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Medvedev: Protest Movement Not Shaped in Russia Yet
Interfax - 4.17.12 - JRL 2012-72

MOSCOW. April 17 (Interfax) - President Dmitry Medvedev does not see a clearly formed protest movement in Russia, but he pledged to heed the opposition sentiment.

Dmitry Medvedev File Photo
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Medvedev said at an Open Government meeting on Tuesday that he has no clear idea of "who representatives of the so-called protest movement are."

"Some said it is not quite correct that the experts' group for forming the Open Government does not have representatives of the so-called protest movement. But then the movement is something that is moving in some direction. I don't think I know exactly who is represented in this movement," the president said.

Medvedev asked Ekho Moskvy radio Editor-in-Chief Alexei Venediktov whether he belongs to the protest movement. Venediktov answered in the affirmative.

"Now how are decisions made who will and who will not get into this movement? There were people who gathered on Bolotnaya Square and on Sakharov Avenue. Does this mean they belong to the protest movement? Is this movement formalized? Has it any representatives, or managers? But if there are none, it is just a collection of moods, although these moods must be taken into account," Medvedev said.

"Our entire work aims to take all sentiments into account, including the ones being developed by part of the urban population, who may reject some methods of governance or some political configurations," Medvedev said.

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MOSCOW. April 17 (Interfax) - President Dmitry Medvedev does not see a clearly formed protest movement in Russia, but he pledged to heed the opposition sentiment.

Dmitry Medvedev File Photo
file photo
Medvedev said at an Open Government meeting on Tuesday that he has no clear idea of "who representatives of the so-called protest movement are."

"Some said it is not quite correct that the experts' group for forming the Open Government does not have representatives of the so-called protest movement. But then the movement is something that is moving in some direction. I don't think I know exactly who is represented in this movement," the president said.

Medvedev asked Ekho Moskvy radio Editor-in-Chief Alexei Venediktov whether he belongs to the protest movement. Venediktov answered in the affirmative.

"Now how are decisions made who will and who will not get into this movement? There were people who gathered on Bolotnaya Square and on Sakharov Avenue. Does this mean they belong to the protest movement? Is this movement formalized? Has it any representatives, or managers? But if there are none, it is just a collection of moods, although these moods must be taken into account," Medvedev said.

"Our entire work aims to take all sentiments into account, including the ones being developed by part of the urban population, who may reject some methods of governance or some political configurations," Medvedev said.


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