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Protesters'
turnout matched by journalists at Moscow anti-Putin rally
Ekho Moskvi radio station, September 16, 2004
Deputy Chairman of YABLOKO Sergei Mitrokhin, who headed the Yabloko
representation at the rally, said this is a head-on power takeover
and Russian citizens are being deprived of their right to vote.
The Federation Council and Prosecutor-General's Office should prevent
this, he said.
Protest
action by the Interior Ministry building, Moscow
Press Service, September 14, 2004
In his speech at the meeting Sergei Mitrokhin said, “Why,
have all the authorities, the President can not suspend from office
an open criminal? Putin must demonstrate the force he enjoys and
restore justice in Bashkiria!”
Governors
are happy
By Olga Proskurnina, Yulia Bushuyeva and Svetlana Petrova, Vedomosti, September 14, 2004
"This way, under the pretext of another terrorist attack we
may come to abolishing presidential and parliamentary elections,"
said the deputy chairman of YABLOKO Sergei Mitrokhin.
Putin
overhauls political system
CNN, September 14, 2004
Curiously, however, the Russian leader's proposals focused largely on
electoral changes. Putin said he would propose legislation abolishing
the
election of local governors by popular vote. Instead they would be nominated
by the president and confirmed by local legislatures.
Putin:
Scrap Popular Vote for Governors
By Nabi Abdullaev, The Moscow Times, September 14, 2004
"The abolition of elections in Russian regions deals a blow
to the foundations of Russian federalism and means the return to
an extremely inefficient system of government," Sergei Mitrokhin,
a senior official in the liberal Yabloko party, said in a statement.
The
Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO will conduct a protest action demanding
resignation of the head of the interior of Bashkiria Rafail Divayev
by the building of the Interior Ministry of the RF on September
14, 2004 at 12-00.
Press release, September 13, 2004
Bashkirian human rights activists and victims of the militia arbitrary
rule in the republic who specially arrived to Moscow for the action
will make public the new flagrant facts of violation of constitutional
human rights and corruption in the structures of the interior ministry
in Bashkiria.
On
the threat of liquidation of the system of federalism in Russia
Statement by the chairman of the Moscow branch of the Russian Democratic
Party YABLOKO Sergei Mitrokhin, YABLOKO's press-service, September
13, 2004
It liquidates the last chain in the system of checks and counterbalances
that prevent power from being concentrated in the hands of one individual.
State
Duma election results to be questioned at Supreme Court
Interfax, September 13, 2004
"Lawyers of the Independent Election Institute, the Communist
Party and Yabloko drafted a lawsuit to be filed at the Russian Supreme
Court, and Committee 2008 sponsored the drafting. I think we will
file the lawsuit at the end of this week," Yabloko Deputy Chairman
Sergei Mitrokhin told Interfax on Monday.
Putin
moves to tighten powers to combat terror
The Associated Press, September 13, 2004
"Tuesday, all the power agencies that are supposed to fight terrorism
are subordinated directly to the president. ... It's incomprehensible why
on top of that he has to name governors," Mitrokhin, of the liberal Yabloko
party, told Russia's Ekho Moskvy radio. "It shows that the president doesn't
know what to do, he's at a loss."
The
action of protest against unlawful naming of one of the Moscow streets
after Akhmad Kadyrov
Press release, August 24, 2004
Over 20 representatives of the YABLOKO party gathered at Novopushkinskaya
square at 12-00. The activists held slogans "The law in the
same for everyone," "Shantsev (Ed. one of the Moscow officials)
announced jihad against Muscovites," and "We don't need
a Kadyrov street" and also carried YABLOKO banners.
Deputy
Head of the YABLOKO party Sergei Mitrokhin perceives political motives
behind the criminal case against the former heads of the Noviye
Izvestia newspaper
Ekho Moskvi, August 17, 2004
"We live de facto in a state governed by the secret services.
In the given situation, in view of recent developments, in particular,
the extremely harsh sentence given to Igor Sutyagin, we cannot trust
any criminal trial against any politician or editor of an independent
media, or individual who expresses views which differ from those
of the authorities," noted Mitrokhin.
YABLOKO
Fades into a Legend Losing Its Link to Reality
By Irina Romancheva, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, August 11, 2004
...However, the question remains: is the absence of the Svoboda Slova (Freedom
of Speech) programme on TV sufficient reason for some prominent Russian
politicians to retreat into some sort of underground? Prominent Yabloko
members debate this topic.
