Д.Медведев.Встреча с активом ЛДПР России.28.05.09.Part 1

Meeting with Members of Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.Part 1
May 28, 2009
Barvikha, Moscow Region

Встреча с активом Либерально-демократической партии России.
28 мая 2009 года
Московская область, Барвиха

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: This is a good tradition we now have, these consultations with political parties, with the major players on our political stage. Today it is the turn of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR). I was just looking at the memo provided to this meeting (I somehow hadn't realised this fact before) and it turns out that the Liberal Democratic Party is modern Russia's oldest party. Our country is very young and its oldest party is the LDPR, twenty years old this year, so I congratulate your entire party, Mr Zhirinovsky, and you as leader of the party.

There is another figure that shows how important the party is: members of the LDPR are present in the legislatures of half the Russian regions. This means that the party is active not only in the political centre of the nation, but also in the regions, that it has its own political niche, electorate and supporters and that is a very good thing.

We have been quite actively involved in coordinating our efforts on a variety of issues. We regularly speak with Mr Zhirinovsky and with other colleagues. As a rule, on major issues such as Russia's foreign policy we have no disagreements but are actually in full accord. And I would like to thank the party for supporting Russia's initiatives in the international arena and for defending the nation's interests in many different regions and in different situations.

We have been working together on improving the political system and talking about economic issues. In these respects, there are differences between us, which is no doubt good, since the LDPR is a party which is now in the minority and therefore part of the opposition, and this determines its political role.

Nevertheless, we always try to find common ground on the most difficult issues, including those related to the economy and the political system.

So as always at these meetings, the agenda is wide open, as we agreed. First I would like to give the floor to the leader of the party and then to those who wish to speak.There is a law guaranteeing equal coverage of the activities of parliamentary parties in the electronic media. I have already spoken on this issue during the meetings with the other parties, and now Id like to say exactly the same thing to you. This law is not carved in stone: weve only just adopted it so we probably will be changing it somewhat. It is not like: No, heres the deal, youve been allotted 15 minutes at 3 oclock in the morning, sit down and dont make a peep. That is not going to happen. But we can keep track of things and see what needs to be changed. I agree that the real effect of these interventions is determined not only by the number of minutes but also by the time slot in which those minutes are allotted.

I believe that as far as this topic is concerned we will continue our discussions when the law comes into effect, and I absolutely do not exclude the possibility of making amendments. Let's see how it works. Because you are of course right in what you say: this law is first and foremost a law for opposition parties. Because the party in power now its United Russia has it easier for obvious reasons: it is highly visible, it has all sorts of chances to talk about what its doing. Thats why this law is in your interests and why we need to see how it is going to work.

There is another issue that you raised that I have also discussed: the minimum requirement, the barrier or the percentage required for the election of deputies to the State Duma. I have already spoken on this topic and will say the same thing to you. I do not think this is a once and for all situation. 7 percent, 5 percent, 3 percent do you recall why we made the decision we did? To ensure that we set up our party system so that the main political players were represented in the State Duma, and so that these political players could become major political forces in our society. I believe that with this law we have accomplished this to a certain extent. But that does not mean that this rule will continue to be observed for some absolutely unlimited time, at least in my opinion. We can think more about this, we can discuss it. In point of fact of course there are disadvantages and advantages in returning to the lower percentage as a minimum entrance requirement. But let me say again, this has not been decided once and for all. It is a political question about what works best for creating the political structure of our society it can be discussed.

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[al261167]

Наконец Президент встречается с ЛДПР!

[anakksagor2309]

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[swer1012]

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[Alizee559]

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[xservice1]

Медведев ты ЛОХ И МУДАК!!!! вместе с Путиным, задушили все сельское хозяйство,послал бы своего опричника по стране посмотреть сельские хозяйства как там люди выживают

[MrArmanin]

жирновский гавно

[Vixtel]

За Жириновского надо голосовать!!! Он единственный молодец и единственный ПАТРИОТ! И единственный кто сможет страну ПОДНЯТЬ из хаоса путинских и медведевских поступков, которые только пустословят красиво с умными глазами, а толку нету ДЕСЯТИЛЕТИЯМИ! zhirinovskiy . com

[afrodawg01]

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[imfromukraine]

eto ne prezident a kowmar kako to !

[SelfEsteemTHRASH]

Святой он потел много