According to the votings of the views, Sergei Mitrokhin
won over Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the LDPR party,
in the television debates at the Russia-1 channel. The debates
were devoted to the growth of food prices in Russia.
In the Moscow region 27,200 viewers voted for YABLOKO’s leader,
and 16,500 for Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The voting was held via
telephone calls and sms.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed to freeze price on all the
socially important food-stuffs.
However, YABLOKO’s viewpoint won over: Mitrokhin insisted
that market methods should be applied when combating price
growth. Such methods include interventions from the Grain
Fund and organisation of grain exchanges at electronic platforms
which will be free from mediators.
See also:
Anti-Monopoly
Legislation
YABLOKO
proposes to reduce food-stuffs prices in Russia via grain
exchanges and interventions. Press Release. September 2, 2010.
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