Communists Urge Medvedev to Support Real Sector, Try to Democratize Russia
BARVIKHA, Moscow Region.
Oct 24 (Interfax) - The Communist Party on Saturday urged Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to give "maximum support" to the real sector of the economy and to try to democratize Russia.
After a meeting on Saturday between Medvedev and leaders of political groups in parliament, Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov told reporters he had asked Medvedev at the meeting to include those points in the president's planned message to the legislature.
"Maximum support must be given to the real sector of the economy, - this has to do with our gold and foreign currency reserves, - 200 billion must be invested primarily in modern technology, in light industry and the textile industry, in agriculture, where we'll quickly get the necessary results," Zyuganov said.
Furthermore, the state must "buy a maximum amount of food because we're in for a more difficult winter and for a hot spring," he said.
"If the state can't regulate prices for about 200 key kinds of food, tomorrow the situation may go out of control because 55 million people live on an average of five to eight thousand rubles a month and they can't make ends meet," Zyuganov said.
He also insisted that the state monopolize the manufacture of alcoholic drinks.
Zyuganov also expressed hope that Medvedev would address the democracy issue in his message.
"It's a key point, which would cool off the heads of those who have been stealing votes and who have been recording fake votes and breaking the law on elections," Zyuganov said.
He called the meeting between Medvedev and Duma leaders "constructive, complicated and very important."
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