Archive for March, 2018
Grigory Yavlinsky: “The merger of business and the government is the main vice of the system”
Grigory Yavlinsky at the Stolypin Forum about why Russia builds such shopping malls that suddenly burn Press Release, 30.03.2018 Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky spoke at the Stolypin Forum at Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), on 29 March, 2018. In his speech, Yavlinsky spoke about why not a single, even the best quality and […]
Posted: March 30th, 2018 under Russian Economy, Understanding Russia.
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Yavlinsky: Talented people in Russia may write economic programmes, but we do not have a state that could implement them
Grigory Yavlinsky FB page, 30.03.2018 There are so many talented people in Russia who can write economic programmes. But we do not have a state that could implement such strategies. This system does not perceive any external strategies, it develops according to its own internal laws. That is why not a single businessman or owner […]
Posted: March 30th, 2018 under Economy, Russian Economy, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Understanding Russia.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre asks the Office of the Moscow Mayor to report on processing of garbage in the city
Press Release, 29.03.2018 Photo from the web-site of OOO Khartia company. Garbage is been sorted manually. Sergei Mitrokhin, head of Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre, demanded from the Office of the Moscow Mayor to report on sorting and processing of garbage in the city. Contractors working on state contracts must build sorting stations and garbage processing […]
Posted: March 30th, 2018 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko disputes in court the results of voting in the presidential elections in two precincts
Press Release, 28.03.2018 Photo: Oleg Rodin and Marina Chufarina On 27 March 27, Oleg Rodin, official representative of candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation Grigory Yavlinsky, and Marina Chufarina, member of the electoral commission of the Nizhny Novgorod region with the right of an advisory vote, filed a lawsuit on behalf […]
Posted: March 29th, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Yabloko demands from Vladimir Putin to dismiss Governor Aman Tuleyev and Minister of Extraordinary Situations Vladimir Puchkov after a fire in the shopping mall in Kemerovo and establish a public commission so that to investigate the causes of the tragedy
Press Release, 27.03.2018 Yabloko party Chair Emilia Slabunova sent an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin demanding to dismiss Governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev “in connection with the loss of confidence” after the tragedy in Kemerovo, where several dozen people died in a fire in the shopping mall Winter Cherry. Slabunova also demanded […]
Posted: March 27th, 2018 under Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The Kemerovo branch of Yabloko demanded to dismiss Governor Aman Tuleyev
Press Release, 26.03.2018 The Kemerovo branch of Yabloko issued a statement demanding dismissal of Governor Aman Tuleyev and Ilya Serdyuk, head of the city of Kemerovo in view of the tragedy which took place in a trade centre on 25 March. According to Yabloko activists, the tragedy represented a consequence of the work of the […]
Posted: March 26th, 2018 under Congratulations/Condolences, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Mourning together with Kemerovo
Web-site of Grigory Yavlinsky, 26.03.2018, 10:28 I am expressing my condolences to the families and friends of people who died in a fire in Kemerovo. Dozens of dead, and many children among them. This is a grief for the whole country, every person, regardless of place of residence. But condolence is not enough. It is […]
Posted: March 26th, 2018 under Congratulations/Condolences.
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Yabloko mourns the vicitms of a fire in Kemerovo
Press Release, 26.03.2018 Yabloko Party Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yabloko Deputy Chairman Nikolai Rybakov laid flowers to the Representative office of the Kemerovo region in Moscow (Bolshaya Tatarskaya 5, bldg 9) and made an entry in the book of condolences.
Posted: March 26th, 2018 under Congratulations/Condolences.
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“Corruption, irresponsibility, cynicism, connivance of the authorities of all levels are poisoning and burning people and the future of the country”
Condolences from Emilia Slabunova and Grigory Yavlinsky, 26.03.2018 On 25 March, in a fire in a shopping center in Kemerovo, more than 50 people, including many children, died in a fire On March 25, in a fire in a shopping center in Kemerovo. Yabloko leaders Emilia Slabunova and Grigory Yavlinsky expressed their condolences to the […]
Posted: March 26th, 2018 under Congratulations/Condolences.
