Archive for December, 2015
Grigory Yavlinsky’s answer to a student about Russia’s foreign policy became a hit on the Internet and collected 1.5 million views
Text, video, 15.12.2015 A student of the Higher School of Economics at Grigory Yavlinsky’s seminar asked the professor why he was criticizing Russia’s foreign policy, as, according to the student, “our country did not quarrel with the world on its own initiative”. The video and the text of the dialogue was published on Grigory Yavlinsky’s […]
Posted: December 13th, 2015 under Economy.
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Two YABLOKO’s defenders of the Constitution are still under arrest in the police department
Press Release, 13.12.2015 Two activists of the YABLOKO party detained yesterday in Pushkin Square during the action in defense of the Constitution, remain in the Meshchansky police department. Police arrested them for 48 hours before the trial, which will be held tomorrow, on 14 December. The camera does not have any mattresses to sleep on.
Posted: December 13th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.
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Liberal International on the arrest of Sergei Mitrokhin and other activists
12.12.2015 LI Vice President on the Bureau Robert Woodthorpe Browne MBE strongly condemned the news that the Russian authorities yet again arrested Sergey Mitrokhin, leader of Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko, alongside 11 party collegues, while peacefully commemorating Russian Constitution day.
Posted: December 12th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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Sergei Mitrokhin will not be realesed until court session on Monday
12.12.2015 Sergei Mitrokhin and five other activists will be kept in the police cells until Monday like criminals due to their participation in one-person pickets in defence of the Russian Constitution. Then will be transported to court, the judge will make a decision on the punishment.
Posted: December 12th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.
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EVGENY VITISHKO ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR 20 DAYS
EWNC, 12.12.2015 UPD Today Evgeny Vitishko had to stop his hunger strike due to abrupt deterioration of his condition. (http://ewnc.org/node/20283) Environmentalist Evgeny Vitishko, who is in prison since February 2014 and was set to be freed last month, is still in prison, and his health is deteriorating due to a hunger strike he declared to […]
Posted: December 12th, 2015 under Environmental Policies, Evgeny Vitishko case, Human Rights.
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Police does not allow Mitrokhin’s lawyer to see the arrested
Press release, 12.12.2015 UPD. 15:00. Lawyer Sergei Susymov was allowed to see Sergei Mitrokhin 14:30. Police Officer in the police Department Tverskoye uses different pretext so that not to let Alexei Susyumov, Sergei Mitrokhin’s lawyer, to see the arrested. The police officer said that there was no Mitrokhin among the arrested. 14:00. Police does not allow […]
Posted: December 12th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.
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Sergei Mitrokhin arrested during picketing for civil rights proclaimed by Russian Constitution
Press release, 12.12.2015 Today, on 12 December, the day of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin has been arrested by police at the action in defence of the Russian Constitution in Pushkin Square. Police also arrested YABLOKO’s Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, Grigory Semyonov, Igor Bakirov and other YABLOKO and civil activists – 12 […]
Posted: December 12th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.
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Galina Shirshina will turn to court if City Council removes her from post
Press release, 10.12.2015 Mayor of Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia, will turn to the court if the deputies of the City Council dismiss her.
Posted: December 12th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: Respect the Constitution! 1965 – 2015
Blog post by Sergei Mitrokhin, 10.12.2015 These days we are celebrating a glorious albeit partially tragic jubilee. Act of Bravery. 1965 On the 5th of December it turned exactly 50 years since the day when a large group of human rights defenders came out to Pushkin Square in order to protect the fundamental law of […]
Posted: December 11th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.
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Brief information on YABLOKO Chairperson elections
On December 19-20, the Congress of the YABLOKO party will take place. 164 delegates will elect the new party leaders: a Chairperson, members of the Bureau, Political Committee, Internal Audit Commission and Arbitration Committee.
