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Putin Critic Berezovsky Says Russia May
Not See 2008 Presidential Elections
MosNews
| October 20 2004
Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky, known
as a staunch opponent of President Putin, has said that presidential elections
in Russia are likely to be abolished before 2008.
Either the country will be turned into a parliamentary
republic with Putin as prime minister or a national referendum will decide
to extend the presidential term so that the incumbent can stay in power.
In his interview with the Versiya newspaper Berezovsky
said that the Russian authorities are violating the constitution adopted
in 1993. Putin has no other choice but to run for another term and the situation
can be made legal by means of a national referendum, the businessman says.
To achieve this, the parliament, which is now under Kremlin
control, will gather the Constitutional assembly and decide on the new terms
for the president, he says.
The other option is that the country is turned into a parliamentary
republic. In this case Putin will become prime minister and the presidential
post will be abolished, Berezovsky says.
The businessman also spoke about the position of
former Russian president Boris Yeltsin on the subject. He said that Yeltsin
is interested in what is going on in the country, but is unable to prepare
somebody who could replace Putin. “Yeltsin is strongly against destroying
the current constitution and though he has no means of influence in the
ruling circles he can still become a major force supporting democracy in
Russia,” Berezovsky said.
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