This issue is of a political nature, absolutely, and the purpose of [denying registration] is to bar from elections all those people who are discontent with what is happening in Russia today and who would like a different future for Russia — an open, democratic, European, modern future.
Yabloko party founder Grigory Yavlinsky speaking today (January 23) at a news conference in Moscow.
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