INSTANT VIEW - Russian President Medvedev address to nation

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in his first annual address to the federal assembly on Wednesday, proposed extending the presidential term to six years from four years.

Medvedev also threatened to station new missiles in its western outpost of Kaliningrad if the United States deploys an anti-missile system which Moscow says threatens its security.

Following are the reactions of officials and analysts:

ALEXEI KUDRIN, FINANCE MINISTER

"(A six-year presidential term) will allow the economy to work in a more stable manner. Pre-election squabbles will happen less frequently. Six years is a good period for any president to show himself both in economics and politics.

"It seems to me we're standing on the brink of opening up new possibilities for the liberalisation of the economy, the limitation of arbitrary rule in economic activity and a reduction in administrative pressure on business."

GENNADY ZYUGANOV, COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER

"When a president is foisted upon you for six years following dishonest elections, you then have no opportunity to criticise, to recall him, to ask questions..."

OLGA KRYSHTANOVSKAYA, HEAD OF THE CENTRE OF ELITE STUDIES