The Congress of “Yabloko” Grigory Yavlinsky decided to nominate a candidate in the Russian presidential elections in 2018 – TASS

MOSCOW, February 28th. / TASS /. Congress “Apple” has decided to nominate the party’s founder and head of its federal political committee Grigory Yavlinsky as a candidate for president of Russia in the elections in 2018. “For” votes of 135 delegates, 1 – against. The resolution took place on Sunday, the Congress of “Apple” in Moscow, explained that this decision was dictated by the fact that the campaign for elections to the State Duma should be considered as the first stage of the presidential campaign.

“The upcoming parliamentary campaign can be really honest, meaningful and successful only if it is conducted in the context of the struggle for full power, with the highest state post her now is the time to connect with the presidential election, to treat it as the first stage of the presidential campaign “-. said in the document

Pushing Yavlinsky, delegates emphasized that trust him. “We put forward its own candidate for president of Russia, the leader, who trust our candidate -. Grigory Yavlinsky, symbolizing …. an alternative vision of the future, values, priorities, fundamentally different from that adopted in the current Russian policy”, – stated in the resolution .

“Apple” recalls that Yavlinsky “a principled opponent of nationalism and Bolshevism.” Party leader calls his political successor of the traditions of “pragmatic idealism Andrei Sakharov”.

The very Yavlinsky, speaking on the eve of a wider set the task before the delegates of the Congress than simply creating a faction in the Duma. “The question of the impact on the power of vygryzanii niche in Parliament, on how to” oust “one of the parties – does not correspond to the scale of what is happening”, – he said

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