Kasyanov: Russia will be able to return the former authority in the world only if genuine democracy

Russia will be able to return the former authority in the world and remain among the developed powers only if the principles of democracy are observed in the country, the ex-Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, the leader of the People's Democratic Union (VAT) Mikhail Kasyanov, believes.

"Providing real freedoms is today not just a matter of ideological preferences, this is an urgent need for the development of a citizen and state and their participation in global competition," Kasyanov writes in an article published on Tuesday in the Kommersant newspaper.

Foreign partners, who for a long time diplomatically closing their eyes to the features of the Russian “sovereign”, “controlled” democracy, Kasyanov writes, can no longer ignore a sharp contrast between high words and a real business.

The political course of "Neftedollar sovereignty", the course towards reducing economic and political freedoms has already led to the fact that Russia has lost leadership positions in the post -Soviet space, and in the future will determine its place among the countries of the third world for a long time and can lead the country to the revolution, the VAT leader believes. The return of political influence and successful post-industrial development is possible only if the country turns into the "Empire of Freedom", says the former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

“Everything that has so far been declared by the authorities, Russia as“ sovereign democracy ”and“ energy superpower, ”the article says.“ The goals of this doctrine are quite obvious - the concentration and retention at any cost of political power and property. The consequences are also obvious, the triumph of public and state institutions, the departure from the principles of legitimacy, democracy and the market economy. This To nowhere, to the collapse of the country, to the new revolution, which will inevitably abandon us for many years ago, will put a cross on the prospects of post -industrial development. "

Kasyanov notes that the most painful problems associated with the country's development strategy are poverty of a significant part of the population, devastation in the army, cherishing housing, illegal migration, all -clearing corruption, and the North Caucasus fraught with explosion - has not disappeared. According to him, they are silent and transferred to the tactical response mode. "Only a single position on the defense of the freedoms of all independent socio -political forces - from right -wing to the left, from human rights defenders to business unions, can interfere with further twisting of the nuts," the Kasyanov article says.

According to him, “the authorities are very afraid of such unity and, in order to prevent it, now hungs the labels, drives the wedge between different strata of society, divides the Russians into“ our ”and“ not ours ”.“ Nevertheless, there are chances, ”the VA leader said.