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Khazin: the liberals announced an ultimatum to Putin

The relationship between the Russian bureaucracy and the Russian President are formed is quite difficult. The fact that the Russian bureaucracy is very actively and creatively embraced the liberal ideas that come from the West.

And the main idea is very simple: liberalism is the lack of accountability of officials to society, says the economist Mikhail Khazin in his blog. “A banal idea: officials categorically do not want to be responsible for anything. And in this sense, their main message is that we in some way got his position now, based on liberal principles, we are obliged to defend their personal interests — and blame us for it in any case impossible.+

Any attempt to abandon this logic they perceive hostility, including hostility was perceived idea of the “may decrees”. These decrees are not simply required implementation, but still some action to implement, for example, to find money in the budget for their implementation.

That is the point of conflict in the next. The President says — “something to do”, the bureaucracy is responsible — “we’re not going to do anything as it contradicts our basic principles.”+ Then begins a complex plot: the President hung on the ears of high-quality noodles, and because it takes all the documents of the government is the same bureaucratic structure in the administration of the President, they quickly agree.

At some point the President begins to realize that something is wrong, is taking some steps, which result in the conflict situation.+ Until recently, this conflict was quite soft. But the election results showed that no agreement can not be. What if the bureaucracy you need, she will hand over to Putin in the Hague with giblets.

And the behavior Kudrin — this is a demonstration of the behavior of the bureaucracy.+ In other words, Kudrin has demonstrated that the question is solved: Putin’s opinions on social or other issues — no one is interested. We, bureaucracy, won the election, received the support of the people, and now we will do what we think is right. But if someone does not like it, that’s his problem.

In Russia such conflicts did not happen again – and with the kings and General secretaries of the Communist party, and ends just great troubles or the hard war of the political leadership. There can be no compromise.

For the people it will be hard, but here people are guilty, not because he didn’t come to the polls, but because it was silent over the last 25 years. It was a mistake. Now be silent will not work.”+

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