Western intelligence agencies are already planning actions that could destabilize the situation in Russia during the upcoming parliamentary (2016) and presidential (2018) elections. The president Vladimir Putin said yesterday members of the FSB board, reminding them that “any violation must stop.” Experts believe that the theme of “external enemy” can be a major in the next federal election cycle.
Do not stop “attempts by Western intelligence agencies to exploit the public, non-governmental organizations and associations politicized,” Putin said, speaking at the annual meeting of the board of the FSB. In this regard, one of their tasks dealt with civil society and the opposition. According to Mr. Putin’s goal of Western intelligence agencies – “to discredit the government and destabilize the internal situation in Russia.” “Already planned actions for the period of the forthcoming election campaign 2016-2018 years”, – said the president. He stated the importance and “more to pay attention to the presence of foreign sources of financing of non-governmental organizations, and any breach must stop.” At the same time, Vladimir Putin declared his readiness “to dialogue with the opposition” and “partnership with civil society.” But listen, Mr. Putin considers possible only “to those who substantively criticizes certain acts or omissions of the authorities.” “It makes no sense to enter into discussions with those who works commissioned from outside, in the interests of their own, and a foreign country or foreign countries”, – he said.
said the President with regard to civil society, because according to Russian law, only NGOs have the right to engage in political activity, with foreign funding. Such NGOs since 2012 are required to declare themselves foreign agents. For foreign funding of parties is prohibited. However, the speech of the state and party members responded.
“It is clear that the government, taught Ukrainian experience has already started preparations for the elections,” – said “Kommersant” State Duma deputy secretary of the Communist Party Sergei Obukhov. It is alarming that the President said, “estimates and not precise definition of” phrases “substantive criticism”, “order from outside.” And since “the task set before the representatives of the security services, then any opposition troubling questions arise.” “Sounded actually a threat to all who are still independent from the government,” – said “Kommersant” the leader of the party “Yabloko” Sergei Mitrokhin. In fact, “nothing wrong with these NGOs do not have,” he said, at least because of the country about 600 thousand. NGOs, and the list of foreign agents of Justice of 41 organization.
“Search subtext in the words of the president is not necessary, – said” Y “first deputy chairman of the parliamentary faction” Fair Russia “Mikhail Emelyanov.- In Russia does have organizations involved in the destabilization of the situation in country, and the FSB to fight with them. ” He doubts that the president’s words define the agenda of election campaigns 2016-2018 years: “It will not help the party in power to mobilize the electorate.”
President “only tasked intelligence agency, which is responsible for the constitutional order in the country,” said “Y” political consultant, who heads the Democratic Party of Russia Andrei Bogdanov, who considers the installation head of state ” right “to avoid the Ukrainian version. He was not surprised that the security services recommended increased control of funding of NGOs: “There are a number of ways, as a party for the sake of improving its rating could” sit down next “to any NGO that suits protests, with foreign funding.”
“According to Vladimir Putin – a signal that current policy in 2012 – find a” fifth column “among NGOs – will continue,” – said “Y” political analyst Igor Mintusov. Political analyst Yevgeny Minchenko believes that “the theme of an external enemy will inevitably be used in the rhetoric of power,” not during the election period, and in daily practice, because “the economic situation in Russia is not encouraging.” Under these conditions, the emphasis will help save power rating. At the same time, he noted that with the anti-Western rhetoric, it is important “not to overdo it, or develop immunity and it will be the subject of ridicule, as in the late Soviet Union.” Grounds for the next election law changes or NGO legislation party members and political analysts do not see, assuming that the current rules is already tough enough.
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