Archive for 'Environmental Policies'
The Yabloko branch in Udmurtia has managed to achieve a revision the positive decision of the state expertise on the disposal of extremely hazardous waste in the Kambarka plant
Press Release, 2.03.2023 Photo: Iya Boronina connecting with the Moscow City Court / Photo from the personal archive On 27 February, the Moscow City Court, as a court of appeal, held hearings on the claim of Iya Boronina, Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, against the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Parliament of Karelia rejected the Yabloko bill on the return of environmental expertise for nature reserves in the region
Press Release, 27.01.2023 Photo: Deforestation near Savin Navolok Park, Petrozavodsk / Photo by the Karelian Yabloko The Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia at its meeting on 26 January rejected Yabloko’s bill on the return of the mandatory environmental impact assessment of natural reserves in the region. Earlier, a similar bill by Yabloko, supported […]
Posted: January 27th, 2023 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Current and former Moscow municipal deputies opened public receptions to help Muscovites
Press Release, 28.11.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 26 November Yabloko launched the Public Reception “Our Moscow” project. Yabloko party deputies of different convocations of the Moscow City Duma and municipal councils of Moscow districts, as well as candidates for deputies from Yabloko and civil activists. According to the results of the September […]
Posted: November 29th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Russian Economy, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Dmitry Rybakov, environmentalist and deputy from Yabloko, on the results of environmental studies: Petrozavodsk is polluted with heavy metals
Press Release, 21.11.2022 Photo: Dmitry Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Dmitry Rybakov, a Yabloko deputy of the Petrozavodsk City Council, announced the results of geoecological studies of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, the standing Committee of the Council for Healthcare, Environment and Social Development. The study was conducted by the Institute of Geology of the […]
Posted: November 21st, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Moscow City Duma Commission to consider Sergei Mitrokhin’s bill on the ecological expertise of the specially protected natural areas
Press Release, 16.11.2022 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin with municipal candidates from Yabloko inspects the improvement of the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo park, August 2022 / Photo: Screenshot of the inspection video On 17 November, the Moscow City Duma will conduct a meeting of the Commission on Environmental Policy, which will consider a draft resolution of the Moscow City Duma […]
Posted: November 17th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The 6th Alexei Yablokov Readings took place in St.Petersburg
Press Release, 27.10.2022 Photo: The participants of the 6th Alexei Yablokov Readings, members of the Yabloko party /Photo by the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party On 26 October, the 6th Alexei Yablokov Readings dedicated to the memory of Alexei Yablokov, environmental scientist and politician who headed the Green Russia faction of the […]
Posted: October 28th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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State Duma candidate Yelena Izotova, who was not admitted to the parliamentary elections in 2021, disputes in the Supreme Court “involvement in an extremist organisation”
Press Release, 19.09.2022 Photo: Yelena Izotova (left) and Gulnaz Ravilova / Photo from social media Yelena Izotova, a member of the Council of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Tatarstan and a Yabloko candidate for deputy of the State Duma in 2021, filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation […]
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anna Cherepanova to participate in the competition for the post of Novgorod Mayor on 21 September
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova’s programme On 21 September, the day of the birth of Russian statehood, a competition for the post of Mayor will be held in Novgorod. Anna Cherepanova, Chairwoman of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party, will take part in it.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko deputies in Petrozavodsk City Council applied to the Public Prosecutor’s Office because of cutting of forest area in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, with the permission of the authorities
Press Release, 15.07.2022 Photo: A logged area near the Savin Navolok Park, Petrozavodsk / Photo by the Karelian Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko faction in the Petrozavodsk City Council sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Karelia, asking to conduct an inspection in connection with the cutting down of woods […]
Posted: July 19th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A court in Belgorod brought in a verdict of not guilty in a case against a Yabloko activist who started a picket against the destruction of the trolleybus network
Press Release, 8.07.2022 Photo: Ilya Kostyukov / Photo by Victoria Litvin The Oktyabrsky Court of Belgorod acquitted Ilya Kostyukov, an activist of the Yabloko party, who was accused by police of participating in an unpermitted mass public rally.
