Archive for February, 2017
Moscow Yabloko Youth holds picketing in support of Kirill Bobro
Press release, 28.02.2017 Moscow Yabloko Youth deputy Chair Maria Efimova and regional council member Victor Petrunin have held picketing in support of arrested leader of Stavropol Yabloko Youth Kirill Bobro outside the FSB security service headquarters in Moscow today. Kirill was sentenced to three days in jail for organising a one-person picket against the persecution […]
Posted: February 28th, 2017 under Human Rights, Persecution of Young Activists in Stavropol, Yabloko Youth.
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Academician Arbatov: Russia should withdraw its troops from Syria and strengthen its southern borders
Press Release, 22.02.2017 Alexei Arbatov, one of the leading Russian experts in the field of military policy and international security, Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, and member of the Federal Political Committee of the YABLOKO party, gave an interview to yabloko.ru on the threats and challenges facing Russia.
Posted: February 28th, 2017 under Foreign policy.
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Kirill Bobro gets three days in jail for organising a one-person picket
Press release, 28.02.2017 Today the court has sentenced Kirill Bobro, the leader of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko Youth, to three days in jail for organising a one-person picket by the FSB security service office in Stavropol, south Russia. Bobro did not admit his guilt and went on hunger strike in protest at the decision.
Posted: February 28th, 2017 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Persecution of Young Activists in Stavropol, Yabloko Youth.
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Tambov branch of YABLOKO commemorated Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 27.02.2017 On February 27, activists of the Tambov branch of YABLOKO held a series of one-person pickets to commemorate Boris Nemtsov.
Posted: February 28th, 2017 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Nizhny Novgorod residents commemorated Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 27.02.2017 On Fabruary 26, a demonstration in memory of Boris Nemtsov took place in Nizhny Novgorod. The regional branch of YABLOKO participated in the action. The protesters demanded to put an end to murders and persecution on political grounds.
Posted: February 28th, 2017 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Rostov branch of YABLOKO participated in a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 27.02.2017 YABLOKO activists participated in a rally in memory of politician Boris Nemtsov, which took place in Rostov-on-Don, south Russia, on February 26.
Posted: February 27th, 2017 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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YABLOKO participated in memorial actions held nationwide and paying tribute to Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 26.02.2017 YABLOKO leaders and activists took part in the demonstration in memory of Boris Nemtsov held in Moscow today. YABLOKO activists from many regions of the country formed a column under the banner of the party. The key slogan of YABLOKO was “No to Political Terror!”. The column was headed by party Chair […]
Posted: February 27th, 2017 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Emilia Slabunova: Why do we have to come to the demonstration in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Sotavision, 24.02.2017 Two years ago Boris Nemtsov was murdered. He was a free, fearless and active citizen, a politician, and a bright personality. It was a purely political murder committed in the most political place in Russia: by the Kremlin walls. This murder had a political goal: to intimidate the Russian society and show that […]
Posted: February 27th, 2017 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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On the memory of Boris Nemtsov
Grigory Yavlinsky FB post, 26.02.2017 We met with Boris Nemtsov in summer of 1990, when I accepted Boris Yeltsin’s [then Chair of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Republic] proposal and became Vice Premier of the Government [of the Russian Soviet Federative Republic], leaving the Government of the USSR and prepared the well-known […]
Posted: February 27th, 2017 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Yavlinsky’s campaign for President of Russia picks up
Liberal International, 23.02.2017 The presidential hopeful of Yabloko (LI full member), Grigory Yavlinsky, has set his campaign for the key Russian elections in 2018 into full swing. He received a boost from a well-known opposition leader Vladimir Ryzhkov who, in a public statement, said: “Grigory Yavlinsky meets my political opinions, my stance, my programme better […]
Posted: February 24th, 2017 under Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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Police detained the organisers of a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Stavropol
Press release, 22.02.2017 Police has detained Kirill Bobro, YABLOKO Youth leader in Stavropol, south Russia, and two party activists. The law enforcement claim that the picket, which the activists held for days ago by the FSB security service building , had not been authorized by the city hall. Kirill Bobro is on of the organisers […]
Posted: February 24th, 2017 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Persecution of Young Activists in Stavropol, Street Actions, Yabloko Youth.
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YABLOKO to determine its candidate for the Moscow Mayor at the debate
Press Release, 22.02.2017 Sergei Mitrokhin, Chair of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO, and Dmitry Gudkov, who ran from YABLOKO at the past parliamentary elections, will take part in the debate.
Posted: February 22nd, 2017 under Elections, Moscow Mayoral Election 2018.
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YABLOKO to participate in a demonstration in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 21.02.2017 YABLOKO to form a column under the slogan “No to political terror!” at a demonstration in memory of Boris Nemtsov which will take place in central Moscow on February 26. The column will be headed by the party leaders.
Posted: February 22nd, 2017 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: What happened in 1917
Grigory Yavlinsky Facebook post, 21.02.2017 The utter public support of the authorities. People’s love for the head of the state. Patriotism on the transcendent level…
Posted: February 22nd, 2017 under Understanding Russia.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: The bill on protection of applicants on corruption must be supplemented
Press Release, 20.02.2017 YABLOKO’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre took part in the public discussion of the bill on the protection of the rights of the applicants on corruption. Draft amendments to the law “On Combating Corruption” were proposed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation. The lawyers of YABLOKO’s Anti-Corruption Policy […]
Posted: February 21st, 2017 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Sometimes it’s better to remain silent than to speak
About the speech of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Munich Grigory Yavlinsky Facebook post 20.02.2017 Sometimes it’s better to remain silent than to speak.
Posted: February 21st, 2017 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Anna Rivina to give a lecture on how to fight domestic violence
Press release, 20.02.2017 On Fabruary 21, head of the “No to Violence” project Anna Rivina will give a lecture on “What domestic violence is and were it begins” in YABLOKO’s office.
Posted: February 21st, 2017 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO leader addresses the FSB security service Chief: Stop putting pressure on the organisers of the rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Stavropol
Press release, 20.02.2017 YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova forwarded a request to the FSB security service Chief Alexander Bortnikov demanding to bring the department officers to responsibility for putting pressure on the party activists in Stavropol, south Russia. The FSB officers insist that YABLOKO activists must give up the idea of holding a rally in memory […]
Posted: February 21st, 2017 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Persecution of Young Activists in Stavropol.
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The law on decriminalization of domestic violence will increase the number of victims
Decision of the YABLOKO Bureau 17.02.2017 The State Duma adopted in an urgent order, the Federation Council approved and the President signed the Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code, which excluded even the very concept of domestic violence and a special responsibility for it from the Code. Responsibility for beatings of relatives was excluded […]
Posted: February 19th, 2017 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Gender faction agreed on cooperation with “No to Violence” project
Press release, 17.02.2017 On February 17, Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender faction Galina Mikhaleva and Deputy Chair of the faction Olga Radayeva had a meeting with head of the “No to Violence” project Anna Rivina and discussed the issues of further cooperation.
Posted: February 19th, 2017 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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