Mikhailov: The main reasons for the failure are subjective. It was attributable to the lack of any strategy and planning of the electoral campaign, the inertia of the campaign and inability to quickly react to the situation; no breakdown of Yabloko's propaganda into different audiences and regions; general slackness; lack of counter-propaganda; non-selective work with single-mandate candidates, insufficient concentration of resources on the candidates that had very good chances of winning; introduction and support (including financial support) of a large number of obviously weak candidates; subjective approach in work with candidates and regional organisations; clearly poor management in Yabloko's federal head-quarters; insufficient propaganda through ORT and RTR TV channels and regional television channels, sometimes poor preparation for the free television debates (for example, when I appeared on the ORT programme, I was surprised to learn that I had to participate in the debates with different parties to the ones I had been told about by Yabloko's headquarters. Furthermore we received no assistance from Yabloko's headquarters) for the "Vox Populi" programme of the NTV channel (especially in the discussions with Sergei Kiryenko and Georgy Boos). Other reasons include poor political work with governors, as well as virtual non-participation in the elections of mayors, governors, etc., that were held simultaneously with the Duma elections (for example, there were no Yabloko candidates at these elections). It is high time for a party with a six year history to resolve such problems). If we lack our own candidates, we could support someone else, but failure to participate means failure.