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Almost a day remains until President Dmitry Medvedev announces his first message to the Federal Assembly.
Moreover, in the Kremlin, as The New Times magazine writes, until the last moment they could not decide how to present the topic of the financial crisis in this document.

The Russian president still admits the existence of a crisis in the country’s economy, but will not exaggerate the situation, writes The New Times. In the Kremlin, according to the publication, it was ultimately decided that the word “crisis” itself in relation to the situation within the state of all government officials has the right to use only three people - the President, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov. All other officials, including the Prime Minister, talk exclusively about combating the consequences of the global financial crisis. It is worth adding that the economic block of the message, according to the magazine, ultimately became the reason for postponing the date of the presidential speech - this part of the document was finalized until the last moment by Alexey Kudrin and the assistant to the head of state for economics, Arkady Dvorkovich. As a result, the listener should get the impression that the crisis will affect Russia “tangentially,” writes The New Times.

The Russian leader's speech is scheduled for the day when the whole world will monitor the counting of votes in the US presidential election. This choice, the publication notes, could not have been accidental, since Dmitry Medvedev’s message fades into the background against such a background.

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President Medvedev is preparing for his first speech before the Russian parliament