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11-02-2015, 01:39 PM
Communist leader promotes referendum on nationalization of Russian oligarchs’ property
Published time: 2 Nov, 2015 13:1
© Vladimir Astapkovich / RIA Novosti
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The head of the Russian Communist Party has reiterated demands to hold a nationwide referendum on the possibility of nationalization of all major companies, saying only state control would help to prevent disasters such as the A321 air crash in Sinai.
“The ongoing crisis, including that in the aircraft building industry, is proof they can’t answer the challenges of the future. Nationalization of oligarchs’ property is long due and we hold that a nationwide referendum on the issue would seriously improve the situation,” Gennadiy Zyuganov was quoted as saying by Interfax.
The Communist chief again suggested replacing the Russian cabinet with a “government of people’s trust,” which would have more representatives from various political parties. “Our crisis is in essence a man-made phenomenon and without a reshuffle in the government, without a government of people’s trust, it will be difficult to get out of this situation,” Zyuganov stated.
The politician proposed launching a parliamentary commission into the crash of the Russia-bound A321 passenger jet in Egypt, saying the probe should concern not only this particular disaster, but also every aspect of Russia’s aviation industry. “Every week we have an airplane or a helicopter crash. Safety is at its lowest levels,” Zyuganov said.
The Airbus passenger jet, belonging to the private Russian airline Kogalymavia, crashed soon after takeoff from Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, killing all 224 people on board. The disaster was the largest loss of human life in a single air crash in modern Russian history.
The Communist Party has been suggesting a government reform that would allow greater cabinet representation to opposition parties for some time now. In 2013, the Communists claimed they had collected two million signatures under a petition calling for the dismissal of the government and the forming of a 'national unity' cabinet. However, these calls have not roused any action in parliament.
https://www.rt.com/politics/320494-communist-leader-promotes-referendum-on/
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2 million citizens back Communist 'no confidence in govt' bill – MP
Published time: 13 Sep, 2013 09:16
https://img.rt.com/files/news/20/6c/a0/00/russian-communists-government-petition.jpg
Leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov (RIA Novosti/Vladimir Vyatkin) / RIA Novosti
A senior Communist party MP said 2 million citizens had signed a petition calling for the dismissal of the government chaired by Dmitry Medvedev and the forming of a 'national unity' cabinet.
Communist Party Secretary Sergey Obukhov announced the news at the Friday plenary session of the State Duma and confirmed his comrades’ intention to submit the initiative to parliament “before the next anniversary of the Great October Revolution” (which is marked on November 7).
The MP also added that apart from millions of handwritten signatures, the petition had collected 130,000 signatures on a dedicated web-site which automatically obliges the State Duma to consider it as a legal initiative. The internet document surpassed the required threshold of 100,000 signatures by the end of the Spring session of the Duma, but the Communists decided not to submit it till the autumn, because this would make it easier for opponents to silently reject the move.
Another top Communist MP, deputy Duma speaker Ivan Melnikov posted the full text of the address in his blog, listing 10 reasons for government dissolution. These included accusations of poor economic and financial policies, protest against the plans to continue privatization of state property, and the membership of the WTO, which, according to the Communists, is harmful to the Russian economy. The leftists predictably are against the reduction of state social security payments, the decrease of state participation in science and technology, and the allegedly poor performance of the nation’s defense and security sectors.
Melnikov also wrote that the current cabinet should be replaced by a “cabinet of national interests and national trust” described as “a team of professionals who would overcome the policy of decadence and return the country to the path of dynamic and stable development”.
The politician called upon citizens to throw more support behind the planned move.
United Russia currently holds 238 of the 450 Lower House seats which gives the Communists’ initiative a chance only if some MPs within the majority party caucus decide to support it. Presently there are no signs that this could happen.
https://www.rt.com/politics/russian-communists-government-petition-810/
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Russia’s Communist Party leader calls his presidential prospects strong
Published time: 5 Aug, 2011 06:37
https://img.rt.com/files/oldfiles/politics/zyuganov-presidency-election-decision/zyuganov-gennady-801.jpg
Gennady Zyuganov has said he will take part in Russia’s 2012 presidential election.
Zyuganov accepted the proposal from young activists at a forum of the Communist party and the Home Guard movement, who asked him to run. The Communist leader, who had earlier voiced his intention to strive for the top post in the country, discussed the issue again at a party gathering in the Orel Region, where he was born.
