| The concluding statement of the congress [The Union
of Right-Wing Forces (SPS) on 26 June], Interfax reported on 26 June,
said that "the most important task in preparations for the parliamentary
elections of 2007 is to form a broad coalition of forces that share the
party's principal values -- a democratic civil society, a market economy,
defense of human and property rights, and a European path of development
for Russia." SPS Presidium Secretary Boris Nadezhdin told "Gazeta"
on 25 June that the party is considering closer relations both with democratic
movements such as Yabloko and Committee-2008 and with "certain people
now working in the government and the Duma who share our worldview and
political practices." Nemtsov told "Gazeta" that "United
Russia is the party of the president. It does not have right and left
wings." Prime-TASS reported on 28 June that Chubais told journalists
during the congress that the SPS is prepared to enter into talks on closer
relations with Yabloko. Chubais said that the 26 June congress put an
end to the "inertia of defeat."
RC
See also:
All-Russia
Democratic Assembly
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