Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov told VOA that Mr.Medvedev's diagnosis of Russian problems is correct, but he offered no specific steps to address them.
VOA: standard.2009.11.12
Last month the Russian justice ministry announced that it was refusing to register the People's Freedom Party, a coalition created by four former members of previous Russian governments: Mikhail Kasyanov, BorisNemtsov, Vladimir Ryzhkov and Vladimir Milov.