Yavlinsky, Yabloko Gain Key Support

The St.Petersburg Times,

By Brian Whitmore Staff Writer

February 23, 2000

Liberal economist Grigory Yavlinsky, long the odd man out in Russian politics, suddenly seems to be picking up support among media and financial elites as well as in the country's regions.

Yavlinsky Presses Putin on Borodin

Grigory Yavlinsky has called on acting President Vladimir Putin to make his position clear on the situation involving Pavel Borodin, a former top Kremlin official who is wanted in Switzerland on charges of money laundering.

Putin "must finally and clearly indicate his position regarding high-ranking officials accused of corruption," Yabloko's Yavlinsky said Sunday night, Interfax reported.

Interview of Grigory Yavlinsky on Sergei Dorenko’s programme

The ORT channel, February 12, 2000

Interviewer: Sergei Dorenko

Dorenko: One of the aspiring presidential candidates is with us here today. I say "aspiring", to prevent the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) from becoming angry with us (Ed. At the time Yavlinsky had not been approved by the CEC as a candidate).

Interview of Grigory Yavlinsky on Vesti TV programme

Approved as presidential candidate, Grigory Yavlinsky, a veteran of election campaigns, rushed to explain the specifics governing the present elections: “Today we have a choice between three ways: the first is incomprehensible to everybody, the second is definitely worse and the third is definitely better. Let our citizens choose how they want to live”.

Interview of Grigory Yavlinsky on the "Hero of the Day" programme

Svetlana Sorokina: Hello. You are watching the "Hero of the Day" programme. Today the lexicon of Russian politics obtained a new word: "koziyed". This is the term used by the leader of the Yabloko faction, Grigory Yavlinsky, to describe the Duma majority, consisting of CO-mmunists, the ZI-rynovsky faction and "Yed-instvo" (the Unity). Today the author of this neologism is the guest in our studio. Hello, Grigory Alexeevich.