Archive for September, 2014
Candidates for Moscow City Duma deputies conducted picketing in support of education
Press Release, 08.09.2014 YABLOKO candidates for Moscow City Duma deputies conducted one-person picketing in support of education. Yulia Galyamina (the 9th electoral district), Elena Rusakova (the 37th electoral district), Olga Radayeva (the 40th electoral district) and a teacher Larisa Rzhevskaya participated in the action.
Posted: September 11th, 2014 under Education and Science, Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, Street Actions.
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De hemliga soldaterna
SVT, 08.09.2014 Ryssland fortsätter att förneka att man sänder soldater till kriget i Ukraina. Men nu börjar makthavarna få problem på hemmaplan med uppgifter som sprids via sociala medier om sårade soldater, hemliga begravningar och hela försvunna kompanier. SVT:s korrespondent besökte Sankt Petersburg och Pskov för att ta reda på mer om det hemliga kriget.
Posted: September 11th, 2014 under Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The “Conservative Turn” as a Threat to the Civil Society
At present Russia has been going through a reactionary period which is called the “conservative course” by the authorities. Paternalistic, jingoistic and allegedly traditional “values” are imposed on the society within the framework of this course as the so-called “spiritual bonds”. In turn, the European values associated with freedom of choice and human rights, are declared “alien […]
Posted: September 10th, 2014 under Programme documents.
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On the further steps on reconciling the conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Statement by the YABLOKO party ,08.09.2014 A phantasm of a hope of establishing peace in Eastern Ukraine has appeared recently. The Minsk agreement on the steps on realization of peace plan including obligations for cease-fire aims at it. We emphasize that the participants of the three party contact team don’t dispute the territorial integrity of […]
Posted: September 9th, 2014 under Foreign policy, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yavlinsky:”Mobbing, intimidation and terror will become even worse”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s blog, 04.09.2014 The attack on Lev Shlosberg, Chair of the Pskov branch of YABLOKO, deputy of the Pskov region Legislative Assembly, a well-known politician and journalist, is part of the coming campaign on intimidation of the citizens of Russia. Intimidation of those who openly express disagreement with the authorities’ course now and those […]
Posted: September 8th, 2014 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Elections, Human Rights.
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Mitrokhin launched YABLOKO’s new book at Moscow International Book Fair
Press Release, 04.09.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin presented YABLOKO’s new publication called “On the European way of Russia. The alternative to Putin’s system” at the 26th Moscow International Book Fair.
Posted: September 8th, 2014 under Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, Programme documents.
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LI President condemns attack on Yabloko’s Shlosberg; calls for a solution to Ukraine conflict
Liberal International, 03.09.2014 Condemning the cowardly attack against Lev Shlosberg, head of the Pskov branch of LI full member Yabloko, for drawing global attention to the role of Russian paratroopers in Ukraine, LI President Dr. Juli Minoves has called on the Russian authorities to end the conflict.
Posted: September 3rd, 2014 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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Russian authorities must end impunity for attacks on journalists, says OSCE Representative following another attack in Pskov
OSCE, 30.08.2014 VIENNA, 30 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called for the Russian authoities to fully investigate and prosecute all attacks on journalists following an attack against journalist Lev Schlosberg in Pskov, in western Russia.
Posted: September 1st, 2014 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations.
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ALDE Party deplores attack on Yabloko member in Russia
The ALDE party, 01/09/2014 Lev Shlosberg The ALDE Party deplores the attack on Lev Shlosberg, a member of YABLOKO, one of our two member parties in Russia. Mr. Shlosberg was severely injured on Sunday in what is believed to be a crime that can be attributed to the mobbing of people in Russia that hold […]
Posted: September 1st, 2014 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Human Rights, The ALDE party.
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The Russian interior must classify the criminal case of an attack on Lev Shlosberg as “infringement on life of a public figure” rather than “hooliganism”
Press Release, 08/31/2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin said that the decision of the interior of the Pskov region to file a criminal case on the attack on YABLOKO’s Lev under “hooliganism” represented a “mockery” of an investigation.
Posted: September 1st, 2014 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations.
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