Upheavals
Won't Spare Us this Autumn
Poll for politicians prepared by Lyudmila Uvarova, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, August 9, 2004
Sergei Mitrokhin, Deputy Chairman of the
YABLOKO party: The second part of anti-social reforms - the Housing
Code, which will affect the lives of more people - will be viewed
this fall. It will affect almost all residents, probably with the
exception of 5% owners of the elite housing. Therefore, the strain
will be enhancing in our society.
Putin
Feels Fallout Over Plan to Eliminate Soviet-Era Benefits
By Susan B. Glasser, Washington Post, August 3, 2004
Russia is poised to dismantle the remnants
of the
Soviet-era social safety net for as many as 100 million of its poorest
citizens, replacing many free services with cash payments in a
controversial experiment that has sent President Vladimir Putin's approval
rating down sharply.
Compensation
Instead of Revision The Oligarchs Should Share the “Windfall”
Profit with the State
By Sergei Mitrokhin, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, July 27, 2004
Big business is "guilty" of behaving aggressively, but the
state is also guilty for not establishing proper rules of the game (through
anti-corruption legislation, laws governing lobbying, etc.). The difference
is that the oligarchs are under no obligation to behave otherwise, while
the state is.
The
Committee for the Protection of Muscovites demands the resettlement
of residents from apartment buildings contaminated by phenol
Press release, July 22, 2004
Over 50 people gathered today at the protest meeting organised by
the Committee for the Protection of Muscovites by the Mayor's office
in Moscow. Activists from the Committee as well as residents from
the Metrogorodok district of Moscow participated in the meeting
demanding the adoption of measures to resettle residents from phenol-contaminated
apartment blocks, i.e. residential premises with covering made from
materials emitting dangerous levels of phenol gas.
YABLOKO
created a Committee for the Protection of Muscovites to defend the
interests of the residents of the city in city construction
Finmarket News, June 16, 2004
The goal of the Committee is to unite over 200 different groups
currently standing for their rights in Moscow into a single powerful
organisation protecting the rights of Muscovites in city construction
and facilitating the creation of favourable living conditions for
the residents of Moscow. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Democratic
Party YABLOKO Sergei Mitrokhin was elected Chairman of the Committee.
On
June 15 the general assembly of the representatives of the initiative
groups fighting against unlawful building in Moscow adopted a decision
to create a Committee for the Protection of Muscovites.
Press release, June 16, 2004
The goal of the Committee is to unite over 200 different groups currently
standing for their rights in Moscow into a single powerful organisation
protecting the rights of Muscovites in city construction and facilitating
the creation of favourable living conditions for the residents of Moscow.
The
meeting of the Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin with representatives
of the initiative groups of the Muscovites protesting against unlawful
construction in the capital.
Press release, June 9, 2004
The meeting of the Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin with representatives
of the initiative groups of the Muscovites protesting against unlawful
construction in the capital took place on June 9, 2004
The
TV Might as Well Stay Switched off
By Ilya Zhegulyov, Gazeta.ru, June 2, 2004
NTV's move to sack Leonid Parfyonov and close his flagship
weekly Namedni review program is politically motivated, Russian politicians,
political observers and human rights champions are convinced. Some of
them interviewed by Gazeta.Ru believe that with Parfyonov's departure
the NTV team of journalists is likely to fall apart.
Protest
meeting against the law on the virtual ban on referenda
Press release, June 2, 2004
The action began at 9-45 a.m. Before the meeting the police barred all
the passages to the building of the Duma, therefore the activists gathered
at the corner of Tverskaya and Mokhovaya streets. They held banners reading
"No to the Authority's Disgrace!", "Protect Democracy!",
"No to a Police State!" and "Respect the Constitution!".
Duma
Gives Nod to Referendum Bill
Associated Press, June 3, 2004
The State Duma on Wednesday tentatively approved a government-proposed
bill on referenda, which critics have described as backtracking on
democracy.
The Duma, controlled by the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, voted
343-96 to pass the bill in the first of three required readings.
Protest
action against the new version of the federal constitutional law
"On Referenda in the RF"
Press release, June 1, 2004
On Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at 9-45 a.m. the Russian Democratic
Party YABLOKO, the CPRF and human rights and ecological organisations
of Moscow will conduct a protest action against the new version
of the federal constitutional law "On Referenda in the RF"
by the building of the State Duma.