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Emilia Slabunova at the congress of political consultants: Past elections reflect the results of the state propaganda
Press Release, 24.03.2018 There are many reasons to believe that the results of the elections reflect the effectiveness of the state propaganda, the strength of the barriers by which the government fences off its opponents, the degree of vulnerability of workers before employers, Yabloko party chairman Emilia Slabunova said at the Fifth Congress of the […]
Posted: March 25th, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee on the past presidential elections: a plebiscite on support of the personality of the current President was held on 18 March, rather than presidential election
Decision of the Federal Political Committee No 103, 23.03.2018 The Federal Political Committee of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko regards the voting that took place on 18 March as a plebiscite held within the framework of an authoritarian system turning into a totalitarian one. The system formed in Russia does not allow free, competitive, […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2018 under Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Presidential elections 2018, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Understanding Russia, War in Syria.
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Grigory Yavlinsky drew Putin’s attention to environmental problems that would arise with construction of Tominsky mining and refining plant
Press Release, 21.03.2018 At the meeting of Russian presidential candidates with President Putin held on 19 March, Yabloko party leader Grigory Yavlinsky drew Vladimir Putin’s attention to the aggravation of environmental problems in the Chelyabinsk region (in the Urals) in connection with the planned construction of Tominsky mining and refining plant. On the eve of […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018, Protection of Environment.
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Ballot stuffing in Ingushetia
Yabloko FB page, 21.03.2018 Our colleagues from the Ingush regional branch of Yabloko made this selection of videos demonstrating stuffing of ballots into ballot boxes.
Posted: March 21st, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Yavlinsky: “We told millions about the alternative”
Yabloko’s presidential candidate thanked his voters and the team Press Release, 19.03.2018 Russian presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky said that the main purpose of the election campaign he and the Yabloko party held was the opportunity to offer Russian citizens a meaningful alternative to the political course of Vladimir Putin. Yavlinsky said this at a briefing […]
Posted: March 20th, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Yavlinsky: “It does not matter how few percent they will declare to me now and how much to Putin, it is important what will happen to the country now”
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky, 18.03.2018 We perfectly realized that this procedure was not very similar to a real election: disproportionate coverage in the media, spoilers and administrative pressure. But we participated in it, because it was the only opportunity to demand change. We participated in this campaign to force Putin to change the policies: to […]
Posted: March 20th, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018, Understanding Russia.
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Grigory Yavlinsky to Vladimir Putin: “These were not elections, but a plebiscite”
Russia needs radical economic reforms, prevention of an arms race and a big war Press Release, 19.03.2018 Grigory Yavlinsky took part in the meeting of Vladimir Putin with other candidates for the presidency of Russia. Yavlinsky said at the meeting that “the procedure held […]
Posted: March 20th, 2018 under Human Rights, Presidential elections 2018, Protection of Environment, Russia-Ukraine relations, War in Syria.
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Yabloko leaders: “The tactics of boycotting the elections failed. You still have time to vote! “
Press Release, 18.03.2018 Nikolai Rybakov, head of Grigory Yavlinsky headquarter, said that the data on the turnout at the presidential elections show that the idea of a boycott failed. Rybakov called on all voters who favour a change in the country’s political course, come to polling stations and vote. He said this at a daily […]
Posted: March 18th, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Yevgeny Vitishko detected fake observers at elections
Press Release, 18.03.2018 Photo: Yevgeny Vitishko Yevgeny Vitishko, official representative of presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky, head of the Krasnodar Territory branch of Yabloko and ex Sochi Olympic prisoner, detected several dozens of fake observers at the presidential election in the Krasnodar Territory. Now Yevgeny Vitishko is […]
Posted: March 18th, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018.
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Yevgeny Vitishko, head of the Krasnodar Territory branch of Yabloko: the authorities are trying to intimidate observers and activists in the Krasnodar Territory
Press Release, 18.03.2018 Yevgeny Vitishko, official representative of presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky, head of the Krasnodar Territory branch of Yabloko and ex Sochi Olympic prisoner, said that observers and activists in the Krasnodar Territory had been subjected to administrative pressure from local authorities. He handed files on all violations to Andrei Babushkin, member of the […]
Posted: March 18th, 2018 under Без рубрики.
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Emilia Slabunova: I vote for Yavlinsky!
Posted: March 18th, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018.
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