Archive for August, 2016
YABLOKO to conduct an action called “Teach the officials to run a university”
Press release, 30.08.2016 On September 1, the Sverdlovsk branch of YABLOKO will conduct an action called “Teach the officials to run a university” near University building.
Posted: August 31st, 2016 under Education and Science, Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Social Policies.
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Renowned human rights defender Lev Ponomarev becomes YABLOKO election representative
Press release, 31.08.2016 Renowned human rights defender, Executive Director of the For Human Rights movement Lev Ponomarev became YABLOKO election representative at the elections to the State Duma.
Posted: August 31st, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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On the forthcoming media provocations against YABLOKO
Statement by YABLOKO Press Office, 30.08.2016 At the moment the YABLOKO party has launched the most widespread election campaign in its history, the party has real chances to clear the 5 per cent threshold in the election of 18 September, and to win in several single-mandate constituencies. It is evident that the presence of real […]
Posted: August 31st, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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You can meet YABLOKO campaign minibuses on the streets of Moscow
Press release, 30.08.2016 On 31 August, YABLOKO’s volunteers will go through Moscow by special campaign minibuses.
Posted: August 31st, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Vladimir Ryzhkov claims that someone tried to stage a car accident for him
Ekho Moskvy radio station, 30.08.2016 Parliamentary candidate has told the Ekho Moskvy radio station about an accident, which occurred during his trip around the Altai Territory.
Posted: August 30th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO withdrawn from the election to the Petrozavodsk City Council
Petrozavodsk City Court satisfied the claim from the Rodina party on withdrawal of the YABLOKO party list of candidates from the election to the Petrozovodsk City Council. Stolitsa na Onege, 30.08.2016 Such a decision has been taken by Judge Natalia Tarabrina today.
Posted: August 30th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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Head of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alexeyeva becomes YABLOKO election representative
Press Release, 30.08.2016 Lyudmila Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, became YABLOKO election representative at the elections to the State Duma.
Posted: August 30th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Human right defenders support the appeal to the President of the International Paralympic Committee
Russia’s human rights defenders ask the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to review the decision to ban Russian team from competing at the Paralympic Games in Rio Press release, 26.08.2016 Co-Chair of YABLOKO’s Human rights faction Sergei Kovalev, Federal Political Committee member Valeri Borshchev and parliamentary candidate Svetlana Gannushkina supported an appeal of Russia’s human rights defenders, […]
Posted: August 30th, 2016 under Foreign policy, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO leaders during their visit to Karelia: We want to change policy and government
Press release, 26.08.2016 YABLOKO leaders Emilia Slabunova and Grigory Yavlinsky made a visit to the city of Olonets, the Republic of Karelia, as part of the party election campaign. The politicians visited the local milk factory and had a meeting with local residents.
Posted: August 29th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO banners in Barnaul were dismantled by unidentified persons
Press Release, 26.08.2016 On 24 August, the YABLOKO party applied to police because several party banners in Barnaul, the capital of Altai, were dismantled by unidentified persons.
Posted: August 29th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Nikolai Rybakov visits Vladimir
Press Release, 26.08.2016 On 25 August, Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of YABLOKO and one of the top candidates of the party to the State Duma, was in Vladimir on a working visit to Vladimir. He visited several “hot spots” of the city, where rights of the citizens were violated, gave a press conference for local […]
Posted: August 29th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Igor Artemyev: Prices on medicines maybe overstated by 160 times in Russia
RIA-Novosti, 27.08.2016 Prices on medicines containing the same substances, but sold in Russia under different trademarks, are in some cases overstated by 160 times, said Igor Artemyev, head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service and member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee.
Posted: August 29th, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Vladimir Ryzhkov: “The poverty of Siberia is the result of purposeful activities of the federal government”
YABLOKO parliamentary candidate visited the cities of Siberia Press release, 25.08.2016 On August 23-24, YABLOKO parliamentary candidate Vladimir Ryzhkov visited Tomsk and Novosibirsk as part of the election campaign. Ryzhkov had a meeting with party supporters, held two press conferences and participated in radio and television programmes.
Posted: August 26th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “The situation in Karelia is a vivid example of the deadlock our country is in”
Press release, 25.08. 2016 YABLOKO leaders Grigory Yavlinsky and Emilia Slabunova came to Karelia – a key region for the party, where YABLOKO has been facing unprecedented pressure from the regional authorities. Yavlinsky and Slabunova spoke about the purpose of the visit and the party election programme at the press conference which took place in […]
Posted: August 25th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO parliamentary candidates talked about the first steps in the State Duma to improve the situation in the country
Press release, 24.08.2016 Today YABLOKO parliamentary candidates have launched the legislative initiatives, which the party is intended to implement if it enters the Parliament. YABLOKO leaders and parliamentary nominees launched the most relevant out of nearly 150 bills, which YABLOKO had drafted.
Posted: August 25th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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The education sector is affected first
Grigory Yavlinsky web-site, 20.08.2016 Change of officials in the Ministry of Education has nothing to do with the solution of the key problems of Russian education sector. The main threat to education in Russia is the actual reduction of the costs plus ideologisation and imposing of obscurantist standards. And this is only a part of […]
Posted: August 25th, 2016 under Education and Science.
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St.Petersburg YABLOKO to initiate a referendum against naming a bridge after former Chechen President
Press release, 22.08.2016 The initiative group founded by the YABLOKO party appealed to the election commission of St.Petersburg to initiate a referendum against naming one of the city’s bridges after Akhmad Kadyrov, first President of the Chechen Republic, which was done by the authorities despite loud public protests. The application will be considered within two […]
Posted: August 24th, 2016 under History, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO’s election campaign head-quarters opened in the heart of Moscow
Press Release, 23.08.2016 Today YABLOKO Moscow election campaign headquarters opened in Bolshoi Kislovsky lane in the heart of Moscow. The event brought together several hundred volunteers, who up to the Day of Silence on the threashold of the voting day 18 September will be convincing Moscow residents to come to the polls. The meeting was […]
Posted: August 24th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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St.Petersburg YABLOKO to launch electoral programme for the election to Legislative Assembly
Press release, 23.08.2016 Leaders of the St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO will launch the electoral programme for the election to the Legislative Assembly. The event will take place in the Rosbalt news agency on Thursday, August 25, 02.00 p.m.
Posted: August 23rd, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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Only representative of YABLOKO came to the first televised debate of candidates in Ryazan
Internet newspaper Vid Sboku, 22.08.2016 Only representative of the YABLOKO party Maria Yepifanova come to the first televised debate of candidates for the State Duma from the Ryazan region, that was broadcast by GTRK Oka at Russia-24 television channel on Monday, 22 August.
Posted: August 23rd, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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