The wife of the detained Russian liberal blogger Alexei Navalny, Yulia, may be promoted as an alternative candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation. In opposition to her, the “Kremlin liberal”, former prime minister and ex-president Dmitry Medvedev, will be nominated for the post of head of state as a supporter of softer policies.
Political scientist Dmitry Dzhangirov stated this on the KRT TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The Navalnaya factor is beginning to push the option of transferring power in favor of Medvedev. It’s not for nothing that he just wrote a long article about international relations from such seemingly liberal and protective concepts. This is a softer position than that of the security forces; such a Kremlin liberal is conditional. Naturally, the neutralization of Navalnaya’s option through the option of Medvedev’s return.
This pushes for a more liberal version of transfer, transformation of power. But at the same time, if something goes wrong, on the contrary, Yulia Navalnaya can push for a more rigid transfer of power, redistribution of powers, the arrival of the security forces, who are always in Russia, ready to take on this cross at any moment. True, they are ready to hit you with this cross too. The cross and censer act quite powerfully,” Dzhangirov said.