"An
increase is the number of spy trials, involving human rights activists,
is quite possible now."
By Sergei Mitrokhin, IA MiK, May 26, 2004
The first thing I find depressing is the dismal monotony
of the President’s state of the nation addresses and the use of a
vast number of right words, which are not backed up by deeds.
The
Civil Union of Vladimir began its work in Vladimir
Press release, April 24, 2004
A new public organisation -
the Civil Union of Vladimir was established in Vladimir. The founders of
the union are regional branches of two parties – the Russian Democratic
Party YABLOKO and the Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS).
The
Moscow Mayor's Office refused the application from Russian Democratic
Party YABLOKO and a number of public organisations to hold a meeting
on May 1, 2004
Press release, April 9, 2004
In addition to YABLOKO, the following organisations planned to participate
in the action: the Committee-2008, the Union of Right-Wing Forces
(SPS), the Moscow Helsinki Group, the movements "For Human
Rights," "Common Action", the Committee of Soldiers'
Mothers, as well as a number of environmental organisations and
independent trade unions.
YABLOKO
to Propose Amendments to the Forestry Code
RIA "OREANDA", April 5, 2004
By and large, the RF Ministry of Natural Resources
and the Russian Democratic Party "Yabloko" will cooperate on
environment protection and efficient nature management.
Duma
Bill Sharply Restricts Rallies
By Caroline McGregor, The Moscow Times, April 1, 2004
As the United Russia majority in the State Duma gave preliminary
approval to a bill outlawing protests near government buildings
Wednesday, pro-democracy activists staged a rally outside the Duma's
main entrance to insist on their right to do just that.
Demonstrations
near Embassies to be prohibited in Russia
pravda.ru, March 31, 2004
Demonstrations are addressed to the authorities.
How will the authorities know about popular protests, if the demonstrations
are held in residential areas?
Sergei
Mitrokhin: Yavlinsky Convinced Putin Not to Import Spent Nuclear
Fuel
Refutation of an article from rbc.ru, March 4, 2004
In an article Putin Will Process the Nuclear Damp (from February
27) Alexei Vinogradov made a serious mistake. The author of the
article stated that the President supports imports of spent nuclear
fuel into Russia. This is not true. In the quotation used by Vinogradov
as his source, Putin speaks refers to the need to focus on waste
from our [domestically produced] fuel. He implies here that spent
nuclear fuel from domestically produced fuel rod arrays were exported
to Europe by the USSR and then by Russia.
Deputy
Head of YABLOKO Sergei Mitrokhin demands the annulment of the results
of parliamentary elections in some districts of Moscow
Press release, February 5, 2004
In his suits Mitrokhin cites multiple violations made on the day of voting
by the electoral commission of Rostokino, Babushkinsky, Yaroslavsky and
Losinoostrovsky districts in vote-counting, drawing of protocols on the
results of the lection and their transfer to the territorial electoral commissions.
Russian
liberals scorn the forthcoming presidential elections - Russian
radio
Ekho Moskvy, December 21, 2003
Mitrokhin:...This mass use of the
administrative resource, the obvious ballot rigging during the counting
of votes, the lack of a free media which could give all candidates equal
conditions as well as the lack of any judicial system where something
can be proved, transforms the forthcoming
presidential elections into a farce.
Fair
game: Communists and YABLOKO question the parliamentary election
results
By Orkhan Dzhemal, Novaya Gazeta, December 18, 2003
Sergei Mitrokin,
one of Yabloko party's leaders, has stated that according to available
information, Yabloko did cross the 5% threshold in the Duma elections -
but the party's vote total was artificially lowered just enough to prevent
it from getting into the Duma.
Sergei
Mitrokhin demands annulment of the voting results in the Babushinsky
electoral district of Moscow
Rosbalt, December 11, 2003
"After we received the signals on these multiple violations, the
commission began releasing information that Shirokov was the leader of
the election, noted Mitrokhin. - YABLOKO thinks that the results of the
election were falsified and should be annulled, and that a new vote should
be carried out."
A
Housing Koshman
Press release, November 19, 2003
Over 200 representatives from the Russian democratic Party YABLOKO protested
on November 19, 2003 in the centre of Moscow against the policies conducted
by the Russian government in the housing and utilities sector.
Sergei
Mitrokhin accused RAO "UES of Russia" of financing the SPS and intending
to embroil the SPS and YABLOKO.
