| Meeting with United Russia party core group April 27, 2012, Gorki, Moscow Region Встреча с активом партии «Единая Россия» 27 апреля 2012 года Московская область, Горки PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Good afternoon, colleagues. Please take your seats. I will be brief. I welcome you all and am very pleased to see you. It is a lovely spring day outside, and so let's talk about the spring and our future prospects. CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED RUSSIA SUPREME COUNCIL BORIS GRYZLOV: Mr President, Three days ago, on April 24, the United Russia's core group had a meeting with the party's chairman, Vladimir Putin. He shared his views on the results of the election campaigns, and made an important announcement for us all. He said that seeing as he has been elected President and will take office in the inauguration ceremony on May 7, he thinks it right for him to step down from the post of United Russia chairman. We, the party's members, accept this decision. He made another important announcement, too. He proposed that the party put forward Dmitry Medvedev's name to head the party at the next congress. This proposal received our active support. You headed United Russia's list in the State Duma election, and the party obtained a decent result that reflects a high level of support among the voters. Along with the State Duma election there were also municipal elections too. The results from the municipal elections in December and March gave United Russia 68 percent of municipal ... |
