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The Yabloko faction will soon submit to the State Duma a law
on public television. This was announced by the leader of the
Yabloko party and its faction in the State Duma Grigory Yavlinsky
in an interview with the "Geroi Dnya" (Hero of the Day)
The Yabloko democratic party will be a fully-fledged member of
Liberal International, an international union of liberal-oriented
parties. Yabloko will be officially admitted to Liberal International
at its congress to be held on March 21-13 in Budapest, Hungary.
At present the Liberal International comprises 58 political parties,
including the German Free Democrats, the Liberal Party of the
UK and the Liberal Party of Canada.
Yabloko will be the only party in Russia to join Liberal International.
"The ideology of the Liberal International fully fits Yabloko's
line aimed at fostering the social market economy in Russia,"
Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Sergei Mitrokhin said in an interview
after the Yabloko congress held on March 1-2.
See also:
Press Release, March
3 2002. The Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO to join Liberal International
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