Rosbalt, November 4, 2003
According to Mitrokhin, fake candidates, former activists of "Yabloko
Without Yavlinsky" movement are standing against YABLOKO in
single-mandate electoral districts.
Ministry
of Nuclear Power Ready to Finance Environmental Programmes in Chelyabinsk
Region
RIA "OREANDA", November 3, 2003
The deputy minister's letter is
the Ministry's official response to Mitrokhin's appeal to the Ministry
to allot money to move people away from nuclear-contaminated areas in Chelyabinsk
region.
Ministry
of Nuclear Power Ready to Finance Environmental Programs in Chelyabinsk
Region
Press release, October 31, 2003
...the Ministry is willing to "discuss the draft specific environmental
program aimed at rehabilitating the territories contaminated due
to operations of Mayak plant, including evacuation of the residents
of Muslyumovo and Tatarskaya Karabolka towns".
Yabloko
deputies say they are being held in office during search
Interfax, October 23, 2003
Sergei Mitrokhin, deputy head of the State Duma's Yabloko faction,
said that a group of detectives who are conducting a search in the
Strategic Communications Agency's office are not allowing him to
leave the building.
The
State Duma will consider the address to the heads of the First [Television]
Channel and VGTRK [television company] on broadcasting live forthcoming
parliamentary election debates.
Press release, October 16, 2003
On Thursday the State Duma Council passed a decision to include
this item on the Duma agenda. The address was initiated by Sergei
Ivanenko and Sergei Mitrokhin.
Monopolists
Are Being Put on the Meter
By Ksenia Veretennikova, Vremya Novostei, September 12, 2003
Yesterday the YABLOKO party disclosed to journalists the
results of its action "Let's Put Monopolists on the Meter" which
aimed to indicate toYABLOKO activists whether the utilities’ tariffs
were fair.
YABLOKO
supports liberalization of the law "On Citizenship"
Press release, September 24, 2003
...the YABLOKO faction will support in the State Duma the amendments
to the law "On Citizenship" that aim to simplify the procedure
for obtaining Russian citizenship submitted by the President of
the RF to parliament on Wednesday, September 24, 2003.
Citizens'
Payment for Water Exceeds the Real Costs by 3.5 Times
By Mikhail Dichev, Finansoviye Izvestia, September 12, 2003
If the person did not live in the flat and correspondingly did not use
water, a fairly high figure still appeared on the bill.
Who
Is for the People?
IA MIK, September 9, 2003
The Duma majority is not interested in preparing the country
for the winter.
Deputy
Mitrokhin demands an investigation into the situation around the
methanol terminal in Azov
FMBusiness, September 5, 2003
According to the documents, a number of federal legislative acts, such
as the Law "On Environmental Protection ", the Law "On
Environmental Expertise", the Provisions on the assessment of the
impact on the environment and legislation regulating construction work
were violated during the design and construction of the terminal in Azov.
Prosecutor
General answers Sergei Mitrokhin
Polit.ru, September 3, 2003
As evidence Mitrokhin demonstrated materials that
came from the regions proving that RAO UES was behind the "Yabloko
without Yavlinsky" activities.
Regional
prosecutors will investigate the actions of the "Yabloko without
Yavlinsky" organisation
Rosbalt, September 2, 2003
YABLOKO's press service informed Rosbalt correspondent
that the request referred to "dissemination by the leader of "Yabloko
without Yavlinsky" movement and some media information defaming the
leadership of the YABLOKO party."
"We'll
arrange the trial of the century for RAO UES"
By Boris Sapozhnikov, gazeta.ru, September 2, 2003
"I cannot believe that Nemtsov and Khakamada know nothing of
PR-campaigns that require such huge expenses, worthy of being included
in the Guinness Book of Records."
The
YABLOKO party will conduct the election campaign honestly and within
the framework of the law, but is not going to sign the "Elections
2003" agreement
Press release, August 21, 2003
"The Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO has always observed and will
always comply with Russian legislation in all its actions."
Sergei
Mitrokhin expects that Alfred Kokh's statement on the intentions
of the SPS to conduct a tough struggle against YABLOKO to be disavowed
MK-Novosti, August 12, 2003
"For the first time an official representative of the SPS openly
admitted that this party was going to fight against YABLOKO"
A
fake 'apple'* has ripened in the country
By Sergei Alexandrov, Komsomolskaya Pravda, August 9, 2003
YABLOKO beat a record among the party victims of the black PR.
