Political modernization must be carried on – Medvedev

MOSCOW. Jan 16 (Interfax) – The political modernization course is unwavering, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at the Gaidar Forum on Wednesday.

“We need political modernization and qualitative broadening of political and economic freedoms,” he said.

The other tasks are qualitative renovation, comprehensive modernization of various spheres of the country’s life, technological modernization, economic diversification, reduced dependence on fluctuations of energy prices, and social modernization, Medvedev said.

“We have been working actively in these fields for the past few years, and this course is unwavering,” Medvedev said.