Archive for December, 2017
Brutal attack on Andrei Rudomakha must be investigated!
A statement by Grigory Yavlinsky, Sergei Mitrokhin and Evgeny Vitishko, 29.12.2017 Andrei Rudomakha, director of the “North Caucasus Ecological Watch” environmental group, was brutally beaten by three unknown men wearing mask at about 10:00 pm yesterday.
Posted: December 30th, 2017 under Human Rights.
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Yabloko collected 10,000 signatures for Yavlinsky’s nomination for President in three days
Press release, 29.12.2017 In three days Yabloko has collected 10,000 signatures in support of Grigory Yavlisnky’s nomination for President. By 31 January, Yavlinsky must transfer to the Central Electoral Commission at least 105,000 voters’ signatures in favour of his nomination, whereas only 2,500 signatures per region is allowed. Activists of Yabloko are collecting signatures in […]
Posted: December 29th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Renowned film director Alexander Sokurov put his signature to support Grigory Yavlinsky in the presidential race
Press release, 29.12.2017 This morning Boris Vishnevsky, the head of Yabloko’s faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, had a meeting with a renowned film director Alexander Sokurov.
Posted: December 29th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Director of the museum of vicitms of Stalin’s reprisals Perm-36 put his signature for Yavlinsky’s nomination for President
Press Release, 28.12.2017 Viktor Shmyrov, Director of the Museum of the History of Political Reprisals “Perm-36” and historian, supported nomination of Grigory Yavlinsky as a candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation, and put his signature in support of Yabloko’s candidate.
Posted: December 29th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Grigory Yavlinsky submitted documents to the Central Electoral Commission for registation as a candidate in the presidential campaign.
Press Release, 22,12.2017 On 22 December Grigory Yavlinsky submitted documents to the Central Electoral Commission for registation as a candidate in the presidential campaign. On 21 December, Yabloko congress nominated Grigory Yavlinsky a party candidate for the presidential elections.
Posted: December 28th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Grigory Yavlinsky about the judicial reform
Grigory Yavlinsky FB post, 25.12.2017 Question: Why did no one manage to make the [Russian] court independent and you will succeed? Grigory Yavlinsky: Simply because I am not afraid of court. I will be able to implement this reform, and anyone who is not afraid of legal prosecution will be able to implement it. If […]
Posted: December 28th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Renowned Russian actor Oleg Basilashvili to support Grigory Yavlinsky in the presidential elections campaign
Press Release, 27.12.2017 Renowned Russian artist and Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg Oleg Basilashvili will support Grigory Yavlinsky in the presidential elections in Russia. This was reported by Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
Posted: December 28th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Yabloko begins collecting signatures to register Grigory Yavlinsky as a presidential candidate
Press release, 26.12.2017 Yabloko’s campaign headquarters in 79 regions of Russia began collecting signatures that are required to register Grigory Yavlinsky as a presidential candidate. The party has to collect 105,000 signature until 31 January 2018.
Posted: December 28th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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My Truth
Grigory Yavlinsky on the goal and costs of his participation in the “elections” Novaya Gazeta, 25.12.2017 I am absolutely certain that the truth and rightness are on my side. Considerations about the percentage and the opinion of the “political scene” stand in the way [of my campaign]. But the percentage is a weapon of the […]
Posted: December 27th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Overcoming poverty is the major task of the future president”
Press release, 22.12.2017 Grigory Yavlinsky made a speech at the Yabloko party congress where he was officially nominated candidate to the post of President of the Russian Federation. He said that the first task that the future president would have to solve should be overcoming poverty.
Posted: December 24th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Grigory Yavlinsky officially nominated candidate to the post of President of the Russian Federation
Report from Yabloko’s pre-election congress 22.12.2017 Today, on 22 December, the Yabloko party congress nominated Grigory Yavlinsky as candidate for the presidency of Russia. Such a decision was made the day before by congress delegates’ secret ballot voting. Today’s part of the congress was held at the World Trade Centre and attracted considerable attention of […]
Posted: December 24th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Yabloko Congress demanded to dismiss head of the Federal Security Service for his justifying of Joseph Stalin’s reprisals
Press Release, 21.12.2017 The Congresas of the Yabloko party demanded the dismissal of Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), who in an interview to the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper stated that Stalin’s reprisals had had an “objective side” and had been operations to “prevent the subversive activity of agents of foreign special services” […]
Posted: December 22nd, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Yabloko’s presidential candidate to submit his application to the Central Electoral Commission for participation in the election race on 22 December
Press Realease, 21.12.2017 Tomorrow, on 22 December, after being nominated at the party congress, Yabloko’s presidential candidate will submit to the Central Election Commission a set of documents required for registration in the election race.
Posted: December 21st, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Ryazan branch of Yabloko opened an exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of the Great Terror and 100th anniversary of the revolution
Press release, 20.12.2017 The Ryazan branch of Yabloko opened an exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of the Great Terror of 1937. According to the organizers of the exhibition, the tragedy of the soviet repressions is rooted in the developments of the October revolution of 1917.
Posted: December 21st, 2017 under History.
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“The removal of our team from the Olympics is a direct consequence of irresponsible policies of the country’s leadership”
Text of Emilia Slabunova’s speech in the State Duma Emilia Slabunova FB page, 20.12.2017 Today I was supposed to speak at the “government’s hous” in the State Duma dedicated to the situation in the Russian sports and the participation of our country in the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. It was envisaged that Pavel […]
Posted: December 21st, 2017 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Deputy Chair of Yabloko to the State Duma: Irina Yarovaya’s bill on migration only increases corruption
Press Release, 20.12.2017 Speaking at the State Duma Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, criticised the bill on migration registration for foreign citizens and stateless persons developed by MP Irina Yarovaya (the United Russia faction), which was discussed today in the lower House of Parliament.
Posted: December 21st, 2017 under Human Rights.
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Stop using judicial bodies to put pressure on Nikolai Dizhur
Press release, 19.12.2017 Moscow Yabloko Chair Sergei Mitrokhin and Chair of the Moscow Region branch of Yabloko Alexander Gunko released a statement in support of Nikolai Dizhur, a deputy of the municipal council in the Chekhov district, the Moscow Region. The Territorial Electoral Commission of the Chekhov district is trying to illegally deprive him of […]
Posted: December 20th, 2017 under Human Rights.
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Arseny Roginsky passed away
He was a man with a great and honest soul, an advocate of the truth and law, a true historian and founder of Memorial 18.12.2017 Photo by Anna Artemyeva/ Novaya Gazeta On 18th December, Arseny Roginsky, one of the founders of human rights group Memorial and a great friend of the Yabloko party, died after […]
Posted: December 20th, 2017 under Human Rights.
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Ryazan branch of Yabloko to open an exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of the Great Terror and 100th anniversary of the revolution
Press release, 18.12.2017 On December 19, the Ryazan branch of Yabloko will open an exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of the Great Terror of 1937. According to the organizers of the exhibition, the tragedy of soviet repressions is rooted in developments of the October revolution on 1917.
Posted: December 19th, 2017 under History.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko entered three litigations on cancellation of municipal election results in the region
Press Release, 18.12.2017 The general municipal elections of 10 September, 2017, brought to the Pskov branch of Yabloko and its voters not only successes, but also injustice.
Posted: December 19th, 2017 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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