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Grigory Yavlinsky: High voter turnout will protect elections from vote-rigging

Interfax, November 16, 2011

ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 16 (Interfax) - Active involvement of voters in elections can be a barrier to the attempts to distort the results of the State Duma elections, said Grigory Yavlinsky, YABLOKO party key figure.

"If the turnout is high, the percentage of falsifications and manipulations will be much smaller," he said at the Interfax press conference in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.

He added that the result for his party will also depend on the turnout - the higher the turnout, the more votes and seats YABLOKO will be able to count on.

"In case of turnout over 60 per cent, we can count on a good result," he said.

Speaking of the party ticket in St. Petersburg, Yavlinsky said that in the city his party can count on higher support than average in Russia. "We can collect 15-17 per cent in St. Petersburg," he said...

Vladimir Milov: Vote for YABLOKO!

Press Service by St.Petersburg YABLOKO, November 15, 2011

...There are many respected people on YABLOKO’s list at elections to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, including co-Chair of the Democratic Choice Pavel Savinkin who tops territorial list No 5. I think that YABLOKO adopted a correct and estimable decision in St.Petersburg having included representatives of different oppositional forces without any preliminary conditions.

Residents of St.Petersburg, vote for YABLOKO’s list at elections to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly on December 4! If Maxim Reznik or someone else from respected people from YABLOKO’s list will make it into the Legislative Assembly, this will help to make life of the party of thieves (the ruling United Russia). The goal is to get real opposition figures to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly and this goal can be hit...

St Petersburg branch of YABLOKO submitted to the Electoral Commission 40,000 voters' signatures for party registration in the elections to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly

Press Release, October 7, 2011

Candidates to deputies of St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly and top candidate of the list Grigory Yavlinsky submitted to the Electoral Commission of St.Petersburg 37,305 voters' signatures required by law for YABLOKO’s registration in the election campaign...

Every day the web-site of St.Petersburg YABLOKO published updated information on the number of collected signatures and also broadcasted the news on collection of signatures from YABLOKO's office in St.Petersburg.

Such famous public figures as actor Oleg Basilishvili, musician Yury Shevchuk, film director Alexander Sokurov, writers Daniil Granin and Boris Strugatsky, actors Alexei Devotchenko and Larissa Dmitriyeva, activists fighting for preservation of historical buildings of the city Alexander Margolis and Yulia Minutina and many others put their signatures for YABLOKO.

Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky, YABLOKO's founder and Professor of the Higher School of Economics, tops YABLOKO list in St.Petersburg. YABLOKO list in St.Petersburg contains 54 activists, including leaders of St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO - Maxim Reznik, Mikhail Amosov, Boris Vishnevsky and Natalia Yevdokimova.

Boris Strugatsky, Nina Katerly and Samuel Lurier support YABLOKO

Press Release, September 23, 2011

Prominent writers Boris Strugatsky and Nina Katerly and Samuel Lurier, writer and journalist, signed up for the registration of YABLOKO’s list of candidates to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.

Earlier, musician Yury Shevchuk, film director Alexander Sokurov, writer Daniil Granin and well-known activists fighting for protection of St.Petersburg historic buildings and city environment historian Alexander Margolis and Julia Minutina, Coordinator of the Live City movement, put their signatures for YABLOKO’s list.

St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO has been collecting signatures for registration of its list of candidates in the election campaign to the Legislative Assembly. YABLOKO must collect 40,000 signatures to get registration in the campaign...

Yury Shevchuk supports YABLOKO

Press Release, September 21, 2011

Leader of the DDT Group and famous musician Yury Shevchuk put his signature for YABLOKO’s candidates to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly...

Earlier film director Alexander Sokurov and writer Daniil Granin had expressed their support to YABLOKO.

St.Petersburg YABLOKO has been collecting signatures for registration of its list of candidates to the Legislative Assembly in the election campaign.

Alexander Sokurov supports YABLOKO

Press Release, September 14, 2011

Alexander Sokurov, world famous film director and prize-winner of the 68th Venice International Film Festival, put his signature for YABLOKO’s list of candidates to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.

“Alexander Sokurov has repeatedly said kind words about the YABLOKO party noting our activities, especially in the city planning matters,” Maxim Reznik, leader of St. Petersburg YABLOKO, said. “We regard Alexander Sokurov’s support as great honor to us and an incentive to even more and better work”...

YABLOKO as a non-parliamentary party is required to collect 40,000 signatures to participate in the elections to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.

YABLOKO’s founder Grigory Yavlinsky to run in the election to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly

Press Service of St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO, September 7, 2011

St.Petersburg YABLOKO became the first political party to nominate candidates to run in the elections to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly. The list of candidates was formed by the party conference.

According to the conference’s decision, YABLOKO’s list in St.Peterburg will be topped by one person – Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky, YABLOKO’s founder, member of YABLOKO’s Political Committee and Professor of the Higher School of Economics. In his letter to the conference Grigory Yavlinsky informed the delegates that he would be ready to work in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg.

Other YABLOKO’s candidates, including leaders of the regional party branch, will run from different electoral territories (constituencies). Thus, Maxim Reznik will run at Vasiliyevsky Ostov (territory No 2), Mikhail Amosov in Kalininsky District (territory No 10 he had represented in the Legislative Assembly before), Boris Vishnevsky in the Central District (territory No 29) and Natalya Yevdokimova in Nevsky District (territory No 34 she had represented in the Legislative Assembly earlier)...

Putin Ally Takes Over as Governor as Matviyenko Quits

The Moscow Times, August 23, 2011

...Expectations about Poltavchenko, whose involvement in public politics remains limited, were still unclear Monday, but the leader of the city branch of the liberal Yabloko party, Maxim Reznik, welcomed him simply for not being a member of Matviyenko's team.

"It's a positive move," Reznik said, Interfax reported. But he criticized the fact that residents of St. Petersburg, the country's second-biggest city with a population of 4.8 million, will be given no say in who will govern them.

Opposition Slams Governor for ‘Secret’ Vote

The St.Petersburg Times, August 3, 2011

...Yabloko Democratic Party said it does not recognize the elections, which were not properly announced and thus illegal in a statement on Monday, which described them as a “shameful and undignified farce.”

It said that Matviyenko has a “panicked fear” of any democratic procedures and the scheme’s goal was to save her from any political competition at the election...

The 1st of May Democratic March demanding dismissal of the Governor and elections of executive authorities took place in St.Petersburg

Press Service of St.Petersburg YABLOKO, May 3, 2011.

The 1st of May Democratic March demanding dismissal of Governor Valentina Matviyenko and elections of executive authorities took place in St.Petersburg. The participants marched along the main streets of the city and then conducted a rally. About 500 people came to the march. The participants held banners “Democratic March” and “Matviyenko to Dismissal”. A large number of police, several coaches of riot police (OMON) and a police helicopter followed the demonstration...