First, we are working hard now on creating a genuine multiparty system. {...} Second, we are redistributing powers between the federal, regional and municipal authorities.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Putin mentions efforts to build a genuine multiparty system and redistribute power among federal, regional, and municipal levels.
- In plain terms
- Russia claims to be creating a real multiparty system and decentralizing authority.
- What can you take from it?
- Structural reforms are underway.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How effective are these reforms?
- What obstacles exist?
Another view
Implementation details are unclear and may be superficial.
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