* YABLOKO means 'apple' in Russian.
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".
SPS
is going to engage in tough struggle against YABLOKO for the electorate
RIA Oreanda, August 11, 2003
On August 8, 2003, Head of the election campaign
staff of the Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS) Alfred Kokh announced to
journalists that he planned to engage in a tough struggle against YABLOKO
to grab the electorate of the former.
Sergei
Mitrokhin: Anatoli Chubais ordered the "YABLOKO without Yavlinsky
press campaign
Rosbalt, August 1, 2003
In an interview with Rosbalt correspondent, Deputy Head of the YABLOKO
party Sergei Mitrokhin said that the press conference "YABLOKO
without Yavlinsky" conducted in Moscow on Thursday represented
a "banal black PR campaign ".
On
the closure of the NTV correspondents' office in Belarus
Statement, The Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO, July 8, 2003
The closure of the NTV television company correspondents' office
in Belarus represents not only an action targeted at information
isolation of the people of Belarus, but also another challenge to
Russia from Lukashenko's regime.
Suspension
of the operations of a copper-smelting plant is a powerful signal
to environment polluters
Press release, June 27, 2003
Deputy of the State Duma Sergei Mitrokhin (the YABLOKO faction)
stated that he was satisfied with the decision of the supreme state
inspector for control over natural resources of the Ural Federal
district Nikolai Krupinin who issued a warrant to suspend the operations
of the Krabash Copper-Smelting Plant from June 27, 2003.
The
last professional resigns from management of the nuclear power sector
Press release, June 30, 2003
"One the best qualified managers in the domestic nuclear complex
is dismissed," said Deputy Head of the YABLOKO party, deputy
of the State Duma Sergei Mitrokhin.
Central
Electoral Commission tried to Reconcile Political Rivals
By Olga Tropkina, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, June 27, 2003
The drafting of a public accord entitled "Elections 2003",
which was initiated yesterday by the Central Electoral Commission
(CEC) and involved the leaders of the major political parties, ran
the risk of resulting in a scandal.
Sergei
Mitrokhin plans to gain access to data on the threat to Russia's
ecology posed by the Highly-Enriched Uranium - Low-Enriched Uranium
Agreement
Press release, June 25, 2003
"Many specialists think that this
waste, also called "tails", poses a serious potential threat to
the health of the personnel of dangerous sites contaminated with radiation
and the local population, to say nothing of the environment."
The
State Duma turned down the amendment granting tax privileges to
environmental bodies
Press release, June 21, 2003
On Friday, June 20, 2003,
the State Duma refused to grant a tax break on the property of organisations
protecting and caring for territories with an enhanced regime of environmental
protection.
Special
Regime for Media
By Olga Redichkina and Alexei Redichkin, Gazeta, June 16, 2003
...according to the amendments, any media outlet - print
or electronic media - can be shut down during an election campaign
if the court finds it guilty of violating electoral legislation
twice. The draft law contained no list of violations, thereby
leaving it up to the court to decide each case "on the spot"
every time.
YABLOKO
determines the directions of Russia's environmental
policy and calls on the State Duma to ratify the Kyoto
Protocol
Press release, June 5, 2003
In addition to the prospects of ratification and entry into force
of the Kyoto Protocol, the participants of the Round Table discussed
a range of problems related to Russia’s environmental policy.
Russia parliament approves partial Chechen amnesty
By Jeremy Page, Reuters, June 6, 2003
Russia's parliament gave final approval on
Friday to a limited amnesty for fighters in separatist Chechnya that the
Kremlin says will help end a decade of conflict in the region.
YABLOKO: there will be no alliance with the CPRF
Lenta.ru, May 29, 2003
Lukin also called the billboards that appeared in Moscow streets and picture YABLOKO with a sickle and hammer under a slogan "We Are Together" a provocation and 'black PR'.
YABLOKO forwarded to the Central Electoral Commission and Public Prosecutor General of Moscow a petition demanding that it take to task the promotion company picturing YABLOKO with hammer and sickle
Finmarketnovosti, May 30, 2003
Deputy Chairman of YABLOKO Sergei Mitrokhin forwarded to the Central Electoral Commission and Public Prosecutor General of Moscow a petition demanding that it curb the 'black PR': placards that appeared in the metro picturing YABLOKO with hammer and sickle and a slogan "We Are Together!"
