Grigory Yavlinsky: On the Brink of War
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 18.04.2021
Photo by Alexei Kudenko / RIA Novosti
To what condition have they brought the country, so that in 2021, literally, a possible war with Ukraine is all over the news? What had to be done with the people so that they could seriously discuss how the Ukrainian army could threaten Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog, and Belgorod? What did the media need to be turned into so that they whipped up an atmosphere of hatred from morning till night – not only towards Ukrainians, not only towards the West, but also towards their own citizens who dare to speak up against the regime and against the war?
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Posted: April 19th, 2021 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko regional MPs demanded from Vladimir Putin to allow doctors to examine Alexei Navalny and release all political prisoners
Press Release, 18.04.2021
Photo: Alexei Navalny / Photo by Creative Commons
Yabloko deputies of regional legislative assemblies from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Karelia and the Pskov region appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a demand to immediately admit doctors to Alexei Navalny.
The document was signed by Maxim Kruglov, Daria Besedina,Yevgeny Bunimovich and Sergei Mitrokhin (Moscow), Boris Vishnevsky (St. Petersburg), Emilia Slabunova (Karelia), Lev Shlosberg and Artur Gaiduk (the Pskov region).
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Posted: April 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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After the appeal of the deputy from Yabloko, the Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that the utilities tariffs in Zaborie had been set unlawfully
Press Release, 19.04.2021
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the data of the investigation of Anatoly Kivva, a deputy of the Zaboryevsky rural settlement (the Ryazan region) from the Yabloko party, that the municipal organisation “Byt” providing utility services had illegally set tariffs for the population and collected money from residents in accordance with these tariffs. An administrative case was initiated.
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Posted: April 19th, 2021 under Economy, Housing and Utilities Reform, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky: In the atmosphere of military hysteria. Why the Kremlin is pumping the society with militarism and what the elections have to do with it
Novaya Gazeta, 13.04.2021
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Dmitry Peskov’s [Vladimir Putin’s Press Secretary] statements that Russia “is not going to move” towards war with Ukraine, but “will not remain indifferent to the fate of Russian speakers who live in the southeast of the country” are not a sign of abandoning the planned scenario, but represent another bundle of firewood laid into the fire of war, which could flare up at any moment.
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Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Elections, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Без рубрики.
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The Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko once again demanded to cancel the auction for the leasing of 11 retro-style trams
Press Release, 15.04.2021
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Chairman of Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko Oleg Rodin sent another appeal to the Control and Accounts Chamber of the city of Nizhny Novgorod demanding to cancel the auction for leasing 11 tram cars in retro style.
The Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko considers the purchase unreasonable, in his opinion, the actions of the administration contribute to the overestimation of budget expenditures and violate the principle of efficient use of budget funds.
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Posted: April 15th, 2021 under YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov assessed the “garbage reform” during his visit to Ivanovo
Press Release, 15.04.2021
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov made a working visit to Ivanovo on 13 April, 2021.
In Ivanovo Rybakov met with Vladimir Yarchenkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OOO “Regional Operator for Handling of Solid Municipal Waste”, and discussed the garbage reform, tariffs, sorting and disposal of garbage in the Ivanovo region.
After the meeting Rybakov visited a waste sorting plant with the capacity of 250,000 tons of processed waste per year. After the launch of the new line, the plant sorts out the waste from 19 districts.
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Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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We demand an immediate end to the persecution of DOXA magazine staff
Statement by the Yabloko party, 14.04.2021
Photo: Alla Gutnikova, Editor of the DOXA magazine / Photo by @avtozaklive
Another act of pressure on independent journalism is taking place. Searches were carried out in the homes of the staff of the students’ magazine DOXA. They face up to three years in prison on an absurd charge of persuading minors to commit unlawful actions.
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Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Anna Cherepanova was summoned to the police under an administrative case after giving unsatisfactory assessment to the Governor’s performance
Press Release, 14.04.2021
Photo: Anna Cherepanova /Photo by the Press Service of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko
The police handed a summon to Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and deputy of the Novgorod Duma. Cherepanova a notification has to come to the police department where an administrative protocol will be drawn up on her under Article 20.2 Part 2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (Organisation or holding of a public event without filing a notice of a public event in the prescribed manner). Police claims were caused by a rally in memory of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, which took place in Novgorod’s “Hyde Park” (a specially designated place where holding a rally does not require any notifications of the authorities) on 27 February 27.
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Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko plans to determine candidates for the State Duma via primaries
Press Release, 13.04.2021
Photo by the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko
The Chelyabinsk regional branch of Yabloko made a decision to recommend to the Party Congress to nominate candidates for State Duma from the region basing on the results of primaries. The selection of candidates for State Duma deputies from the Yabloko party in the Chelyabinsk region will be carried out in five single-mandate constituencies.
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Posted: April 13th, 2021 under Coalition Policy, Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stop pressure on investigative journalist Roman Anin
Statement by the Yabloko party, 12.04.2021
Photo: Roman Anin. / Photo by Vazhniye Istorii
On 9 April, the Federal Security Service (FSB) conducted a six-hour search of the house of Roman Anin, Editor-in-Chief of Vazhniye Istorii (Important Stories). After the search, the investigators took the journalist away for questioning. We consider such actions to be a crude attempt to put pressure on independent journalism and demand that the investigative actions against Roman Anin be stopped.
