Kudrin against Rogozin, or New revelations of the ex-minister
A few months later, the term of office of the head of the Russian Central Bank Sergey Ignatiev expires. He heads the Central Bank of the Russian Federation since 2002 of the year and, according to the regulations, is due this year to cede his post to the new head. The American Bloomberg agency immediately took to present the “candidates” for the post of the head of the Central Bank of Russia, who are allegedly already being considered by President Putin. Despite the fact that the president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, denied rumors that candidates for the change of Sergei Ignatyev are already being discussed in the Kremlin, information from Bloomberg may be of some interest. Why? Because there are some very interesting personalities among the “candidates” predicted by the Americans.
Let's represent everyone, let's say, as a general list: Alexey Kudrin, Mikhail Zadornov and Alexey Ulyukayev. Moreover, it is Kudrin, the American agency engaged in the collection and presentation of financial information that puts in the first place among the contenders for the post of head of the Central Bank of Russia. Yes, yes, that same Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin, who was honored with a resigned resignation when he was head of the finance ministry in the Government, headed by Vladimir Putin. The scene when President Dmitry Medvedev in the fall of 2011 had reprimanded Kudrin for being too active in talking about the Russian economy with overseas “partners” and criticizing plans to re-equip the Russian army, as they say, still stands before his eyes.
After his rather resonant resignation, Aleksey Leonidovich not only did not fade, but also began to actively convey to the masses (especially to foreigners) information that things were going wrong with the Russian economy, in general, in a useless way. And after all, the information from the ex-minister, it must be admitted, was vividly found by the very masses that it was her (the right information) from Kudrin that they wanted to hear. Vladimir Putin’s words about the fact that Kudrin, faithfully and for many years served as finance minister, and generally remained, almost, a friend to the current president, added to the opposition politician Alexey Leonidovich’s piquancy. This piquancy sometimes led to the fact that the public could not decide what kind of “dish” is a person by the name of Kudrin: if he is an oppositionist, then Putin’s words about trust and friendship, if he is an active supporter of the authorities, for the strange craving for systematic criticism of the same authorities he feeds. Perhaps Kudrin of those politicians who simply have a personal opinion? Is it possible in the modern world? ..
Whatever it was, but for the time that has elapsed since his resignation, Alexei Kudrin managed to light up in the ranks of the “swamp” opposition, and with new portions of criticism of Russia's economic actions come forward. And if so, then it becomes clear why Alexey Leonidovich with his “personal opinion” was the one that Bloomberg decided to designate as the number one candidate for the post of head of the Russian Central Bank. Indeed, for the West, Kudrin today can be considered just the ideal head of the Central Bank.
The other day, Alexei Leonidovich gave a rather lengthy interview to the German edition of Der Spiegel, in which he subjected his personal assessment of everything that is happening today economically and politically in Russia. The interview turned out to be noteworthy, and therefore one can consider his most memorable moments in order to be aware of what kind of sauce Alexei Kudrin gives himself today.
From the interviews, it turned out that from the point of view of the former finance minister, the whole of last year was simply lost for the Russian Federation: political reforms could not bring tangible results, and economic reforms were stalled.
It would seem that Kudrin clearly wants to demonstrate his opposition tendencies to the West. However, the ex-minister immediately declares that he frankly does not understand those people who say that Putin should resign ...
In an interview with German journalists, the ex-minister said that the elections were rigged in Russia, and he went to a rally just to protest the fraud. At the same time, Mr. Kudrin immediately clarified that he considers the parliamentary elections to be falsified, and he has no complaints about the holding of the presidential elections. In order to emphasize his loyalty to the president, Kudrin notes that Putin is an exceptionally pragmatic and able to listen to other politicians, but here’s one of his misfortunes — he doesn’t always listen to Kudrin himself ... Like, Vladimir Vladimirovich would correct this “flaw” in himself, then , from the point of view of Kudrin, the ideal head of state ...
In general, it is obvious that Alexey Kudrin is trying to adhere to such a political position, which leaves him room for maneuver. On the one hand, he seems to be a fighter for democratic ideals, an opponent of infringement of rights and freedoms and, in addition, an apologist for a liberal economy trying to make the higher Russian authorities take the right path, but on the other hand Kudrin is “a friend of the president." The first attracts the West to it - as a person who is ready to follow the path of liberalization of all political and economic processes in Russia, the second leaves him a real chance, sooner or later, to be back at one of high government posts (for example, in the same Central Bank). In general, if I may say so, Alexei Kudrin is a man of very flexible political views ...
After talking about how close he is at the same time to both the opposition and the president personally, Alexei Kudrin again decided to highlight his favorite questions (with the suggestion of journalists, of course). One of them is the issue of military reform spending. Former Minister of Finance this time stated that additional military spending is an arms race. Next - quote:
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin immediately responded to Kudrin on the tirade about the arms race and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Why precisely Rogozin? Yes, because it was his name that was mentioned by the correspondents of Der Spiegel, asking Kudrin to comment on how he treats Russian officials who support trillion investments in the defense budget.
