Russian opposition says the ruling party involved in corruption, organised crime

Record ID: 85087

  • Title: Russian opposition says the ruling party involved in corruption, organised crime
  • Date: 30th August 2016
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AUGUST 30, 2016) (REUTERS) RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ILYA YASHIN DURING PRESENTATION OF HIS REPORT 'CRIMINAL RUSSIA' PARTY' IMAGE ON SCREEN BEHIND SHOWING FIST WITH TATTOOED WORDS READING (RUSSIAN) 'UNITED RUSSIA' COPIES OF REPORT ON DESK (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER, ILYA YASHIN, SAYING: "The aim of my report is to inform Russian society that again and again under the disguise of the respected ruling party which is using patriotic, nationally-oriented rhetoric, representatives of organised crime groups and alliances, embezzlers, people involved in corruption and murderers come to power." JOURNALISTS LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER, ILYA YASHIN, SAYING: "Our main goal at these elections is to ensure that the United Russia party gets less votes than at previous elections and I think all parties taking part in the poll should share this common goal - to lower the United Russia's results. The whole country should see that despite populist rhetoric, despite statements about rising ratings in the five years since the last elections, the real ratings are falling, the popularity of the United Russia is falling, this party is losing ground." MEDIA YASHIN PRESENTING REPORT
  • Embargoed: 14th September 2016 16:19
  • Keywords: Russia opposition
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014XBGXFD
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Russian opposition leader Ilya Yashin presented a report on Tuesday (August 30) saying that the ruling United Russia party is involved in corruption and organised crime.
    The report's presentation took place three weeks before Russia's parliamentary elections, expected to bring victory for the pro-Kremlin party.
    "The aim of my report is to inform Russian society that again and again under the disguise of the respected ruling party which is using patriotic, nationally-oriented rhetoric, representatives of organised crime groups and alliances, embezzlers, people involved in corruption and murderers come to power," said Yashin.
    "Our main goal at these elections is to ensure that the United Russia party gets less votes than at previous elections, " he added.
    Despite an economic crisis, the main pro-Kremlin United Russia party is expected to comfortably win the elections, which are seen as a dry run for Vladimir Putin's presidential re-election campaign in 2018.
    The crisis means United Russia's margin of victory may be slimmer than in the past.
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