Archive for October, 2018
Emilia Slabunova: I try to answer my team’s expectations
by Svetlana Prokudina, specially for the website, 7.10.2018 Today Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova celebrates her birthday. Emilia Edgardovna dedicated many years of her life to Petrozavodsk [capital of the Republic of Karelia] where she started her career as a teacher. Later she became the headmaster of a lyceum and a candidate for the city mayor. Today […]
Posted: October 9th, 2018 under Yabloko's Views.
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Yabloko wished the President of Russia an early retirement at the action on Putin’s birthday
Press Release, 8.10.2018 On 7 October, on the birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko organised a flash mob “For the Raising of…” in the city. The name of the action is connected with the recent law on raising the retirement age, which was adopted by both the chambers of the […]
Posted: October 9th, 2018 under Street Actions.
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Alexander Gnezdilov to give a second lecture on the history of liberalism
Press release, 9.10.2018 Yabloko Deputy Chair Alexander Gnezdilov will deliver a second lecture of the series “The secret history of liberalism in Russia”. The lecture will be dedicated to the developments of 1730. It will take place on 16th October at 20:00.
Posted: October 9th, 2018 under Без рубрики.
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Congratulations to Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova on her anniversary!
Greetings from Grigory Yavlinsky, 7.10.2018 The 7th of October if birthday of Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova. Here come greetings from Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, sends Emilia Slabunova greetings on her anniversary: Dear Emilia Edgardovna, Happy birthday! You are a bright and amazing person and politician! Your ability […]
Posted: October 9th, 2018 under Без рубрики.
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Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko to organise a flash mob on Vladimir Putin’s birthday
Press release, 4.10.2018 The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko will organise a flash mob on 7 October, the birthday of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. According to Chair of the regional party branch Yaroslav Shcherbakov, the latest trend is to raise everything – the retirement age, VAT rate, petrol excise duty and so on. “President Putin is […]
Posted: October 5th, 2018 under Street Actions.
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Yabloko to participate in Moscow City Duma elections
Election campaign manager Nikolai Rybakov commented on the preparation for the campaign Press release, 4.10.2018 Yabloko is ready to nominated candidates to run in Moscow City Duma elections in all 45 constituencies. We have to collect approximately 5,000 voters’ signatures in every constituency. We understand that signature collection is a way to withdraw candidates who […]
Posted: October 4th, 2018 under Elections, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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The government wants to introduce a social norm for electricity. Opinion by Anatoly Golov, head of Yabloko’s Socio-Democratic Faction
Commentary by Anatoly Golov, 2.10.2018 The Kommersant newspaper reported that the government returned to the idea of introducing a social standard of energy consumption for the population, when tariffs sharply increase when the limit is exceeded. According to Kommersant, the scheme was approved by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, and [ministerial] departments should introduce their […]
Posted: October 4th, 2018 under Housing and Utilities Reform.
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Campaigns against violence change people’s mind set
Press release, 3.10.2018 Women’s rights in modern Russia, the prospects of he bill on the prevention of domestic violence, feminism in Russia, etc. – these are the topics that were touched upon during a round table with Alena Popova, a human rights defender and co-author of the bill against domestic violence. The meeting was organised […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2018 under Gender Faction.
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Today renowned environmentalist Alexei Yablokov would have turned 85
The work on the film about the academic, politician and founder of the “Green Russia” is coming to the end Press Release, 3.10.2018 Trailer for the documentary “Yablokov” On 3 October, Alexei Yablokov (1933 – 2017), an outstanding Soviet and Russian biologist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and founder of the Green Russia […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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New bloodshed in the Caucasus must be avoided
Yabloko speaks in defence of the leader of its Ingush branch and for an open discussion of the border problem between Ingushetia and Chechnya Statement of the Yabloko party, 2.10.2018 The Yabloko party demands to stop persecution of Ruslan Mutsolgov, leader of the Yabloko branch in Ingushetia, and public activists protesting against the transfer of […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2018 under Human Rights, Understanding Russia.
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Lev Shlosberg campaigns for the reintroduction of mayoral elections in the Pskov Region
Press release, 27.09.2018 On September 27, deputy of the Pskov Legislative Assembly Lev Shlosberg (Yabloko faction) introduced a bill on the reintroduction of direct mayoral elections in Pskov and Velikie Luki for the third time. Deputies of the regional parliament voted down the initiative twice (on 6 June 2017 and 25 January 2018). The United […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko to protest against the pension reform
Press release, 2.10.2018 On 3 October, the day when the upper house of parliament will consider the bill on raising the retirement age, the Moscow branch of Yabloko will hold pickets by the Federation Council. The protest action starts at 9:15.
Posted: October 2nd, 2018 under Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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Yabloko demands that Oyub Titiev, Chair of Memorial human rights group in the Chechen Republic, be released without delay
Yabloko Bureau’s appeal to President Vladimir Putin, 28.09.2018 The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko demands that Oyub Titiev, Chair of the Chechen branch of the Memorial human rights groups, be released immediately. A criminal case against Titiev is an illegal response to his daily heroic work on the protection and saving of people’s lives in […]
Posted: October 1st, 2018 under Human Rights.
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