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Press-archive, August 2000
August 22, 2000

Telegramme of Grigory Yavlinsky to the Headquarters of the Northern Fleet

It is hard to find the words to express the pain of loss and our endless

condolences to all the relatives of the selfless and courageous defenders of our Motherland who died so tragically.

August 21, 2000

The Yabloko faction insists on an independent parliamentary enquiry into the causes of the “Kursk” submarine disaster

The Yabloko faction considers it necessary to conduct an independent parliamentary enquiry into the causes of the accident, in particular the rescue operation of the nuclear submarine “Kursk”, First Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction in the State Duma, Sergei Ivanenko, told journalists today.

August 19, 2000

Reaction of Alexei Melnikov to the declaration of the head of the North Fleet Vice-Admiral M. Motsak and the speech of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government I. Klebanov

The deputy of the Yabloko faction in the State Duma Alexei Melnikov made the following statement in an interview available on the Yabloko server today:

Yabloko thinks that the officials of the Government and the Navy should not make any assumptions that the crew of the submarine “Kursk” is dead until all rescue possibilities have been exhausted.

August 04, 2000

Sergei Ivanenko: Yabloko calls for a change in the procedure for forming the Federation Council and State Duma

The Yabloko Association believes that changes needs to be made to the procedure for forming both the Federation Council and the State Duma. On August 4, 2000, Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction in the State Duma Sergei Ivanenko told journalists that an inquiry to the Constitutional Court has been drafted, which contains a request for more precise interpretation of the articles of the Constitution, "to be more precise, to explain what is understood by the term "formation" of the Federation Council and whether the direct election of members of the upper chamber is possible within the context of said interpretation".

August 03, 2000

Vladimir Lukin does not think that the State Council should be provided with constitutional functions

Deputy Speaker of the State Duma, Vladimir Lukin (Yabloko faction), believes that it would be irrational to vest some constitutional functions with the State Council. "In this case we would have a tri-cameral parliament", noted Vladimir Lukinin in an interview on August 3, 2000, commenting on the words of President Putin that the State Council might be accorded constitutional status.

 

Yabloko branch in Maritime Territory demands the dismissal of the governor

The Yabloko branch in the Maritime Territory has called on Konstantin Pulikovsky, plenipotentiary representative of the RF President in the Far East Federal District, to propose that the head of state dismiss Evgeni Nazdratenko, Governor of Maritime Territory. In its letter to Pulikovsky, Yabloko states: "Throughout virtually all the past eight years, the fundamental constitutional rights of RF citizens have been breached in Maritime Territory...

 

Vladimir Lukin thinks that only a framework agreement on an interim stage to the resolution of the conflict can be signed at the Palestinian - Israeli talks in the autumn

Deputy Speaker of the State Duma, Vladimir Lukin (Yabloko faction) believes that in September participants of the Palestinian - Israeli talks may sign a framework agreement on an interim stage to the resolution of the conflict.

August 02, 2000

Nikolai Travkin to leave Yabloko

Nikolai Travkin is leaving Yabloko Association and the Yabloko faction in the State Duma of the RF. He duly notified the leadership of the Association and deputies of the faction in his application forwarded to the Deputy Head of the Faction, Sergei Ivanenko.

The leader of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko, Alexander Shishlov, regrets Nikolai Travkin's decision to leave the Association

The Chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko Association, deputy of the State Duma of the RF Alexander Shishlov, expressed his regret over Nikolai Travkin’s decision to leave the Association and its parliamentary faction. He made this statement on August 2, 2000.

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