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Posted: April 12th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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“State regulation of prices and inflation”. Online lecture by Dr. Igor Nikolayev at the Yabloko Party University
Press Release, 12.04.2021
Photo: Igor Nikoayev / Photo by the Yabloko Press service
On Thursday, 22 April, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by Dr. Igor Nikolayev “State regulation of prices and inflation”. The lecture will be held via Zoom and will begin at 19:00.
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Posted: April 12th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Yabloko candidate Olga Vshivkova won the elections to the Duma of the Kungur Municipal District, the Perm Territory
Press Release, 12.04.2021
Photo: Olga Vshivkova/ Photo from the personal of Olga Vshivkova in the VKontakte social network
Olga Vshivkova, a candidate from the Perm branch of Yabloko, won the election of deputies of the Duma of the Kungur Municipal District of the 1st convocation in the two-mandate constituency. Vshivkova, nominated by Yabloko, gained more than 35% of the votes, ahead of the candidate from the pro-government’s United Russia party and the current deputy by only four vote. The second candidate from the Yabloko party in the same district, environmental activist and journalist Yekaterina Burylova, came fourth.
Olga Vshivkova is a Yabloko party supporter and Chair of the “Kungur, the Territory of Goodness” charitable foundation.
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Posted: April 12th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Birthday greetings to Grigory Yavlinsky
Congratulations from Nikolai Rybakov and Alexei Arbatov, 10.04.2021
On 10 April, the Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party Grigory Yavlinsky celebrates his birthday. Yabloko party chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Alexei Arbatov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and head of the Centre for International Security of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of Russian Academy of Sciences (published in the Kommersant newspaper) congratulate Grigory Yavlinsky on his birthday.
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Posted: April 12th, 2021 under Greetings.
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Hands off the Artdocfest film festival
Statement by Yabloko Chairman, 9.04.2021
These days, the 14th International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest is being held in different cities of Russia.
This year, the organisers of the festival faced pressure from law enforcement and regulatory agencies, refusal of cinemas to provide venues, provocations of odious nationalist groups and, finally, direct threats of physical violence, which ultimately led to the cancellation of screenings and the transfer of events online.
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Posted: April 9th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov to visit the Ivanovo region
Press Release, 8.04.2021
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 13 April, the Chairman of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Rybakov, will arrive on a working visit to the Ivanovo region. During the visit, the Yabloko leader will meet with representatives of Ivanovo businesses, and discuss the implementation of the federal measures to support small and medium-sized businesses.
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Posted: April 8th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stop repressions against representatives of civil society in the Republic of Ingushetia
Statement by the Yabloko party No 406, published on 8.04.2021
Adopted by the Yabloko Congress on 4 April 2021
Photo by master_18.mail.ru/depositphotos
In the fall of 2018, peaceful protests began in the Republic of Ingushetia, caused by the transfer of part of the territory of the Republic of Ingushetia under the control of the authorities of the Chechen Republic. The corresponding agreement was signed by the heads of the two constituent entities of the Russian Federation on 26 September, 2018 in violation of federal and regional laws, without taking into account the opinion of the residents of the Republic of Ingushetia and secretly from them.
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Posted: April 8th, 2021 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ivanovo Regional Court canceled the fine for Yabloko member Ivan Krisanov, who organised a rally in support of political prisoners
Press Release, 6.04.2021
Photo: Ivan Krisanov / Photo by the Press Service of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko
On 5 April, the Ivanovo Regional Court considered an appeal against the ruling of the Oktyabrsky District Court against Ivan Krisanov, a member of the Bureau of the Ivanovo regional branch of the Yabloko party.
In February the court of the first instance imposed a fine on Krisanov in the amount of 20,000 roubles for allegedly exceeding the permissible number of participants in a rally in defence of political prisoners organised by Krisanov in Ivanovo’s “Hyde Park” [a specially designated place in the city where rallies and meetings can be held without any permissions from the authorities] on 31 January.
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Posted: April 8th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky: There is a chance to stop the operation of resetting the presidential terms
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post, 6.04.2021
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The Russian authorities intend to conduct a nationwide election campaign in an atmosphere of military hysteria.
I don’t want to repeat once again the phrase about “a small victorious war”, which the Putin regime is once again extremely in need, but we have to – everything is developing too alarmingly around Ukraine, as Russian troops are being pulled up to its borders.
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Posted: April 7th, 2021 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Foreign policy, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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Nikolay Rybakov: The reform of Yabloko will allow us to create strong, fair, respectful competition in the party
Press Release, 3.04.2021
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko Сhairman Nikolai Rybakov began his speech at the 21st party Congress by mentioning the victims of political repression, the number of which has increased significantly over the past year. According to the Memorial human rights society, 378 people in Russia are persecuted or imprisoned for their political beliefs.
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Posted: April 7th, 2021 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Без рубрики.
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The key decisions of the Yabloko congress: the reform of Yabloko, the demand to release political prisoners and elections to the State Duma
Press Release, 6.04.2021
Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The key points
On 3-4 April, Yabloko held a new stage of the 21st Congress, which was attended by almost 120 delegates from several dozens of regions. The main topic of the Congress was the reform of Yabloko and the release of political prisoners. Grigory Yavlinsky was one of the first to speak from the rostrum of the Congress. He explained the meaning of the party reform: it should be targeted at preservation of the core of the democratic opposition in Russia under the conditions of an authoritarian mafia regime.
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Posted: April 6th, 2021 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform, Без рубрики.
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