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.

A corresponding decision, signed by Yabloko’s Chairman Grigory Yavlinsky on July 13, 2000, stipulates that Yabloko’s representatives were sent to the Political Council “to speed up the creation of an effective democratic coalition”.

This list of representatives from Yabloko should be approved by the Central Council of the Yabloko Association.

Grigory Yavlinsky authorised the representatives from Yabloko “to prepare and discuss the regulations on a joint Political Council, agenda and work procedures with representatives from the Union of Right-Wing Forces.”

Yabloko and the SPS factions of the State Duma adopted a joint decision to create a section on education policy under the Co-ordination Council of the factions. The main task of the section is as follows:

• co-ordinate the positions and actions of the factions in education policy;
• drafted a united stance of the factions on education policy, etc.

The heads of the factions Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Nemtsov appointed deputy heads of the Duma Committee for Education, Alexander Shishlov (Yabloko) and Ludmilla Glebova (SPS), as co-chairpersons of the section.

See also:

Agreement on Measures for creating a coalition of the political public organisations the Union of the Right-Wing Forces and Yabloko

Grigory Yavlinsky: Protocol on a coalition between the SPS and Yabloko may be signed shortly

Sergei Ivanenko: The union between the SPS and Yabloko was a correct step: the strategy targeted at uniting all democratic forces will be continued

Yabloko calls on democrats to unite

Yabloko and SPS begin working together