Well, it’s about that time of year when everybody pays a little attention to great Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky, who is making yet another tireless run at the presidency. It has become almost painful to see a talented politician like Yavlinsky, who makes such brilliant and intuitive statements, wither away in a non-inclusive political system where selection and managed choices reign supreme over genuine competition of proposals. There’s no telling how far he would go in a normal functioning democracy (or at least one in which he could get some more TV time). Some excerpts from recent profiles after the cut.