Poetin ontslaat regering
 

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...124652,00.html

PUTIN AXES GOVERNMENT

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dramatically fired his entire government - including the prime minister.

He announced the unexpected move during a live TV broadcast.


Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov has been temporarily replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko.

Some analysts say Mr Kasyanov's future had been widely expected because he is closely associated with Mr Putin's predecessor Boris Yeltsin.

The move was apparently designed to bolster Putin's authority ahead of elections next month.

Mr Putin said he made the decision because of his "wish to set out my position on what the country's course will be after March 14, 2004".

"This decision is not linked to the government's achievements, which on the whole I consider satisfactory," he said.

Russian Analyst Nikolai Petrov told Sky News: "The only reason for this move is to put some additional energy into... elections."

Analyst Igor Bunin of the Centre for Political Technologies, said: "Putin stood up and effectively said, 'I want to make it clear that all ties with Boris Yeltsin's family and its son, Kasyanov, have now been severed'. Voters are only going to like that.

"If his rating stands at 80% now, it will jump to 85% after this announcement. It simply can't go higher than that, statistically speaking."

And Sergei Markov, of the Insitute of Political Studies, said it is "not the firing of the government - it is the firing of Mikhail Kasyanov".

He added: "According to the constitution, Putin can't do it without firing the whole cabinet."


Oh Putin, you card!

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Democratie ten top (y) ............... Hè niceman? :D

Russia left guessing over new PM

President Vladimir Putin has kept Russia guessing over his choice for prime minister, after sacking the entire government on Tuesday.
He told the now ex-PM Mikhail Kasyanov and his ministers the change was aimed at forming a more efficient government.

A new prime minister must be named within two weeks, before the presidential election on 14 March.

Mr Putin has named Viktor Khristenko as interim prime minister but analysts do not expect him to stay after the poll.

Few names have been mentioned to replace Mr Kasyanov, but favourites for the post are Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov, according to reports in the Russian media.

Mr Kasyanov's cabinet continued work on a temporary basis.

Some observers said the sacking was intended to enliven the 14 March poll - which Mr Putin is expected to win by a landslide.
Mr Kasyanov was among the Kremlin's few survivors from the camp of Mr Putin's predecessor; his removal is seen as the Kremlin's formal break with the Yeltsin years.

Relaxed

On Wednesday, President Putin visited government headquarters in Moscow's White House, flanked by Mr Kasyanov and Mr Khristenko.

Visibly more relaxed than when announcing Mr Kasyanov's removal in a live television broadcast a day earlier, the president said he had chosen the change in the midst of the campaign for "political and administrative reasons".

If he had waited until after the poll, it would have been June before the new parliament approved a government, Mr Putin said.

He also promised to form a new government very soon.

"I am in a position to advise the public of the person I intend to present as prime minister. And I see this as my duty," Mr Putin said.

Later on Wednesday, he met lawmakers from the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, which holds a majority in the lower house of parliament - the State Duma - which must approve Mr Putin's nominee.

Russian news reports of the meeting did not indicate whether the president mentioned his choice by the name.

But the party's leader, Boris Gryzlov, was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying that "the consultations [on the issue] will probably continue this Sunday".

Under Russian law, the prime minister and his cabinet formally step down after a presidential election anyway, although all ministers can be reappointed.

Artikel van BBC

Schijndemocratie daar in Rusland verkiezingen manipuleren, stelletjes maffioze corrupte bende daar. lang leve vrij markt! :rolleyes:

ach... de mensen daar WETEN tenminste waarvoor ze dan WEL zouden kiezen als ze die vrijheid hadden...

wij hebben de vrijheid, maar zal me niks verbazen dat de russen de wijsheid hebben,,.. (maar niet de vrijheid)

Die RUssen zijn ook dom, niks gaat gewoon goed daar en toch stemt 90% ofzo voor Poetin :|

Deze zaken waren in de oude Sovjetunie overigens verre van ongebruikelijk. Eigenlijk is Poetin nu op de 'sovjet-toer' gegaan. Dus dit heeft geen f*ck met de vrije markt te maken, integendeel zelfs.

Waar maak jij uit op dat Poetin geen verbeteringen doorvoert? Ik vind Poetin een stuk capabeler dan Boris ''Vodka'' Jeltsin. Bovendien kan een capabele man met veel macht veel meer klaar maken dan een democratischer optredende capabele man.

mja, wel fijn ook dat ie zo lekker censuur uitvoert en tsjetsjenie stukschiet, goeie kerel :rolleyes:

Beter dan Jeltsin zei ik toch. Ik ben geen fan van Poetin, maar hij heeft zo z'n kwaliteiten.

nou, jeltsin had die censuur niet, met hem viel wel te onderhandelen en zeg nou zelf, een echte rus drinkt toch gewoon wodka??

ik vind jeltsin een slechtere staatsman, maar poetin is veel gevaarlijker, dus zou ik toch voor jeltsin gaan

Onder Jeltsin was Rusland nog corrupter dan nu, Jeltsin heeft gefaald na het uiteenvallen van de SU. Poetin treedt tenminste daadkrachtig op, hoewel niet altijd juist (Tsjetsjenië en de censuur idd).

Hij pakt wel de georganiseerde misdaad en corruptie aan itt Jeltsin. Op het ogenblik kan Rusland zich geen democraat veroorloven die alles strikt democratisch en eerlijk wil doen.

je kan ook de corruptie aanpakken zonder censuur uit te oefenen en zonder tsjetsjenie binnen te vallen. ik vind het feit dat ie zoveel macht heeft niet zo erg, maar hij gaat er wel erg dictatoriaal mee om

Je kan niet alles hebben. ;)

Hij treed gewoon hard op tegen het terrorisme ;)

hoho, kijk eens naar onze eigen balkenende, dan zie je dat krachtig optreden, charisma én een humane manier van een land leiden wel degelijk samen kan gaan

Het sarcasme druipt er met dikke druppels vanaf.