Archive for July, 2018
The Karelian parliament to consider the deputies’ address to the State Duma MPs against raising the retirement age.
Press Release, 11.07.2018 Deputies of the Yabloko faction of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Emilia Slabunova and Andrei Rogalevich submitted to the Karelian parliament an appeal to the State Duma against raising the retirement age. It will be considered at the final meeting of the Legislative Assembly in this political season tomorrow, on 12 July.
Posted: July 11th, 2018 under Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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Yabloko took part in the rally for the dismissal of President Putin and Prime Minister Medvedev
Based on RIA Omsk-Inform information, 09.07.2018 The Omsk branch of the Yabloko party took part in the rally for the resignation of the Russian government. The rally was held on 8 July. Despite the fact that the Omsk City Hall tried to hinder holding of the rally, all the participants of the action were able […]
Posted: July 10th, 2018 under Street Actions, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko won over the regional Duma in a trial
The refusal of the Novgorod Region Duma to give the floor to the oppositional party at the plenary meeting was recognised unlawful Press Release, 09.07.2018 On 6 July, the Novgorod District Court satisfied the claim of the regional branch of Yabloko to the regional Duma and found the refusal of the legislative body to allow […]
Posted: July 10th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yabloko nominated Igor Yermolenko, leader of the Samara branch of the party, to run in the by-elections to the State Duma
Press Release, 09.07.2018 The Federal Bureaud of Yabloko nominated Igor Yermolenko, leader of the Samara branch of the party, to run in the by-elections to the State Duma in a single-mandate district No 158 in Samara. Igor Yermolenko was born in Buguruslan, the Orenburg region, in 1971. He has two higher educations: Samara State […]
Posted: July 9th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Yabloko nominated its candidate to run in the by-elections to the City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod
Press Release, 09.07.2018 The Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party has nominated Alexei Repnikov as its candidate for by-elections to the City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod in a single-mandate electoral district No 17. “Due to difficult conditions of the campaign, when any competition is suppressed, young politicians have virtually no chance of gaining the […]
Posted: July 9th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections.
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The Altai branch of Yabloko will participate in the elections of the Governor and deputies of the municipal councils
The conference of the Altai regional branch of the Yabloko party nominated Viktor Rau, a popular public figure in the region, Yabloko’s candidate for the Governor of the region. Press Release, 05.07.2018 Photo: Alexander Goncharenko and Viktor Rau Grigory Valynkin, a young lawyer and entrepreneur, will represent Yabloko in the by-election of a deputy of […]
Posted: July 6th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko against the pension reform: rallies, pickets, flash mobs and provision of an alternative
Activists of the party went into the streets together with thousands of fellow citizens Press Release, 04.07.2018 Since the end of June, a protest movement against raising the retirement age in the absence of any other measures of social protection of pensioners has been growing in Russia. Yabloko was the first political party that opposed […]
Posted: July 5th, 2018 under Street Actions, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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Honest and brave: 15 years since the death of Yuri Shchekochikhin, journalist and Yabloko’s MP
FB post by Grigory Yavlinsky, 03.07.2018 15 years have passed since the death of Yuri Shchekochikhin, journalist and Yabloko’s MP. One of the most honest and courageous journalists in the history of modern Russia was brutally murdered. There was virtually no investigation – the case of Shchekochikhin’s death was closed several times without giving any […]
Posted: July 4th, 2018 under Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on Oleg Sentsov and Russian punitive system
It is 2018, Russia is hosting the World Cup, Trump is flying to Putin and Oleg Sentsov is dying in a penal colony Grigory Yavlinsky’s FB page, 03.07.2018 It is the 51st day, that [Ukrainian film director] Oleg Sentsov is starving in the Labytnangi city [by the North pole], Yamal. Whatever the army of state […]
Posted: July 4th, 2018 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Emilia Slabunova on the laws violating privacy of correspondence, telephone conversations and personal life
Emilia Slabunova’s FB page, 01.07.2018 It is a big question whether there will be a digital economy in Russia. But it is a fact that since 1 July we will have a digital police state: the “Yarovaya package” [of laws envisaging a six-month storage of all the digital data] has come into force, which virtually […]
Posted: July 2nd, 2018 under Freedom of Speech.
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Yabloko and allies nominated candidates to run in the elections to the Yekaterinburg city parliament
Press Release, 29.06.2018 The Regional Council of the Sverdlovsk branch of Yabloko nominated a list of candidates of a united democratic coalition to run in the elections to the Yekaterinburg city parliament (City Duma). The list contains 57 candidates, this is the maximum possible number of people in the list. The meeting of the Regional […]
Posted: July 2nd, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections, Без рубрики.
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