Medvedev adviser urges democratic reforms

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Series Details 4.2.10
Publication Date 04/02/2010
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Article reports that a senior adviser to the Russian president, Igor Yurgens, has proposed radical reforms that would return the country to the more democratic system of the 1990s.

A report published on the 3 February 2010 by Russia’s Institute of Contemporary Development, an influential think-tank set up to advise Dmitry Medvedev, calls for a return to a system of electing governors and senators, practices that were abolished by Vladimir Putin when he was president.

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Website: Institute of Contemporary Development http://www.riocenter.ru/en/

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