Interfax: Most of opposition members want the best for Russia – Kremlin official

SNEGIRI, Moscow region. Oct 24 (Interfax) – The Kremlin has welcomed the parliamentary opposition’s signal indicating its support for national security as a priority and its refusal to back so-called “orange forces”, director of the president’s homeland security directorate Oleg Morozov said.

“We have heard the signal sent by the parliamentary systemic opposition, as it is called today, which really wants the best for the country, which does not support “orange forces”, and which realizes that the country’s security is a priority that mobilizes and unites all political forces. It is a highly important signal that society has heard recently,” he said at a nationwide session of election commission representatives from Russian regions in Snegiri, outside Moscow, on Thursday.

“When all the political parties represented in parliament demonstrate solidarity over the most fundamental and crucial issues that concern the unity of our country and the security of our citizens, it is a very proper and important signal being sent to modern society and its citizens,” Morozov said.

“When there is a part (of the opposition) that is against the country – we know their slogans: “let’s give away the Urals”, “let’s give away the Arctic” – these are the forces that are against the country. And dialogue with them is possible in the form of an argument using the language of law – whether such things can be done, whether it is a call for extremist actions. Let lawyers handle these matters,” he said.

Morozov described such approaches and ideas as destructive.

“Indeed, it is a destructive minority that seeks to ruin the country. The rest (of the Russian opposition), which is a far larger segment of the political system, has internal competition, but they want what is best for the country. It is highly important,” he said.