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October 29, 2004

Thousands at Rival Election Rallies
By Oksana Yablokova, The Moscow Times, October 29, 2004
A day before the State Duma was to consider in a first reading the much-criticized Kremlin plan to scrap the popular vote for governors, hundreds of people turned out at competing rallies Thursday in central Moscow to praise or denounce the legislation.

October 25, 2004

Pro-Kremlin party wins elections in Chita, liberals are disaster
ITAR-TASS, October 25, 2004
The Chita region elected the legislature in single-mandate districts and by party lists for the first time ever. More than 90 candidates competed for 21 mandates in single-mandate districts, and five parties – the United Russia, the Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, Yabloko and the Agrarian Party – competed for another 21 mandates.

 

Khodorkovsky marks first year in jail
RosBusinessConsulting, October 25, 2004
Exactly one year ago, on October 25, 2003, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Chief Executive Officer and a key shareholder in the oil company YUKOS, was arrested.

October 20, 2004

Political Opposition Comments on Upcoming Reforms...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, October 20, 2004
Also speaking at the hearing, former State Duma Deputy Viktor Sheinis (Yabloko) suggested legislation that might mitigate the "negative consequences" of the contemplated reform, such as not increasing the minimum number of members for a political party to be registered and not increasing the ceiling for entry to the State Duma or local legislatures beyond 5 percent of the total vote.

 

The International Prize for Freedom has been awarded to Grigory Yavlinsky
Press release, October 16, 2004
The International Prize for Freedom will be handed to chairman of Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO Grigory Yavlinsky at special ceremony in Berlin on October, 18

October 18, 2004

Political Parties in Crisis
By Nikolai Petrov, The Moscow Times, October 18, 2004

Following President Vladimir Putin's latest proposals for government reform, elections have been held for four regional legislatures -- in the Tula, Sakhalin and Irkutsk regions and the republic of Marii-El. Under a mixed electoral system introduced last year, half of the seats in all four legislatures were allocated by party list. These elections offer the first test of strength following the State Duma elections last fall and the presidential election earlier this year.

October 15, 2004

Journalist Politkovskaya’s Anti-Putin Book Published in UK
MosNews, October 15, 2004

"Under President Putin we won't be able to forge democracy in Russia and will only turn back to the past. I am not an optimist in this regard and so my book is pessimistic. I have no hope left in my soul. Only a change of leadership would allow me to have hope but it's a political winter. The Kremlin is turning the country back to its Soviet past," the paper quoted Politkovskaya as saying.

 

3 Parties Seek to Raise the Membership Bar
By Francesca Mereu, The Moscow Times, October 15, 2004

United Russia, the Liberal Democratic Party and Rodina submitted a bill to the State Duma late Wednesday requiring political parties to increase their membership from 10,000 to 50,000.
"This bill will make the country resemble the Soviet Union, when people were required to hold party cards," said Alexei Melnikov, a former Duma deputy from Yabloko, which has 85,000 members.

October 6, 2004

Two Regional Legislatures Call For Restoration of Death Penalty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, October 1, 2004

Human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin told ITAR-TASS on 30 September that he continues to oppose the death penalty, saying that ending the moratorium "would put us on the same level as those who have no respect for human life."

 
 

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