| A new movement called Yabloko Without Yavlinskii has
emerged, "Gazeta" reported on 5 August. Despite comments from
leaders of regional Yabloko branches, such as Bashkortostan's Igor Rabinovich,
that the movement was manufactured by the party's enemies, the daily argues
that Yabloko Without Yavlinskii is a product of the centrifugal tendencies
within the party. It notes that former Duma Deputy Yurii Boldyrev, Deputy
Vyacheslav Igrunov, former Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov, and "about
20 other leaders" quit Yabloko at various times because they were
unable to work with Yavlinskii.
According to "Rossiiskaya gazeta" on 5 August, Igor Morozov,
the leader of the new movement, is a deputy in St. Petersburg's legislature.
The daily reported that the movement has activists in Moscow, Yekaterinburg,
Nizhnii Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Ufa, and Chelyabinsk.
Meanwhile, Sergei Mitrokhin,
deputy leader of the Yabloko faction in the State Duma, referred to the
movement's formation as political "hackwork" and an action of
"black PR," RosBalt reported the same day. He said it is an
action without support, similar to other paid provocations.
See also:
State Duma elections
2003
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