The fate of Russia will be decided during the parliamentary elections in December 2011 and the presidential poll in March 2012, Zyuganov stressed. “The country simply will not endure another cycle led by the current ruling elite,” he told party activists and members of the newly-created Home Guard movement.
The Communists have established their Home Guard to oppose Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Popular Front. The front is nothing more than another attempt by the ruling United Russia party “to trick voters again,” Zyuganov said.
The Communist Party (CPRF) is represented in the State Duma, and remains the biggest opposition party. It will hold its congress on September 24 to vote on a list of candidates who will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Zyuganov’s visit to Orel coincides with Friday’s anniversary to commemorate the liberation of the city from Nazi Germany occupation in 1943. “Hitler’s Plan Barbarossa was in fact fulfilled 20 years ago, when our country was torn to pieces,” the Communist leader said, referring to the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Home Guard is being created by the CPRF to restore the destroyed country, he explained.
The Communist leader argued he had more expert knowledge and experience in life than those “who are now sitting in the government and the Kremlin.” According to Zyuganov, he has worked in legislative bodies at every level, visited more than 70 countries, about 800 cities and many trouble spots, and addressed all leading universities and parliaments.
The Communist party, which claims that “the country is in crisis,” has developed a program it believes can help Russia and created a team to fulfill it. More than 40 candidates have been selected for “the government of people’s trust.” To demonstrate good results during the presidential election, the party should gather 15 million signatures at the people’s referendum, and form strong factions in the Duma, as well as in regional parliaments, he noted.
The CPRF is preparing to send half a million monitors to 100,000 polling stations in December, and organize events “to defend the results of the elections.”
Zyuganov headed the revitalized Communist party in 1993, and was a strong challenger to then-President Boris Yeltsin during the presidential elections three years later. Zyuganov came second with 32% while Yeltsin gained 35% of the vote, though Yeltsin eventually won in the run-off.
In March 2008, Zyuganov was also second, but his almost 18% of the vote seemed to be disappointing for his followers when compared with Dmitry Medvedev, who got more than 70% of the vote.
https://www.rt.com/politics/zyuganov-presidency-election-decision/
Published time: 2 Nov, 2015 13:1
© Vladimir Astapkovich / RIA Novosti
https://cdn.rt.com/files/2015.11/original/56375246c461885a528b460e.jpg
The head of the Russian Communist Party has reiterated demands to hold a nationwide referendum on the possibility of nationalization of all major companies, saying only state control would help to prevent disasters such as the A321 air crash in Sinai.
“The ongoing crisis, including that in the aircraft building industry, is proof they can’t answer the challenges of the future. Nationalization of oligarchs’ property is long due and we hold that a nationwide referendum on the issue would seriously improve the situation,” Gennadiy Zyuganov was quoted as saying by Interfax.
The Communist chief again suggested replacing the Russian cabinet with a “government of people’s trust,” which would have more representatives from various political parties. “Our crisis is in essence a man-made phenomenon and without a reshuffle in the government, without a government of people’s trust, it will be difficult to get out of this situation,” Zyuganov stated.
The politician proposed launching a parliamentary commission into the crash of the Russia-bound A321 passenger jet in Egypt, saying the probe should concern not only this particular disaster, but also every aspect of Russia’s aviation industry. “Every week we have an airplane or a helicopter crash. Safety is at its lowest levels,” Zyuganov said.
The Airbus passenger jet, belonging to the private Russian airline Kogalymavia, crashed soon after takeoff from Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, killing all 224 people on board. The disaster was the largest loss of human life in a single air crash in modern Russian history.
The Communist Party has been suggesting a government reform that would allow greater cabinet representation to opposition parties for some time now. In 2013, the Communists claimed they had collected two million signatures under a petition calling for the dismissal of the government and the forming of a 'national unity' cabinet. However, these calls have not roused any action in parliament.
https://www.rt.com/politics/320494-communist-leader-promotes-referendum-on/
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2 million citizens back Communist 'no confidence in govt' bill – MP
Published time: 13 Sep, 2013 09:16
https://img.rt.com/files/news/20/6c/a0/00/russian-communists-government-petition.jpg
Leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov (RIA Novosti/Vladimir Vyatkin) / RIA Novosti
A senior Communist party MP said 2 million citizens had signed a petition calling for the dismissal of the government chaired by Dmitry Medvedev and the forming of a 'national unity' cabinet.