Rogozin, in his microblogging, wrote, let's say, an in absentia response to Kudrin:
At the same time, on one of the blog's additions, the Deputy Prime Minister allowed himself a more detailed commentary to the words of the ex-minister:
The absentee exchange of the current member of the Russian Government with the former member is now over. But if the skirmish itself is over, then the essence of the question remains. Obviously, if Aleksei Kudrin somehow finds himself in the highest financial circles of power, then one should expect that Russia will switch to a somewhat forgotten trend of tightening the belts. This is a typical Kudrin “economic miracle”, when the entire success of the economy is associated with a constant, reasonable or unreasonable increase in the volume of the financial “cushion” of security. On the one hand, Kudrin says obvious things: in order for us not to be threatened by financial crises, we need to save, save and save once again. To fill a reserve fund, for example, to forget about financing army modernization about a number of social obligations (Kudrin stubbornly promotes the idea of raising the retirement age in Russia). But on the other hand, this position gives a kind of “plushkiniey” ... Save, save, save: do not light candles, do not use ink, put crusts under the pillow. What is the result? As a result, the Russian financial system will obviously not be able to get off this peculiar economy. Yes - Russia's Stabilization Fund, with such an economic policy, a la Kudrin, with time, can turn into a powerful currency cache, but only even then these savings will not work. Alexey Leonidovich or his follower will appear again, who will declare: “Uh, but don't touch the big piggy bank! Suddenly, there is a crisis, suddenly financial instability ... ”And this is already a clear illness of stinginess, which borders on common sense.
If you only save, cut, reduce, squeeze, then when, in fact, live, when to develop? .. Wait for better times? What are these really happen? In any years, you can say that today, they say, is not the best time for defense spending, for additional financing of medicine, for maintaining the retirement age. But this does not mean that you need to pack any income exclusively in stockings and wait for the global economy to collapse. Apparently, Alexey Leonidovich is waiting ... They say that the Union collapsed, and Russia will collapse if “they do not listen to me” ... However, self-esteem ...
Let's represent everyone, let's say, as a general list: Alexey Kudrin, Mikhail Zadornov and Alexey Ulyukayev. Moreover, it is Kudrin, the American agency engaged in the collection and presentation of financial information that puts in the first place among the contenders for the post of head of the Central Bank of Russia. Yes, yes, that same Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin, who was honored with a resigned resignation when he was head of the finance ministry in the Government, headed by Vladimir Putin. The scene when President Dmitry Medvedev in the fall of 2011 had reprimanded Kudrin for being too active in talking about the Russian economy with overseas “partners” and criticizing plans to re-equip the Russian army, as they say, still stands before his eyes.
After his rather resonant resignation, Aleksey Leonidovich not only did not fade, but also began to actively convey to the masses (especially to foreigners) information that things were going wrong with the Russian economy, in general, in a useless way. And after all, the information from the ex-minister, it must be admitted, was vividly found by the very masses that it was her (the right information) from Kudrin that they wanted to hear. Vladimir Putin’s words about the fact that Kudrin, faithfully and for many years served as finance minister, and generally remained, almost, a friend to the current president, added to the opposition politician Alexey Leonidovich’s piquancy. This piquancy sometimes led to the fact that the public could not decide what kind of “dish” is a person by the name of Kudrin: if he is an oppositionist, then Putin’s words about trust and friendship, if he is an active supporter of the authorities, for the strange craving for systematic criticism of the same authorities he feeds. Perhaps Kudrin of those politicians who simply have a personal opinion? Is it possible in the modern world? ..
Whatever it was, but for the time that has elapsed since his resignation, Alexei Kudrin managed to light up in the ranks of the “swamp” opposition, and with new portions of criticism of Russia's economic actions come forward. And if so, then it becomes clear why Alexey Leonidovich with his “personal opinion” was the one that Bloomberg decided to designate as the number one candidate for the post of head of the Russian Central Bank. Indeed, for the West, Kudrin today can be considered just the ideal head of the Central Bank.
The other day, Alexei Leonidovich gave a rather lengthy interview to the German edition of Der Spiegel, in which he subjected his personal assessment of everything that is happening today economically and politically in Russia. The interview turned out to be noteworthy, and therefore one can consider his most memorable moments in order to be aware of what kind of sauce Alexei Kudrin gives himself today.
From the interviews, it turned out that from the point of view of the former finance minister, the whole of last year was simply lost for the Russian Federation: political reforms could not bring tangible results, and economic reforms were stalled.
