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News of the server - October 2000
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| October 31, 2000 |
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 Deputies
from the Yabloko and Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS)
factions in the State Duma ask the Supreme Court to
consider Rutskoi’s complaint before the second round
of the election
Press Release, 27.10.2000
Head of the SPS faction in the State Duma Boris Nemtsov
and Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction Sergei Ivanenko
forwarded, together with a number of
other deputies a collective application to the Chairman
of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev, requesting
that he consider the complaint of the present governor
of Kursk Region, Alexander Rutskoi, by November 5
(the date of the second round of the gubernatorial
election in the region).
The
results of the Larissa Yudina contest of regional
journalists
Press Release, 24.10.2000
Two newspapers and 15 journalists were the prize-winners
of the nation-wide contest of regional journalists
“Against all Odds” who on October 24 were awarded
diplomas and prizes “for honesty and high principles
in asserting their citizen’s positions.”
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| October 30, 2000 |
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The
Yabloko Association establishes a system of observers
at electoral districts
Press Release, 25.10.2000
The Bureau of the Central Council of the Yabloko
association approved during its meeting on October
24, 2000, another list of Yabloko’s observers with
the right of a decisive vote (93 people) for the electoral
districts of the city of Voronezh. At previous meetings,
the Bureau approved the appointment of observers of
the territorial commissions of the Voronezh region.
Grigory
Yavlinsky concerned about negative situation with
the press in Russia
Press Release, 24.10.2000
The leader of the Yabloko association Grigory Yavlinsky
thinks that an unfavourable situation has developed
for the press in Russia. In an interview with journalists
on October 24 he called this situation “the most unfavourable
for the past ten years”.
Grigory
Yavlinsky criticizes the decision of the Kursk regional
court to annul the registration of Rutskoi for the
gubernatorial elections
Press Release, 24.10.2000
The leader of Yabloko association and its faction
in the State Duma Grigory Yavlinsky thinks that the
“actions undertaken by the authorities against
Alexander Rutskoi cannot be justified”.
Sergei
Ivanenko speaks out in favour of the development of
electoral laws
Press Release, 24.10.2000
One of the Yabloko leaders, Deputy Head of the Yabloko
faction in the Duma, Sergei Ivanenko, believes that
the present head of Kursk Region Alexander Rutskoi
would have lost the gubernatorial elections. However,
now he has a chance to contest these results in court.
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| October 25, 2000 |
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Killing
the Messenger
The
last interview with a murdered publisher
Columbia Journalism Review
September/October 1998
by Eve Conant
Yavlinsky,
Yabloko Gain Key Support
The St.Petersburg Times,
By Brian Whitmore Staff Writer
February 23, 2000
Liberal economist Grigory Yavlinsky,
long the odd man out in Russian politics, suddenly
seems to be picking up support among media and financial
elites as well as in the country's regions.
Russia
Today's exclusive pre-election interview with Grigory
Yavlinsky
Russia Today
By Igor Semenenko Staff Writer
July 28, 2000
Five days before the runoff election,
Grigory Yavlinsky, chairman of the Yabloko Party,
took time to talk to Russia Today correspondent Tracy
Dove on July 28 and explain his views on the course
of the Russian presidential elections. Yavlinsky,
who finished fourth in the first round, is potentially
a pivotal figure in the race. He has conditionally
endorsed incumbent Boris Yeltsin, but he is scheduled
to meet with the president. Speculation favors that
he will join Yeltsin's government.
Amended
PSA Law Provides Tax Option
The Moscow Times,
By Igor Semenenko, Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 30, 2000
Three major factions in the State Duma
have united efforts to pass an amendment to the law
on production sharing agreements, or PSAs, giving
local companies an option to choose between two tax
schemes.
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| October 24, 2000 |
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Vladimir
Lukin favours consolidation of the position of the
UN Security Council to prevent war in the Middle East
Press Release,10.10.2000
Deputy Speaker of the State Duma, Vladimir Lukin,
thinks that owing to another deterioration in the
situation in the Middle East , the Security Council
of the United Nations Organisation should immediately
hold a session and pool the efforts of all the super
powers to “impose” its will on the parties involved
in the conflict to alleviate the situation.
The
Yabloko faction discovers additional 88 bln roubles
in non-oil revenues in the budget
Press Release,04.10.2000
The Yabloko faction is conducting negotiations with
the government to support the draft budget for 2001.
The faction has proposed a number of conditions in
the “Basic Proposals of the Yabloko Association” for
the Draft Federal Budget for 2001”, forwarded to the
Government of the RF on October 2.
Yabloko’s
leader explains his proposals on the draft budget
for 2001
Press Release,02.10.2000
The leader of the Yabloko faction Grigory Yavlinsky
believes that attracting 73 billion roubles in additional
proceeds to the budget for 2001 is a realistic goal.
