Archive for October, 2018
“The current political system is a step away from becoming a political mechanism of terror”
Press release, 29.10.2018 On 29 October, the eve of the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Reprisals, leaders and activists of the Yabloko party took part in the Returning the Names memorial action to pay tribute to the victims of Joseph Stalin’s reprisals. The participants of the action, one after another, read out the […]
Posted: October 30th, 2018 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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A book in memory of environmentalist Alexei Yablokov to be launched in Moscow
Press release, 25.10.2018 On 27 October, a launching conference of a book “Yablokov’s Orchard. Memories. Reflections. Expectations” will take place in Moscow. The book is dedicated to Alexei Yablokov, a prominent scientist, environmentalist and a political figure. The Chair of Yabloko’s Green Russia faction passed away in January 2017. He would have turned 85 in […]
Posted: October 29th, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the wars Russia denies its participation in
Grigory Yavlinsky’s FB page, 10.10.2018 Now [we have learned that] the Russian military “are not yet” in Libya. They were not in Crimea in February 2014. And they have not been in Donbas for all these four years. They have left Syria for three times already. They are not [to be found] in the Central […]
Posted: October 20th, 2018 under Foreign policy, Russia-Ukraine relations, War in Syria.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the growth rates of fortunes of Russian billionaires
Grigory Yavlinsky Telegram Channel, 19.10.2018 Now it is clear that Putin meant by the “positive picture” in our economy. Russian billionaires are world leaders in terms of growth rates! In 2018, the fortunes of the ten richest people in Russia grew by 10.8 per cent, and this is more than any other billionaire in the […]
Posted: October 20th, 2018 under Economy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky proposed that Yabloko should focus on moral and ethical principles and intellectual activity
Press release, 19.10.2018 Today Grigory Yavlinsky, Chair of Yabloko’s Political Committee, proposed a new stage of the party development. Yabloko should become the party that puts moral, ethical and intellectual principles first. “In the situation when absolute cynicism and total lies prevail, we need to offer the society an alternative. This has a practical meaning. […]
Posted: October 19th, 2018 under Elections.
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“The elections are over but life goes on” – Grigory Yavlinsky launches new books and a website dedicated to presidential campaign
Press release, 18.10.2018 A politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky launched a new website dedicated to his presidential election campaign and his new books at ceremony that took place in Yabloko office in Moscow. Yavlinsky answered the questions of the audience and signed autographs.
Posted: October 19th, 2018 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018.
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Yabloko to participate in Returning the Names memorial action
Press release, 18.10.2018 On 29 October, the eve of the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Reprisals, leaders and activists of the Yabloko party will take part in the Returning the Names memorial action. They will pay tribute to the victims of Joseph Stalin’s reprisals by the Solovetsky stone.
Posted: October 18th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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Condolences on the tragedy in Kerch
17.10.2018 Grigory Yavlinsky: Young students were killed [in a college] in Kerch [Crimea]. Terrible pain. My deepest condolences to relatives and friends and strength and health to the wounded. https://twitter.com/yavlinsky/status/1052526072716242944 Emilia Slabunova: At least 10 people died and another 50 were injured in the explosion in a college in Kerch. My condolences to the […]
Posted: October 18th, 2018 under Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: How to fight a mafia state
Grigory Yavlinsky website, 16.10.2018 We should have thought ahead on 18 March, of course [the presidential election 2018]. On that day Putin was given the mandate to raise the retirement age, raise taxes (increase the VAT), continue wars in Ukraine and Syria, international isolation, arms race, gubernatorial merry-go-round… It is a pity as everything has […]
Posted: October 16th, 2018 under Foreign policy, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018.
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Yabloko on the runoff mayoral elections in Novosibirsk
Press release based on a statement by the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, 16.10.2018 The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko released a statement putting forward an initiative to reintroduce mayoral runoff elections. The statement was addressed to Novosibirsk Mayor Anatoly Lokot and city parliament MPs.
Posted: October 16th, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko Centre for New Municipal Policy to hold a round table on the safety of municipal deputies
Press release, 16.10.2018 On 22 October, Yabloko Centre for New Municipal Policy will hold a round table on the safety of municipal deputies in Moscow. Yabloko deputies who were elected to municipal councils in September 2017 have faced pressure on behalf of their opponents, government representatives and law enforcement.
Posted: October 16th, 2018 under Human Rights, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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A state-financed institution takes away Yabloko municipal deputy’s reports from mail boxes
Press release, 15.10.2018 On 12 October, Yabloko activists delivered reports on the work carried out by Yabloko municipal deputy Irina Kopkina in Moscow’s Strogino District over the course of a year. Later that evening local residents posted on social media that representatives of Zhilishchnilk, a state funded institution responsible for housing and utilities services, were […]
Posted: October 16th, 2018 under Freedom of Speech.
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Yabloko holds action for accessible healthcare
Press release, 15.10.2018 On 14 October, the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko held a picket for accessible healthcare.
Posted: October 16th, 2018 under Healthcare.
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One of the authors of the Russian Constitution Victor Sheinis about the idea of “pinpointing changes” to the Constitution
Press Release, 12.10.2018 A few days ago, Valery Zorkin, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, said that it is necessary to “pinpoint changes” to the Russian Constitution in order to eliminate the shortcomings of the Fundamental Law of the Russian Federation.
Posted: October 15th, 2018 under Human Rights, Understanding Russia.
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Emilia Slabunova introduces bill on the repeal of municipal filter in gubernatorial elections
Press release, 12.10.2018 Emilia Slabunova, Yabloko Chair and an MP in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, introduced a bill on the repeal of the municipal filter in the gubernatorial elections.
Posted: October 12th, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko calls upon party supporters to become members of electoral commissions
Press release, 12.10.2018 New district electoral commissions which will function over the course of the next five years will be soon formed in Moscow. Yabloko calls upon the party supporters to put their candidacies for election commission members forward.
Posted: October 12th, 2018 under Elections, Moscow Mayoral Election 2018.
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Yabloko MP in Veliky Novgorod initiates the reintroduction of direct mayoral elections
Press release, 11.10.2018 Anna Cherepanova, a Yabloko MP in the Veliky Novgorod city parliament, put forward an initiative on the reintroduction of direct mayoral elections.
Posted: October 12th, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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A political reform will return meaning to the elections
We demand a political reform and the cancellation of the municipal filter Statement by Yabloko Bureau, 11.10.2018 Election campaigns of different levels, including gubernatorial elections in 25 regions of Russia, took place in September 2018. As a result, 19 new governors were elected with the support of United Russia, 2 with the support of LDPR, […]
Posted: October 12th, 2018 under Elections.
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“We all know where these bullets came from”
Press release, 9.10.2018 A rally to commemorate Anna Politkovskaya, a Novaya Gazeta journalist, was held in St. Petersburg on 8th October. She was murdered at an entrance hall of the apartment where she lived in Moscow on 7 October, 2006.
Posted: October 11th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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A family car of a municipal deputy from Yabloko attacked for the second time
Press Release, 8.10.2018 On the night of 4 to 5 October, unidentified persons punctured the tires in the car of the son of Irina Kopkina, Yabloko’s municipal deputy in the Moscow district of Strogino. This has become the second attack on the car of the family of the deputy for the past few months. Kopkina […]
Posted: October 9th, 2018 under Human Rights.
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