Posted: July 8th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moscow City Duma MP Sergei Mitrokhin fined 200,000 roubles for repeated violation of the rules for holding rallies
Press Release, 2.06.2022 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Sergei Mitrokhin, MP of the Moscow City Duma, was fined 200,000 roubles for repeated violation of the rules for holding rallies (Article 20.2, Part 8 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The decision was made today by the Khamovniki Court of Moscow.
Posted: June 6th, 2022 under Constitutional Amendments, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Sergei Mitrokhin, MP of the Moscow City Duma, will be tried for “arbitrariness” in protecting the interests of Moscow residents
Press Release, 1.06.2022 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin in the police station / Photo from social networks On 31 May, police detained Sergei Mitrokhin, a Yabloko MP of the Moscow City Duma, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party and an ex Chairman of Yabloko, during his meeting with residents of the Khamovniki […]
Posted: June 6th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Well-known environmental expert and human rights defender turns 70! Congratulations to Alexander Nikitin on his anniversary
Congratulations, 16.05.2022 Photo from Alexander Nikitin’s personal archive The 16 of May marks the 70th anniversary of Alexander Konstantinovich Nikitin, Chairman of the Board of the Bellona Environmental Human Rights Centre and Deputy Chairman of the Green Russia Faction of the Yabloko party. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov congratulates Alexander Nikitin on his anniversary.
Posted: May 17th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Greetings, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Three Yabloko party members were included into the ranking of public activists of the Krasnodar Territory
Press Release, 08.02.2022 Photo: Alexander Biryukov, Alexander Korovainy, and Sofia Pilyukova / Photo from social networks Alexander Korovayny, a former deputy of the Yeisk District Council from the Yabloko party, Alexander Biryukov, a Yabloko member and Deputy Chairman of the North Caucasus Environmental Watch, and Sofia Pilyukova, a public activist and a Yabloko volunteer in […]
Posted: February 14th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The offices of the ex-candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko Oleg Mandrykin were searched
Press Release, 9.02.2022 Photo: Oleg Mandrykin and Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov (left). / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service All the offices of the real estate agency Variant in Severodvinsk, the Arkhangelsk region, headed by Oleg Mandrykin, one of the leaders of the STOP-SHIES coalition [a public movement against organisation of a giant landfill instead […]
Posted: February 11th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional and Local Elections 2022, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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Albert Khusainov: the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko marked International Human Rights Day with pickets and a meeting of human rights defenders
Albert Khusainov’s blog post, 13.12.2021 Photo: Albert Khusainov / Photo by the Press Service of the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko The Bashkirian branch of the Yabloko party held a meeting of party members and non-partisan civil activists in connection with the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human […]
Posted: December 13th, 2021 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by Maxim Kruglov MP on urban policies
Press Release, 29.11.2021 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Press Service of the Moscow City Duma On Thursday, 2 December, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko party faction in the Moscow City Duma and candidate of political sciences. The topic of the lecture is “Urban […]
Posted: December 1st, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko representatives took part in the Fifth Alexei Yablokov Readings dedicated to the protection of environment
Press Release 27.10.2021 Photo: Environmental journalist Tatiana Artyomova, Nikolai Rybakov and the leader of the Separate Collection movement Tatiana Nagorskaya. / Photo by the Yabloko party Press Service On 27 October, the Fifth Alexei Yablokov Readings were held in St. Petersburg. This is an annual event in memory of Alexei Vladimirovich Yablokov (1933 – 2017), […]
Posted: October 28th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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The Ryazan branch of Yabloko: construction permit granted by the authorities to developers in Yesenin street in Ryazan is a direct deception of residents in the interests of the oligarch Koskin
Press Release, 20.10.2021 Photo by the Ryazan branch of Yabloko Despite the numerous promises of the authorities to achieve a revision of the project for the development of the territory by the Bars shopping centre in Yesenina street in Ryazan, the developer was issued a building permit, and preparatory works began. The project was not […]
Posted: October 25th, 2021 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko managed to defend in court the boundaries of the Chelyabinsk city pine forest
Press Release, 7.10.2021 Photo: Map. The Chelyabinsk city pine forest / Collage by the Press Service of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko Left: the boundaries of the forest before 2011. Right: the boundaries of the forest now. The court satisfied the collective lawsuit filed by Andrei Talevlin, Deputy Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, […]
Posted: October 13th, 2021 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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