Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Regional Parliament election in Saint-Petersburg

It took place this Sunday. I was very disappointed by results of this elections:
No liberal party had been elected to the Parliament :
party "Yabloko" had been removed from the electional company 10 day before the election date.
The second liberal party hadn't been elected: only 5% instead required 7%. So now, only the following parties will work in Parliament of Saint-Petersburg:
Edynaya Rossia (United Russia) - "Putin's patry"
Spravedlivaya Rossia (Just Russia) - a union of the "left" parties.
KPRF (Communist Part Of Russia) - No comments.
LDPR (Russian Liberal-Democratical Party) - Most liberal party in the current parlament.

So, the result of this elections:
There is no strong liberal opposition in Russia, but it's very important for the Business to have it, especially for the small one and IT.

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