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Don't tell me about him
The Russian opposition does not have a constructive program of actions with which it can reach the people. This was stated at a press conference by Vladimir Putin, answering the question of Ksenia Sobchak about counteraction, which opposition who go to the elections faces.
"Regarding competition and where we have a capable opposition ... I have already answered. The meaning of the answer is that the opposition should come out with a clear, understandable program of positive actions," Putin said. "Are you under the slogan" Against all. "Is this a positive program of actions?"
"Opposition candidates are either not allowed to the elections or create problems, I feel it on myself. For example, there is candidate Alexei Navalny, who has been conducting a pre -election campaign for a year. Fictitious criminal cases have been created against him, their fictitious was proved by Alexei Navalny in the European court," Sobchak said. “But, nevertheless, it is not allowed to the elections, although it is known that there is a special opinion of the Constitutional Court On this issue. "
"Regarding the characters that you mentioned. Already raised a question about Ukraine. Do you want dozens of such Saakashvili to run in our squares? Here are those whom you called is Saakashvili, only in the Russian publication. Do you want such Saakashvili to destabilize the situation in the country? Do you want us to live from one Maidan to another? You went, what do you want to return all this? I am sure that the absolutely vast majority of Russian citizens do not want this and will not allow this, ”said Putin.
Competition in the presidential election should be, and it will be, a question only in radicalism, Putin said. “I assure you, the authorities were not afraid of anyone and is not afraid of anyone,” the president said. But the authorities should not be like a bearded man who lazily picks out cabbage from his beard and looks at how the state turns into some kind of muddy puddle, from which the oligarchs pierce and catch a goldfish for themselves, as it was in the 90s and how it is now in Ukraine. ”
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The journalist "Echo of Moscow" Tatyana Felgenhauer asked Putin the question of the rule of law in Russia and the existence of "various legal realities." "The real repressive machine actively works in one when criminal cases are initiated by reposts, the SS, when he sits in prison on unreasonable accusations - and this was proved in the ECHR - Oleg Navalny, when the case of Kirill Serebrennikov is going on, and Aleksei Malobrodsky is being held in a pre -trial detention center. We see another legal reality. Boris Nemtsov is killed in it, and Rounslana is killed in it. Geremeyeva is not interrogated, because the investigator simply did not interrogate Andrei Turchak - in the case of the attempt on journalist Oleg Kashin.
“I agree that there are enough problems, but I can’t agree that we have different legal reality,” the president answered. “About the fact that someone is sitting, and you consider it unreasonable, and the investigation authorities consider it justified. Only one instance can solve this in such cases - the court.”
"As for Sechin and his appearance in court: if there is some kind of violation of the law, the law must react accordingly. But, as far as I imagine this, the law is not violated here," Putin said.
In the case of the former Minister of Economic Development of Alexei Ulyukaev, "quite collected materials, including the testimony of Sechin himself," the president noted. “But I cannot even disagree with the fact that Sechin could come to court, what is there? And repeat everything that he set out during the preliminary investigation,” Putin said.
On Thursday, at a press conference, Putin said that the March presidential election would go to a self-nominated , and not as a candidate from any party. Putin did not specify who will be the chief of his election headquarters.
Other funny moments of the press conference were recorded by Nikolai Rudensky.