A meeting with Svetlana Vasilenko and Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Press Release, 5.04.2024
Photo: Nadezhda Azhgikhina and Svetlana Vasilenko
On Tuesday, April 9, a meeting with Svetlana Vasilenko and Nadezhda Azhgikhina will take place at the central office of the Yabloko party (Moscow, Pyatnitskaya 31 building 2). The meeting will start at 18:00.
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Posted: April 5th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Alexander Yefimov fined 15,000 roubles for an interview for the Youtube channel of the independent election observers’ movement Golos
Press Release, 5.04.2024
Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Volzhsky City Court (the Volgograd Region) found Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, guilty of “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation” and fined him 15,000 roubles.
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Posted: April 5th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Deputy Chair Boris Vishnevsky: I perceive the decision of the Ministry of Justice to enlist me as a “foreign agent” as an insult not only to me, but also to my voters, and I will prove its complete lawlessness in court
Press Release, 3.04.2024
Photo: A sign in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg for MP of the Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky with a “foreign agent” marking
Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and an MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, told reporters at a briefing in the Legislative Assembly how he viewed his inclusion in the list of “foreign agents” and why he intended to appeal the decision of the Ministry of Justice in court:
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Posted: April 3rd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow branch of Yabloko holds an event of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 2.04.2024
Photo from the previous event in the Yabloko office in Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 2 April 2, the Moscow branch of Yabloko will host an event of writing letters to political prisoners. Everyone is welcome.
We planned to hold an event of writing letters at the end of March, but postponed it due to the tragedy at Crocus City Hall. During this time, the names of journalists Olga Komleva and Antonina Favorskaya were added to list of political prisoners. In total, according to OVD-Info independent human rights media project, there are already more than 1,000 political prisoners in Russia.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to host a lecture by Alexander Verkhovsky on nationalism in post-Soviet Russia
Press Release, 14.03.2024
On 4 April, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “How Russian nationalism has changed over three post-Soviet decades” by Alexander Verkhovsky, a famous researcher of nationalism and extremism and head of the SOVA Research Centre.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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“Non serve la vottoria, è ora di fermarsi”
Rybakov “abbraccia” il Papa: il primo obiettivo per tutti? Mettere fine allo spargimento di sangue
Avvenire, 28.03.2024
Raffaella Chiodo Karpinsky
Il presidente del partito Yabloko:”La Russia è sempre stata, è, e sarà uno Stato europeo. Sia geograficamente che culturalmente Nessuno può negarlo, il nostro destino è di stare insieme”
D In un vostro comunicato stampa esprimete dubbi sui risultati delle elezioni.
R Sì, diverse migliaia di rappresentanti del nostro partito sono membri delle commissioni elettorali distrettuali di livello inferiore (dove si vota direttamente). Ma il sistema in Russia è ormai strutturato in modo tale che tutte le decisioni vengono prese in anticipo. Se nella tua lista di candidati ci sono Putin e altre tre persone che occupano esattamente la stessa posizione politica e che lo sostengono attivamente a che servono le violazioni?
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Posted: April 1st, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The Yabloko party advocates a final and absolute ban on the death penalty in Russia
Statement by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, adopted on 28.03.2024
Photo: Alexander Koryakov, Kommersant
In connection with the monstrous terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, calls from high stands for the return of the death penalty in Russia are heard again. As the bearer of the Russian and European humanistic tradition, the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko is categorically against the abolition of the moratorium on the death penalty.
We believe that Russian society is able to withstand this difficult test with dignity without returning to the practice of legalised murder. Feelings of pain and anger should not overshadow a sober head. Experience shows: the capital punishment does not prevent crime, but the possibility of the slightest mistake when imposing a death sentence creates the risk of killing an innocent person – the number of such examples is countless in history.
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Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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“When exactly we may come to you, will depend on how you behave” – the chief of police of the Pskov region about the police “inspections” at the office of the Pskov Yabloko
Press Release, 28.03.2024
Photo: Alexei Ovsyannikov, head of the Pskov Region Interior Department / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies
After the report of the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Pskov Region Alexei Ovsyannikov to the regional parliament on the police performance for 2023, Artur Gaiduk, Deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko, asked whether to expect police visits to the party office on the eve of the next elections, since in the previous two years police inspected the premises of the Pskov Yabloko twice and confiscated all office equipment.
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Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Moscow and Russian regions paid tribute to the memory of those killed in the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall
Press Release, 28.03.2024
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and members of the Yabloko Bureau, Moscow. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
A week has passed since the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall, in Krasnogorsk near Moscow. The Yabloko delegation, consisting of party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and members of the Federal Bureau, paid tribute to those killed during the terrorist attack and those who died in hospitals in the following days. Earlier, Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the party, brought flowers to the memorial to the victims of terrorist attack at a concert on 22 March.
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Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Condolences, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On the inadmissibility of persecution of journalists
Statement by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, adopted on 28.03.2024
Photo: Konstantin Zharov, Anastasia Musatova, Antonina Favorskaya, Yekaterina Anikevich, and Alexandra Astakhova / Photo from open sources
On 27 March, the Moscow police conducted searches at the homes of three journalists from the SotaVision media: Alexandra Astakhova, Anastasia Musatova and Antonina Favorskaya, whereas Favorskaya was taken for search directly from the special detention centre where she was serving an administrative arrest.
