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Hamburgs’ parliament heard report on St.Petersburg elections to local self-government bodies

Press Release
October 30, 2009

On October 27, 2009, Galina Mikhalyova, Executive Secretary of the Political Committee of the YABLOKO party made a report on the St.Petersburg elections to local self-government bodies that took place on March 1, 2009, in the regional parliament of Hamburg. The hearings were initiated by the “Alternative List – the Green” faction. The faction together with Christian Democrats forms the ruling coalition in Hamburg’s parliament.

St.Petersburg is a sister-city for St.Petersburg. Both the cities are closely tied via different economic, social and cultural projects. That is why Hamburg’s parliament expressed its concern over the political situation in St.Petersburg.

Despite minimum powers given to the members of the local self-government bodies in St.Petersburg, the past election demonstrated all the methods allowing to ensure domination of the progovernmental United Russia party (77%): from disqualification of the candidates participating in the race to fraud and pressing the observers. “This had been a rehearsal of the Moscow elections,” Mikhalyova stressed in her report. Hamburg’s Foreign Policy Committee expressed its concern with the developments and readiness to forward an official inquiry to the Russian authorities.

See also:

http://www.gal-fraktion.de/cms/presse/dok/310/310677.fragen_zur_wahl_in_st_petersburg.html

http://www.hamburg.de/buergerschaft/

Regional and Municipal Elections, 2009

Moscow City Duma Elections, 2009

On non-recognition of the results of the elections of October 11, 2009, and the need to investigate cases of franchise violations. Statement of the Bureau of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO.
October 19, 2009

Election fraud at the Moscow City Duma elections. From the Live Journal of Igor Yakovlev, Press Secretary of the YABLOKO party

Violations at the Moscow City Duma elections. Press Release. October 12, 2009

 

 

 

Press Release

October 30, 2009