Opis: Russia's Election - Author Unknown

Excerpt from Russia's Election: What Does It Mean: Hearing Before the Commission on Security And, Cooperation in Europe, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, July 10, 1996

The Commission convened, pursuant to adjournment, at 1:04 p.m., in room 2255, Rayburn House Office Building, Honorable Christopher H. Smith, Chairman of the Commission, presiding.

Commissioners present: the Honorable Christopher H. Smith, the Honorable Steny B. Hoyer, the Honorable Frank R. Wolf, the Honorable Matt Salmon, and the Honorable Benjamin Cardin.

Opening Statement of Hon. Christopher H. Smith

Mr. Smith. The Commission will come to order. First of all, let me welcome you to this hearing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on the subject of the recent Presidential election in Russia. The just-completed Presidential elections set the course of Russia's future in terms of economic and political development, rule of law, and foreign policy, and will inevitably affect Russia's relations with the international community and the United States.

As an aside, on March 6th of this year, the Commission was honored to have Sergei Kovalev of the Russian Duma to testify in our hearing on Chechnya. I hate to report - and I heard this yesterday at a hearing we had on international broadcasting - that he has had a heart attack, he is in very serious condition, and I would just hope that you would all join me in praying for his very swift recovery.

He's a very brave man, he spoke out boldly on behalf of human rights, and as the former head of the Presidential Commission on Human Rights in Russia, did so in a way that could be seen very negatively back home, and yet he did it. He came here, he spoke to us, and did not mince his words about what a violation of human rights the aggression in Chechnya was. So I hope you will join me in that.

After two rounds of voting, as you know, Boris Yeltsin was reelected President of Russia. In the first round, he surpassed his closest challenger, the Communist Party chairman Zyuganov by only 3 percentage points. However, in the second round, Yeltsin trounced Zyuganov by an impressive 13 percentage points. Voter turn-out in each round was about 67 percent. The high turn-out testifies to the electorate's continuing involvement in the political process despite many disappointments and economic hardships, and ominous predictions of a low turn-out.

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Szczegóły: Russia's Election - Author Unknown

Nazwa: Russia's Election What Does It Mean?: Hearing Before the Commission on Security And, Cooperation in Europe, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, July 10, 1996 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Author Unknown
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330356890
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 96
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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