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Grigory Yavlinsky elected as Yabloko leader again

RIA "Novosti", December 23 2001

MOSCOW, December 23 /RIA Novosti correspondent Nicolai Makarov/ - Renowned Russian politician Grigory Yavlinsky has been elected as the Yabloko leader again. During a secret ballot on the night of December 22-23, 472 delegates of the Yabloko 10th congress supported his candidature while 33 delegates voted against him. There were abstentions. No alternative candidatures were put forward.

On Saturday the association Yabloko was transformed into a political party.

In the evening the congress held a long discussion on program documents and in the final account endorsed them. The delegates approved the Yabloko democratic manifesto, and also its program - a weighty 200-page document.

Grigory Yavlinsky has been Yabloko's permanent leader since 1995.

 

RIA "Novosti", December 23 2001

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