Archive for 'Constitutional Amendments'
Grigory Yavlinsky: Putin and Biden – ”It takes one to know one”?
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 24.03.2021 Photo: Joseph Biden and Vladimir Putin. Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / RIA Novosti On 2 October, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist for the Washington Post, was killed and dismembered at the Saudi Arabian Сonsulate in Istanbul. Recently, US National Intelligence accused the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman, […]
Posted: March 25th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy.
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For every man, there’s a law to convict him under
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 15.03.2021 Photo: Participants of the Municipal Forum in a police van. Photo by Avtozak Live Police detained over 170 municipal deputies in Moscow. This is how the authorities are fighting the pandemic and “undesirable organisations” [the Russian law “on undesirable organisations” gives prosecutors the power to extrajudicially declare foreign and international organisations […]
Posted: March 16th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Timur Kuashev's case, Без рубрики.
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“That’s how you get to be hangmen – Just keep mum”*
Grigory Yavlinsky on why his article “No to Putinism and Populism” was published on time Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 12.02.2021 Photo: Moscow, January 31, 2021. Photo by RIA Novosti / Yevgeny Odinokov The article “No to Putinism and Populism. On the Implications of Current Politics” sparked a discussion. One of the most frequent objections is that the […]
Posted: February 16th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko party Bureau supported Grigory Yavlinsky’s proposals stated in his article
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 11.02.2021 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky/Photo by the Yabloko party Press Service The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party adopted a statement supporting the theses outlined in the article “Without Putinism and Populism” by Grigory Yavlinsky and noted the relevance of this article. The statement was submitted to the Bureau for consideration […]
Posted: February 12th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Timur Kuashev's case, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: No to Putinism and Populism
On the implications of current politics Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 11.02.2021 Moscow, January 31, 2021 // © RIA NOVOSTI, Yevgeni Odinokov “If my people follows Gamsakhurdia, I will have to go against my people”. Merab Mamardashvili, 1989 Almost 10 years have passed since the protests of 2011. During this period we have witnessed different street […]
Posted: February 11th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Timur Kuashev's case, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: We get an electoral system that looks like a black cat in a dark room
Press Release, 29.12.2020 Photo: Lev Shlosberg, MP of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko Pskov parliamentarians adopted amendments to the Electoral Code of the Pskov Region. All parties, except for the ruling United Russia party, opposed multi-day voting in the elections, as well as voting in the yards and other similar changes, as they make […]
Posted: December 29th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Kemerovo branch of Yabloko held single pickets on the eve of the Constitution Day
Press Release, 14.12.2020 On 11 December, on the eve of the Russian Constitution Day, activists of the Kemerovo branch of Yabloko held single pickets. “All the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation are unlawful and completely disavow the meaning of both the key Chapters 1 and 2 [on human rights], and its entire […]
Posted: December 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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Professionalism Versus Insanity
Statement on the resumption of the activities of the Public Constitutional Council Novaya Gazeta, 25.11.2020 The Public Constitutional Council, which we established in January 2020 in response to the President’s initiative to amend the Constitution of the Russian Federation, warned at the same time that the adoption of the proposed amendments to the Basic Law […]
Posted: November 26th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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The Saratov branch of Yabloko initiated a collective statement on the inadmissibility of canceling the mixed system in municipal elections
Press Release, 20.11.2020 The Saratov branch of Yabloko held a round table and invited to it all the registered political parties of the Saratov region. Following the meeting, which was attended by representatives of the parties A Just Russia, Parnas, Russian National Union, as well as the all-Russian movement #Changes, a statement was adopted demanding […]
Posted: November 21st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov on the adoption of the bill on the immunity guarantees to the President
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook post, 18.11.2020 Today in the State Duma was adopting, in the first reading, a bill on guarantees of immunity to the President after his leaving office and members of his family. The main argument was that the President should have a free hand… (!!!)
Posted: November 19th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2021.
