Archive for July, 2017
The 80th anniversary of The Great Terror
Statement by the Yabloko party, 31.07.2017 These days the country commemorates the victims of The Great Terror. We have not recovered from the consequences of this tragedy in 80 years’ time. Neglect of millions of lives, suppression of the personality by the inhumane system, fear – this is what defined the vector of development of […]
Posted: July 31st, 2017 under Human Rights.
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Yabloko Youth calls for investigation of the murder of journalist Timur Kuashev
Press release, 31.07.2017 On 31 July, activists of the Moscow Yabloko Youth conducted a series of one-person pickets by the Investigative Committee demanding to investigated the murder of journalist and Yabloko member Timur Kuashev.
Posted: July 31st, 2017 under Human Rights, Timur Kuashev's case.
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Collection of signatures for Russia’s withdrawal from the war in Syria launched in Moscow within the framework of Grigory Yavlinsky presidential election campaign
Press release, 31.07.2017 Collection of signatures for Russia’s withdrawal from the war in Syria was launched in Moscow within the framework of the Time to Return Home campaign targeted at allotting federal budget funds to Russia’s domestic development, not to foreign policy ambitions and adventures. Time to Return Home is a part of Grigory Yavlinsky […]
Posted: July 31st, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018, War in Syria.
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Yabloko leaders to give a press conference on the municipal campaign of the party in Moscow
Press release, 31.07.2017 Tomorrow, 1st August, Yabloko leaders will give a press conference on the municipal campaign of the party in Moscow and will tell about the candidates in the Rosbalt press centre.
Posted: July 31st, 2017 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Academician Yuri Ryzhov passes away
Condolences from Grigory Yavlinsky, 29.07.2017 Yuri Alexeyevich Ryzhov was the person, whose participation in politics gave politics and the country a smart and humane face. His service as a deputy and a diplomat will remain an example of a stainless and disinterested service to Russia by a person, scientist, intellectual, who views his civil duty […]
Posted: July 31st, 2017 under Без рубрики.
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Galina Mikhaleva presented Yabloko’s gender programme at the Public Chamber
Press release, 28.07.2017 On 27 July, Chair of Yabloko’s Gender faction Galina Mikhaleva participated in a round table on “Protection from discrimination in employer-employee relationship in Russia: current problems and the strategy of actions”, which took place at the Public Chamber.
Posted: July 31st, 2017 under Gender Faction.
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Emilia Slabunova visited North Ossetia to support Yabloko’s list of candidates for the regional parliament
Press release, 28.07.2017 On July 26-27, Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova visited the Republic of North Ossetia to support Yabloko’s list of candidates for the regional parliament. The party collected 2,782 signatures in order to go through the municipal filter. On 26 July, the activists brought the signatures to the regional electoral commission.
Posted: July 31st, 2017 under Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre: Reconstruction of the Central House of the Entrepreneur at the cost of 916 million roubles resulted in a fire
Press release, 28.07.2017 A fire broke out at the Central House of the Entrepreneur, where the 35mm cinema is situated. The news was reported by the owners of the cinema. A female employee of the cinema is reported to have been injured but she was rescued by the fire brigade.
Posted: July 31st, 2017 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Emilia Slabunova to visit North Ossetia to support Yabloko’s list of candidates for the regional parliament
Press release, 25.07.2017 Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova will visit the Republic of North Ossetia to support Yabloko’s list of candidates for the regional parliament. The visit will take place on 26 and 27 June.
Posted: July 27th, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Lev Shlosberg: The ruling party turns elections into a dump
Press release, 25.07.2017 A single ballot day will take place in the Pskov Region on 10 July. The Pskov branch of Yabloko nominated 251 candidates.
Posted: July 27th, 2017 under Regional and Local Elections.
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Grigory Yavlinsky visited the city of Vladimir
The politician supported Yabloko’s Time to Return Home anti-war campaign Press release, 21.07.2017 YABLOKO’s presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky visited the city of Vladimir to support the Time to Return a home anti-war campaign, which became part of his election campaign.
