Russian President Dmitry Medvedev asked the government on Thursday to work out a road map for privatization and less state interference in country's economy.
"I absolutely support [the idea] of working out a road map for privatization to deregulate the economy and determine a schedule for it," Medvedev told a working group in charge of "open government."
The Russian president also asked the open government group to provide crowd sourcing to optimize business processes for the most important state services.
In his state of the nation address to parliament last December, Medvedev proposed setting up a wider government to address the country’s most urgent issues.
Under Medvedev's plan, open government would unite all levels and branches of power, and incldue public figures prepared to participate in running the state, and scrutinizing the most important decisions and programs.
Medvedev also said the implementation of the current privatization program must be transparent.
"The current privatizations...must be absolutely open," he said. "The concept of justice is much more delicate. Open auctions should get maximum prices, that's justice."
