17.10, 18:31 The Right Cause party must return 701.4 million rubles (22.8 million dollars) to the party’s former leader Mikhail Prokhorov, according to his press service. He also believes that the party is preparing a scheme not to refund the investments.
Parliamentary Elections 2011
15.09, 18:03 Established Russian politicians have said that the split in the Right Cause party is an indication that pro-business rightist forces are not yet ready to operate in Russian politics.
15.09, 11:08 In a video address published on the Internet, Mikhail Prokhorov suggested that his allies quit Right Cause and found a new political party.
Published: 03 November, 2011, 17:52
Vyacheslav Smirnov and Georgy Bovt at the constituent conference of the Moscow branch of the Pravoye Delo (Right Cause) pro-Kremlin party (RIA Novosti / Vladimir Fedorenko)TAGS: Russia, Politics, History The Right Cause party has called for “urgent de-bolshevization” of Russian society. In a statement released on Thursday, it suggested amending legislation to rule out the very possibility of any repetition of totalitarianism.
“We are deeply convinced that there is a need for an unequivocal historic assessment of totalitarianism as a system of government, and for measures which would minimize the risk of its repetition in our history and in everyday life,” the statement reads.
The party believes that totalitarian ideas pose a threat to today’s Russian society, as for some, totalitarianism seems very attractive.
“Totalitarianism for us is not a relic of the past, but a possible alternative, and the young, those who have never lived in a totalitarian society, often meet this alternative with enthusiasm,” the party’s statement reads.
Legislative changes should go hand-in-hand with certain symbolic acts. A final reburial of Lenin’s body, and the creation of a memorial to victims of the Civil War in the Mausoleum could put an end to the history of totalitarianism in mass consciousness, the Right Cause is convinced.
“These simple acts, natural for civilized society, would finally unite society and become a basis for stability,” the authors of the document believe. “A society which makes distinctions between people according to their property status stands no chance of achieving stability and prosperity.”
03.11, 14:51 The Russian Education Ministry has reversed its decision to graduate the press secretary of the Investigative Committee as a lawyer after discovering that the official’s second academic degree was forged.
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