Hans Rustad En rådgiver for den russiske regjeringen går åpent ut mot president Putin og kaller renasjonaliseringen av Yukos for svindel. Det høres ut som en avskjedssøknad, eller det som verre er.
«Andrei Illarionov accused the Russian state of «incompetent interference in the economy» and claimed that Russia had joined the Third World.
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Mr Illarionov said: «A transition has been made to the interventionist trend. This model implies the state’s extremely incompetent interference in the economy.»
He accused Russia of abandoning the path to economic liberalism and refused to rule out other companies suffering the same fate as Yukos.
Mr Illarionov gave warning that government meddling would slow Russia’s fast economic growth, adding that Mr Putin’s aim of doubling Russia’s gross domestic product in ten years was not possible in a «populist and interventionist» political context.»
Illarinonov er ingen hvem som helst, og han har kommet med lignende advarsler tidligere.
«His comments raise speculation of the extent to which liberals within the Putin Government have been isolated.»
