Grigory Yavlinsky elected LI Vice-President of Honour
Press release, 23.05.2017
Yabloko founder and presidential candiate Grigory Yavlinsky was elected LI Vice-President of Honour at Liberal International’s 70th-anniversary Congress in Andorra.
In 2004 Grigory Yavlinsky was awarded with the Liberal International Prize for Freedom for his defence of liberal democracy and market economics in both the USSR and the Russian Federation.
Yavlinsky at the awarding ceremony in Berlin
The 70th Congress adopted a new edition of the Liberal Manifesto. Grigory Yavlinsky took active part in the development of the document.
Liberal International was founded in 1947 to strengthen liberal protection from totalitarianism and communism. The founding “Oxford Manifesto” (1947) is widely considered as one of the most important political documents of the 20th century. It has since become the pre-eminent network for promoting liberalism, individual freedom, human rights, the rule of law, tolerance, equality of opportunity, social justice, free trade and a market economy.
Yabloko has been member of Liberal International since 1998 and participates in the development of joint liberal answers on the key issues of the international politics and facilitates the spread of objective information on Russia.
Posted: May 24th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.