It would seem that Kudrin clearly wants to demonstrate his opposition tendencies to the West. However, the ex-minister immediately declares that he frankly does not understand those people who say that Putin should resign ...
In an interview with German journalists, the ex-minister said that the elections were rigged in Russia, and he went to a rally just to protest the fraud. At the same time, Mr. Kudrin immediately clarified that he considers the parliamentary elections to be falsified, and he has no complaints about the holding of the presidential elections. In order to emphasize his loyalty to the president, Kudrin notes that Putin is an exceptionally pragmatic and able to listen to other politicians, but here’s one of his misfortunes — he doesn’t always listen to Kudrin himself ... Like, Vladimir Vladimirovich would correct this “flaw” in himself, then , from the point of view of Kudrin, the ideal head of state ...
In general, it is obvious that Alexey Kudrin is trying to adhere to such a political position, which leaves him room for maneuver. On the one hand, he seems to be a fighter for democratic ideals, an opponent of infringement of rights and freedoms and, in addition, an apologist for a liberal economy trying to make the higher Russian authorities take the right path, but on the other hand Kudrin is “a friend of the president." The first attracts the West to it - as a person who is ready to follow the path of liberalization of all political and economic processes in Russia, the second leaves him a real chance, sooner or later, to be back at one of high government posts (for example, in the same Central Bank). In general, if I may say so, Alexei Kudrin is a man of very flexible political views ...
After talking about how close he is at the same time to both the opposition and the president personally, Alexei Kudrin again decided to highlight his favorite questions (with the suggestion of journalists, of course). One of them is the issue of military reform spending. Former Minister of Finance this time stated that additional military spending is an arms race. Next - quote:
“The Soviet Union crashed, not least because of the arms race. Then we produced a large quantity tanks and combat aircraft, while people with food cards stood in line. It’s impossible for us to repeat this mistake today. ”
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin immediately responded to Kudrin on the tirade about the arms race and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Why precisely Rogozin? Yes, because it was his name that was mentioned by the correspondents of Der Spiegel, asking Kudrin to comment on how he treats Russian officials who support trillion investments in the defense budget.
Rogozin, in his microblogging, wrote, let's say, an in absentia response to Kudrin:
"... who does not want to feed his army, will feed someone else's."
At the same time, on one of the blog's additions, the Deputy Prime Minister allowed himself a more detailed commentary to the words of the ex-minister:
“Well, why, Alexey Leonidovich, to play up to the West and to replicate the fundamentally incorrect statement about the“ militarization of Russia ”? We did not update the Armed Forces for a quarter of a century! Than combat tasks will be solved? The bodies of soldiers-conscripts, as our liberals did in the First Chechen, or still modern Russia will be able to recreate a reliable shield that can ensure a safe life and economic prosperity for the country and the people? Do you not know that today at every defense plant we update technological equipment for the production of competitive civilian products, so the defense industry in our country really acts as the locomotive of the entire economy of the country, the guarantor of its progressive development. It seems to me that there should be a criticism of the actions of the “defense bloc” of the government, but please do not click! ”
The absentee exchange of the current member of the Russian Government with the former member is now over. But if the skirmish itself is over, then the essence of the question remains. Obviously, if Aleksei Kudrin somehow finds himself in the highest financial circles of power, then one should expect that Russia will switch to a somewhat forgotten trend of tightening the belts. This is a typical Kudrin “economic miracle”, when the entire success of the economy is associated with a constant, reasonable or unreasonable increase in the volume of the financial “cushion” of security. On the one hand, Kudrin says obvious things: in order for us not to be threatened by financial crises, we need to save, save and save once again. To fill a reserve fund, for example, to forget about financing army modernization about a number of social obligations (Kudrin stubbornly promotes the idea of raising the retirement age in Russia). But on the other hand, this position gives a kind of “plushkiniey” ... Save, save, save: do not light candles, do not use ink, put crusts under the pillow. What is the result? As a result, the Russian financial system will obviously not be able to get off this peculiar economy. Yes - Russia's Stabilization Fund, with such an economic policy, a la Kudrin, with time, can turn into a powerful currency cache, but only even then these savings will not work. Alexey Leonidovich or his follower will appear again, who will declare: “Uh, but don't touch the big piggy bank! Suddenly, there is a crisis, suddenly financial instability ... ”And this is already a clear illness of stinginess, which borders on common sense.
If you only save, cut, reduce, squeeze, then when, in fact, live, when to develop? .. Wait for better times? What are these really happen? In any years, you can say that today, they say, is not the best time for defense spending, for additional financing of medicine, for maintaining the retirement age. But this does not mean that you need to pack any income exclusively in stockings and wait for the global economy to collapse. Apparently, Alexey Leonidovich is waiting ... They say that the Union collapsed, and Russia will collapse if “they do not listen to me” ... However, self-esteem ...
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