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Russian liberal politician concerned by attacks on
Putin's foreign policy views
Interfax
Moscow, 24 April: The leader of the Russian liberal party Yabloko, Grigoriy
Yavlinskiy, has said he is concerned over the fact that the foreign policy
pursued by President Vladimir Putin has lately endured pressure from certain
circles in the political and bureaucratic establishment, targeted at revising
this policy.
"The systematic, harsh criticism of the Russian president's foreign
policy by the military-political bureaucracy, widely using he Russian media for
this purpose, causes serious concerns," Yavlinskiy told Interfax on
Wednesday [24 April].
"This has become especially notable after the president said in the
address to the Federal Assembly [parliament] that 'the period of confrontation
has ended' and 'we are building normal constructive relations with all countries
in the world', that 'it is particularly important for our country to be able to
find allies and be a reliable ally itself', that it is necessary 'to take
numerous concrete steps towards integration with Europe', 'to continue active
work with the European Union aimed at creating a unified economic territory',
and that 'we are maintaining a permanent dialogue with the United States and are
working to change the quality of our relations with NATO'," Yavlinskiy
said.
"Provincial isolationists, who had long been keeping silent and standing
behind the president's back, considering him to be 'their' man, are now pursuing
a very dangerous policy of splitting the executive authorities into
irreconcilable political camps, and are preparing political revenge,"
Yavlinskiy said.
"Our history already saw this in 1964 and 1991 and it is well known
where this led," the Yabloko leader said, implying the ouster of Nikita
Khrushchev in October 1964 and the attempt to remove Mikhail Gorbachev from
power in August 1991.
"The Russian democratic party Yabloko is categorically against making
use of even the most gross mistakes in domestic and economic policies for
reactionary purposes, such as the undermining of the political system and
destabilization of the situation in the country," Yavlinskiy said.
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