Posted: December 11th, 2015 under Elections, The 18th Congress of YABLOKO, YABLOKO Congresses.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: the slogan “Respect Our Constitution” is as urgent today as 50 years ago
Press Release, 09.12.2015 On 12 December, the day of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, YABLOKO will hold pickets in Pushkin Square in defense of the country’s fundamental law. The Soviet dissidents held their first rally in defense of the Constitution in this square in December 1965. YABLOKO party leader Sergei Mitrokhin will take part […]
Posted: December 9th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.
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To restore the Russian-Turkish cultural, educational, tourist and economic ties
Statement by YABLOKO Bureau, 09.12.2015 The reaction of the Russian leadership on the tragic death of Russian military Oleg Peshkov and Alexander Pozynich turned out to be asymmetric and strange. The [authorities] chose to strike a blow on cultural and educational ties between our nations. Such negative developments in the relations between Russia and Turkey […]
Posted: December 9th, 2015 under Foreign policy, Politics.
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YABLOKO Youth conducted a round table on juvenile justice
Press release, 08.12.2015 On December 8, Moscow YABLOKO Youth conducted a round table on the juvenile justice system. The aim of the event was to break the myths about the juvenile justice which are being spread by the lobbyists of traditional values and “a special way” of the development of Russia. The supporters of the […]
Posted: December 9th, 2015 under Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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Free Ildar Dadin!
Statement by the Moscow branch of YABLOKO Youth, 08.12.2015 On December 7, a precedent was set within the Russian legal system – the court passed the sentence against civil activist Ilgar Dadin for participating in four pickets, three of them were one-person pickets [according to the law, one-person picketing do not need authorisation]. On the […]
Posted: December 9th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO’s Andris Dreimanis won elections to the Sebezh Council of Deputies
Press Release, 07.12.2015 YABLOKO member Andris Dreimanis won by-elections to the Sebezh Council of Deputies, the Pskov, region. The elections took place on 6 December. Andris Dreimanis with almost 40 per cent of the vote won one of the two mandates. Photo: Andris Dreimanis at the meeting of the Pskov branch of YABLOKO on 21 […]
Posted: December 8th, 2015 under Elections.
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The authorities do not allow YABLOKO to celebrate the Constitution Day on Pushkin Square
Press Release, 08.12.2015 The Moscow authorities denied the YABLOKO the permission to conduct a picket to mark the Constitution Day (the 12th of December) in Pushkin Square in the centre of Moscow.
Posted: December 8th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly demonstrates hypocrisy and confusion
Press Release, 3.12,2015 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin said that the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation demonstrated that there would be no qualitative changes in the country: the course towards militarization would remain and the policies of “tightening the screws” would go on. The President underestimated the crisis tendencies in […]
Posted: December 5th, 2015 under Economy, Foreign policy, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Petrozavodsk Mayor Galina Shirshina wins the RBC award
Press Release, 3.12.2015 Petrozavodsk Mayor Galina Shirshina who was elected on the post with the support of the YABLOKO party, won the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting) award in the nomination the State Person. The prize was awarded in Moscow today.
Posted: December 4th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Congratulations to Galina Shirshina, Mayor of Petrozavodsk!
03.12.2015 Congratualtions to Galina Shirshina, Mayor of Petrozavodsk (capital of Karelia), on winning the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting) award in the nomination “The States Person”. Galina Shirshina was elected Mayor with YABLOKO support two years ago and is known for her tough anti-corruption stance. The award runs “for openness and transparency in the regional policy, defending self-government […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2015 under Situation in Karelia.
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[YABLOKO’s] Galina Shirshina has accomplished in eight months what no one in Russia could do before her
/ / Znak.com, 29.04.2014 Galina Shirshina, aged 34, is head of Petrozavodsk [the capital of the Republic of Karelia, North-West Russia], and for the eight months in office as the City Mayor she has managed to accomplish what male officials could not.
Posted: December 3rd, 2015 under Regional and Local Elections, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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