Kremlin official says part of Russian opposition ‘against the country’

(Interfax – Snegiri, Moscow Region – October 24, 2013) The Kremlin receives in a positive key the signal from the parliamentary opposition, which is calling for giving priority to ensuring the security of the state and does not support “orange forces” (reference to Ukrainian orange revolution which is seen as backed by the West), according to the head of the President’s Directorate for Domestic Policy, Oleg Morozov.

“We hear the signal that is coming from the parliamentary opposition – or the systemic opposition, as it is called nowadays – which is on the country’s side, which does not support orange forces and which understands that the country’s security is a priority that mobilizes and unites all political forces. This is a very important signal, which the society has heard in the recent times,” Morozov announced on Thursday (24 October) at an all-Russian meeting with the chairmen of electoral commissions of the constituent parts of the Russian Federation, which is being held in Snegiri.

“When the political parties in the parliament vote in solidarity on the most fundamental issues that concern the unity of the country and its security – this is a very correct and important signal sent to the modern society, to citizens,” Morozov said.

“At the same time there is a part (of opposition), which is against the country, and we know these statements – ‘let’s give away the Urals’, ‘let’s give away the Arctic’ – these are the ones who are against the country. And a dialogue with them is possible as a debate in terms of the law – whether one is or is not allowed to do things like these and whether these are calls for extremist actions. But let the lawyers answer this question,” he said.

Also, positions and ideas of this kind are of a destructive nature, Morozov stressed.

“This is, indeed, a small and destructive part (of the opposition), which works for the destruction of the country, while the remainder of the political system, which is much larger, is in competition among itself but it is on the country’s side. And this is of fundamental importance,” Morozov said.