Parliamentary democracy would be catastrophic for Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday, showing his suspicion of Western systems of government despite a drive to modernise the country.
RBC, 10.09.2010, Moscow 17:55:02. There is a future for democracy in Russia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced during a plenary session at the Global Political Forum in Yaroslavl.
President Dmitry Medvedev rebuffed accusations of democratic backsliding on Friday and said trying to experiment with a parliamentary democracy would be a catastrophe for Russia.
YAROSLAVL, Russia, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Changes to Russia's political system should be gradual and can be accomplished only "by free people," President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday. Russia - Dmitry Medvedev - Democracy - Politics - Vladimir Putin
RBC, 10.09.2010, Yaroslavl 16:04:58. Parliamentary democracy as a form of government would have been a catastrophe for Russia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced today during a meeting with political analysts in Yaroslavl hosting a Global Political Forum.
Democracy is an indispensable condition for Russia's development, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
YAROSLAVL, September 10 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday parliamentary democracy would be a catastrophe for Russia, like it is for Kyrgyzstan.
Once again Tom Fletcher happily misses the whole point of this exercise in democracy. He says: “Judge our politicians as you will, but let’s not drag our whole democratic system down with false allegations.”
The 'death of democracy' - that's how Sri Lanka's opposition, United National Party, has described a constitutional vote to give more power to the president.
Pro-democracy demonstrators marched Tuesday in Swaziland against Africa's last absolute monarchy, despite the arrests of nearly 50 people on the eve of the protests.