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Programme
resolution of the 12th congress of Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO
The 12th congress of the Russian Democratic Party
YABLOKO, July 4, 2004
Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO declares itself as a democratic opposition
to the President, the Government and the State Duma and considers as its
overall objective a change in the political regime in Russia.
YABLOKO
says monetisation of benefits is unjustified.
By Taisia Nikitineko, ITAR-TASS, July 3, 2004
YABLOKO leader Grigory Yavlinsky said the government's decision
to monetise benefits was unfounded.
He proposed starting the replacement of benefits with cash payments
with the government.
"If the government thinks that cash payments are so useful, why
don't they begin with themselves?", he asked.
Yavlinsky:
YABLOKO is ready to cooperate with left-wing parties
RIA "Novosti", July 3, 2004
"Yet, there is a borderline - we will never accede to any kind
of alliances with those who approve and propagate the methods employed
by Stalin, Beria or Lenin," Yavlinsky pointed out.
YABLOKO
calls for a single list of democratic candidates in the elections.
By Taisia Nikitineko, ITAR-TASS, July 3, 2004
"We are doing everything possible to ensure that we have a
list of united democrats in the next elections," Yavlinsky
said.
Grigory
Yavlinsky: "I should have been firmer"
By Olga Tropkina, Izvestia, p. 3, July 6, 2004
"We are prepared to unite with everybody - with the right wing
and with social democrats, provided that they are not followers
of Lenin and Stalin or represent the corporate-criminal structure,"
Yavlinsky replied.
Yavlinsky
Attributes Split To "Black PR"
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, July 7, 2004
In a comment on the split, Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky expressed
"deep anxiety" about the spreading of the "dirtiest
form of political black PR" and its latest victim, the Communist
Party, RosBalt reported.
Russian
Democratic Party YABLOKO, We are impeding the rapid development
of a Potyomkin Village in Russia
Statement, Novaya Gazeta, January 22, 2004
The present developments are such that the YABLOKO party should not participate
in the presidential elections. It is impossible to conduct an independent
and free election campaign today.
Russian
Democratic Party YABLOKO, Bureau of the Federal Council
Statement, January 15, 2004
...The socio-demographic characteristics of the country have been
continuously deteriorating. The arbitrary rule of the authorities
and police has intensified and aspects of totalitarianism have been
revived in Russia.
The
Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO, The 12th Congress: Resolution
on participation in presidential elections, December 21, 2003
The
Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO, The 12th Congress: Resolution
about Democratic Coalition, December 21, 2003
Yabloko
won't take part in presidential elections
RosBusinessConsulting, December 22, 2003
The Yabloko party will not nominate its candidate for the presidential
elections in March 2004, because it believes that, in the present
political situation in Russia, fair and equal elections are impossible,
Grigory Yavlinsky, the leader of Yabloko, said after the party's
congress at the weekend.
Yabloko
snubs Putin and elections
By Yelena Rudneva, Gazeta.ru, December 22, 2003
According to Yavlinsky's key-note address to the gathering, Yabloko
aims to create a large democratic party ''that will truly unite the democratic
opposition for the next four years''. ''We will learn to work outside
parliament,'' Yavlinsky told the press after the congress.
Yabloko
refuses to back Putin's nomination for presidency.
By Natalya Panshina, ITAR-TASS, December 21, 2003
This amendment was
specially included on Sunday in the text of a
decision where the Yabloko congress confirmed that the party would not
be participating in the forthcoming presidential elections scheduled for
March 2004.
Yabloko
to concentrate on local elections for next four years
By Natalya Panshina, ITAR-TASS, December 21, 2003
The Yabloko Party will concentrate on regional and municipal elections
for the next four years in order to lay the a foundations for "a
big democratic party," Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky told
the press during a break of the party congress.
Russian
liberals scorn the forthcoming presidential elections
Ekho Moskvy, December 21, 2003
Mitrokhin:...This mass use of the
administrative resource, the obvious ballot rigging during the counting
of votes, the lack of a free media which could give all candidates equal
conditions as well as the lack of any judicial system where something
can be proved, transforms the forthcoming
presidential elections into a farce.
YABLOKO
to boycott 2004 presidential elections
RIA "Novosti", December 21, 2003
"The party will not nominate a presidential candidate," Yavlinsky
reported after the Yabloko congress. Previously the Yabloko leader had
been nominated for the presidency three times.
YABLOKO
congress to discuss election camapign issues
RIA "Novosti", December 20, 2003
The Yabloko party
will hold its congress on December 20-21, to define the format of its participation
in the presidential elections, a spokesperson for the party's press center
told RIA Novosti.
The
Union of Right-Wing Forces is afraid that YABLOKO may be siding
with the Kremlin
By Anatoly Kostyukov, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, December 19, 2003
Needless to say, the prospect of a boycott frightened the Kremlin
- and Yavlinsky may have been summoned in the hope of persuading
the YABLOKO leader to abandon a protest action that could jeopardize
the necessary voter turnout.
YABLOKO
decides not to nominate any candidate for presidency
By Natalya Panshina, ITAR-TASS, December 21, 2003
Yavlinsky stressed that the party's main task for the next four years
would be the formation of "a large impressive democratic party"
which would operate outside the
legislature as "a democratic opposition".
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