YABLOKO demands from the Interior Ministry to disclose the criteria behind awarding gratuitous flats to the policemen participating in dispersing of a rally at Bolotnaya Square, Moscow, on May 6

Press Release, July 27, 2012.

YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin sent an appeal to the Moscow police chief Anatoly Yakunin asking disclose the criteria behind awarding gratuitous flats to the policemen participating in dispersing of a rally at Bolotnaya Square, Moscow, on May 6...

YABLOKO sent the inquiry to the Moscow Government as early as on May 25. The answer received from the officials ran that the city annually allocated housing to the Interior Ministry, however, distribution of the flats was carried out by the ministry...

Liberals and Democrats welcome appointment of EUSR for Human Rights
Press Release, ALDE, July 25, 2012

The EU High Representative, Baroness Ashton, today appointed former MEP, Stavros Lambrinidis, as the new EU Special Representative for Human Rights - a newly created position with the full backing of the European Parliament.

Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE group leader in the European Parliament) welcomed the appointment: "The appointment of a dedicated EU representative to defend and uphold respect for Human Rights around the globe sends a very powerful signal to all the European Union's partners that we take the matter extremely seriously and will henceforth place extra emphasis on this as a central plank of EU foreign policy under the overall direction of the External Action Service..."

Edward McMillan Scott (Lib Dem, UK), European Parliament Vice President responsible for Human Rights and Democracy also welcomed the appointment: "Stavros is an old friend and colleague and a former Vice-President of Parliament himself as well as, latterly, foreign minister for Greece. As a lawyer he will bring discipline and rigour to the new Human Rights and democracy strategy and action plan adopted by EU foreign ministers on 25th June"...

Yavlinsky: "The opposition to win or die heroically?"
LI News Bulletin, Issue 293, July 27, 2012
In an interview, Grigory Yavlinsky, former leader of Yabloko (LI full member) and 2004 LI Prize for Freedom laureate, analyses the complex situation in Russia and its future. Yavlinsky says that "there is not a single person in Russia who would associate the future of the country with a goal other than implementation of a strategy helping to solve the problems evolving at every historical stage: lawlessness, injustice, dishonesty, disrespect and poverty." He praises the protest rallies, but believes that the opposition must unite around a political platform to overthrow Putin: "Certainly, it is impossible to win trust via rallies, unreasonable fights with the police and shouting from the stage. People will accept only those who for dozens of years in politics have never deceived them or stolen anything from the country." He warns: "If the collapse of the government occurs in the absence of a politically responsible democratic alternative, then its fragments, as has already happened in our history, will fall into the hands of the most irresponsible forces."
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YABLOKO leaders about their investigation of the causes of dramatic flood in South Russia

Press Release, July 26, 2012.

On Tuesday, July 31, YABLOKO will conduct press conference “Who is liable for the catastrophic flood in Krymsk: the disaster or the governments?” The conference will take place in the Independent Press Centre. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and leaders of the Krasnodar branch of YABLOKO will tell about the results of their investigation of the tragedy taking the lives of many people in South Russia.

The participants of the press-conference:

Sergei Mitorkhin, Chairman, YABLOKO
Andrei Rudomakha, head of the Krasnodar Region branch of YABLOKO;
Yugeny Vitishko, head of the Tuapse branch of YABLOKO.

The press-conference will begin at 1 p.m.

Address: Kropotkinskaya metro station, Prechistinka 17/9, ground floor.

Accreditation: tel: +7 495 780 30 19 or by e-mail press@mosyabloko.ru

Leader of the Bryansk branch of YABLOKO nominated to run in the gubernatorial elections

Press Release, July 26, 2012.

Andrei Ponomaryov, leader of the Bryansk branch of YABLOKO was nominated by the conference of the regional party branch to run in the gubernatorial elections due on October 14, 2012.

The next step for registration in the election campaign should be overcoming of a "municipal filter": the nominees have to get support from municipal deputies and heads of municipal districts. According to the law adopted by the regional legislative assembly (Duma), the "municipal filter" amounts to a 7 per cent threshold in the Bryansk Region...

To release all the detained protestors of the demonstration of May 6!
Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, July 26, 2012.

Today Russia’s Investigative Committee has detained two more protestors of May 6, including Nikolai Kavkazsky, ex YABLOKO activist, member of Committee for Human Rights.

The number of persons made liable and the ways in which the Investigative Committee acts towards the suspects in violation of the laws during the opposition march on May 6, clearly demonstrate that the authorities have been returning to the Stalinist practices of intimidation and reprisals against active citizens...

Sergei Mitrokhin studied the problems of the Kolchugin District, Vladimir Region

Press Release, July 24, 2012.

On July 23 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin visited Kolchugin District, Vladimir Region, headed by Alexei Firsov, member of the YABLOKO party. In March 2011, Alexei Firsov, leader of the local branch of YABLOKO was elected head of the Council of Deputies of Kolchugin District. Firsov won I nthe elections with 29.72 per cent of the vote, YABLOKO’s party list got 20.56 per cent of the vote at the election.

Mitrokhin began his visit from Kindergarten No 10. Firsov and kindergarten director told him that opening of this kindergarten helped to reduce “the queue” for a place in a kindergarten by 120 kids, however, the queue had still contained 300 children...

YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin: Governor Tkachoyv should be among those suspected in negligence inflicting deaths of people in the flood in South Russia

Press Release, July 22, 2012.

YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin expressed his opinion that regional government officials and Alexander Tkachyov, Governor of the Krasnodar Region and top officials of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, should be made liable for the negligence resulting in mass victims during the recent flood in the Krasnodar region...

In his blog Sergei Mitrokhin analysed the legal acts related to the prevention of emergencies in the Krasnodar region and came to the conclusion that regional authorities did not fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to them by law.

In particular, Governor Alexander Tkachyov did not commission any of his deputies to supervise the implementation of the regulations "A system of warning and informing of the public about the threat of emergencies". After publication of the regulations in 2005, the control over its implementation was entrusted to A. Ivanov, however, now there is no such a Deputy Governor with such a name.

In addition, for the past seven years the regional government has not allotted any funds for creation of a system for alerting citizens about emergencies. This should have been made from the regional budget, however, each year, the regulations of 2005 did not contain such a clause. Also since 2005 they have prolonged the regulations of 2005 without including a clause on funding of the system.

"In any normal state an official responsible for such criminal negligence would be immediately dismissed. Only in Russia such an official can retain his gubernatorial post for another five years presenting a threat to millions of people living in the region governed by him," Mirokhin wrote in his blog.

YABLOKO made it into the legislative assembly of Kasimov despite fraud
Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, July 23, 2012.

The YABLOKO party made it into the Duma (legislative assembly) of Kasimov. According to official data, the party overcame the threashold into the Duma. However, our real vote, despite of the stuffing of ballots in favour of the ruling party, is much more.

These elections were a failure for Russian falsificators. And this is largely due to the work of independent volunteers – the observers who worked in Kasimov. YABLOKO expresses its gratitude to all of them and admiration of their life stance...

Never before had the evidence of crime been so conclusive. YABLOKO will seek to get all those engaged in rigging the elections to justice.

LI Vice President condemns terrorist attack in Bulgaria
LI News Bulletin, Issue 292, July 20, 2012

"Terrorist activity and organisations are the biggest single threat against stability and democratic development in the world. As a liberal I firmly believe in the right of anyone being who he or she is, without fearing aggression and oppression. I believe that any kind of warfare is unjust, especially when it is directed towards civilians", said LI Vice President Dr. Dzhevdet Chakarov MP in a statement, with regards to the terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in his native Bulgaria...

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Anniversary of Lyudmila Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group
Congratulations from Sergei Mitrokhin and Grigory Yavlinsky, July 20, 2012.

Dear Ludmila Mikhailovna,

The YABLOKO party wishes you a happy birthday!

Your understanding of the problems of human personality, your choice of your way in life, the belief that wishes of every person counts in the historical choice made by a country and the vector of the world development made you one of the most prominent public figures not only in our country but all over the world in the history of past decades.

Your uncompromising stance gives you the right to engage in and encourage dialogues and discussions with world leaders on the most pressing issues of modern politics, and you know how to make them listen to you. Your voice is heard on behalf of that part of the people, who are aware of their responsibility for what is happening. That is how real democracy emerges. And no short-term political considerations should prevail over human dignity, freedom and adherence to internal moral imperative. Upholding the humanistic values constitutes the main goal of your work, of your friends and followers...

Police received a complaint of "pornographic" YABLOKO leaflets

Press Release, July 18, 2012.

Vladimir Grachyov, Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission of the Ryazan region, applied to the police of the Kasimov city demanding to stop the distribution of YABLOKO leaflets. The leaflets criticised United Russia for the July raise of housing and utilities tariffs.

Earlier Grachyov had already expressed his concern about the leaflets to YABLOKO activists participating in the elections to the Kasimov City Council. The leaflet contained a caricature picturing a girl washing in the shower. A man bursting into the bathroom says to the scared girl, "I am not looking at you, I am looking at the water counter"...

Vladimir Lukin, Russian Ombudsman, turns 75
Congratulations from Grigory Yavlinsky, July 13, 2012.

Our dearest Vladimir Petrovich,

Happy birthday!

Your sense of inner freedom, fullness of life, constant and conscious presence in the midst of life made you one of the most prominent figures in the Russian history of the recent decades.

Your sense of humor allows you to maintain sanity in the assessment of yourself and the events. Your will and your understanding of the moral duty helps to live and overcome huge difficulties to many people.

Your personality, wit and erudition are a credit to Russia today. Your ability to be a good friend and your zest for life attract to you wonderful people and make you needed to all of us.

Wishing you health and strength!

Yours,
Grigory Yavlinsky

Three villages in the Krymsk District were flooded due to uncontrolled activities of the Private Hunters’ Club

Press Release, photographs by Andrei Rudomakha, July 19, 2012.

..."There is no doubt that economic activity of the Private Hunters' Club played a negative role in the flooding of Armyansky, Sheptalsky and Novoukrainsky villages," noted EcoWatch experts. These villages located in the valley of the Psyzh River are outside the influence of the flood from the Adagum River affecting Krymsk abd Nizhnebakanskaya and Neverdjayevskaya villages. However, these three villages were also serely affected. In addition to destruction and damaging of housing the flood led to human victims there.

On July 16 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin demanded from Yury Chaika, Public Prosecutor General, to bring to justice the officials whose negligence and lack of action led to flooding of three settlements in the Krymsk district.

President of Russia must take investigation of the attack against Muslim leaders in Tatarstan under his personal control
Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, July 19, 2012.

For and on behalf of the YABLOKO party I am conveying condolences to the relatives and next of kin of Valiulla Yakupov, head of Educational Department of Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of Tatarstan, who was murdered by criminals. I am also conveying condolences to residents of Tatarstan and the entire Muslim community of our country. I wish speedy recovery to Ildus Faizov, Mufti of the Republic of Tatarstan, who was injured during explosion of his car.

We strongly condemn this crime and demand from the President of the Russian Federation to take the investigation of the attack under his personal control.

We hope that the criminals will not escape punishment...

Youth YABLOKO files an application to Public Prosecutor General on investigation of financing of the Seliger Youth Forum

Press Release, July 3, 2012.

On July 3, 2012, ten activists of Youth YABLOKO led by Kirill Goncharov, Chair of the Youth Faction, filed an application to Yuri Chaika, Public Prosecutor General, demanding to investigate the lawfulness of financing the Seliger Youth Forum and find out why such huge budget funds are spent on an obvious political order.

According to young YABLOKO activists, a clearly politically and ideologically biased Forum "promotes intolerance towards political opponents of the authorities" was financed on such a grand scale by taxpayers' money. YABLOKO will also apply to the Audit Chamber of the Russian Federation asking to investigate the case.

Kirill Goncharov noted that Youth YABLOKO strongly condemned spending of budget funds on this politically biased event promoting political intolerance. "We would like to remind you that odious provocations against journalists, Kremlin’s political opponents and human rights activists were launched exactly by the Seliger Forum. For example, activists of some youth organisations made a "list of Russia’s enemies" which included many of our friends", he said.

It was disclosed that this summer Forum will get about 280 million roubles from the federal budget, as private sponsors refused to finance the event. In spite of this fact, Forum budget grew by 80 million roubles in 2012 as of 2011.

What does the opposition want: to win or die heroically?
Moskovsky Komsomolets web-site, July 11, 2012. Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Yulia Kalinina. (A complete version). PART 2.

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What does the opposition want: to win or to die heroically?
Moskovsky Komsomolets web-site, July 11, 2012. Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Yulia Kalinina. (A complete version). PART 1.

...MK: Yes, the protest movement was preoccupied mainly with creativity: a competition of funny banners and photoshopped pictures. It was too busy with this to think about elections.

GY: Because the people who took on the role of organisers of the protest movement were developing the form without filling it with content. That is why the rallies demonstrated an abundance of inventions, funny posters and performances. But by the spring the main "faces" of the protest have already partially changed. The new “faces” have quickly realized that it was necessary to leave the glamour and creativity – it was a deadlock. They tried to make camps by the fountain at the Pushkin square, breakthrough to the Manezh square, put forward incredible demands to the authorities and socialize at the boulevards. But this was also development of one form only, without any content, including the “Occupy Abai” action (Ed. “Occupy Abai” was a camp in the centre of Moscow by the monument to Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Kunanbayev). It was clear what “Occupy Wall Street” was about. Wall Street is the personification of the type of living the “occupants” protest against. And what does “Occupy Abai” mean? Again, it is an interesting form of protest but not filled with so much needed political content.

MK: A transition from the ideological to the physical opposition was a natural development of the protests. Is not is how they should grow - from coming to rallies to creation of permanent camps of the dissenting? from peaceful methods and slogans to violent clashes?

GY: No, it isn’t. Because in case of physical and violent confrontation with the authorities the protest movement would immediately lose and in general can be even permanently destroyed. The organisers of rallies must understand that this is unacceptable. In addition, if you invite people to an [officially] permitted rally, they should not get into trouble - people can not be victimized. If one is professionally engaged in the organisation of mass-scale peaceful protests and wants precisely this, this can be done. If one has other goals, than it will be the other way.

MK: Do you think ‘the other way” prevailed during protests on May 6?

GY: The desire for exploring "another heroic way" has been there for all these months. However, after the first attempt on December 5, this thrust was marginal, inferior to the general belief in the power of peaceful mass protests. But the protest did not yield immediate results as tangible concessions from the government, or provided a coherent perspective that could have been indicated by the political leadership. Thus, the lead was taken by the left, nationalists and supporters of the thesis “you cannot make an omlette without breaking eggs”. The question of responsibility for the health and lives of people was either redirected to the government or simply removed from the agenda. They said that under the current conditions the true organisers of mass actions were Twitter and FaceBook...

Mitrokhin demands from Public Prosecutor General to bring to justice the officials responsible for flooding of three villages of the Krymsk district

Press Release, July 16, 2012.

YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin demanded from Yury Chaika, Public Prosecutor General, to bring to justice the officials whose negligence and lack of action led to flooding of three settlements in the Krymsk district. Local residents warned the officials and prosecutors about improper condition of a dam of one water reservoirs, but received no reply. In the night of July 6-7 the dam burst, and the flow of water went to the villages.

On July 9 Mitrokhin along with the activists of the party and the North Caucasus Environmental Watch held a public inspection of the area around Armyansky and Sheptalsky villages and Novoukrainsky town...

As early as on March 28 E.Andruhovich, resident of Armyansky village, applied to the Department of Natural Resources of the State Environmental Supervision of the Krasnodar Territory. He complained about improper exploitation of the forest lake, which created a threat of flooding of private lands in a flood prone period. A similar application was sent to Public Prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory...

Pickets against the law on non-profit organisations and the libel law held by the State Duma

Press Release, July 13, 2012.

Today YABLOKO activists conducted by the State Duma a series of one-person pickets against the law on non-profit organisations and the libel law considerably worsening the situation for civil society activists. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin who also participated in the action said that the State Duma should concentrate on the creation of a commission for investigating the causes of the tragic flood in the Krasnodar Territory, rather than consideration of reprisals prone amendments to the law on non-profit organisations and restoring liability for libel as a criminal offense.

YABLOKO activists in turn held a banner picturing Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Heinrich Himmler, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Lavrenty Beria and Vladimir Putin with a subscription "Amendments to the law on non-profit organisations. Fascists are for it! KGB people are for it!"
Sergei Mitrokhin also participated in a journalists' picket against the libel law. He drew a placard "No to the libel law" at site...

YABLOKO held a series of one-person pickets against toughening of the law on non-profit organisations

Press Release, July 6, 2012.
On 6 July activists of the YABLOKO party held a series of one-person pickets protesting against the amendments giving a status of a "foreign agent" to a number of Russian non-profit organisations. The action was held outside the main entrance to the State Duma which plans to pass the amendments at first reading.
YABLOKO activists including Sergei Mitrokhin, party leader, Galina Mikhalyova, YABLOKO Bureau member, and Kirill Gontcharov, leader of Youth YABLOKO, picketed the State Duma entrance in turn with a banner "The amendments to the law on non-profit organisations are way to a fascist state"...

Yugeny Vitishko: "We are working 24 hours a day. We have made bunks and sleep in turn". Yugeny Vitishko about the Aid Centre in Krymsk.

Special for the YABLOKO web-site, July 10, 2012.

...Vitishko: We are working 24 hours a day. We have made bunks and sleep in turn. I have not slept since yesterday (laughs). We have about 20 people working here. Our camp is divided into sectors: sectors for delivery and provision of food, clothing, electricity, etc. Now the city is completely de-energized, only we have a generator. People are continuously coming to charge phones or boil tea.
In the coming days we are planning to examine the streets we have not visited yet. We will be walking around with a megaphone, and will look for those who have not received aid yet. I am afraid there will be such people – there are many pensioners and elderly in the city who have difficulty to move independently.

Question: Humanitarian aid is coming to you from all over the country. How do people respond to help?

Vitishko: They express their thankfulness. They asked who we are and where do we come from...

Flood in the Krasnodar Territory

Press Release, July 11, 2012.

On July 5 - 6 July a natural disaster broke out in several regions of the Krasnodar Territory. A heavy flood led to numerous victims among the local residents. Resort city Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk suffered from the disaster, however, but the most affected was the Krymsk District.

In the evening of July 6 YABLOKO and North Caucasus Environmental Watch activists organized a Public Aid Centre in Krymsk for providing aid to the residents of the city and the district. It is located at the address: Krymsk, Sverdlov street 9/1 (in the building of kindergarten No 19). Tel: +7 953 116 81 62 (Alexei Mandrigelya), +7 953 074 73 98 (Victoria Zolotaryova from 7.00 a.m. of July 9).

On July 8 a Coordination Centre was opened in YABLOKO’s office in Krasnodar. Address: Gogol Street 74, Office 20, 2nd Floor, tel: +7 861 275 26 77, +7 861 274 30 58, +7 961 515 69 94 (Igor Kharchenko). The centre is opened from 9:00 to 22:00.

Aid collection points in St.Petersburg:
St.Petersburg Observers office
Address: Liteyniy 31 (red door in the basement), tel: +7 911 954 9121 (Olga)
The office of Grigory Yavlinsky and YABLOKO supporters.
Address: Mozhayskaya 15, tel.: +7 921 700 2664 (Madina) from 8:00 to 23:30.

Humanitarian aid collection centre was opened in YABLOKO’s office in Voronezh. Address: Svobodi 59 bld 5. The first dispatch of the collected aid is scheduled on July 14-15. Tel: +7 920 210 95 98 (Tatyana Shkred).

YABLOKO’s Aid Centre for the victims of the flood in the southern Russia keeps working in Krymsk

Press Release, July 10, 2012.

Public Aid Centre for the victims of the flood opened by YABLOKO’s activists and EcoWatch in the North Caucasus the next day after the flood keeps working in Krymsk. The Centre is situated at Adagumskaya Street 153 in front of the shop Magnit.

Trucks with humanitarian aid arrive here from different cities of the South Russia. For example, today Alexei Mirukov, head of the Anapa branch of YABLOKO, and Victor Krivoshapkin, a civil activist, brought medications and food-stuffs.

A truck carrying a large tent where the Centre will be located is on the way from Novorossiysk. Yet the activists have been working outside day and night. Local government gave neither a tent nor a room to the volunteers...

Criminal negligence of officials led to deaths of people in the Krimskiy district, the Krasnodar Area
Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, July 7, 2012.

A natural disaster leading to numerous victims took place in some parts of the Krasnodar Area (southern Russia) yesterday and today. The YABLOKO party expresses condoles to the relatives and next of kin of the victims.
Resort city Gelindgik and Novorossiysk suffered from the disaster, but the most affected was the Krymsk Area with the highest number of victims. The tragedy was caused by torrential rains leading to a flood which inundated a large number of settlements. However, in the case of Krymsk and Neberdzhayevskeya village the tragedy was caused not only by weather conditions but also the actions of the authorities who had not taken the necessary precautions to prevent the disaster.

As was found out by the activists of the Krasnodar branch of YABLOKO, the dramatic lifting of water in the Krymsk city last night was caused by an emergency discharge from the Neberdzhayevsky water-storage pond situated in the mountains above the city. The population was not alerted about that discharge which became one more reason for the tragedy...

YABLOKO lit up 1,418 candles in memory of the Second World War

Press Release, June 22, 2012.

The YABLOKO party conducted a memory action "1,418 candles per every day of the war" commemorating the victims of the Second World War. The action was held in Moscow and St.Petersburg at night from June 21 to June 22 (the day the USSR was attacked by Hitler's troops).

The action "1,418 candles per every day of the war" has become traditional for the YABLOKO party and has been held in Moscow for several years already. Party activists and their families come to the action and commemorate the victims of the war.

When all the candles were lit YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin announced a minute of silence.

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Flood victims left without help in Krymsk held a spontaneous rally

Press Release, July 9, 2012.

Flood victims left without help in Krymsk are holding a spontaneous rally. People state they may go to extreme measures such as blocking the main street of the city so that to draw attention of the government to their situation.

Such information has been released by YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin who is now in Krymsk. According to Mitrokhin, it turned out that about 200 residents of the city (from Chernyshevsky and Lunacharsky streets) waiting for help for three days already have not got any help from the authorities, as well as food or fresh water. Their houses are flooded, but water is not pumped out, and since the beginning of disaster they have received no assistance whatsoever from either the administration, or the Emergency Situations Ministry...

YABLOKO leader arrived in Krymsk with a truck of humanitarian aid

Press Release, July 9, 2012.

YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and Andrei Rudomakha, head of the Krasnodar branch of YABLOKO, arrived in Krymsk, the Krasnodar area, severely ruined by flood. They brought a truck with humanitarian aid to the Aid Centre for victims opened by YABLOKO’s activists and the EcoWatch close to Adagumskaya Street 153 on July 6. This part of the city was most affected by the flood.

The party members brought to the aid centre canned food, salt, rice, macaroni, milk, water, tea, baby food, clothes, shoes, soap, other hygiene aids and medicines.

After their visit to Krymsk YABLOKO activists and Sergei Mitrokhin plan to go to other affected areas were help has not arrived yet...