Anatoly Chubais. Photo: RIA Novosti
The International rating agency Standard & Poor's believes that the resignation
of Alexei Kudrin from the post of Minister of Finance will not lead to serious changes in the economic and fiscal policy of Russia, "since Russian state capitalism and close ties between politics and business will be maintained." S&P experts believe that the incident will not affect credit ratings. However, efforts to consolidate public finances can be less effective than with Kudrin, and the prospects for economic growth - less rainbow. The agency’s gaze dissonates with the opinion of the public, the individual representatives of which are almost panicked:
Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Board of Rusnano:
- This event, no matter what the reasons it is caused, creates serious risks for the country. There are no more professionals who are able to work in the current political configuration. This is especially dangerous against the background of the impending second wave of the global economic crisis. In case of an adverse set of circumstances, which can never be excluded either in politics or in the economy, the consequences of this resignation may be dramatic.
Oleg Rumyantsev, President of the Constitutional Reform Fund: - The accumulated contradictions break through, which cannot be no longer noticeable or silent. Even a rather cautious and experienced Alexei Leonidovich “could not be silent” ... Here are just some, the most convex: a) Kudrin opposed the allocation of rain from budget trillions, since the Caucasus, since. Probably, someone in the leadership strongly likes the dance of the ZICR in the rain from flying bills. b) Kudrin spoke out against the infusion (for the unconditional cut) of huge funds into the military -industrial complex ... But the matter is not only in the military -industrial complex, but in general, the criminal system of the obligatory partial saw or a complete uncontrolled theft of everything that stands out from the state treasury. Doubts of this are equal to the undermining of the foundations of the entire system of almost official roofing and the development of any budget expenditures. C) Probably, Kudrin's unexpected revelations
about accounts in Swiss banks played their key role. This is the same thing on the corn! Kudrin, what is called, seems to have fallen in a victim of a well -known quote: “Sometimes those who you trust 100%can ... be at all 200!” ... It is possible that he was sure of the GDP, who seemed to be like a single trump card - macroeconomic stability, for which Kudrin would seem to be needed as a prime minister in an era of a crisis. But the tandem and threw him.
Alexey Navalny, blogger: - I never experienced much delight about Kudrin: we must still deal with his activities as the chairman of the board of directors of the most corrupt and thieves bank in the country - VTB. However, in possession of such a simple and important quality as human dignity, you cannot refuse him. A rare thing now, when the whole “Kremlin politics” is built on endless self -abasement, reptile and lashing at any level of power.
Konstantin Sonin, professor of the Russian Economic School: - The right moment to leave the post of Minister of Finance. In recent years, expenses have grown too much (social) and wrong (through all kinds of state corporations), and the further - the stronger this trend will be. Over the next ten years, Kudrin could have lost his reputation. It is difficult to imagine how to resist the pressure of both internal and external lobby, it is difficult to imagine. It is upset that the list of potential successors of Kudrin approximately coincides with exactly the same list of ten years ago: Sergey Shatalov, Sergey Aleksashenko ...