YABLOKO Against 'Black PR'
Komsomolskaya Pravda, May 31, 2003
The YABLOKO party: mass media should put barriers to dirty election technologies.
YABLOKO proposes that all political forces unite against 'black PR'
Press release, May 29, 2003
The YABLOKO party calls on all politicians and journalists to unite in the fight against 'dirty' information technologies. This statement was made by Deputy Chairman of the YABLOKO party, deputy of the State Duma Sergei Mitrokhin at a press conference at the Interfax agency on May 29, 2003.
Deputy Mitrokhin manages to make the law-enforcement agencies initiate criminal proceedings for environmental pollution
Press Release, May 27, 2003
Criminal proceedings in accordance with Article 246 of the Criminal Code of the RF (violation of environmental protection regulations at work) were started by the Chelyabinsk Prosecutor for Environmental Protection for "investigation of all the circumstances and reasons for environmental pollution in the city of Krabash ."
Most
Russian politicians positive about Putin's three years
of presidency
gazeta.ru, May 7, 2003
Only Yabloko leader Sergey Mitrokhin complained that
the President had remained a hostage to the oligarchic
system and had failed to transform Russia into a modern
and competitive state.
On
Radioactive Safety in Russia
Statement, April 26, 2003
The Chernobyl
disaster provided convincing proof that usage of nuclear energy
even for peaceful purposes, despite the highly skilled personnel
and rigid control system existing in the USSR, represented a serious
risk to the health and lives of the citizens.
The
Housing and Utilities Sector Reform for Monopolies
By Sergei Mitrokhin, Trud-7, April 24, 2003
The Federation Council voted for the governments'
draft law on housing and utilities sector reform. It can be summed
up as follows: subsidies to enterprises in the housing and utilities
sector should be liquidated and replaced with subsidies to households
with small incomes from budgets at all levels.
Krasnoyarsk
Territory may become testing ground for experiments
by Chubais in housing and utilities
Press release, April 16, 2003
"It is well-known that the housing and utilities
sector of Krasnoyarsk Territory has run up considerable
debt before energy suppliers and consequently faces
a real threat that part of the housing and utilities
sector in the region will be placed under the control
of the monopoly created under the guidance of Anatoly
Chubais," said deputy from the YABLOKO faction
Sergei Mitrokhin to journalists...
The
State Duma supports the government's course towards
100% payment by the population for housing and communal
costs
Press release, April 2, 2003
The State Duma rejected
the draft address to the President of the Russian Federation on repealing
the provisions for an accelerated transfer towards 100% coverage by
the population for housing and communal costs.
The
State Duma declined the draft address to the President
of Russia on abolishing the provisions envisaging
an accelerated transfer to 100% payment of housing
and communal services
Finmarket Novosti, April 3, 2003
At the plenary meeting of the Duma (on March 2, 2003)
164 deputies voted for the draft address prepared
by deputy from the YABLOKO faction Sergei Mitrokhin
against a required minimum of 226 votes.
The
Government barely managed to push through the State
Duma the law on reform of the housing and communal
services sector
Press release, March 21, 2003
The Yabloko faction thinks that the government and
factions supporting the government used inappropriate
tactics to push through the State Duma the draft law
on housing and communal services sector reform.
YABLOKO:
Nuclear Power Ministry can allot USD5 billion for
nuclear safety measures
Press release, March 13, 2003
Sergei Mitrokhin, Deputy of
the State Duma, member of the YABLOKO faction, has
expressed his surprise over the statements by some
representatives from the nuclear power ministry that
the Minister for Nuclear Power Alexander Rumyantsev
had not allegedly expressed any readiness to discuss
with YABLOKO termination of the construction of new
nuclear power stations.
Krasnoyarsk
Territory. The Legislative Assembly approves the initiative
to restrict the transfer of forestry areas to other
categories of fields
Regions.Ru, March 3, 2003
According to RIA Press-Line information agency today,
on March 3, 3003 members of the permanent Commission
on Natural Resources, Ecology and Protection of Nature
of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Territory
supported the draft law of the State Duma deputy Sergei
Mitrokhin.
Not
Enough Money to Protect the Nuclear Sector
By Dmitri Chernov, Vremya MN, March 6, 2003
There is at present no danger of another disaster like Chernobyl at the functioning reactors of nuclear power stations in Russia.
