Dvorkovich denied the rumors about the economic differences between Putin and Medvedev.

The views of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev on the crisis did not differ from each other. With such a statement was made by the Assistant to the President Arkady Dvorkovich in an interview with American newspaper The Wall Street Journal. Thus, Dvorkovich denied rumors that the economic downturn in Russia has led to conflicts between Putin and Medvedev.
On a U.S. newspaper adds that she reportedly for economic policy in Russia continues to meet Putin - just as during his presidency.
In an interview with WSJ Dvorkovich also admitted some mistakes of Russia. In particular, he said that large companies, overburdened debt, now must be to seek funds themselves. According to officials, the allocation of billions of dollars to refinance the debts of a number of large companies is seen as "isolated cases".
According Dvorkovich, many in Russia believe that the crisis would end in six months, and all will return to those days when one could sprinkle money on the wind. "We will never go back to that situation," - Assistant to the President warned.
Another theme of the interview was made possible nationalization of assets in a crisis. Dvorkovich noted that the Government has no plans to become a big business, but that does not mean that it will not be able to acquire any company or shares in them.
Last week, a similar interview with another American media - the TV channel CNN - gave the Vice-Premier and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. According to him, the government is responsible for the fact that under favorable conditions, failed to conduct a diversification of the economy and spent too much money that might be useful in times of crisis.