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Press release, 29.05.2000

 

Grigory Yavlinsky will participate in the annual International Monetary Conference and will also deliver a lecture in the Nobel Institute

On May 28-31 Grigory Yavlinsky will participate in the annual International Monetary Conference to be held in Paris.

The conference will be opened by the President of France Jacques Chiraq and Prime Minister of France Lionel Jospin The International Monetary Conference is a private organisation that brings together the executive directors of a hundred of the leading world banks (from 28 countries), in particular such banks as Credit Commercial de France, the Federal Reserve bank of New York, the European Investment Bank, Kommerzbank AG, etc., as well as finance ministers and representatives of the central banks of developed countries (Canada, the Central Bank of Europe, the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve System of the USA, the Bank of France, the German Bundesbank, the Bank of Japan).

On May 29 Grigory Yavlinsky will leave Paris for Oslo to deliver a lecture in the Nobel Institute with the Nobel Prize Committee on May 30.

The topic of the lecture is “The Future of Russia”.

On June 1, 2000, at the invitation of the Oxford University Discussion Club, Grigory Yavlinsky will participate in one of the Oxford debate(in the UK).

The topic be debated by Grigory Yavlinsky in the club is entitled “Russia has no Future as a Superpower”. The Oxford University Discussion Club was founded in 1823. US Presidents Nixon and Carter, Mother Theresa, Yasser Arafat, the Dalai Lama I. Shamir, Benazir Bhutto, F. de Clerk and other famous people have participated in the club's debates.

Grigory Yavlinsky participates in the public debates in the Oxford University on the topic entitled Russia has no Future as a Superpower.

Late on June 1, 2000, Grigory Yavlinsky will debate with members of the Debating Chamber of Oxford University (UK).

The topic to be debated by Grigory Yavlinsky at the club is entitled Russia has no Future as a Superpower. The discussion will be organised in accordance with the procedure adopted in the House of Commons of the English Parliament and will last 135 minutes.

Based on the results of the discussion, the House will issue a verdict on the winning viewpoint. The audience of the Chamber comprises the world academic and political elite and the students of Oxford University.

The Debating Chamber of Oxford University was founded in 1823. At different times US Presidents Nixon and Carter, Mother Theresa, Yasser Arafat, the Dalai Lama I. Shamir, Benazir Bhutto, F. de Clerk and other famous people have participated in the debates.