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Press-archive
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Press
release, 27.02.2000
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The leaders of
St Petersburg branches of Yabloko and “Democratic Russia”
back Sergei Stepashin in his decision to run for Governor
of St. Petersburg
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Chairman of the Political Council of the St Petersburg
branch of Yabloko and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko faction
in the Duma Igor Artemyev supports the decision of ex-Prime
Minister Sergei Stepashin to run for Governor of St. Petersburg.
This declaration was made on February 25, 2000. Igor Artemyev,
who had been regarded as one of the real candidates for
the post of Governor of St Petersburg, stressed that “he
was ready to abstain from participation in the race in favour
of Sergei Stepashin”.
“I have said several times that he (Sergei Stepashin) could
become a single consolidating candidate for the Governor
post for all the democratic forces in St. Petersburg”, stated
Igor Artemyev.
Adding that he is only expressing his personal opinion,
Igor Artemyev said that the final position of the St Petersburg
branch of Yabloko would be defined at the regional conference
scheduled to start work on February 26.
The leader of St Petersburg branch of the “Democratic Russia”
party Ruslan Lynkov also said that he “welcomes the decision
of Sergei Stepashin to run for Governor of St Petersburg”.
Lynkov added: "We think that the democratic forces of the
northern capital must create a broad coalition that would
propose Sergei Stepashin as their sole candidate for the
post of Governor".
In his opinion, electing Sergei Stepashin as Governor of
St Petersburg “would provide a powerful boost to economic
and political reforms in the northern capital and would
also put an end to the criminal arbitrary rule that has
been created by the actions of the present administration
of the city".
Based on Interfax reports.
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Igor Artemyev
is elected Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko faction in the
State Duma
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Chairman of the Political Council of the St Petersburg
branch of Yabloko, Igor Artemyev was elected Deputy Chairman
(in charge of legislative work) of the Yabloko faction in
the State Duma.
In an interview with journalists, Igor Artemyev said that
he would be responsible for preparation of that draft laws
that the Yabloko faction plans to submit to the deputies
of the lower chamber of the Russian parliament.
In particular, according to Igor Artemyev, at present the
faction has been preparing “a number of significant amendments”
to the Budget and Tax Codes of the Russian Federation. The
faction is working on additions and amendments to the civil-legal
procedure, arbitrage and legal criminal procedure law. Igor
Artemyev noted that St Petersburg has “abundant positive
experience in tackling numerous financial and fiscal issues”,
and added that “a moratorium on tax hikes for the next two
years is virtually ready to be submitted to the deputies
of the Duma”.
He also reminded journalists that the same kind of document
had been adopted and was in force in the northern capital
of Russia.
Drawing on St Petersburg experience, the Yabloko faction
would also the application at federal level of a simplified
tax system for small businesses.
Based on Interfax reports
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Grigory
Yavlinsky declares that his views on the Chechen problem
differ to those of Vladimir Putin
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In the State Duma, the leader of the Yabloko faction, Grigory
Yavlinsky said that a number of very important issues were
discussed during a meeting held in the Kremlin on Saturday
26, 2000, between the acting President Vladimir Putin and
the leaders of the Duma factions, including the situation
in Chechnya, economic policy and vodka prices.
In an interview with the “Ekho Moskvi” radio station after
the meeting, Yavlinsky said that he could not say that his
views on the Chechen problem coincided with those of Vladimir
Putin.
According to Yavlinsky, at the meeting he raised the issue
of formulating a political concept for regulating the conflict
in the Northern Caucasus. Yavlinsky said that a political
solution of the Chechen problem is required to reduce the
number of victims.
Yavlinsky also said that he and Putin held different views
on conducting presidential elections in Chechnya on March
26, and that they still disagreed on this issue.
Yavlinsky also noted that an agreement to continue considering
the issues related to regulation of the Chechen problem
was reached at the meeting.
Based on Interfax reports.
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