Posted: July 25th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018, War in Syria.
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The attack on Stanislav Yegorov must be investigated immediately!
Statement by the Regional Council of the Voronezh branch of Yabloko, 24.07.2017 Civil activist Stanislav Yegorov, 68, was attacked in Voronezh. Three unidentified men burst into his flat and severely beat him with bats at about 4 a.m. on 23 July. Yegorov is at hospital at the moment. He was diagnosed with concussion of the […]
Posted: July 25th, 2017 under Human Rights.
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Moscow authorities try to prohibit Yabloko’s anti-war pickets in the city centre
Press release, 21.07.2017 The prefecture of the central administrative district of Moscow prohibited Yabloko from holding pickets as part of the Time to Return Home anti-war campaign in the city centre on 24 July.
Posted: July 21st, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018, War in Syria.
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Nikolai Rybakov arrived in Nizhny Novgorod to support Time to Return Home anti-war campaign
Press release, 20.07.2017 On 19 July, Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov supported Yabloko’s Time to Return Home anti-war campaign as part of his visit to Nizhny Novgorod. Collection of signatures for Russia’s withdrawal from the war in Syria was launched in different cities of Russia within the framework of Grigory Yavlinsky’s presidential campaign.
Posted: July 20th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018, War in Syria.
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Lyudmila Alexeyeva, founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group, turns 90!
Greetings on behalf of Emilia Slabunova and Grigory Yavlinsky, 20.07.2017 Dear Lyudmila Mikhailovna! You have been struggling for human rights, resisting the repressive system of the state, addressing people with the hope that they will understand your stance and persuading them that there is nothing more important than freedom your entire life and continue doing […]
Posted: July 20th, 2017 under Greetings.
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Yabloko collected about 50,000 signatures for Russia’s withdrawal from war in Syria
Press release, 17.07.2017 In less than a month Yabloko has collected about 50,000 signatures as part of Grigory Yavlinsky’s Time to Return Home campaign aimed at Russia’s withdrawal from military conflicts and allotment of federal budget funds to Russia’s domestic development.
Posted: July 19th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018, War in Syria.
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Roizman and Yavlinsky call for boycott of gubernatorial elections in the Sverdlovsk Region
Press release, 18.07.2017 Yevgeny Roizman, oppositional Mayor of Yekaterinburg and Yabloko’s candidate in the gubernatorial elections of the Sverdlovsk Region, has announced the end of his election campaign and has called his supporters to boycott the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in the region. His call has been supported by Grigory Yavlinsky, the head of Yabloko’s Federal […]
Posted: July 18th, 2017 under Gubernatorial Elections.
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Investigative Committee fail to investigate the murder of Natalya Estemirova whiсh was committed in Chechnya eight years ago
Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov calls the Investigative Committee to make an inquiry into the investigation Press release, 17.07.2017 Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov sent a request to the head of the Investigative Committee of the RF Alexander Bastrykin with a call to make an inquiry into the investigation of the murder of Natalya Estemirova […]
Posted: July 17th, 2017 under Human Rights, The Murder of Natalya Estemirova.
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Ex-political prisoner Yevgeny Vitishko elected Chair of the Krasnodar Territory branch of Yabloko
Press release, 17.07.2017 On 16 July, a prominent environmental activist and ex-political prisoner Yevgeny Vitishko was elected Chair of the Krasnodar Territory branch of Yabloko. In January 2014 Vitishlo, known for his criticisms of the environmental impact of the Sochi Winter Olympics, was sentenced to a three-year imprisonment by the Krasnodar Regional Court for spray-painting […]
Posted: July 17th, 2017 under Environmental Policies, Evgeny Vitishko case, Human Rights, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova to visit Velikiy Novgorod
Press release, 17.07.2017 On 18 July, Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova will arrive in the Velikiy Novgorod city to support Yabloko’s candidate for governor of the Novgorod Region Anna Cherepanova and the Time to Return Home anti-war campaign for Russia’s withdrawal from military conflicts.
Posted: July 17th, 2017 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections.
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