Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Kiriyenko discussed the political strategists of the presidential campaign 2018 RBC

the First Deputy head of the presidential administration of Russia Sergey Kirienko

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the First Deputy head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Kiriyenko discussed with the consultants the upcoming presidential election. At the meeting they talked about maintaining stability of the political system, sources told the RBC

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the New curator of the political block of the Kremlin Sergey Kiriyenko continued a series of meetings with representatives of the expert community. On Tuesday evening, November 1, he talked with the consultants who were invited to the presidential administration, told RBC three sources close to the Kremlin.

According to interlocutors RBC, the meeting was attended by the head of the Political expert group Konstantin Kalachev, political scientists Andrey Kolyadin Oleg Matveychev, the General Director of Agency of political and economic communications Dmitry Orlov, the General Director of PR-Agency “IMA-consulting” Vartan Sarkisov, Director of the Center for political conjuncture Alexei Chesnakov.

From the administration of the President in addition Kirienko was head of the Department of internal policy Andrey Yarin and his two deputies — Timur Prokopenko, responsible for interaction with political parties and youth, and Sergei Novikov, in charge of interaction with mass media. The event was held in closed session, guests were asked not to give comments to the press, told RBC four members of the meeting. According to them, the main topic of discussion was the presidential election.

“the Meeting was of an informal character, were talking over tea. They discussed the agenda of the coming presidential campaign, the technology that could be used, and the broader subject — the future political system,” — says one of interlocutors of RBC. Experts, he continues, were invited to speak about how the government can “effectively to win the presidential election” and in General “to preserve the stability of the political system”.

He Kiriyenko during the meeting said almost nothing, listened to and recorded, said another participant. Since the topic of the meeting was sufficiently broad — the “presidential elections” that was some kind of inconsistency. “Who said anything about elections in the technological aspect, someone in terms of forecasts,” — says the interlocutor of RBC.

“were Discussing a possible picture of the campaign than to build it, what groups of the population rely on. Talked about the trends that will define these elections,” — says another participant. From a more detailed review of the interlocutors of RBC refused.

Highest attendance

a Source close to the presidential administration, speaking about the agenda of the Kremlin in General, noted that tasked to conduct the upcoming elections with high turnout, a candidate representing the authorities, as expected, it will again be Vladimir Putin received a high score, explained the source of RBC, close to the presidential administration. “But it’s not what happens, for example, Karimov (a former President of Uzbekistan, died on 2 September 2016. the RBC)”, — says the interlocutor of RBC.

At the same time, he continues, there is a problem, who will compete with the main candidate. The leaders of the CPRF and LDPR Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky are old: the first for 72 years, the second 70, and it is unclear how they will be able to conduct a full-fledged campaign. The leader “Fair Russia” Sergey Mironov — “this is the result of 2%, roughly the same Yavlinsky”: “it is Unclear who else bring to these elections and whether or not”, — says the source of RBC.

Before Kirienko is “softer task to build relations with the regions, not stooping to the Governor,” the source continues.

“In the Kremlin, in particular, fear that the economic crisis will raise the head of separatism”, — he explained. That the Kremlin tasked to “gently” collaboration with the regions, told RBC Federal official.

“beauty Contest”

a source in the administration told RBC that Kiriyenko held a series of meetings with representatives of the expert community, and the one that was on Tuesday, “not the last”: “Kiriyenko asked the experts to weigh in on the medium-term agenda, major themes, risks and challenges”, — said the interlocutor of RBC.

October 28, curator of the political unit spoke with sociologists and political scientists, reported “Kommersant” calling among the invited heads of the Center for political technologies Igor Bunin, of the Institute of socio-economic and political research Dmitry Badovsky, the development Fund civil society Konstantin Kostin, the Fund “the Petersburg policy” Michael Vinogradova, research group ZIRCON Igor Zadorin and Director of the Institute for social analysis and forecasting Ranhigs Tatiana Maleva. Another meeting with sociologists is expected to take place on Wednesday, November 2, told RBC two sources close to the Kremlin.

the Interlocutors RBC noted that at the meeting with Kirienko invited as experts, worked closely with the former first Deputy head of the Kremlin administration Vyacheslav Volodin, and those political unit didn’t interfere. The former include, in particular, Dmitry Badovsky and Konstantin Kostin, head of the funds established after the appointment of Volodin, the Kremlin, the second — for example, Alexei Chesnakov, close to the assistant to the President Vladislav Surkov and Andrey Kolyadina, which is included in the pool of experts working with the state Corporation “Rosatom”. Prior to his appointment in Kremlin, it was headed by Kirienko.

“Apparently, Kirienko is ready to work with everyone, but now is in the process of casting,” says one of the consultants, attending the meeting on Tuesday. “Begins the formation of a pool of experts. And yet among them is a kind of beauty contest,” adds another participant.

“there is a competition. Kiriyenko picks people up, see who will work the [President's administration], who is not” — said political analyst Nikolai Mironov. In his opinion, “has formed a wide circle of experts, where no one is divided into ours and theirs”: “I Think the result will be a dialogue.”

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At the same time, Mironov continues, Kirienko it is necessary to obtain information like work entrusted to him the direction, especially in the context of the upcoming elections: “Now the administration of the President can not form a linked set of ideas that the President will go to the polls. Need a picture of the future, the right answers to people’s questions, we need speakers”.

the State lacks the strategic and political planning, but it is impossible, because the experts do not know the objectives of the state. Perhaps now to the expert community will be to listen more, says Mironov.

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