Grigory
Yavlinsky: budget for 2001 should envisage about $1
bln of payments on IMF loans
Press Release,02.10.2000
The federal budget for 2001 should stipulate about
$1 bln of payments on loans from the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), said the leader of the Yabloko
faction Grigory Yavlinsky on October 2, 2000, during
a press conference in Moscow.
Declaration
of the Yabloko Association on changing the state hymn
of the Russian Federation
October 18, 2000
The Yabloko Association does not consider it necessary
to urgently change the symbols of the Russian Federation.
Yabloko categorically opposes any restoration of
the symbols of the Soviet state. The Yabloko faction
in the State Duma will not support the draft law to
revive the music by A. Alexandrov as the state hymn
of the Russian Federation
Sergei
Ivanenko: Yabloko and the Union of Right-Wing Forces
to pool their forces in discussions of amendments
to the budget-2001 in the State Duma
Press Release,18.10.2000
The State Duma factions Yabloko and the Union of
the Right-Wing Forces (SPS) are going to “combine
their efforts when discussing and lobbying issues
with the government and the State Duma” during the
adoption of the federal budget-2001. This information
was provided by the First Deputy Head of the Yabloko
faction Sergei Ivanenko.
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| October 23, 2000 |
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Duma
Passes Budget in 2nd Reading
The Moscow Times,
By Igor Semenenko Staff Writer
Saturday, October 21, 2000
The draft 2001 budget sailed through
the State Duma on a second reading Friday powered
by government concessions giving the regions a larger
share of the tax take.
Yabloko
responsible for improvements to the budget at second
reading
Press Release, 20.10.2000
The deputies of the Yabloko faction think that they
have managed to improve the draft federal budget for
the second reading. Consequently most of the faction
will vote for the draft at the second reading.
The faction is satisfied that during negotiations
with the government before a review of the budget
at the second reading they managed to “legalise” 30%
of additional non-oil revenues (from a total of 88
bln roubles) that had been detected by the faction.
Yabloko
proposes the march “Farewell of a Slavic woman” as
a new hymn of Russia
Press Release, 18.10.2000
The Bureau of the Central Council of the Yabloko
association has supported the idea of the leader of
the party Grigory Yavlinsky to propose the march of
1914 “Farewell of a Slavic woman” as the new hymn
of Russia. This decision was adopted at a meeting
of the Bureau of the Central Council on October 17,
2000.
Grigory
Yavlinsky: state mass media should not serve as a
propaganda instrument
Press Release, 18.10.2000
According to Yabloko leader, Grigory Yavlinsky “the
state mass media should not serve either as a channel
or an instrument of propaganda”.
“The state mass media do not belong to any bureaucrat
of any level up to the President,” stressed Grigory
Yavlinsky during a press-conference in Moscow on October
18, 2000.
Yabloko’s
leader discusses with Prime Minister revenues in the
2001 federal budget
Press Release, 18.10.2000
On October 16, 2000, the leader of the Yabloko faction
in the State Duma
Grigory Yavlinsky discussed with the head of the
Russian government Mikhail Kasyanov the revenue component
of the federal budget for 2001.
In an interview with the ORT television channel,
Grigory Yavlinsky said that they had discussed during
the meeting, in particular, the possibility of additional
federal budget revenues, estimated by Yavlinsky at
“about 88 bln roubles” in 2001.
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| October 18, 2000 |
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Yabloko
faction completed collection of signatures required
for their petition to the Accounting Chamber of the
RF on an audit into the use of federal budget funds
by the government of the Kalmykia Republic in 1998-2000
Press Release, 17.10.,2000
The Yabloko faction finished collecting the signatures
it required for the petition filed with the Audit
Chamber of the RF to audit for the third time since
1998 the use of federal budget funds by the government
of Kalmykia Republic in 1998-2000. The petition of
the deputies will be sent to the Audit Chamber on
October 17, 2000.
Deputy
Mitrokhin: Klebanov and Kiriyenko broke the law
Press Release, 16.10.,2000
Ilya Klebanov and Sergei Kiriyenko broke the law
– this was the conclusion of the deputy from the Yabloko
faction Sergei Mitrokhin, after his return from Udmurtia,
where he was sent by the State Duma to observe the
elections of the President of the Republic on October
15, 2000.
The
deputies of the Yabloko faction concerned about mass-scale
redundancies of Vesti news programme
Press Release, 16.10.,2000
On October 4, 2000 the Chairman of the
GUP VGTRK (Ed. the RTR channel – the State Unitary
Enterprise All-Russian State Television and Radio
Company”) Oleg Dobrodeyev issued directive No 746
«On the Liquidation of GUP «Vesti», and as part of
the implementation of this directive, corresponding
orders on the dismissal of the staff of «Vesti» (Ed.
