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YABLOKO begins cooperation with national communities in Russia

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17.10.2003
A meeting of Deputy of the State Duma of the RF Alexei Melnikov (the YABLOKO faction) and representatives of the federal national and cultural autonomies of Russia, Russia's national communities and representatives of mass media of national minorities took place on October 15, 2003.

Photo: Meeting of Deputy of the State Duma of the RF Alexei Melnikov (the YABLOKO faction) and representatives of the federal national and cultural autonomies of Russia, Russia's national communities and representatives of the mass media of national minorities.

The following issues were discussed at the meeting:

  • situation with human rights in the Russian Federation, as well as issues related to discussion of the candidacy of the Ombudsman of the Russian Federation;

  • YABLOKO's cooperation with federal national cultural autonomies and communities on the legislative level;

  • YABLOKO's cooperation with federal national cultural autonomies and communities to resolve problems linked to violation of laws related to national minorities.

Melnikov informed the participants of the meeting about the position of the YABLOKO party on policy for different nationalities in general. He assessed Russia's present national policies as dissatisfactory and stated that YABLOKO is ready to do all it can to improve the situation and take definite steps to resolve this problem.

The participants of the meeting raised the most painful problems and criticised the work of YABLOKO and the State Duma in general in national policies. However, the participants of the meting also noted that YABLOKO was virtually the only Russian party with the programme incentives in national policies and declared values of equality of all nationalities before the law, as well as protection of human rights are clear and close to the national communities of the present Russia.

Commenting on the results of the meeting, Melnikov said, "It was a useful and honest talk. It was pleasant to hear nice things about YABLOKO, as well as just criticism. Proceeding from the results of the meeting we will prepare a plan of action and coordinate it with representatives of national communities and then begin our work. We don't regard such a discussion as election campaign propaganda: we are speaking hereabout serious work to protect human rights, in particular, what YABLOKO can do here and what can we do in our fight with clear violations of the law."

The list of the participants of the meeting

Ofelia Arakelyan Multinational School
Oleg Arutyunov "Noah's Ark" Armenian newspaper
Alexander Babilayaev School No 1652 with ethnic cultural elements in the programme
Alexander Bariyev Russia's Gypsies Fund
Muminat Budischeva kavakaz.web, web-site
Mikhail Vainshtein Centre of Ossetian Culture "Alaniya"
Elbrus Gasanov Head of the "derbet.net" project
Georgy Demetr Russia's Gypsies Fund
Emanuel Dolbakyan Armenian Cultural and Educational Society
Fuad Nadir ogli Zeinalov

Administrator of the web-site Russia's Azerbaijanis"

Shapi Kaziyev "The Echo of Caucasus" magazine
Arif Kerimov The Lezghins' of Russia Fun
Hamarzhs Kostoyev The Ingush society "Cultural heritage
Vladimir Kutenkov Russia's Gypsies Fund
Adam Malsagov The Ingush Society
Tofik Melikov "Ozhdag" society of Azerbaijani culture
Rovshan Adalyat ogli Namazov

Administrator of the web-site "Russia's Azerbaijanis"

Fuat Pepinov International Society of Meskhetian Turks "Vatan"

Ravil Rustyamov

Editor-in-Chief, "VATANIM" national television and radio company
Soyun Sadikov Russia's Azerbaijani Fund
Mehriban Sadigova Russia's Azerbaijani Fund
Ekaterina Smishnikova Editor-in-Chief, "VATANIM" national television and radio company
Georgy Tolparyov Centre of Ossetian Culture "Alaniya"
Rukiyat Ugurchiyeva

The Ingush branch of the "Memorial" Foundation

Mara Ustinova

Executive Director of the Humanitarian Assistance Fund of the Chechen Republic

Vahid Hadzhiyev The Tajik Cultural Centre
Hurshida Hamrakulova The Tajik Cultural Centre

 

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