GRIGORY YAVLINSKY
b. April 10, 1952
YAVLINSKY CONTEMPLATIVE
after his first run for the presidency
When we last checked in with Grigory Alexeyevich Yavlinsky of "500 Days" and Yabloko fame, he had been counted out of the presidential race by the Central Election Commission.
He never was allowed into the March 4 contest; Vladimir Putin won "handily" in the first round. Now that Prime Minister-President-Prime Minister-President-to-be-again Putin has his six years' prize stretching out in front of him, promises of reform have been bruited. Maybe some openings for opposition leaders, like Yavlinsky. Protesters (not too many of them!) have even have been allowed to walk near the Kremlin.
The Inauguration is May 7.
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