In my own way

Chairman of the People's Democratic Union Mikhail Kasyanov said in an interview with Novaya Gazeta that the turning point that forced him to join the opposition was the reaction of the authorities to the tragedy in Beslan. And the cancellation of gubernatorial elections, the transfer of the Duma to party lists and the creation of the Public Chamber came as a surprise and shock to him. “For me this is an anti-constitutional package. I remained with the convictions that I had in power, and the power itself moved into opposition to the course on which we worked together,” said the ex-prime minister.