Andrei Illarionov
Andrei Illarionov
Andrey Nikolayevich Illarionovis a Russian economist and former economic policy advisor to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. He works as a senior fellow in the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC...
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This is a state model with the participation of state corporations, which although they are public in name and status, are managed above all for their own personal interests.
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The conflict has shown that Russia's energy trade is politically motivated.
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Alexander Nikolayevich was a defender ? a defender of our country, of democracy, of freedom of people ? of specific people ? and all of us.
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Russia will deliver energy supplies only to those it likes, only to those regimes who are friendly with Russia.
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I have tendered my resignation as a presidential economic advisor and handed it to my employer. I think the decision will be approved.
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I considered it important to remain here at this post as long as I had the possibility to do something, including speaking out. Until recently, no one put any restrictions on me expressing my point of view. Now the situation has changed.
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The state can be inept, irrational and pursue strange interests, but those interests were always seen as in the national interest. What I could not foresee was that state interests could evolve into corporate and private interests to such an extent.
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These quasi-state corporations are in fact driven by private interests while taking advantage of their state status and privileges. The state has come to serve the interests of several corporations instead of the majority of citizens.
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It is one thing to work in a partially free country such as Russia was six years ago. But it is quite another when the country has ceased to be politically free.
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When I took the job, we spoke about pursuing a liberal economic policy. Now, the state has evolved in quite the opposite direction.
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This year, Russia has become a different country. It is no longer a democratic country. It is no longer a free country.