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He is good, he will go
The ex-head of the Yukos Viktor Gerashchenko intends to run for the president of Russia from the opposition. As the head of the Moscow Department of the OGF, Alexander Ryklin, told the Frances.ru, Gerashchenko himself announced this on Tuesday at a closed meeting of the expert club of the Institute of National Strategy "The role of the opposition on the eve of 2008".
The reports that Gerashchenko could become a single candidate from the opposition appeared at the end of April this year. Then the leader of the OGF Harry Kasparov said the following: "Today, if you look from the side, Gerashchenko would be a more unifying candidate. But this assumption needs to verify public opinion."
Kasparov suggested that Gerashchenko could be supported by supporters of the Communist Party. The opposition, according to him, is facing "the task of nominating a single candidate who will receive 51 percent of the vote."
On Monday, on the eve of Gerashchenko’s statement, the leader of the OGF said that the opposition does not have to nominate a single candidate in the presidential election. There may be several candidates, the most important thing is to accept the program of actions under which the leaders opposition to the Kremlin will subscribe to the Kasparov on the air of the Echo of Moscow. He hopes that in the summer the other Russia will speak with such a consolidated program and put forward one or more candidates. "
RNDS leader Mikhail Kasyanov greeted Gerashchenko’s intention to run for president. "I welcome Viktor Gerashchenko’s readiness to join the opposition socio -political Flpng. I treated Viktor Vladimirovich with great food," said RNDS leader.
According to Kasyanov, "even better if he (Gerashchenko. - Ed.) He headed the socio -political organization of the patriotic sense." “Then“ another Russia ”would be replenished with a real patriotic organization,” he said. “We will attract Gerashchenko to work in another Russia,” Kasyanov added.
Earlier, Kasyanov proposed his candidacy from another Russia.
Gerashchenko was already running for the President of Russia from the Rodina bloc in 2004, but then he was removed from the election by the decision of the Supreme Court.