nyon December 26, 2007, 16:53
- Mr. Sevodnya_Net:
We have recently shared your confusion.
We share this confusion despite the fact that we are not schophrenic.
Sadly to say, we currently have only a few minutes to respond to our mutual confusion, as I must attend to my daily reponsibilities this a.m- so please pardon the typos.
Two weeks ago,I requested that RT list my appelation as either Nemo or Nyon - these are aliases used during the years when I was employed by the U.S. Government - at least, they are somewhat unique and are, therefore, distinguishable.
I am the individual that wrote that Mr. Medvedev will be that most obidient Russian national leader that Russia and the Russians have ever had. There was not one Czar; there was not one national leader of the Krenesky government; there was not one leader during the Soviet/Bolsevik/Jewish decades that could/did/will equal Mr. Medvedev in the obidience department.
I say this having the highest regard for Mr Medvedev - as a man, a father, a husband, and as an administrator and attorney.
Hopefully, this will allow you to determine which "David" posted which comments below.
If RT will permit me to use the alias "Nyon" or "Nemo" in the future such confusion could be avoided.
In the meantime, kinldly allow me to introduce myself:
Mr name is David Allen Pence;
I am currently 59 years old;
I am not a Russian or have ever had the opportunity to visit Russia;
I spent my life employed by the central government of the U.S.A
I currently live in the Washington, D.C. metropolitian area, and am retired.
Sincerely.
Nyon
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[We will look into the problem soon. Probably we’ll change all your previous posts to be signed by another alias. In the meantime feel free to use the one you like better. RT]
- Marzipan6 December 26, 2007, 07:48
- To MihalMihalich
Of course Russians were the chief victims of Soviet Communism. They were also the chief victimisers of others in the name of Soviet Communism.
The occupying armies and terror organs that swept into neighbouring countries and plied their malevolent craft there for 50 years did not come from Burundi. They did not speak Japanese, and did not receive their orders nor report back to Grenada. Nor were they overwhelmingly the nationals of Peru. They came from Russia, overwhelmingly were Russians, spoke Russian and were sent and controlled by Moscow. They were, in short an expression of Russian imperialism. Pointing out these simple facts of life hardly makes me a nationalist. It makes me a realist.
Why you think I hold every single Russian responsible for what Soviet Russia did, I have no idea. Every Russian is no more guilty of Soviet crimes than every German is guilty of Nazi crimes. But the successor state of Nazi Germany, namely the Federal Republic of Germany, did have a moral responsibility to atone for Nazi crimes, and it has carried out this responsibility commendably. In the same way, the Russian Federation, which is the primary successor state of the Soviet Union, has a moral responsibility to atone for crimes which Russians committed under the Soviet flag, but it has not even begun to acknowledge, let alone fulfill, this responsibility. Which may explain why contemporary Germany’s relations with its neighbours are of an altogether different quality than contemporary Russia’s relations are with its neighbours.
Mihal, you are, naturally enough, quite sensitively attuned to what may or may not be offensive to Russians. If anything I write causes offence, I regret it, as that is not my intent. But please also consider how profoundly offensive it may be for the Baltic countries, for example, whose sovereign national existence Soviet Russia tried to destroy for ever, to be now told exactly the same outrageous nonsense by Putin as they were told by Stalin and by every one of his successors. Namely, that there even wasn’t any Soviet occupation of the Baltics at all, but that those three countries freely and willingly joined the Soviet Union, that this union was legal despite the fact that it violated every relevant provision of the constitutions and law of the Baltics. Baltic people who know exactly what happened to them, because they were there, find such assertions profoundly offensive indeed, and find it hard to understand why Russia still clings to such fantasies.
- Marzipan6 December 26, 2007, 07:18
- David writes, “I don't think that it has been Moscow picking any fight with any person. There have been situations whereby Moscow have started to play the hard hand but that has been only through provocation.”
David, it is clear that you are very, very uninformed about Russia’s relations with the Baltics, for example. Had you been informed, you would know that Russia goes out of its way on an ongoing basis to interfere in their internal affairs, to stir up unrest where it can, to set up and maintain all the barriers to trade and cross-border transport that it can while still nominally adhere to its obligations vis-à-vis the EU, to renege on its commitments to those countries, to lie about them internationally and at home, to ignore diplomatic protocols in regard to their representatives and missions in Russia, to serially ignore their air space in regard to violations of this by Russian aircraft, and to generally ensure that relation with them continue to be very negative.
The reasons it does so are numerous. Amongst these is simple chagrin that these countries, whom Soviet Russia tried to permanently destroy as national entities, are not only back, but that they have turned away from Russia, and are far more economically prosperous and socially successful than Russia itself is. If the development of these countries could be hindered and pegged back, Russia would perhaps feel less embarrassed. Another reason is, that for internal political consumption, it is convenient for Russia to project to its own population that it is surrounded by enemies, and the Baltics make excellent contrived enemies, not being large enough to pose any real threat to Russia. Thirdly, the Baltics undermine Putin’s mythology that Russians were the good guys of World War II, and point out to the world that there was no difference at all between the occupation that they suffered under Nazi totalitarianism, and Soviet totalitarianism.
Of course, Russia's bad neighbourliness is not confined to the Baltics and extends to numerous countries in Europe and beyond, but the above provide some striking examples. Living in an international community on the basis of a win-win philosophy is something Russia apparently has yet to learn.
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