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Press Release 2001
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| June 28, 2001 |
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 The
Federation Council should not deny responsibility
for decision-making on the import of nuclear waste
into Russia
Press release, 20.06.2001
The Yabloko faction of the State Duma called
on the members of the Federation Council to hold an
extraordinary meeting of the chamber to consider and
reject the package of laws on the import of nuclear
waste into Russia.
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| June 25, 2001 |
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The
Democratic Assembly opposes the forced return of refugees
to Chechnya
Press release, 22.06.2001
Late on June 22 2001, the Administration of the President
of the RF received a statement from the Democratic
Assembly on the inadmissibility of the forced return
of refugees to Chechnya.
Yabloko
may support redistribution of the top posts in the
Duma, including change of Speaker
Press release, 20.06.2001
At the meeting of the Council of the Duma on June
19, 2001, Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction in the
Duma Sergei Ivanenko raised the issue of changing
the Chairman of the Duma Committee for Labour and
Social Policies...
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| June 22, 2001 |
To
the first meeting of the All-Russia Democratic Assembly
Press release,
19.06.2001
The Yabloko party welcomes the beginning
of the work of the All-Russia Democratic Assembly, which
opened on June 19, 2001 in Moscow. Yabloko sees the
All-Russia Democratic Assembly as a permanent forum
of democratically-oriented political and civil organisations,
whose representatives will have an opportunity to discuss
without intermediaries the vital problems of Russia
and develop, on the basis of mutual accord, a general
approach to their resolution.
The
All-Russia Democratic Assembly to schedule the actions
of the democratic forces
Press release,
19.06.2001
 The
participants of the All-Russia Democratic Assembly
which took place in Moscow on June 19, 2001, demanded
that the forced return of the refugees to Chechnya
should be prohibited. According to Deputy Speaker
of the State Duma Irina Khakamada, who participated
at the meeting, the Yabloko and SPS factions of the
State Duma will initiate the corresponding resolution
of the lower chamber of the Russian parliament. As
was noted by many participants of the Assembly, the
requisite conditions for normal life should be created
in Chechnya first, before the refugees from Chechnya
start to return to their previous residences...
See
"Democratic
coalition" section of the web-site
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| June 19, 2001 |
Grigory
Yavlinsky does not see any alternative to the development
of a new liberal democratic course for reforms in Russia
Press release,
09.06.2001
The Yabloko party advocates
the development of a new liberal democratic course for
reforms in Russia that should be conducted “in the interests
of the majority of Russia’s citizens”. This statement
was made by the leader of the Yabloko party Grigory
Yavlinsky in St. Petersburg on Saturday, June 9, 2001.
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| June 18, 2001 |
Yabloko
to initiate nation-wide referendum on the problem of
imports of nuclear waste into Russia
Press release,
10.06.2001
The Central Council of the Yabloko party adopted a decision
to initiate a nation-wide referendum on the problem
of imports of nuclear waste into Russia during its meeting
in Pavlovsk (suburb of St. Petersburg) on June 10, 2001.
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| June 15, 2001 |
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All-Russia
Forum of Yabloko's representatives in the legislative
and executive authorities to be held in St. Petersburg
Press release,
08.06.2001
On June 9-10 2001, the All-Russia Forum of Yabloko's
representatives in the legislative and executive authorities
will take place in St. Petersburg. About 400 members
of Yabloko from all of Russia will participate in
this Forum.
Yabloko's
deputy submits to the Duma a draft law aimed at eliminating
the most frequent violations during election campaigns
Press release,
08.06.2001
Deputy of the State Duma from the Yabloko faction
Alexander Shishlov submitted to the Duma a draft law
"On Amendments and Addenda to the Federal Law
"On Basic Guarantees of Election Rights and the
Right to Participate in a Referendum of the Citizens
of the Russian Federation." The draft law aims
to eliminate widespread violations and abuses of power
during election campaigns.
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| June 13, 2001 |
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Yabloko
insists on a referendum on the import of nuclear waste
to Russia
Press release, 06.06.2001
 The
Yabloko party insists on a nation-wide referendum
to postpone the laws allowing for the import of spent
nuclear fuel into Russia, even if this law is approved
by the Federation Council and signed by the President.
At the same time Yabloko will do all it can to persuade
the Federation Council and the President not to plunge
the country into ecological catastrophe.
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| June 4, 2001 |
A
military helicopter was shot down on the border of Chechnya
and Ingushetia
Press release
On May 31, 2001, a helicopter of the Federal Border
Guard Service of the RF was shot down by Nesterovskaya
settlement on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia.
Deputies of the State Duma, Alexei Arbatov, Deputy Chairman
of the Duma Committee for Defence (the Yabloko faction)
and Evgeny Zelyenov, member of the Committee, Hero of
Russia (Regions of Russia Group) were on board the helicopter.
The deputies were returning from a working trip to Chechnya.
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| June 1, 2001 |
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Sergei
Ivanenko: appointment of Alexei Miller as Head of
the Board of OAO Gazprom confirms the desire of the
authorities to have total control over all spheres
of life in the country
Grigory
Yavlinsky insists on urgent implementation of reforms
in Russia
The leader of the Yabloko party Grigory
Yavlinsky thinks that it is necessary to urgently
implement the following three main reforms inRussia:
create an independent judicial system, find a political
alternative tothe war in Chechnya and introduce a
more transparent and rational tax system.
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