“Vesti” is a popular news programme at RTR channel).
Deputies’
commission for the observation of presidential elections
in Udmurtia is created on Yabloko’s proposal
Press Release, 11.10.,2000
A parliamentary commission to monitor compliance
with the law during the
presidential elections in Udmurtia (to be held on
October 15, 2000) has been created on the proposal
of the deputy from the Yabloko faction Sergei Mitrokhin.
This decision was adopted on October 11 at a meeting
of the State Duma Commission for the Study of the
Practices of the Electoral Legislation of the RF in
the Preparation and Holding of Elections and Referenda.
All the factions of the State Duma were grant the
opportunity to include representatives in the Commission.
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| October 16, 2000 |
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Deputy
Speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Lukin thinks that
the deteriorating situation in the Middle East was
provoked by opponents of the peace treaty between
Israel and the Palestinians
Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Lukin (Yabloko
faction) accused the USA of being partially responsible
for the escalation of the Middle East conflict, saying
that the USA made the process of peaceful regulation
of the situation there one factor of their domestic
policy. Lukin added, in an interview on October 9, 2000: The present administration
of the United States decided to time a peaceful settlement
of the conflict with their presidential elections
and exerted somewhat excessive pressure here.
Speaking about the main reason for the escalation
of the crisis inthe Middle East, Lukin noted that
it was provoked by opponents of the peace treaty.
The
budget has the money to start tackling the main issues
in the country: military reform, a qualitative improvement
in education and judicial reform.
Most of the Yabloko faction will support the draft
budget for 2001. However, it will be a free vote.
The faction appreciates the government’s consideration
of many of Yabloko’s proposals for the budget-2000.
The faction supports the reduction in personal income
tax and the introduction of a regressive scale for
the social tax, the trend to curb external debts and
other proposals reflected in the budget-2001.
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| October 10, 2000 |
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COMMODITIES
& AGRICULTURE: Russia tries to come to terms with
West: New production sharing agreements seen as last
chance to draw foreign investment to oil and gas sector,
says Anna Sherman:
Financial Times, October 4,
2000
Today the European Commission is expected to discuss
proposals for developing a long-term strategic energy
partnership with Russia following exploratory talks
about importing oil and gas.
Last month Mikhail Kasyanov, the Russian prime minister,
visited London and tried to encourage Western oil
and gas companies to take advantage of new production
sharing agreements (PSAs)
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| October 09, 2000 |
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Alexei
Arbatov: developments in Yugoslavia depend on the
position of the military
Press Release, 06.10.,2000
The developments in Yugoslavia depend on the position
of the military and the side that the Yugoslavian
army takes in the political conflict, said
Deputy Head of the Defence Committee of the State
Duma and deputy from the Yabloko faction Alexei Arbatov
in an interview with journalists on October 6, 2000.
Mikhail
Zadornov forecasts continued economic growth in Russia
in 2001
Press Release, 06.10.,2000
Economic growth will increase in Russia in 2001,
stated the Head of the Sub-committee on Central Bank
Activities (the Banking Committee of the State Duma)
Mikhail Zadornov at an international conference in
London entitled
“The Debt and Stock Markets of Russia”.
Deputy
Head of the Yabloko faction expresses concern that
a civil war may break out in Yugoslavia
Press Release, 05.10.,2000
Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction in the State Duma
Sergei Ivanenko expressed his concern that a conflict
between the supporters of the authorities and the
opposition in Yugoslavia might lead to a civil war
in this country.
Yabloko
faction to take final decision on voting on the draft
budget on Friday
Press Release, 05.10.,2000
The Yabloko faction will take its final decision
on voting on the draft budget for 2001 on Friday October
6. This statement was made by Deputy Head of the faction
Sergei Ivanenko after a meeting of the faction on
October 5.
Grigory
Yavlinsky thinks that the state should cease its
attacks on NTV
Press Release, 02.10.,2000
The leader of the Yabloko faction, Grigory Yavlinsky,
thinks that the state should refrain from pressurising
NTV.
“The pogrom of the NTV television company is an
anti-state and anti-social deed,” said Grigory Yavlinsky
at a press conference on October 2, 2000.
“The use of the law-enforcement agencies in this
pogrom as a bludgeon merely serves to demonstrate
that this was a conscientious political action,”
added Yavlinsky.
Yabloko
plans to submit own budget draft to the Finance
Minister
Press Release, 02.10.,2000
At a press conference on October 2. 2000, the leader
of the Yabloko faction, Grigory Yavlinsky, said
that Yabloko planned to submit its alternative to
the budget for 2001 to Deputy Prime Minister and
Finance Minister Alexei
Kudrin.
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