He is changing! He is getting closer to the people! It is being modernized! Until recently, the words “Putin” and “Internet” seemed like antonyms, but now the Prime Minister is saying that it is possible to hold online discussions about the transparency of the upcoming presidential elections. It is necessary, they say, to listen to the people, the presidential candidate said at a meeting of the federal coordination headquarters of the All-Russian Popular Front.
It is necessary, as Putin said, quoted by RIA Novosti, “to summarize constructive proposals, and if you see that there are proposals aimed at increasing the transparency of this entire process, then, of course, you need to take advantage of this, thank people and implement it.”
About what didn’t happen - please, about the past - no, no. Despite the fact that former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin stated the need for dialogue between the authorities and the public following the results of the parliamentary elections and said that based on the results of the conversation with Putin, it can be considered that dialogue is possible, Putin himself said that a revision of the results of the Duma elections is impossible. “It is impossible to have any conversations about reviewing (the election results), except for one way, which is prescribed by law - going to court. And there, indeed, if there are any violations, the court is obliged to consider and make objective decisions on these issues and respond accordingly,” Putin said. Meanwhile, one of the key demands of those rallying on Bolotnaya Square and Academician Sakharov Avenue (where Kudrin also came) was the cancellation of the election results. So what should we talk about then?