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Tale of Two Cities' Attitudes
By Galina Stolyarova, St. Petersburg Times, October 7, 2003
Mikhail Amosov: "In the past few months I have really been
wondering if some kind of censorship has been introduced on local
TV channels. It was tacit consent; they put all their efforts to
promote one candidate and ignored the others."
Underdog
Markova Battles for Votes
By Vladimir Kovalev, The Moscow Times, October 3, 2003
Getting just 15.9 percent of the votes cast in the first round, narrowly
ahead of "Against All Candidates," Markova can only win Sunday
if she garners the support of all the defeated first-round candidates
and breaks through voter apathy that led to a turnout of just 29 percent.
Russian
Voter Disillusionment Seen in St. Petersburg Runoff
By Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, September 30, 2003
Twelve years after the Soviet Union's collapse most Russians have
become strikingly - and, some say, ominously - disillusioned about
democracy's most basic right.
Elections
Set To Go to Second Round
By Vladimir Kovalev, The St.Petersburg Times, September 23, 2003
Kremlin-backed candidate Valentina Matviyenko did not
get enough votes to win the gubernatorial race in the first round, garnering
just 48.61 percent in the Sunday poll, the City Election Commission reported
Monday.
St.
Petersburg Vote Goes Into a Runoff
By Vladimir Kovalev, The Moscow Times, September 23, 2003
Markova said Monday that she would form a coalition with several
other candidates -- including Mikhail
Amosov, head of the Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative
Assembly and Legislative Assembly Deputy Konstantin Sukhenko --
to try to defeat Matviyenko.
St.
Petersburg election: latest figures
RosbusinessConsulting, September 22, 2003
According to the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission, Presidential
Representative in the North West Federal District Valentina Matviyenko
leads in the election, with 48.61 percent of the vote. Vice-Governor of
St. Petersburg Anna Markova comes second, with 15.89 percent.
Voters
Pick New St. Pete Governor
The Associated Press, September 22, 2003
If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff will
be held.
Putin
Remarks Probed
The Moscow Times, September 10, 2003
By law, an official may not promote a candidate unless speaking in a
private capacity.
Putin
puts 'Soviet' bar on poll coverage
Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow, Guardian Unlimited, September 9, 2003
The Kremlin has introduced a draconian election law which
threatens the media with closure if they give details of candidates' personal
lives or analyse their policies.
Crown
Princess Valentina
By Vladimir Kovalyev, The Moscow Times, August 25, 2003
I would label the whole process rather cynical, if I wasn't so convinced
that disgusting is a better word.
Maxim
Reznik: There has never been a split in the St. Petersburg branch
of the YABLOKO party
Rosbalt, August 7, 2003
Such a comment
on Irina Khakamada's statement about the action 'YABLOKO without Yavlinsky'
was made by the leader of the St. Petersburg branch of the YABLOKO party
Maxim Reznik to the Rosbalt correspondent.
Gryzlov
paves way for Matvieynko landslide
By Ilya Zhegulev, Gazeta.ru, August 6, 2003
According to the Yabloko deputy chairman, the activities of Boris
Gryzlov, who does not conceal his sympathy forUnited Russia, "are
starting to exceed certain limits".
Matviyenko
gets rid of half of her rivals
By Ilya Zhegulev, Gazeta.ru, August 1, 2003
As a result, at the forthcoming elections
in St. Petersburg the presidential envoy for northwestern Russia Valentina
Matviyenko will vie with six lawmakers, four entrepreneurs, an incumbent
vice-governor, a steward and a porn film producer.
14
Candidates To Vie For Mayor'S Office In St. Petersburg
RFE/RL, August 1, 2003
By the end of the registration period on 31 July, the number of
candidates to compete in the 21 September gubernatorial election
in St. Petersburg had dwindled from a high of 33 to just 14, Russian
media reported.
Valentina
Matviyenko Set to Take St Petersburg by Storm
By Ilya Zhegulev, gazeta.ru, June 25, 2003
Everything is ready for her to assume power in the city: the seat
of the former governor Vladimir Yakovlev has been temporarily assigned
to a loyal person, and yesterday the office of the presidential
envoy snatched control of the city's leading television network,
the Petersburg Channel - a key resource in the forthcoming election
campaign.
YABLOKO
is ready to discuss with Valentina Matviyenko her impending election
campaign
Rosbalt, June 24, 2003
Representatives from YABLOKO are ready to meet Valentina Matviyenko
to discuss her impending election campaign, Deputy Chairman of the
YABLOKO party Igor Artemyev
said in an interview with a Rosbalt correspondent.
In
July St. Petersburg branch of YABLOKO will determine role of party
in gubernatorial election campaign
Rosbalt, June 24, 2003
Commenting on today's statement by Valentina Matviyenko on her intention
to run for governor, Chairman of St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO
noted that "this was a long expected decision, and came as
no surprise to anybody." |
