Archive for July, 2016
Grigory Yavlinsky on the doping scandal: There are lies in every cell of the system
Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 19.07.2016 The report which was published by the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday shows all the world what is really going on in Russia. Alexander Bortnikov [director of the FSB -Federal Security Service] has nothing to do with the doping test manipulations of the FSB officers … Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko […]
Posted: July 20th, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO officially admitted to participation in the election campaign
Press release, 18.07.2016 The Central Electoral Commission has certified YABLOKO’s lists of candidates for the elections to State Duma of the 7th convocation today. The Commission members voted solid. This way, YABLOKO is officially admitted to participation in the election campaign.
Posted: July 19th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: The Turkish lesson
Grigory Yavlinsky’s official website, 17.07.2016 Political instability in a neighboring country such as Turkey is a serious trouble for Russia. Neither our country, nor our government is ready for such events close to our borders. At the moment Russia is occupied with military and political games in Syria. However, the events in Turkey show that […]
Posted: July 17th, 2016 under Foreign policy.
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Seventh anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova
Press release, 15.07.2016 YABLOKO Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov has conducted a one-person picket outside the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation demanding to investigate the murder of Natalya Estemirova, human rights activist, journalist and member of the Memorial human rights centre. Natalia Estemirova was murdered seven years ago, on July 16, 2009.
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under Human Rights, The Murder of Natalya Estemirova.
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YABLOKO leaders laid flowers to the Embassy of France
Press release, 15.07.2016 “International terrorism is sending us one challenge after another, and every time it is a sign and a signal to all the peoples, that we must join hands. We can stop this evil only by united efforts. One must stop sorting out relationship between the states, otherwise the evil will prevail over […]
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Moscow YABLOKO commemorated victims of terror attack in Nice
Press release, 15.07.2016 Sergei Mitrokhin, Federal Political Committee member, Chair of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO, laid flowers to the Embassy of France and made an entry in the book of condolence.
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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YABLOKO Youth commemorated Nice attack victims
Press release, 15.07. 2016 Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists laid flowers to the Embassy of France in Moscow.
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Condolences on the terror attack in Nice
YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova’s Facebook page, 15.07.2016 I express my deepest condolences to the people of France in connection with the barbarian terror attack in Nice.
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “The government needs to be changed on a regular basis”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s answers to questions of the readers of Znak.com, 13.07.2016 Grigory Yavlinsky, YABLOKO founder and Chairman of its Federal Political Committee, participated in the presidential elections in Russia twice – in 1996 and 2000, respectively (in 2004 he boycotted the presidential campaign, due to the impossibility, in his opinion, to have free and fair […]
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO submitted its election list to the Central Electoral Commission
Press release, 13.07.2016 YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova and representatives of the party have submitted the party lists of candidates for the State Duma to the Central Electoral Commission today, on 13 July. The lists and the supporting documentation are to be checked and registered by the Central Electoral Commission.
Posted: July 14th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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The government supported Sergei Mitrokhin’s initiative to ban rent of luxury cars for state officials
Press Release, 13.07.2016 The Finance Ministry proposes to prohibit for top state officials to rent expensive powerful cars. YABLOKO Anticorruption Policy Centre launched this initiative some time ago.
Posted: July 13th, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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The staff of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper gives YABLOKO the majority in the new parliament
Novaya Gazeta, 12.07.2016 On 8 July, the Novaya Gazeta newspaper held a public opinion poll among the paper staff on the upcoming elections. Journalists were choosing by means of secret ballot the party list they would support, if the election took place next Sunday. In general 52 out of total 142 people of the staff […]
Posted: July 12th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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State Duma of the Sixth Convocation Discredited the State
Statement by the 19th Congress of the YABLOKO party, 11.07.2016 Summing up the results of the work of the State Duma of the sixth convocation, the Russian United Democratic YABLOKO party states the negative influence which the deputies made on the public, political and economic life of the country. The State Duma of the sixth […]
Posted: July 12th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Moscow Region branch of YABLOKO united democrats
Press release, 12.07.2016 The conference of the Moscow Region branch of YABLOKO nominated the candidates for Moscow Region Duma. The nominees are the leaders of the regional party branch, local deputies and members of Alexei Navalny’s Progress Party.
Posted: July 12th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO nominated list for elections to the Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly
Press release, 11.07.2016 The Leningrad branch of YABLOKO held a conference where the candidates for deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the region were nominated.
Posted: July 12th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO to submit its election list to the Central Electoral Commission
Press Release, 11.07.2016 YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova and representatives of the party will submit the party lists of candidates for the State Duma to the Central Electoral Commission on 13 July at noon. The lists and the supporting documentation have to be checked and registered by the Central Electoral Commission.
Posted: July 11th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO proposes Yevgeny Bunimovich for the post of Russian Ombudsman for Children’s Rights
Interfax, 11.07.2016 Moscow, 11 July. Interfax. The YABLOKO party proposed Yevgeny Bunimovich who is the Moscow Ombudsman for Children’s Rights [at present] for the post of the Russian Ombudsman for Children’s Rights.
Posted: July 11th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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YABLOKO proposes to the Russian President to replace failed Ombudsman for Children’s Rights Pavel Astakhov with his Moscow counterpart Yevgeny Bunimovich
Press Release, 11.07.2016 YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova proposed proposes to the Russian President Vladimir Putin to replace the failed Ombudsman for Children’s Rights Pavel Astakhov with Yevgeny Bunimovich who is the Moscow Ombudsman for Children’s Rights at present.
Posted: July 11th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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YABLOKO conducted a rally against cutting of parks
Press release, 08.07.2016 YABLOKO and environmental initiative groups conducted a rally for preservation of parks, public gardens and city forests and protested against illegal distribution of land for construction.
Posted: July 11th, 2016 under Environmental Policies.
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Russian liberals present a coalition for democracy ahead of elections
LI, 07.07.2016 Launching their electoral programme ahead of national elections in Russia on 18 September 2016, the Russian United Democratic Party (YABLOKO – LI full-member) held their 19th Congress from 1-3 July, where they presented a viable, liberal alternative to Vladimir Putin’s authoritarianism brand of politics.
Posted: July 11th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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