The
Ministry of Nuclear Power expresses its gratitude
to YABLOKO for inspecting the safety of nuclear power
facilities
Press release, March 5, 2003
In his speech in the State Duma on March 5, 2003,
the Minister of Nuclear Power Alexander Rumyantsev
expressed his gratitude to deputy of the YABLOKO faction
Sergei Mitrokhin for his repeated criticism of the
Ministry of Atomic Energy regarding the poor state
of physical protection for nuclear power facilities.
YABLOKO: the sentencing of Anatoli Babkin is a blow against Russian science
Press Release, February 20, 2003
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO, deputy of the State Duma Sergei Mitrokhin called the sentencing of professor of the Bauman State Technical University Anatoli Babkin another episode in the spy-mania campaign.
The YABLOKO faction of the State Duma did not support the adoption of the draft law "On the State Language of the Russian Federation"
Press Release, February 6, 2003
The YABLOKO faction of the State Duma did not support the adoption of the draft law "On the State Language of the Russian Federation" as it violates the rights of citizens, encroaches upon the competence of Russian Federation subjects and may end up serving as a tool to oppress the mass media.
President Misled
Press Release, February 03, 2003
Vladimir Putin's statement regarding energy sector reform and the reform in the housing and communal sector made during the meeting with Chairman of the State Duma Gennadi Seleznyov on January 29, 2003, gave the impression that the President had not been provided with a full picture on the corresponding draft laws that had been submitted to parliament. This statement was made by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO, deputy of the State Duma Sergei Mitrokhin.
2003
Chelyabinsk Region. Representatives from the YABLOKO faction visit the "Mayak" plant
VolgaInform, December 16, 2002
A public inspection at the Zheleznogorsk mining-and-chemical complex in
Krasnoyarsk Territory had positive changes. Let us remind you here that
a commission headed by deputy from the YABLOKO faction Sergei Mitrokhin
visited the complex in February, 2002. Now measures have been
implemented to strengthen the security systems. The uncompleted shell
of the RT-2 plant has been dismantled and a new concrete fence is being
built.
Sergei Shoigu refused to support the evacuation of people from territories contaminated by radiation
Press Release, December 05, 2002
Russia's Ministry of Emergencies does not support the amendment to the
draft federal budget for 2003 proposed by deputies from the YABLOKO
faction Sergei Mitrokhin and Igor Artemyev envisaging the allocation of
ten million roubles for the evacuation of Tatarskaya Karabolka town,
Chelyabinsk region. This is indicated in the official letter from
Minister Sergei Shoigu obtained by Sergei Mitrokhin.
YABLOKO learns to be an environmental party
Aliance Media, December 10, 2002
The meeting between the representatives of environmental organisations
from Tomsk and Chelyabinsk regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory and the
leaders of the YABLOKO party took place in the State Duma on December 3,
2002. YABLOKO was represented by chairman of the party Grigory
Yavlinsky, as well as deputy chairmen, deputies of the State Duma Sergei
Mitrokhin and Igor Artemyev.
Grigory Yavlinsky: YABLOKO learns to be an environmental party
Press Release, December 03, 2002
The meeting between the representatives of environmental organisations
from Tomsk and Chelyabinsk regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory and the
leaders of the YABLOKO party took place in the State Duma on December 3,
2002. YABLOKO was represented by Chairman of the party Grigory
Yavlinsky, as well as deputy chairmen, deputies of the State Duma Sergei
Mitrokhin and Igor Artemyev.
Deputy Mitrokhin is satisfied with the results of the public inspection
of Zheleznogorski mining-and-chemical complex. The wages of personnel of
the nuclear-fuel cycle should be raised 2 or 3-fold.
Press Release, December 05, 2002
The public inspection performed in February 2002 by a deputy from the
YABLOKO faction Sergei Mitrokhin at the Zheleznogorsk
mining-and-chemical complex in the Krasnoyarsk Area yielded positive
changes.
Housing
and Communal Sector Reforms Postponed by Yavlinsky
gazeta.ru, By Marina Sokolovskaya, November 19, 2002
Deputy
of the Duma Sergei Mitrokhin: the amendments to the
law "On the Mass Media" are an instrument
to be used to suppress disobedient media
Press Release, November 1, 2002
Rehabilitation
of democracy in Russia
Sovetskiy
Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
Building
on Stones Rather than Sand
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