Grigory Yavlinsky visits Kaliningrad
to support YABLOKO's candidate in the mayoral elections
Press Release
October 11, 2012
On October 11, Grigory Yavlinsky visited Kaliningrad so
that to support Alexandra Yakovleva, YABLOKOs candidate in
the mayoral elections and head of the party branch in Kaliningrad.
Answering the journalists question how Grigory Yavlinsky
accesses the chances of a woman going into Russian politics,
he answered that he came to support a talented professional
rather than a women running against men in the elections.
He also added that speaking about professional qualities people
should be divided into talented people and all the other,
rather than men and women. Alexandra Yakovleva is a talented
person, she has talents in many fields, she was even a Soviet
film star but decided to change her brilliant film carrier
and went to a university once again for studying state and
municipal governing. Yavlinsky noted her experience in management
of complex systems (such as large modern airports) and expressed
his certainty that this experience would help Yakovleva to
manage Kaliningrad and to make it a convenient and modern
city, a centre of tourism and investment.
Alexandra Yakovleva was born in Kaliningrad and was one of
the most popular actresses in 1980s. In 1993-1997 she was
Vice Mayor of Kaliningrad. In 1994-1997 she organised and
conducted the Amber Panther Film Festival. She also was CEO
in Russias most important international airports (Sheremetyevo,
Moscow, and Pulkovo, St.Petersburg), Oktyabrskaya Railway,
the Leningrad Region, and the Russian Railroads (RZhD). From
January 2011 until September 2011 she has been Director General
of the Kaliningrad Regional Railways Company. Graduated from
The Leningrad Sate Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema
and St.Petersburg Polytechnical University majoring in State
and Municipal Governing.
Grigory Yavlinskys interview to the First Regional TV channel