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Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“Stop killing”. Nikolai Rybakov about the decision of the Astrakhan authorities to euthanise stray dogs
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel, 28.03.2024
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov in the animal shelter “Thank You for Life” in Ryazan
Today I sent a gift to the Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin – the book “White Bim Black Ear” [about a tragic fate of dog whose master died]. The Governor reported from time to time on his work to support animal shelters. But in the end, he apparently decided – why bothering, they should be killed right away.
The decision allowing to euthanise dogs IMMEDIATELY AFTER CAPTURE was adopted by Babushkin’s subordinates – the regional Veterinary Department.
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Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma Maxim Kruglov to Moscow police chief Oleg Baranov: We categorically disagree with some of the methods that Moscow police use in their work
Press Release, 27.03.2024
Photo: Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia / Photo by the Moscow City Duma
Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow police, at the annual report on the work to the Moscow City Duma, promised the Yabloko faction to assist in the work on issues voiced by the faction leader Maxim Kruglov.
It should be noted that that the head of the Moscow police Oleg Baranov spoke at the Moscow City Duma with an annual report on the performance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2023. Baranov received 15 questions from factions in the Moscow City Duma and 50 questions from deputies. The answers to the questions were preceded by a report in the form of a video film, which this year was not available for viewers of the stream of the meeting.
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Posted: March 27th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s deputy of a rural settlement in the Ryazan region Konstantin Smirnov to the governor: I ask you to order the liquidation of the illegal landfill in Dubrovichi
Press Release, 27.03.2024
Photo: The landfill in Dubrovichi / Photo by Konstantin Smirnov
Konstantin Smirnov, a deputy of the Dubrovichi rural settlement from the Yabloko party and Editor-in-Chief of the Internet web-site Vidsboku, sent an appeal to Governor of the Ryazan Region Pavel Malkov regarding liquidation of an illegal landfill on the territory of the settlement.
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Posted: March 27th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Kristina Abramicheva once again elected Chair of the Yabloko branch in Bashkiria
Press Release, 26.03.2024
Photo: Kristina Abramicheva / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The election of the governing bodies of the regional branch of Yabloko in Bashkiria took place past weekend. The delegates of the 22nd Conference elected a Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons, members of the Regional Bureau, and also formed the Control and Audit Commission.
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Posted: March 27th, 2024 under Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov will ask the Moscow police head about inaction, illegal demands of police officers and violence against detainees
Press Release, 26.03.2024
Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 27 March, deputies of the Moscow City Duma will hear a report from Oleg Baranov, head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow, on police activities in 2023. In addition, Baranov will answer questions sent by all factions of the Moscow City Duma. Yabloko will ask Baranov to comment on the inaction of the police when “The Last Address” signs commemorating the victims of repression of the Soviet period disappeared from Moscow houses, the illegal demands of migration department when processing passports for travel abroad for Russian citizens, as well as the history of the detention and beating of a young man by Moscow police. The questions will be voiced at a meeting of the Moscow City Duma by the leader of the Yabloko faction and Deputy Chairman of the party, Maxim Kruglov.
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Posted: March 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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The Black Swan from the Crocus City Hall
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 25.03.2024
Photo by Alexei Nazarov, Kommersant
The terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall is an absolutely monstrous and brutal crime that has no justification. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and a speedy recovery to the wounded.
As of the evening of 24 March, 2024, questions about Moscow’s official political position regarding the reasons for what happened and the immediate future remain open.
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Posted: March 25th, 2024 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko expresses condolences to the next-of-kin and friends of those killed in the act of terror in the Crocus concert hall in Moscow
Statement by the Yabloko party, 22.03.2024
Photo from social media
The Yabloko party expresses condolences to the next-of-kin and friends of those killed in a monstrous act of terror in the Crocus concert hall in Moscow. Their grief is immeasurable, and we are mourning with them.
We wish a speedy recovery to those injured during the terrorist attack.
We hope and believe in the salvation of those who are now in danger in the burning building.
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Posted: March 23rd, 2024 under Condolences, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Yabloko conducted a discussion of films about streets protests and fates of their participants within the framework of the film festival A Different View
Press Release, 22.03.2024
On 21 March, the Yabloko party hosted the opening of the film festival A Different View. The participants met with the directors of the documentaries “Cosmonauts” and “Another Space” and discussed the films and events reflected in the films.
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Posted: March 22nd, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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“Philosopher of freedom and creativity.” Yabloko to host a lecture on Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev
Press Release, 22.03.2024
On 26 March, a lecture dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Russian philosopher and sociologist Nikolai Berdyaev will be held at the Yabloko party’s central office in Moscow and will be also streamed on the YouTube channel. The lecture will be given by Anastasia Gacheva, a leading researcher at the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences.
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Posted: March 22nd, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History.
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Violence against a voter and beating of a member of the electoral commission do not contradict the law, the head of the police of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region says
Press Release, 20.03.2024
Photo: Head of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region Roman Plugin in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg / Photo by the Press Service of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly
The head of police for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Roman Plugin, during his annual report to deputies of the St. Petersburg parliament, said that he considered the actions of the St.Petersburg police in the presidential elections, including at the most scandalous polling stations, to be in line with the law. Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly and Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, asked Roman Plugin to comment on the actions and inactions of a number of St. Petersburg police officers during the three voting days of 15-17 March.
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Posted: March 20th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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