United Russia certain every business is eager to support Popular Front

MOSCOW, June 11 (Itar-Tass) -- For the country to move forward
successfully it is necessary to achieve the consolidation of not only
ordinary citizens and public associations, but also of labor staffs and
businesses, the head of the State Duma committee on economic policy and
entrepreneurship, Yevgeny Fyodorov, told Itar-Tass, when asked about the
decision of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, leader of the party United
Russia to allow enterprises to join the popular front.
Otherwise, according to the parliamentarian, it will be impossible to
solve the problem of the nation's development. "When it comes to
consolidation, it never happens half go there, and the other half, here,"
said Fyodorov. "We need to understand ourselves that we need serious,
all-out consolidation to achieve national objectives."
"It is necessary to ensure the maximum number of labor staffs,
citizens and public organizations take a proactive stance to let the
country actively move forward," said the head of the committee. He
believes that the front will incorporate those enterprises that want to
"live, grow and live better, and not die."
"If there is some business that wants to die, suicidal, perhaps, it
does not need to strive to maintain the country and unite around the ideas
of the front," Fyodorov concluded, adding that it was very unlikely at
least one such business existed.
The Opposition in the State Duma reacted cautiously. "The
socio-economic situation will not change even after they (United Russia)
put on their lists tens or thousands of names of businesses," the first
deputy chairman of the Communist Party's Central Committee, vice-speaker
of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov told Itar-Tass.
The secretary of the CPRF Central Committee's Presidium, Sergei
Obukhov, in turn, expressed concern many small businesses would be
compelled to join the popular front. The Communist Party believes this may
cause the workers' anger.
Putin on Friday has decided that in addition to public organizations
and private individuals businesses and organizations could join the
All-Russia Popular Front, the prime minister's press secretary Dmitry
Peskov said.
"The road to the front is now open to businesses and enterprises. This
decision was made by the prime minister," said Peskov.
He explained that after the Popular Front opened itself to
socio-political organizations and ordinary citizens some complaints began
to be received businesses could not do so, too.