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Presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky thinks that a
state of emergency should be introduced in those areas of
Chechnya that lack local self-government. This refers in
particular to such areas as "Grozny, which has been ruined
to the core", stated Grigory Yavlinsky in a press conference
in Moscow on March 20, 2000.
He added that "a state of emergency is necessary to place
the situation in Chechnya onto a legal footing". Speaking
about the introduction of direct presidential rule in the
republic, Yavlinsky indicated that a special law must be
adopted to implement this. Grigory Yavlinsky stressed once
again that stability in the Northern Caucasus can only be
achieved, if force is accompanied by political regulation.
"I have been trying to achieve implementation of this formula
for seven months already," said Grigory Yavlinsky.
"The country have already paid a huge price with the lives
of many people owing to the lack of such a formula," stressed
Yavlinsky. Grigory Yavlinsky also said that "liquidation
of the terrorist groups and bands is an absolute imperative
and is not subject to debate." "However, a normal civil
life in Chechnya and political regulation there are absolutely
necessary," said Yavlinsky.
Based on Interfax reports.
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Grigory Yavlinsky
says that a Russian-European anti-missile defence system
should be created on the basis of Russian technologies and
the military industrial complex of Russia
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Presidential candidate and leader of Yabloko, Grigory Yavlinsky,
says that a "Russian-European anti-missile defence system
protecting Europe and Russia from possible terrorist threats,
including nuclear threats", should be created. On March
20, presenting his presidential programme"The Break-through
Strategy", Grigory Yavlinsky stressed that Russia has everything
it needs to create a Russian-European anti-missile system,
based on Russian technologies and the military-industrial
complex of Russia.
"This is a more productive, serious and important activity
than vain meetings in Brussels with talks about nothing
and the constant exchange of compliments, reproaches and
injuries," said Grigory Yavlinsky.
At the press conference after the presentation of the
programme Yavlinsky noted that "Russia needs an anti-missile
defence system targeted at protecting the country from terrorist
nuclear missile attacks." "When we signed the general treaty
on an anti-missile defence system, it was impossible to
imagine that terrorists could have such weapons," said Yavlinsky.
Today, according to Yavlinsky, "such a threat has emerged".
"But proceeding from professional military, geo-strategical
and geographical grounds, Russia can create such an anti-missile
system that is vitally important for a Russia, which only
cooperates with the European countries." Grigory Yavlinsky
also stressed that Russian technologies in this field are
"far better developed and better prepared, tests showed
that they achieve this task much better than American technologies".
Based on Interfax reports.
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Nemtsov believes
that Yavlinsky's presence in the second round of presidential
elections would be useful for Russia.
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One of the leaders on the Union of Right Forces and Deputy
Speaker of the State Duma, Boris Nemtsov, thinks that "it
would be much better for Russia if Vladimir Putin and Grigory
Yavlinsky got through to the second round of the presidential
elections."
A possible victory of Grigory Yavlinsky over the leader
of the CPRF Gennady Zyuganov would demonstrate the "final
recovery of Russia", said Boris Nemtsov in an interview
on March 20, 2000.
He added that it would be a "very powerful strike against
communism in general and the representatives of the CPRF
in the State Duma in particular." The passage into the second
round of the presidential elections of Vladimir Putin and
Grigory Yavlinsky would "guarantee that the country will
move towards democracy and continue its transformations"
and that "Russia will not face a threat of dictatorship,
and that there is a chance to become a real European country,"
stressed Boris Nemtsov.
According to Nemtsov, passage into the second round of
the Yabloko leader would also mean "the beginning of the
transformations towards a socially oriented market" and
"would provide a guarantee against drastic military actions."
Based on Interfax reports.
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Grigory Yavlinsky:
Electing Vladimir Putin as President of Russia will imply
continuation of the economic policy of Yeltsin's Administration
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Electing Vladimir Putin President of Russia will "mean
a continuation of the "reform" policy of Yeltsin's Administration
towards the establishment in Russia of a special type of
economic relationship," thinks Grigory Yavlinsky.
Grigory Yavlinsky has come to this conclusion from an analysis
of the "multiple declarations and certain actions (or absence
of actions) of the Administration of the acting President."
Grigory Yavlinsky's article "The Economic Face of Putin"
that contains this analysis was published by the "Vremya
Novostei" newspaper on March 20. The aforementioned "special
type of economic relationships" is based on a "deep gap
between real relationships and their external legal cover;
the prevalence of administrative and criminal leverages
in relationships between private economic subjects;
the key role played by private rather than public control
over resources and financial flows;
extremely low degree of trust in business relationships
and lack of serious intentions to create it;
orientation of all the economic subjects, including state
departments involved in this activity, towards the resolution
of only short-term goals."
"From this viewpoint the support, even a forced one, provided
by Vladimir Putin to Russia's economic elite will mean its
desire and readiness to further Yeltsin's way even without
Yeltsin", stressed Grigory Yavlinsky.
Based on Interfax reports.
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