Kudrin: Russia faces the same problems from the perestroika period of the USSR
At the closing session of the All-Russia civil forum, the head of the Civil Initiatives Committee and the former minister of finance, Alexei Kudrin, compared the situation in modern Russia with the later period of development of the Soviet Union. According to him, Russia now faces the same risks of decentralization and regionalization of the country, Radio Svoboda reports.
“The USSR collapsed not because of the weak army or the weak committee for state security. It collapsed because of an ineffective, out-of-date economic model,” Kudrin stated, noting that the main risks for modern Russia are economic inefficiency and an inability to be technologically advanced.
The USSR collapsed although the country “was full of weapons,” Kudrin added. According to him, “liberals and supporters of Gaidar’s ideology” are not responsible for the collapse of the Soviet industry and economy; the real reason of the collapse was excess production of weapons which turned out to be unnecessary. In modern Russia, the army should no longer play a critical role, especially as there are no significant risks for Russia now, the head of the Civil Initiatives Committee said.