MOSCOW. June 25 (Interfax) - The overwhelming majority of people who have taken part in the latest protest rallies stick to the left-wing ideology and want the government to play a bigger role in the economy. Hence, it will be difficult to win support of these people to the modernization course, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said.

file photoA participant in the Renaissance Capital investor conference said it was vital for the government to agree that the protesters also wanted modernization. "That is important for the nature of Russian transformations, which could be either predictable and normal or chaotic," he said.

"We need to understand which part of society supports modernization. Seventy percent of all people who take part in rallies are pro-communist and leftist; they want bigger interference of the government in the economy and more social allowances and expenditures. Thirty percent are so-called 'liberals' who want a lesser role of the state, privatization and reduction of taxes," Dvorkovich said.

"Shall we support the first group or the second? Which of them is more active and which is less? If the government supports the majority, it will have to increase its role in the economy. If it does not, it may lose the elections.
The rally politics is a tricky thing," Dvorkovich said.

It is much more important that many people deem very low the quality of services they receive in exchange for their taxes and wish to increase this quality, he said.

"That can be done with practically any crude price, except perhaps $10 or $20. Within the reasonable price range, $80 to $110, such tasks are achievable with appropriate administering and budget planning," he said.

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MOSCOW. June 25 (Interfax) - The overwhelming majority of people who have taken part in the latest protest rallies stick to the left-wing ideology and want the government to play a bigger role in the economy. Hence, it will be difficult to win support of these people to the modernization course, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said.

file photoA participant in the Renaissance Capital investor conference said it was vital for the government to agree that the protesters also wanted modernization. "That is important for the nature of Russian transformations, which could be either predictable and normal or chaotic," he said.

"We need to understand which part of society supports modernization. Seventy percent of all people who take part in rallies are pro-communist and leftist; they want bigger interference of the government in the economy and more social allowances and expenditures. Thirty percent are so-called 'liberals' who want a lesser role of the state, privatization and reduction of taxes," Dvorkovich said.

"Shall we support the first group or the second? Which of them is more active and which is less? If the government supports the majority, it will have to increase its role in the economy. If it does not, it may lose the elections.
The rally politics is a tricky thing," Dvorkovich said.

It is much more important that many people deem very low the quality of services they receive in exchange for their taxes and wish to increase this quality, he said.

"That can be done with practically any crude price, except perhaps $10 or $20. Within the reasonable price range, $80 to $110, such tasks are achievable with appropriate administering and budget planning," he said.