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Veteran Russian Ecologists Form Green Russia Party
Moscow (AFP) Jun 05, 2005 Some of Russia's leading opposition ecologists joined forces Sunday to launch the Green Russia party which they said could become an influential political force ahead parliamentary elections in 2007. Delegates chose World Environment Day for the meeting in Korolyov, outside Moscow, where they debated the party's charter and were voting on a leadership, Interfax news agency said. The provisional name chosen was Green Russia, Russian television reported. Alexei Yablokov, a respected nuclear safety campaigner and an adviser in the 1990s to then president Boris Yeltsin, was elected president. Yablokov, who has also campaigned for human rights in Russia, said there were hopes the Greens could unite other Russian ecological organisations and become a significant minority in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, in the 2007 elections. "We won't get a majority, but we could become a key partner without which you can't take decisions, just like they did in Germany," he said on Russian television. Yablokov was among civic society leaders who met with US President George W. Bush during his visit to Moscow in May. According to Yablokov, he warned the US leader of growing authoritarianism under President Vladimir Putin. Chosen as one of Yablokov's three deputies was Alexander Nikitin, a former Soviet naval captain who was arrested and accused of treason in 1996 after preparing a report with Norway's Bellona Foundation on safety problems in Russia's nuclear fleet. Russia's Supreme Court eventually cleared Nikitin of all charges in 2000. Under a new law, said by critics to reduce political freedom in Russia, parties entering parliament under proportional representation must gather a minimum seven percent of the vote to win seats. Previously, the threshold was five percent. To be able to participate, parties must also have 50,000 registered members, up from 10,000 under the old rules. The State Duma is currently dominated overwhelmingly by the pro-Kremlin United Russia party. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
Magnetic Reconnection Region Larger Than 2.5 Million Km Found In The Solar Wind
Paris (ESA) Jan 12, 2006Using the ESA Cluster spacecraft and the NASA Wind and ACE satellites, a team of American and European scientists have discovered the largest jets of particles created between the Earth and the Sun by magnetic reconnection. This result makes the cover of this week's issue of Nature. |
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