Putin’s Advisor calls for the Resignation of Russia’s Minister of Interior

[Digimon]

According SvobodaNews.ru, Ella Pomphilova - the head of the presidential council for the development of the institutes of civil society - believes that during the police actions against demonstrators in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russian Constitution was violated. In her opinon, the head of the Ministry of Interior, Rashid Nurgaliev, must resign as a person “who failed to provide for the reform of the police, and do what he promised when he assumed this post.”

Source: http://www.svobodanews.ru/news.aspx?item=389173

[themacedonian]

According SvobodaNews.ru, Ella Pomphilova - the head of the presidential council for the development of the institutes of civil society - believes that during the police actions against demonstrators in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russian Constitution was violated. In her opinon, the head of the Ministry of Interior, Rashid Nurgaliev, must resign as a person “who failed to provide for the reform of the police, and do what he promised when he assumed this post.”

Source: http://www.svobodanews.ru/news.aspx?item=389173

A good strategy in shifting blame. The Russians have learned a lot from the West in recent years.

[Sharp]

while it seems others didn't.

[Count Lippe]

he problem with leaders like putin is, that his ministers are empty suits, who are too scared to take the initiative by themselves and always wait for orders from their master. If he fails to focus on one problem, he simply fires a minister. they're just there to take the blame...:roll:

I quote myself from another thread...p-)

[Digimon]

A good strategy in shifting blame. The Russians have learned a lot from the West in recent years.

This has nothing to do with shifting blame. This has everything to do with independence of Pamphilova and Lukin (Russian ombudsman for human rights). Both have criticized laws regulating NCOs and NGOs, against the direction of administration's policy; and both have criticized “monetarization” reforms, supported by the administration. They are not very loud, but they are consistent.

[Digimon]

I quote myself from another thread...p-)

This sounds like a conclusion, but it seems to lack premisses...

[Sergei]

The good thing would be now to fire the Minister of Interior and find someone who can handle the situation as the pressure on Russia from the west will be only mounting. I don't trust Nurgaliev one bit.

[Lokos]

quote myself from another thread

Oh, yes? Care to provide examples?

Are you perhaps suggesting that nothing is done by the Russian government without Putin's express approval? Perhaps you are suggesting he specifically ordered the beatings? Or that he personally failed in reforming OMON - something that was never his allocated responsibility?

Lokos