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Russian rallies signify emergence of 'long-talked about' civil society - Patrushev
Interfax - 2.17.12 - JRL 2012-30

MOSCOW. Feb 17 (Interfax) - The Russian protests have shown that the country is going through the process of forming a civil society, said Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Security Council Secretary.

File Photo of Russian Protest"The rallies attest to the free activity of our citizens. They are not remaining silent. They openly express their opinions and make themselves heard. Effectively, they are participating in the process of working out the most important national decisions," he said in an interview published in the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper on Friday.

"That civil society we have talked about for years but never seen is in the making," he said.

"Unfortunately, not all feel happy about the peaceful and organized nature of demonstrations because their participants' behavior gives no reason to accuse authorities of 'the massive suppression of dissidence'. It is this kind of accusations that would normally be used as a pretext for color revolutions and massive foreign intervention in the internal affairs of any particular country," the Security Council secretary said.

"I would like those who got used to getting fees for their political services from abroad, to rightly understand the sentiments of Russian citizens and realize the hopelessness of their attempts to destabilize the situation in Russia," he said.

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MOSCOW. Feb 17 (Interfax) - The Russian protests have shown that the country is going through the process of forming a civil, said Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Security Council Secretary.

File Photo of Russian Protest"The rallies attest to the free activity of our citizens. They are not remaining silent. They openly express their opinions and make themselves heard. Effectively, they are participating in the process of working out the most important national decisions," he said in an interview published in the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper on Friday.

"That civil society we have talked about for years but never seen is in the making," he said.

"Unfortunately, not all feel happy about the peaceful and organized nature of demonstrations because their participants' behavior gives no reason to accuse authorities of 'the massive suppression of dissidence'. It is this kind of accusations that would normally be used as a pretext for color revolutions and massive foreign intervention in the internal affairs of any particular country," the Security Council secretary said.

"I would like those who got used to getting fees for their political services from abroad, to rightly understand the sentiments of Russian citizens and realize the hopelessness of their attempts to destabilize the situation in Russia," he said.