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ZAKS.RU, January 15, 2004

Boris Vishnevsky: YABLOKO is not going to help those providing services to Vladimir Putin

"The self-proclaimed nomination of Irina Khakamada as a presidential candidate represents provocation by the Kremlin. The only person to benefit is Vladimir Putin, as he has to create the impression that democratic forces are participating in the presidential campaign, a campaign which will obviously be dishonest and not free," political scientist and member of the Federal Council of the Russian democratic Party YABLOKO Boris Vishnevsky told ZAKS.RU correspondent.

According to Vishnevsky, the "typical SPS intrigues" followed right after the decision passed by the SPS and YABLOKO not to participate in this election campaign (as a general candidate was not agreed upon): first, Irina Khakamada nominated her own candidacy saying that this was taking place without the agreement with her party, and then it transpired that Boris Nemtsov would help her collect signatures and finally YABLOKO was criticised for refusing to support a democratic candidate. Boris Vishnevsky also noted that, first, Irina Khakamada has no chance of gaining a reasonable number of votes; second, "Irina Mitsuovna is not the person able to gather the democratic electorate around her," and, third, the candidate to the post of the President should be reminded of her "active support for Vladimir Putin and the war in Chechnya in 1999, and Valentina Matviyenko at the gubernatorial elections in St. Petersburg in 2003." "Irina Khakamada has only a very far-fetched link to democracy, and one can only wonder how she can claim for support from YABLOKO. YABLOKO is not going to help those providing services to Vladimir Putin," stressed Boris Vishnevsky.

 

See also:

Presidential elections 2004

YABLOKO and SPS

ZAKS.RU, January 15, 2004

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