The Power Vertical
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a Forum of the Peoples in the southern Russian city of Kislovodsk on January 23.
January 23, 2012
The conservative wing — which is dominated by the siloviki clan and its informal leader, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin — is “very cynical” and “needs stability at any price,” he said.
Prokhorov added that “they are ready to pay any price, even instead of future development. They are afraid of competition; they are afraid of development.”
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