Marina Salye
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Marina Yevgenyevna Salye (born October 19, 1934) is a Russia
n geologist and politician, former deputy of the legislative assembly of Leningrad
. She was also a people's deputy in the Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR until September 1993, when the congress was dissolved. Salye was one of the leaders of the radical
pro-reform group called Radical Democrats.
In 1992 Marina Salye headed a special commission in St.Petersburg, which found that on the basis of documents signed by Vladimir Putin
, then chairman of the city's Foreign Relations Committee, and his deputy, the city had exported rare earth metals, oil products and other raw materials for over 100 million dollars. These were barter contracts. In return, the city, where there were food shortages, should have received deliveries of foodstuffs. But the foodstuffs never materialised. Despite the commission's report, the affair was hushed up by order of the mayor Anatoly Sobchak
and Putin got even more powers.
Marina Salye criticised Putin in the mass media until 2000, when he was elected president. Then she moved to a remote village and did not speak with journalists 10 years.
In March 2010 she gave an interview to Radio Liberty. Over the time she had written memoirs and completed a large portion of them. The memoirs are based on an archive of documents containing illegal decisions of the city administration including Vladimir Putin.
In March 2010 Salye signed the online anti-Putin manifesto of the Russian opposition "Putin must go
".
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n geologist and politician, former deputy of the legislative assembly of Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
. She was also a people's deputy in the Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR until September 1993, when the congress was dissolved. Salye was one of the leaders of the radical
Political radicalism
The term political radicalism denotes political principles focused on altering social structures through revolutionary means and changing value systems in fundamental ways...
pro-reform group called Radical Democrats.
In 1992 Marina Salye headed a special commission in St.Petersburg, which found that on the basis of documents signed by Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
, then chairman of the city's Foreign Relations Committee, and his deputy, the city had exported rare earth metals, oil products and other raw materials for over 100 million dollars. These were barter contracts. In return, the city, where there were food shortages, should have received deliveries of foodstuffs. But the foodstuffs never materialised. Despite the commission's report, the affair was hushed up by order of the mayor Anatoly Sobchak
Anatoly Sobchak
Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak was a Russian politician, a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg, and a mentor and teacher of both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev....
and Putin got even more powers.
Marina Salye criticised Putin in the mass media until 2000, when he was elected president. Then she moved to a remote village and did not speak with journalists 10 years.
In March 2010 she gave an interview to Radio Liberty. Over the time she had written memoirs and completed a large portion of them. The memoirs are based on an archive of documents containing illegal decisions of the city administration including Vladimir Putin.
In March 2010 Salye signed the online anti-Putin manifesto of the Russian opposition "Putin must go
Putin must go
"Putin must go" is a website and a public campaign of the same name organised for the collection of signatures under an open letter demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin...
".
External links
- Biography
- Biography (in Russian)
- Почему Марина Салье молчала о Путине 10 лет? Interview to Radio Liberty in March 2010
- Интервью М.Салье на радио "Эхо Москвы", 28.01.2000 Interview to the radio "Ekho Moskvy" in January 2000
- Putin foe speaks out from rural self-exile, Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2010