Duma Urges Ustinov to End Gitin Inquiry

The Moscow Times, July 26, 2000

The State Duma has sent an inquiry to Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov calling for an end to the criminal investigation against former legislator Viktor Gitin.

Gitin, the former deputy head of the Duma’s budget committee and a member of the Yabloko faction, was arrested in March on charges of getting kickbacks from a Krasnoyarsk bank for arranging transfers of federal funds through its accounts during his term in parliament.

St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko opposes any reduction in regional revenues envisaged by the budget for 2001

Press Realise, July 19, 2000

The St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko Association has stated that it believes that it would be "wrong in principle" to reduce the revenues of the regions envisaged by the budget for 2001.

Elena Mizulina: Yabloko and the Union of Right-Wing Forces have grave doubts about one of the articles in the “second” law of the presidential package, where the State Duma needs to overrule the veto of the Federation Council

Press Realise, July 19, 2000

Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on Legislation Elena Mizulina (Yabloko faction) thinks that on July 19, 2000 the State Duma will support the version of the draft law on the formation of the Federation Council proposed by the conciliatory commission.

Sickly Gitin Freed

KRASNOYARSK , Western Siberia — Former State Duma Deputy Viktor Gitin, who was arrested three weeks ago on charges of bribery, was released from a prison hospital Monday, but had to sign an obligation not to leave Krasnoyarsk.

Yabloko Campaigner Flees Bashkortostan After Arrest

The Moscow Times, By Oksana Yablokova, Staff Writer, Thursday, March 30, 2000

A Yabloko party activist has been detained by police and held for a night behind bars in Bashkortostan in connection with Yabloko's opposition to the regional leader, his sister said.

Dmitry Khrustalyov is the second regional Yabloko activist detained in the past week in what appears to be a national campaign against the liberal opposition party.

Former Yabloko Deputy Held On Bribe-Taking Allegations

$10Bln Debt Write-Off Derided as Too Little

Tuesday, February 15, 2000

A day after the government claimed a major triumph in convincing Western banks to write off $10.6 billion in Soviet-era debt, authoritative voices ranging from former finance ministers to the Yabloko Party came out firmly against the deal.

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Grigory Yavlinsky: the absence of independent information has caused Russia’s troubles throughout its history

Press Realise, July 12, 2000

Lies of behalf of the authorities and the absence of independent information has been at the source of Russia’s troubles throughout its history, said Yabloko’s leader Grigory Yavlinsky, when advocating the freedom of speech at a meeting with representatives of international organisations.

Yabloko begins collecting signatures to make amendments to the Constitution on direct elections to the Federation Council

Press Realise, July 10, 2000

Yabloko has begun to collect signatures to make amendments to the Constitution, which would stipulate direct common and secret ballot elections for the Federation Council.

The provision on direct common and secret ballot elections to the Federation Council was written in Yabloko’s programme and was confirmed by the 8th Congress of the Yabloko Association (on July 8-9, 2000).

Yabloko sends its representatives to the joint Political Council for the coalition of liberal and democratic forces.

Press Realise, July 13, 2000

The following representatives of Yabloko were sent to the joint Political Council for the coalition of liberal and democratic forces: Vladimir Lukin, Sergei Ivanenko, Alexei Arbatov, Sergei Mitrokhin and Alexander Kuznetsov.

Grigory Yavlinsky re-elected Chairman of the Yabloko Association

Press Realise, July 10, 2000

Grigory Yavlinsky was re-elected Chairman of the Yabloko Association at the 8th Congress of the Association held on July 8-9, 2000.

The results of the secret ballot demonstrated that 128 delegates voted for Grigory Yavlinsky and 10 against.

Vladimir Lukin was re-elected First Deputy (199 votes for and 19 against).

Halfway to Happiness. Yabloko proposes the election of Federation Council members

Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko faction in the State Duma announced that it had started to collect signatures to support the introduction of an amendment to the Constitution of the RF on direct elections to Federation Council members.

Andrei Stepanov. Yavlinsky to breed a new type of Yabloko*

Grigory Yavlinsky said that his party Yabloko is "ready to provide a credit of trust to the present President".

However, the congress where he made this statement was devoted to another matter. Grigory Alexeevich, using medical jargon, has decided to subject Yabloko to intensive therapy: the whole party should be revived and skilfully added to the party system built by the Kremlin.

Yabloko: the choice of residence by the Representative of the President in the North-West district is provocative

Press Realise, June 26, 2000

The deputy from the Yabloko faction and Chairman of the regional branch of Yabloko, Alexander Shishlov, called the choice of residence by the plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the North-West district Vladimir Cherkesov "provocative and disrespectful" towards the citizens of St.Petersburg.

Open Letter to the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-West Federal District V.V. Cherkesov

Respected Vladimir Vasilievich,

I learnt with surprise and anguish from publications in the press that the building at Petrosvskaya Naberezhnaya, dom 2, was chosen as ther residence for the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-West federal district.

Yabloko and the SPS to vote together on amendments to the draft law on the formation of the Federation Council

Press Realise, June 21, 2000

The Coordination Council of Yabloko and the Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS)has adopted a decision to vote together on amendments to the draft law on the new procedure for forming the Federation Council.

Yabloko: It is too early to introduce 12-year school education system

Press Realise, June 15, 2000

"Yabloko thinks that the idea of switching to a 12-year school education timetable promising.

However, we oppose the active promotion of this issue before resolving first and foremost a whole range of education and social problems.

Alexei Mikhailov (Yabloko). Tax Revolution is Clogged Up

After test fails, Russia again urges U.S. to drop missile shield proposal

CNN world, July 8 2000

MOSCOW (CNN) -- Russian officials on Saturday reiterated their opposition to the U.S. National Missile Defense System after a key test of the program by the Pentagon failed overnight.