| The leader of the Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS) Boris Nemtsov confirmed that he had forwarded to the leader of YABLOKO Grigory Yavlinsky his proposals on a possible union between the two parties for participation in parliamentary and presidential elections. "Our proposals were forwarded to Yavlinsky via an influential intermediary," noted Boris Nemtsov in an interview with Interfax on Wednesday.
However, YABLOKO is unaware of any proposals from the SPS. Deputy head of the YABLOKO party , deputy of the State Duma Sergei Mitrokhin noted that the leadership of YABLOKO, including its leader Yavlinsky, had not received any proposals from the SPS. Mitrokhin also said that this issue had been raised at a meeting of the Presidium of the party on Tuesday in connection with the statement made by Nemtsov on the Itogi TV programme, the TVS channel, on Sunday, claiming that he had forwarded compromising proposals to the YABLOKO leader in view of the forthcoming elections. At the same time Nemtsov refused to give any information regarding the content of these proposals.
See also:
YABLOKO and SPS
State Duma Elections 2003
Presidential elections 2004
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