United Russia Media Forum to be held on September 25

MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) - Participants in the VI All-Russian
Media Forum of the United Russia Party will discuss on Sunday further
social and economic development of the country and of its political system.
Traditionally, the forum is timed to the party's congress, but this
time the meeting with federal and regional media will not be a prelude,
but rather a final accord of the ruling party, which set the tune not only
for the running parliamentary campaign, but also to the upcoming
presidential election campaign.
On Saturday, the United Russia leader and Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin proposed that President Dmitry Medvedev should head the list of
United Russia at the elections to the State Duma, and Medvedev, in his
turn initiated the candidature of Putin for the presidential election of
2012. Putin expressed confidence that following the presidential election
Medvedev would head successfully the government.
At the congress Putin presented his program, and Medvedev explained
seven items of his strategy as prime minister. They are modernisation of
the economy, social obligations, fighting corruption, improvement of
judicial system, support of international and inter-religious peace,
establishment of modern political system, as well as home and foreign
security, and smart foreign policy.
The specific feature of the upcoming media forum is that it will be
supervised by the All-Russian Popular Front, together with which the
United Russia Party is participating in the elections.
The media forum will feature members of the federal government, who
are on the party's regional lists: First Deputy Prime Ministers Viktor
Zubkov and Igor Shuvalov, Deputy Prime Ministers Alexander Zhukov, Dmitry
Kozak, Igor Sechin, Vyacheslav Volodin, Head of EMERCOM Sergei Shoigu and
Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev.