Grigory Yavlinsky is a Russian economist and politician of Ukrainian origin. Since 2008, Yavlinsky has been a member of the Russian United Democratic Party (YABLOKO). In 1993–2008 he was chairman of the Yabloko party.
He is best known as the author of the 500 Days Program, a plan for the transition of the USSR to a free-market economy, and for his leadership of the liberal Yabloko party.
Link: http://eng.yabloko.ru/People/YAVL/Yavl.html
Last Updated: Nov 17, 2011
