Press Release, 18.11.2019

A conference of the Sverdlovsk branch of Yabloko was held in Yekaterinburg on November 16. The conference was attended by Maxim Petlin, member of the Bureau of the Yabloko party, and Konstantin Kiselyov, deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Council.

Photo: Maxim Petlin.

The participants of the conference came from different parts of the region.

Photo: Konstantin Kiselyov

45 delegates from 27 local branches were delegated to the conference, Sergei Khorenzhenko was elected Chairman of the regional branch for the next two years by secret ballot, an absolute majority of delegates voted for him.

Photo: Sergei Khorenzhenko

Sergei Khorenzhenko served as head of the administration of the town of Iset for 12 years. In the 2018 presidential election in Russia, he was an authorised representative of Grigory Yavlinsky. Residents of the Sverdlovsk region know Sergei Khorenzhenko well, first of all, due to his long struggle against the regional authorities for the right of small settlements to local self-government.

During the conference, Sergei Khorenzhenko presented his concept of development of the regional branch for the next two years. The main goal is formation in 2021 of a Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of the region. To implement this goal, the regional branch will have to form a base of supporters of at least 100,000 people throughout the region.