Re -government

Protests against illegal elections must be sent to the channel of discussion of the further development of the country, the first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov said. According to Gazeta.ru, he said about this, speaking at the Gaidar Forum "Russia 2012-2020". “We are qualitatively approaching a state when it is politically a living country, when it is unlikely to strangle something. Our main task is to convert into calmness,” the first deputy prime minister said.

"We did not observe illegal actions, people showed openly, but we must take care of an economic and social agenda, which should be set as a challenge to the future government," he said, adding that further development of the situation causes a lot of doubt and stress among the population.

“It is impossible to expect that with such income and the degree of information exchange, that the country will be politically mothballed,” RIA Novosti quoted Shuvalova as saying. The First Deputy Prime Minister is confident that with such an economic development of the Russian Federation, in the presence of a strong middle class "in the coming decades, the country will turn into an absolutely politically developed state."

The State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin previously spoke of the unpreparedness of the authorities to protests. “Maybe the pace of changes in the public consciousness and moods of people are slightly higher than the speed of the changes that the government makes to the political system. The rallies are just talking about this,” said Naryshkin. "So, the authorities must react accordingly. And the speed of development of proposals regarding the improvement of the political system should be higher," said the speaker.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril called on the authorities to listen to protests and adjust the political course. "The task is to ensure that the protests, properly expressed, lead to the correction of the political course. This is the most important thing. If the power remains insensitive to the expression of protests, this is a very bad sign - a sign of the inability of the authorities for self -enforcement. The authorities should be tuned, including perceiving signals from the outside," said the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Christmas interview with Russia 1.

After the protest on Sakharov Avenue, Putin said that the opposition has a lot of leaders and they should formulate a common platform and a common position. ” According to Putin, he can talk "on claims" with any of the speakers at the rally on December 24. At the same time, Putin said that "he does not even know who was there."

Dmitry Medvedev in the December message to the Federal Assembly announced the beginning of a large -scale reform of the political system. “I would like to say that I hear those who talk about the need for changes and understand them,” Medvedev said. "It is necessary to give all active citizens the legitimate opportunity to participate in political life. I consider the following necessary: ​​go to the elections of the leaders of the constituent entities of the Federation by direct vote of the residents of the regions," Medvedev said. In addition, in the message to the Federal Assembly, Medvedev stated the need to adopt a new law on parties, simplifying the registration of political associations.