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Country at a Crossroads. Grigory Yavlinsky's Lecture
to the Nobel Institute “On the Future of Russia and
Its Economy”
Obschaya Gazeta, December 28, 2000, No 52
It is hard to dwell upon Russia’s future. However,
it is also hard to speculate about current developments
in Russia today and even about past events. I think
that the joke that Russia is a country with an unpredictable
past rings very close to the truth …
Vladimir
Putin’s meeting with representatives of Yabloko lasted
three and a half hours
NTV channel , December 25,
2000
According to information from the NTV
television company, with a reference to the Interfax
agency, the President met with representatives of
the Yabloko faction of the State Duma tonight.
Putin
meets with Yabloko leader Yavlinsky
Russian
Information Agency Novosti, December 26,
2000
Vladimir Putin met with the Yabloko
leader Grigory Yavlinsky, Head of the Yabloko faction
in the State Duma, and several other members of the
Yabloko faction in the Kremlin.
Proposed
Law Could Eradicate Most Parties
St Peterburg Times , December 15, 2000
MOSCOW - The Central Elections Commission is pushing
for a new law on political parties that would slash
the number of existing political groups by over 90
percent, leaving only a dozen or so major players
and barring the rest from participating in parliamentary
elections.
UNION
OF RIGHT-WING FORCES WANTS LENIN OUT OF THE MAUSOLEUM
Moskovsky Komsomolets, December 14, 2000
Outraged over the decision to bring back the Soviet
national anthem, the Union of Right-Wing Forces Duma
faction has raised the issue of burying Lenin's body.
An appeal to President Vladimir Putin to create a
memorial centre on Red Square in Moscow was proposed
at the Duma Council yesterday.
Parliament
Restores Soviet Anthem
The Moscow Times, December 9, 2000
The State Duma on Friday overwhelmingly approved
President Vladimir Putin's request to reinstate the
tune of the Stalin-era anthem and a tsarist flag and
eagle as the country's state symbols.
Parliament
Opens Debate on State Symbols
The Moscow Times, December 8, 2000
Russia's parliament opened debate Friday on President
Vladimir Putin's proposal to give the country a mixed
bag of state symbols ranging from the tsarist eagle
to the Stalin-era Soviet anthem.
"Unbreakable
Union" restored
Izvestia,
Alexander Sadchikov, December
9, 2000
State symbols have been adopted, but
it doesn't feel like a celebration.On December 8,
the Duma passed laws on Russia's national anthem,
flag, coat of arms, and symbols for the Armed Forces
and the Navy.
Parliament
Restores Soviet Anthem.
The Moscow Times
By Ron Popeski and Tara FitzGerald, Reuters.
Saturday, Dececmber 09, 2000.
The State Duma on Friday overwhelmingly approved
President Vladimir Putin's request to reinstate
the tune of the Stalin-era anthem and a tsarist
flag and eagle as the country's state symbols. The
Duma pushed through the legislation in less than
three hours.
Soviet
anthem unacceptable for Russia
The Times of India, Sunday, December 3,
2000
Moscow - The old Soviet anthem is unacceptable for
today's Russia, a prominent reformist leader and lawmaker
has warned, deepening the public controversy over
Russia's future anthem.
"Russia is a very different state now, based
on different principles and traditions, and it's wrong
to repeat another regime's anthem, it will rip the
society apart," Grigory Yavlinsky, head of the
liberal party Yabloko, said in a radio interview Saturday.
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