A briefing of the leaders of YABLOKO’s list Sergei Mitrokhin
and Eugeni Bunimovich on the preliminary results of the Moscow
City Duma election took place in YABLOKO’s head-quarters in
Moscow on October 11 at 10-30 p.m.
YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin stressed that in spite
of all the difficulties he was satisfied how YABLOKO performed
in the election campaign. However, he stressed that he was
not going to make any guesses whether the party would get
into the Moscow parliament.
“We absolutely don’t know whether we will be able to get
in or not, as any elections in Russia represent an equation
in two unknowns. One unknown is how the voters may voter,
the other – how these votes will be counted. But I am satisfied
with our campaign,” Mitrokhin told to Interfax.
He also noted that “elections to the Moscow City Duma are
close to the election of a national level, therefore the campaign
was very politicized.” “During this campaign we managed to
clearly determine our friends and foes,” Mitorkhin said. He
stressed that the parties that tried to oust YABLOKO “from
the opposition area and become a pseudo-opposition” turned
out to be YABLOKO’s foes. “These are Just Russia, part of
the Right Course headed by Leonid Gozman, as well as some
representatives from the Solidarity movement”.
Mitrokhin also stressed that part of the former Pensioners’
Party which joined YABLOKO creating a faction within the party
and Russia’s small-scale business are definitely YABLOKO’s
supporters. “This campaign marks our turning to large and
potent layers of the society,” Mitrokhin said.
Detailed information (in Russian)
http://www.yabloko.ru
http://www.mosyabloko.ru
See also:
Moscow City
Duma Elections, 2009
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