09.04.2012
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Photo: Alexander Pokrovsky and Igor Kurdin.
"I'd be careful to establish a paramilitary organization", Igor Kurdin told
Rossiya TV Channel on Apr 7, Remembrance Day of
Komsomolets Submariners. "Military servicemen are highly-organized people and, having founded a party, they would soon arrive at an idea to seize power and change it. That always ends up with blood", he added.
On the contrary, novelist Alexander Pokrovsky came out for establishment of a military political party. According to the writer, "officers have been always an oppressed category, and blame was always put on them. It's time to protect officers".
Pokrovsky suggests establishing a submariners' party: "A party of retired submariners, because active servicemen cannot support any political movement. Army stays out of politics".
Recall that president Medvedev on Apr 3 endorsed a law simplifying registration of political parties. According to new rules, minimal number of party adherents needed for official registration reduces from 40,000 to 500 persons.
