The conflict between Russia"s ruling pro-Kremlin...
Mironov, Federation Council speaker and leader of the A Just Russia party, fueled the wrath of the United Russia party on February 2 when he said in a television interview he did not fully share Vladimir Putin"s policy, in particular his budget plan.
Senior members of United Russia, which holds the parliamentary majority and is led by Putin, reacted by saying they could demand Mironov"s resignation, but later toned down their harsh criticism.
Mironov stressed that his party was and will be in opposition to United Russia and that this was quite normal.
The agreement signed on Monday between A Just Russia and United Russia says that A Just Russia supports the policy of President Dmitry Medvedev and Putin on strategic issues of foreign policy, national security and countering extremism.
Vyacheslav Volodin, a leading member of the United Russia party, said that should Mironov violate the agreement, the issue of his resignation would be raised again.