| August 31, 2001 |
 Yabloko
is positive about the results of the discussion of the
education reform at the meeting of the State Council
and proposes a mechanism for school financing
Press release, August 27, 2001
“Yabloko is positive about the results of the discussion
of the education reform, held at a meeting of the State
Council on August 29,” said Deputy of the State Duma
from the Yabloko faction, Deputy Head of the Duma Committee
on Education and Science Alexander Shishlov. “Attention
paid by the President and governors to education issues
leads us to hope that the state recognises the importance
of the resolution of the problems in education for the
development of our country,” noted Shishlov. |
| August 29, 2001 |
Draft
budget for 2002 is about five thousand pages long
Press release, August 27, 2001
The draft budget for 2002 is about
five thousand pages long, First Deputy Head of the
Yabloko faction in the State Duma Sergei Ivanenko
told journalists. According to Ivanenko, one copy
of this document, including all the appendices, was
brought to the Duma in three boxes of paper.
Yabloko
welcomes the reduction in the “lobbyist items” in
the budget for 2002
Press release, August 27, 2001
The Yabloko faction of the State Duma
welcomes the reduction in the so-called “lobbyist
items” in the draft budget for 2002, said First Deputy
Head of the Yabloko faction Sergei Ivanenko in an
interview with journalists on Monday August 27, 2001.
According to Ivanenko, one of the positive aspects
of the draft budget concerns the reduction of financing
in “lobbyist items”, in particular, agriculture, industry
and investment programmes.
Vladimir
Lukin is critical of NATO’s operation in Macedonia
Press release, August 27, 2001
Deputy Speaker
of the State Duma from the Yabloko faction Vladimir
Lukin thinks that from the viewpoint of the UN Charter
the legitimacy of NATO’s operation in Macedonia is
“doubtful”. Lukin noted that foreign troops could
be brought into the country only on invitation by
its government and only for self-defence.
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| August 23, 2001 |
The
Yabloko faction in the State Duma urges the continuation
of the federal comprehensive programme for developing
small and medium towns of Russia
Press release, August 17, 2001
The Yabloko faction in the State Duma of the Russian
Federation calls for the Russian government to reject
plans to end the federal comprehensive programme “Development
of Small and Medium Towns of the Russian Federation
under Conditions of Economic Reform”. This declaration
was made by Sergei Mitrokhin, deputy of the Yabloko
faction and Deputy Head of the Duma Committee on Local
Government. |
| August 20, 2001 |
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Mikhail
Zadornov: privatisation-2002 programme will raise
serious debate in the Duma
Press release, August 16, 2001
Deputy Head of the Budget Committee
of the Duma and member of the Yabloko faction Mikhail
Zadornov thinks that there is nothing unusual in the
governmental programme to privatise state enterprises
for 2002. At the same time he thinks that the total
price (18 bln roubles) of the enterprises is greatly
understated.
Mikhail
Zadornov: no threat for Russia in the depreciation
of the dollar
Press release, August 16,
2001
The depreciation of the dollar against
the EURO and Japanese yen in the near future, i.e.
by the end of this year, will not affect Russia’s
economy and the rouble/dollar rate. Such an opinion
was expressed by Mikhail Zadornov, Deputy Head of
the Budget Committee of the Duma and member of the
Yabloko faction, in an interview with journalists
on Thursday, August 16, 2001.
After
meeting with Condoleezza Rice, Grigory Yavlinsky declared
that the US had acknowledged the urgent need to create
a non-strategic Russian-European ABM
Press release, July 26, 2001
America acknowledges the acuteness of the creation
of non-strategic Russian-European anti-ballistic missile
defence (ABM) system involving the US, said the leader
of the Yabloko party and its parliamentary faction
Grigory Yavlinsky in an interview with the Interfax
agency on Thursday.
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| August 17, 2001 |
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Mikhail
Zadornov: Amendments to the law “On the Central Bank
of the RF” may be adopted by the end of the autumn
session of the Duma
Press release, August 16, 2001
Amendments to the law “On
the Central Bank of the RF” may be adopted by the
State Duma and approved by the Federation Council
by the end of the autumn session of the Duma, thinks
Mikhail Zadornov, Deputy Head of the Budget Committee
of the Duma and member of the Yabloko faction.
Yabloko
will prepare alternative draft budget for 2002
Press release, August 14, 2001
The Yabloko faction will
develop and submit to the State Duma an alternative
draft federal budget for 2002; one of the key aspects
of Yabloko’s draft will be the financing of military
reform. This statement was made for the press by Sergei
Ivanenko, Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction in the
State Duma.
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