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Press release, 30.06.2000

 

Yabloko representatives advocate restoration of Russia’s delegation rights in PACE
Sergei Ivanenko advocated the restoration of the Russian delegation's rights in PACE at a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly on June 29, 2000. He stressed that he had come to speak at the PACE session on behalf of Yabloko, which obtained the votes of 5 mln Russia’s citizens in recent elections.

He also reminded the audience that Yabloko had from the outset criticized the actions of the federal forces in Chechnya, assessing them as sheer adventeurism. Sergei Ivanenko also stressed that the current situation represented a new phase. According to Ivanenko, at this stage broad-scale military actions have been considerably curtailed, there are no broad-scale assaults by the military aviation and artillery shots on city squares. He characterised the present stage as an aggressive partisan and diversionary war conducted by the terrorists.

Ivanenko also stressed that he could not perceive any military solution to the conflict in Chechnya, believing that only a political settlement would be possible there.

Another representative of the Yabloko faction Alexander Shishlov, who also made a speech at the session, informed PACE deputies of the preparation of a draft resolution which envisages a report on the freedom of the press in Russia.

He also said that he had drafted, together with Sergei Ivanenko and a number of other deputies, an amendment to the final resolution on the Chechen problem. It state that the Assembly expresses its hope that that the influence of State Duma would be active and exercise a significant influence in improviing the human rights situation in Chechnya, and that consequently, the right to vote might be restored for the Russian delegation.

Based on Interfax reports.

 

See also:

Alexandr Shishlov criticises the refusal of the Russian delegation to participate in the PACE session

Yabloko: constructive dialogue with PACE offers the best protection of Russia’s interests