The only president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, wrote an article for The Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper about the recentpresidential election in Russia. In the article Mr. Gorbachev expressed his opinion to alter the nation’s election system. He particularly offered to retrieve the direct gubernatorial elections and return to the mixed voting system during parliamentary elections.
“I took part in the election and urged my relatives, friends and all Russian citizens to go to the polls and use their voting right in spite of the fact that it was a predictable election. The result was predetermined with Vladimir Putin’s popularity. He supported Dmitry Medvedev and agreed to chair the cabinet of ministers in case of his victory. That was a peculiar feature of the recent election. Many treated such a situation rather critically,” Gorbachev wrote.
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I find it interesting that he is still giving input to the Russian government after fifteen years of being out of power. However from what I have read here it seems as if Gorbachev's main focus is poverty. It surprised me that his focus was on poverty instead of how the "democratic" elections were bad, or how he would like to come to power. It seems almost as if this Soviet leader just wants Russia to get back on its feet. However, I do believe that this is the view of everyone in Russia these days. The only want to get back to their prime and become semi-powerful once again.
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