| 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).
YABLOKO’s list also includes representatives of different
public organisations and movements, inclkuding Pyotr Zabirokhin,
one of coordinators of the Live City movement, Elena Ivanova,
Coordinator of the Stop Military Conscription movement and
Fyodor Gorozhanko, founder of the Zalivaet.spb.ru web-site.
Also the conference included into the list Olga Shilova who
had been earlier a Just Russia member.
In the coming days YABLOKO has to collect 40,000 signatures
required for registration of the party in the election campaign.
Complete list of candidates is
here (in Russian)
See also:
Elections
Elections
to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2011
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