Reforms in Russia: An adequate response to challenges

The tragedy of the Russian reformers is that their contemporaries never understand them. Reforms are never popular because they involve the breaking of traditional institutions to which people have become accustomed. There is a psychological aspect to this: fear of an uncertain future.


Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at a plenary session of the science and research conference "Great Reforms and Modenization of Russia".




Valdaiclub.com interview with Denis Sekirinsky, senior research fellow, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, academic secretary of the National Committee of Russian Historians.

RIA NovostiRussian President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at a plenary session of the science and research conference Reforms in Russia: An adequate response to challenges

10:14 05/03/2011 The tragedy of the Russian reformers is that their contemporaries never understand them. Reforms are never popular because they involve the breaking of traditional institutions to which people have become accustomed. There is a psychological aspect to this: fear of an uncertain future.>>

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