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A third of the Moscow City Duma supported the Yabloko bill on the responsibility of the President and the Government to Parliament
Press Release, 28.10.2020 Photo: The results of voting on the bill submitted by Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma More than a third of the Moscow City Duma deputies supported the Yabloko bill on responsibility and accountability of the President and the Government of Russia to Parliament.
Posted: October 28th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov: “The State Duma, which is unable to utter a word against the President and the security forces, must be driven away in the 2021 elections”
Nikolai Rybakov’s FB page, 22.10.2020 A couple of years ago, it seemed that Russia simply did not have a more helpless, incompetent and antipopular parliament than the State Duma of the past, the sixth convocation, which was justly nicknamed “the mad printer” [for the speed of stamping laws]. But looks like the current parliamentary corps […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Governance, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2021.
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Emilia Slabunova: It is unacceptable to drive observers into regional cages and introduce serfdom observation rights
Based on the publication in 7×7, 19.10.2020 On 15 October, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia adopted, in the first reading and by a majority of votes, several bills that deprive citizens of the right to observe regional and local elections of citizens from other regions. In the near future, such initiatives will be […]
Posted: October 19th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Regional and Local Elections, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The parliamentary majority of the Moscow City Duma rejected Yabloko’s amendments to the Constitution, prohibiting torture and introducing a contract-based army
Press Release, 15.10.2020 The Moscow City Duma rejected two bills with amendments to the Constitution submitted by the Yabloko faction. The bills were proposed to be adopted as a legislative initiative and sent to the federal parliament – the State Duma. The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma submitted a package of nine bills […]
Posted: October 15th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, The Russian Army, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stavropol Yabloko activist was attacked with a knife and threatened with murder because of his protest activities
Press Release, 17.09.2020 Ronald Ayrapetyan, Yabloko activist from Kislovodsk, told the media that he was threatened with murder if he continued to take action against Putin and United Russia. According to Ayrapetyan, on the evening of 12 September, he was returning home after a walk with a friend. An unidentified masked man with a knife […]
Posted: September 17th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2020.
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THE DAY AFTER
On the end of a lost era and the outlook for the future by Grigory Yavlinsky, 10.09.2020 Photo: Rally for freedom and democracy, 4 February 1990, Moscow, Manezh Square WHAT THIS TEXT IS ABOUT The introduction of President Putin’s amendments to the Russian Constitution signalled the defeat of the democratic reforms commenced in Russia at […]
Posted: September 10th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Russia-Belarus Relations, Russian Economy, Understanding Russia.
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A poisoned reputation
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 4.09.2020 Why does no one – not a single state in the world, not a single international organisation – believe what they say in Russia about Alexei Navalny’s poisoning? Probably because no one, except Russia, change urine probes of their athletes. Probably because only “tourists” from Russia go to admire the sights […]
Posted: September 4th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Без рубрики.
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Vitaly Zubenko called on the Public Prosecutor’s Office to investigate into unlawful persecution of the activist of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 11.08.2020 Photo: Ronald Ayrapetyan Vitaly Zubenko, Chairman of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko sent an appeal to the regional Public Prosecutor’s Office demanding to investigate into unlawful detentions of Ronald Ayrapetyan, member of the regional branch of the party, as well as anonymous threats against him.
Posted: August 12th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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On the assessment of the plebiscite on Constitutional amendments of July 1, 2020 and the tasks of the party
Federal Political Committee Decision No. 134, 27.07.2020 Having heard and discussed the report of Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee [of the Yabloko party], the YABLOKO Federal Political Committee decided: Confirm the standpoint that the entire procedure of the so-called “popular vote”, as well as the very introduction of amendments to the Basic […]
Posted: July 28th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Political Committee Decisions, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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Member of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko was fired from job for a single picket against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution
Press Release, 23.07.2020 The management of the Central Kislovodsk military health centre dismissed activist of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko Ronald Ayrapetyan from his job as a waiter in the canteen of the health centre. He was told that “an employee with opposition views cannot work in their canteen” and was offered to write a […]
Posted: July 27th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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