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Interfax, December 17, 2003

Yavlinsky does not plan to participate in the presidential elections

Grigory Yavlinsky does not plan to participate in the forthcoming presidential elections, considering them to be undemocratic. He made this statement in an interview with Interfax on December 17, 2003.

According to Yavlinsky, "As there is no court independent of the presidential administration, as there are no independent mass media or independent sources of financing [of the parties], there can be no real political competition which is the essence of any election."

Yavlinsky also stressed that in his opinion the State Duma elections held on December 7 were unfair. He again expressed his doubts in the correctness of the vote counting and said that the YABLOKO party may consequentlyapply to courts at different levels.

A final decision on the participation of the party in the presidential elections will be adopted by the congress of the Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO which will take place next weekend.

 

See also:

Presidential elections 2004

Interfax, December 17, 2003

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