TASS Russia enters re-industrialization stage — Medvedev

"We are working on import substitution which in essence means re-industrialization, or a new wave of industrialization, because we had to create the industries that we had never had before. This is connected with sanctions and with current economic needs. As a result, new spheres appear," Medvedev said.

Pharmaceuticals, petrochemistry, hi-tech, IT became part of the import substitution program and "consequently, a new wave of industrialization of our economy," the prime minister added. 

…. "This is not the same industrialization that occurred in the 20th century. This is an industrialization connected with developing new economy, new spheres of economy, first of all based on innovations, on IT. These technologies, IT sphere in itself, became a separate engine of progress, a separate sphere of the economy — a very important sphere," he concluded.

Gas station no more.

TASS
Russia enters re-industrialization stage — Medvedev

Mihail Hazin — Putin’s System Is Beginning to Change

Must-read for anyone interested in an in-depth analysis of international relations and Russian politics. It is also a backgrounder on the continuity of Russian history and its likely future direction based on path dependence. It's longish but that's what a detailed summary involves.

SouthFront
Putin’s System Is Beginning to Change
Mihail Hazin

Appeared in Bulgarian at A-specto, translated by Valentina Tzoneva exclusively for SouthFront

Interfax — Over half of Russians ready to vote for Putin – poll

The electoral rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin remains high, and 55 per cent of Russians would vote for him in a presidential election, privately-owned Interfax news agency reported on 5 March, quoting the Russian independent polling organization Levada Centre. 

According to the poll conducted on 20-23 February, among those who had decided their position (86 per cent) and were ready to vote in a presidential election if one were to be held the following Sunday, 55 per cent of respondents would have voted for Putin. 

Seven per cent of those polled would have cast their vote to leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) Gennadiy Zyuganov [far left] and 4 per cent – to leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovskiy [far right]. Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu, Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev and opposition leader Aleksey Navalnyy [liberal] could have got 1 per cent each. 

As many as 57 per cent of respondents said they would like Putin to be re-elected for the presidential post in three years, 25 per cent spoke in favour of another person on this post and 19 per cent failed to answer. 

If a parliamentary election were to held the following Sunday, 64 per cent of those polled would have voted for the ruling One Russia party, 17 per cent – for CPRF, 8 per cent – for LDPR, and 2 per cent for the unregistered Party of Progress. The Civil Platform and A Just Russia parties could have got 1 per cent each. Five per cent of respondents said they would have voted “against all”.....

Very low support for liberals after the debacle that Russia underwent in the Yeltsin era under the "Harvard boyz." See Andrei Shleifer, top ranked economist: "In August 2005, Harvard University, Shleifer and the Justice department reached an agreement under which the university paid $26.5 million to settle the five-year-old lawsuit. Shleifer was also responsible for paying $2 million worth of damages, though he did not admit any wrongdoing." — Wikipedia

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Interfax: Over half of Russians ready to vote for Putin – poll