Communist Party Secretary Sergey Obukhov announced the news at the Friday plenary session of the State Duma and confirmed his comrades’ intention to submit the initiative to parliament “before the next anniversary of the Great October Revolution” (which is marked on November 7).
The MP also added that apart from millions of handwritten signatures, the petition had collected 130,000 signatures on a dedicated web-site which automatically obliges the State Duma to consider it as a legal initiative. The internet document surpassed the required threshold of 100,000 signatures by the end of the Spring session of the Duma, but the Communists decided not to submit it till the autumn, because this would make it easier for opponents to silently reject the move.
Another top Communist MP, deputy Duma speaker Ivan Melnikov posted the full text of the address in his blog, listing 10 reasons for government dissolution. These included accusations of poor economic and financial policies, protest against the plans to continue privatization of state property, and the membership of the WTO, which, according to the Communists, is harmful to the Russian economy. The leftists predictably are against the reduction of state social security payments, the decrease of state participation in science and technology, and the allegedly poor performance of the nation’s defense and security sectors.
Melnikov also wrote that the current cabinet should be replaced by a “cabinet of national interests and national trust” described as “a team of professionals who would overcome the policy of decadence and return the country to the path of dynamic and stable development”.
The politician called upon citizens to throw more support behind the planned move.
United Russia currently holds 238 of the 450 Lower House seats which gives the Communists’ initiative a chance only if some MPs within the majority party caucus decide to support it. Presently there are no signs that this could happen.
https://www.rt.com/politics/russian-communists-government-petition-810/
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Russia’s Communist Party leader calls his presidential prospects strong
Published time: 5 Aug, 2011 06:37
https://img.rt.com/files/oldfiles/politics/zyuganov-presidency-election-decision/zyuganov-gennady-801.jpg
Gennady Zyuganov has said he will take part in Russia’s 2012 presidential election.
Zyuganov accepted the proposal from young activists at a forum of the Communist party and the Home Guard movement, who asked him to run. The Communist leader, who had earlier voiced his intention to strive for the top post in the country, discussed the issue again at a party gathering in the Orel Region, where he was born.
The fate of Russia will be decided during the parliamentary elections in December 2011 and the presidential poll in March 2012, Zyuganov stressed. “The country simply will not endure another cycle led by the current ruling elite,” he told party activists and members of the newly-created Home Guard movement.
The Communists have established their Home Guard to oppose Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Popular Front. The front is nothing more than another attempt by the ruling United Russia party “to trick voters again,” Zyuganov said.
The Communist Party (CPRF) is represented in the State Duma, and remains the biggest opposition party. It will hold its congress on September 24 to vote on a list of candidates who will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Zyuganov’s visit to Orel coincides with Friday’s anniversary to commemorate the liberation of the city from Nazi Germany occupation in 1943. “Hitler’s Plan Barbarossa was in fact fulfilled 20 years ago, when our country was torn to pieces,” the Communist leader said, referring to the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Home Guard is being created by the CPRF to restore the destroyed country, he explained.
The Communist leader argued he had more expert knowledge and experience in life than those “who are now sitting in the government and the Kremlin.” According to Zyuganov, he has worked in legislative bodies at every level, visited more than 70 countries, about 800 cities and many trouble spots, and addressed all leading universities and parliaments.
The Communist party, which claims that “the country is in crisis,” has developed a program it believes can help Russia and created a team to fulfill it. More than 40 candidates have been selected for “the government of people’s trust.” To demonstrate good results during the presidential election, the party should gather 15 million signatures at the people’s referendum, and form strong factions in the Duma, as well as in regional parliaments, he noted.
The CPRF is preparing to send half a million monitors to 100,000 polling stations in December, and organize events “to defend the results of the elections.”
Zyuganov headed the revitalized Communist party in 1993, and was a strong challenger to then-President Boris Yeltsin during the presidential elections three years later. Zyuganov came second with 32% while Yeltsin gained 35% of the vote, though Yeltsin eventually won in the run-off.
In March 2008, Zyuganov was also second, but his almost 18% of the vote seemed to be disappointing for his followers when compared with Dmitry Medvedev, who got more than 70% of the vote.
https://www.rt.com/politics/zyuganov-presidency-election-decision/