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Grigory
Yavlinsky hands out awards to the journalists
Press Release, October 22, 2002
"It would be hard to find a state in the world which
would appreciate such journalists like you," said
Chairman of the YABLOKO party Grigory Yavlinsky addressing
the winners of the All-Russia Contest of Regional
Journalists "Against All Odds" ("Vopreki"). "Corruption
has become today the basis of not only economic, but
also the state order, and we all realize the difficult
conditions in which you have to work," stressed Yavlinsky.
He also noted that the journalists-participants in
the contest had chosen "a difficult way." The award
ceremony for the winners and laureates of the contest
was held in Moscow on Tuesday, October 22, 2002.
Deputy
of the State Duma Valery Ostanin: the theatre cannot
be stored, as there are hundreds of hostages
Press Release, October 24, 2002
The theatre cannot be stormed, as there are hundreds
of hostages says deputy of the State Duma and member
of the Security Committee of the State Duma Valery
Ostanin. According to Ostanin, a careful "jeweller's
operation" is required here, as the lives of
many people now depend on the professionalism of the
security services.
The
leader of YABLOKO Grigory Yavlinsky flies to Moscow
from Novosibirsk
Press Release, October 24, 2002
On October 24, about 18:00 (Moscow time) the leader
of the YABLOKO party Grigory Yavlinsky took a regular
flight to Moscow from Novosibirsk to be able to participate
in the negotiations with the terrorists holding hostages
at a theatre in the centre of Moscow. Yavlinsky is
scheduled to arrive in Moscow at 21:00.
Grigory
Yavlinsky conducts negotiations with terrorists
Press Release, October 24, 2002, 23:50
The leader of the YABLOKO party Grigory Yavlinsky
is now inside the building of the theatre and is negotiating
with the terrorists, according to information released
by the Head of Public Relations of the Federal Bureau
of Investigations of Russia Sergei Ignatchenko to
journalists on Thursday night, October 24.
Grigory
Yavlinsky in consultations with the Kremlin
Press Release, October 25, 2002, 05:45 a.m.
The
Duma majority refused to increase financing of education
and science in 2003
Press Release, October 18,
2002
Chairman of the Duma Committee on Education
and Science, member of the YABLOKO faction Alexander
Shishlov expressed his regret that the Duma majority
refused to vote for the amendments on allotting additional
funds to the education and science sector. The amendments
were discussed on Friday, October 18, 2002.
The
meeting of the Democratic Assembly will focus on housing
and communal sector reform and the problem of cooperation
between the democratic forces at the elections of
2003-2004
Press Release, October 17, 2002
The
"big four" factions in the Duma refused
to support education and science
Press Release, October 10, 2002
Chairman of the Duma Committee on Education and Science
and member of the YABLOKO faction Alexander Shishlov
expressed his regret that representatives of the deputies'
groups the "Unity", "Fatherland - All Russia", "People's
Deputy" and "Russia's Regions" had refused to support
the amendments of the Education Committee on allotting
additional funds to the education and science sector.
The amendments for the second reading of the draft
budget for 2003 were discussed during the meeting
of the State Duma Budget and Tax Committee on Thursday,
October 10, 2002.
YABLOKO
rejects the government's variant for energy sector
reform
Press Release, October 10, 2002
The YABLOKO faction in the State Duma will vote against
the adoption in the first reading of the "package"
of draft laws on reform of the electricity sector.
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