It will be better to create two opposite political parties headed by incumbent President Medvedev for one and PM Putin – for another. This model bases on American Republicans-Democrats system could be applied on Russian frozen political landscape.
This idea was expressed by By Alexander Rahr in his article “Will Putin-Medvedev tandem prompt two-party system?” published on the ValdaiClub.com
"Russia has two different modernization strategies, one is liberal and the other is rather authoritarian; they do not contradict each other and are being implemented in parallel.
Medvedev is playing a liberal politician, while Putin is a more conservative leader. These two attitudes are reflected in Russia’s foreign policy.
Medvedev is focused on building ties with the West and does not favor a rapprochement with China. Putin, by contrast, is trying to put the brakes on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Neither does he support broad-ranging liberal reforms in Russia. He keeps his trump card – China – at the ready, so as to be able to adjust this western-looking foreign policy if it doesn’t benefit Russia. The two different strategies are by no means mutually exclusive, but that said, they do sometimes clash."
This idea was expressed by By Alexander Rahr in his article “Will Putin-Medvedev tandem prompt two-party system?” published on the ValdaiClub.com
"Russia has two different modernization strategies, one is liberal and the other is rather authoritarian; they do not contradict each other and are being implemented in parallel.
Medvedev is playing a liberal politician, while Putin is a more conservative leader. These two attitudes are reflected in Russia’s foreign policy.
Medvedev is focused on building ties with the West and does not favor a rapprochement with China. Putin, by contrast, is trying to put the brakes on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Neither does he support broad-ranging liberal reforms in Russia. He keeps his trump card – China – at the ready, so as to be able to adjust this western-looking foreign policy if it doesn’t benefit Russia. The two different strategies are by no means mutually exclusive, but that said, they do sometimes clash."
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