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PUTIN: RUSSIA SHOULD FOLLOW WAY OF ALL INDUSTRIALLY
DEVELOPED AND DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES
MOSCOW, January 15, 2002. /RIA Novosti/. - Vladimir Putin thinks Russia should not invent the wheel but should follow the way of all industrially developed and democratic countries, he told Polish mass media on the threshold of his visit to Warsaw.
Putin characterized democracy as "rules written in laws adopted constitutionally by the elected representative body of power - the country's parliament." "We are following this way, with confidence and consistency," he said.
The Russian President pointed out to the general difficulties the countries of the former "Eastern bloc" are faced with, above all, the way the population perceives its relations with the state and the state's obligations to the population.
It is evident now for everyone that there is no alternative to market economy and democracy, stressed Putin. Another way of development is just stagnation, falling behind in anything, he added.
It is necessary that each ordinary citizen understand and support the idea that his position, as well as his family's, district's, region's, their contribution to the general work, the quality of their work influence the financial position of individuals, districts, regions and the whole country.
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