Yesterday, a meeting of the Regional Council of YABLOKO’s Moscow branch took place. Two decisions were made that are fundamentally important to me, and one of them is fundamentally important to the entire party and will largely determine and define its ideology and practical actions. **1. Most importantly. The question was considered of how our faction in the Moscow City Duma should vote on the matter of Yuri Luzhkov’s twenty-fifth consecutive reappointment as Mayor of Moscow. **I did not think there could be any intrigue around this issue. But I was wrong: Grigory Alexeyevich Yavlinsky attended the council meeting. I will not bore you with a detailed description of what happened; I will only note that, personally, of all the arguments put forward by our party leader, the most striking was: “Luzhkov allows us to hold rallies and demonstrations.” At those words, for example, Yashin nearly had a heart attack. And I nearly fell off my chair right there at the presidium table. The outcome: by majority vote, it was decided to instruct our faction to support Y. M. Luzhkov’s candidacy for the post of Mayor of Moscow and vote “For.” I, of course, voted “against.” Even though the decision has been made, I cannot believe that our faction will vote “for.” Depending on how events develop from here, I will decide whether it is possible for me to remain in YABLOKO. I do not consider Luzhkov the spawn of hell, and I probably even view him fairly positively overall, but voting for his reappointment is completely impossible from a political point of view. If nothing else, this definitely contradicts YABLOKO’s principles and program. **2. The question was also considered of the creation of the NAROD movement, my participation in it, and the party’s attitude toward this. **The issue was raised by S. Mitrokhin, who was also the main critic of the NAROD manifesto, which, in his view, contradicts the concept of patriotism adopted by YABLOKO. Well, he and I have argued about this a million times. I know his position. On the whole, the Regional Council criticized certain provisions of the manifesto, especially the point about amnesty for federal forces in Chechnya, but spoke out unequivocally against expelling me. It was decided to state that Navalny signed the NAROD Manifesto in a personal capacity and that YABLOKO has nothing to do with it (which is the plain truth). There were a number of proposals that I leave the party voluntarily. I stated that I stand by every word of the Manifesto, and that I consider YABLOKO’s left-liberal drift a mistake. I will do everything I can to correct that mistake. However, in a situation where Mitrokhin, the chairman of the Moscow branch, raised the question of no confidence in me, I consider it necessary to resign from the post of his deputy. I am convinced that the practice of political resignations should be encouraged in every possible way, both in the country and in the party. I hope this good tradition will continue, that my resignation will not be the only one, and that we will see similar resignations from those responsible for the failure of coalition policy, for election results, and so on. After all, “YABLOKO is a party of principles.” I remain a member of YABLOKO. My work to promote national-democratic ideology within its ranks will continue. Incidentally, yesterday the idea of creating a special faction was raised. I think it is not a bad idea. And finally. Yesterday evening, another signatory of the NAROD Manifesto, Pyotr Miloserdov, was expelled from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF).