Archive for 'Politics'
The court fined an official of the Ministry of Education of Udmurtia for ignoring an inquiry on anti-terrorist measures
Press Release, 15.04.2024 Photo by Iya Boronina A court in Izhevsk fined an official of the Ministry of Education of Udmurtia for ignoring an official inquiry from the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina. Boronina’s inquiry to the ministry concerned ensuring anti-terrorist and security measures in schools.
Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, 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 […]
Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Condolences, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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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 […]
Posted: March 27th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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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 […]
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 […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2024 under Condolences, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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The Minister of Culture of Udmurtia fined for ignoring the request of the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmutia, Iya Boronina
Press Release, 2.02.2024 Photo: Magistrate of the Court District No. 3 of Oktyabrsky District of Izhevsk, Alyona Dresvyannikova / Photo by Iya Boronina The Minister of Culture of Udmurtia, Vladimir Solovyov, was fined for violating the procedure for considering the appeal of the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina. The leader of […]
Posted: February 5th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The 22nd Congress of Yabloko. The key points
Press Release, 11.12.2023 Photo: Igor Artemyev, a member of the Federal Political Committee, speaks at the Congress on 9 December / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Past weekend, the 22nd Yabloko Congress took place in Moscow. The Congress elected the party leaders and the executive bodies of the party for the next four years. […]
Posted: December 11th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov elected Chairman of the Yabloko party for a second term
Press Release, 10.12.2023 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service According to the results of the secret ballot of the congress delegates, 59 delegates (55%) voted in favour of Nikolai Rybakov. Alexander Yefimov came second with 26 votes in favour. Anna Cherepanova and Maxim Kruglov received 12 and 10 votes, respectively.
Posted: December 10th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre announces enrollment of students for an advanced course on anti-corruption policy
Press Release, 29.11.2023 Photo: Heads of the Anti-Corruption Policy Centre Alexei Karnaukhov and Alexei Chumakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party launches the “Theory and Practice of Anti-Corruption” training course, which will take place from February to June 2024. The course developers are experts from the […]
Posted: November 30th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the State Duma and the Federation Council check the co-authors of the bill on cutting down forests in the Lake Baikal area for corruption
The Yabloko Party’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre indicated that six deputies and senators may have vested interests in the adoption of the law Press Release, 18.10.2023 Photo by unsplash.com Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the State Duma and the Federation Council conduct a conflict of interest check on the co-authors of the […]
Posted: October 19th, 2023 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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To rescue hostages and curb terror
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky, 11.10.2023 War has come to Israel. Terror, which seemed to have been more or less minimised for two decades with the help of a sound military doctrine and the efforts of professional intelligence services and diplomats, broke out with unexpected force and in an absolutely ugly form. It turned out that […]
Posted: October 11th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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There are no justifications for medieval barbarism and terrorism
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 10.10.2023 Photo by i24news It is with alarm and pain that we, together with the entire world, observe the unfolding tragedy in Israel and Palestine. A monstrous massacre carried out by fanatics. A new war, another burning fire on our small planet. We sincerely sympathise with all the victims and […]
Posted: October 11th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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We must start over without repeating the mistakes
Yabloko Deputy Chairman writes on why the Russian authorities prefer not to recall the text of the Declaration of the State Sovereignty adopted on June 12, which became Russia Day Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post, 12.06.2023 Photo by Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant Celebrating today’s holiday – Russia Day – the top officials make pompous statements, but […]
Posted: June 13th, 2023 under Constitutional Amendments, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Politics, Без рубрики.
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“It is impossible to forget such events.” Yabloko honoured the memory of Larisa Yudina murdered 25 years ago
Press Release, 7.06.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service 25 years ago, Larisa Yudina, Co-Chair of the Yabloko branch in Kalmykia, was murdered. Her whole life was connected with journalism. In 1991, Yudina headed the newspaper Sovietskaya Kalmykia. The paper was well-known for fight against corruption and criticism of the President of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, […]
Posted: June 9th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, The Murder of Larissa Yudina, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On Russia and its citizens
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March 2023 Published on 21.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Mutual distrust and intolerance towards opponents have been deliberately imposed on people in modern Russia. Sanctions under “political articles” have appeared in the legislation and are being tightened; and political repressions are rapidly intensifying in […]
Posted: April 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko raised 71.000 roubles at the auction in support of those persecuted for political reasons
Press Release, 13.03.2023 Photo by the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko On 11 March, the Chelyabinsk branch of the Yabloko party together with the “You Are Not Alone 74” project, held a charity auction in support of those persecuted for political reasons in the South Urals. During the auction, 49 lots were sold for a total […]
Posted: March 13th, 2023 under Charity, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Director of the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre: Recognition of Transparency International as an “undesirable organisation” in Russia maintains the trend towards repression against civil society
Press Release, 7.03.2023 Photo: Yelena Panfilova, founder of Transparency International – Russia, and Anton Pominov, ex-Director of the organisation / Photo by Gennady Gulyaev, Kommersant The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party expresses its unconditional support for colleagues from Transparency International – Russia and protests against the recognition of the international movement Transparency International […]
Posted: March 10th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Director of the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre on the implications of Russia’s withdrawing from the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
Special for the Yabloko web-site, 26.12.2022 Photo: Alexei Karnaukhov, Director of the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Russian government proposed to the President to withdraw from the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. Such a withdrawal maintains the line towards the break with European legal standards and will throw […]
Posted: December 26th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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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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The Yabloko faction in the Novgorod City Duma voted against the city budget for 2023
Press Release, 28.11.2022 Photo: A session of the Novgorod City Duma / Photo by duma.nov.ru On 25 November, the Novgorod City Duma considered in the first reading the draft city budget for 2023 and for the planning period of 2024 and 2025. The total amount of planned budget revenues for 2023 will amount to 6.867 […]
Posted: November 28th, 2022 under Economy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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