Archive for March, 2019
Political Love Story
Grigory Yavlinsky on the results of the investigation of Russia’s interference into the US elections Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 26.03.2019 The investigation by Robert Muller, Special Counsel [of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections] ended without charge or justification. Robert Muller did not find evidence of Donald Trump’s collusion with Vladimir […]
Posted: March 28th, 2019 under Russia-US Relations.
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Police searched the office of the Moscow branch of Yabloko for extremist literature
Press Release, 27.03.2019 The police withdrew samples of campaign materials from the office of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party (Pyatnitskaya 28, Moscow) and intends to check them for extremism.
Posted: March 28th, 2019 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections 2018, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Presidential elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov on in the persecution of the Moscow branch of Yabloko
FB post by Nikolai Rybakov, 27.03.2019 Today, we have two news related to the prosecution of our party. I will start with the good one: The criminal case against Lev Shlosberg [MP of the Pskov Region parliament and head of the Yabloko branch in Pskov] and the Pskov Yabloko was closed due to the absence […]
Posted: March 27th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Why did people came out on a rally?
FB post by Nikolai Rybakov, 27.03.2019 Why did people came out on a rally? Because they protect their right to vote. This year, the head of Ingushetia proposed to make such amendments to the constitutional law on referendum so that the republic’s leadership could solve the issues of the region’s borders without the consent of […]
Posted: March 27th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Only the Yabloko party supported the protest of thousands of residents of Ingushetia
Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, spoke at the rally in Magas Press Release, 26.03.2019 A rally against amendments to the constitutional law on referendum is held in the city of Magas, the capital of the Republic of Igushetia, today. If the amendments are adopted, this will allow the leadership of the republic to resolve […]
Posted: March 27th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“Golden Pen 2018”Award: Yabloko’s Lina Zernova won the special prize “For High Quality of Journalistic Work”
Press Release, 25.03.2019 The ceremony of the “Golden Pen – 2018” award for journalists took place in St. Petersburg. Lina Zernova, member of Yabloko St. Petersburg and Co-Chair of the Guild of Environmental Journalists of the Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, won the special prize of the for High Quality […]
Posted: March 26th, 2019 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Protection of Environment, Без рубрики.
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A rally “Free Elections for St. Petersburg!” took place in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 25.03.2019 A mass rally “Free Elections for St. Petersburg!” was held in St. Petersburg on 24 March. The rally was timed to the 30th anniversary of the first free elections to the Supreme Soviet [parliament] of the USSR. Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky was a co-anchor of the rally. About 800 people – members and […]
Posted: March 26th, 2019 under Elections, Без рубрики.
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Live Without Fear
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 24.03.2019 In the twentieth year of Putin’s rule, an understanding of freedom in Russia was reduced to the discussion of punishment for posts and likes on the Internet. But what is real freedom? This is primarily life without fear: – when people are not afraid of the police, the National Guard (Rosgvardia) […]
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, will speak at a rally in Magas, Ingushetia, against the new version of the law on referendum in Ingushetia
Press Release, 25.03.2019 Tomorrow, 26 March, a rally will be held in the city of Magas, the capital of the Republic of Ingushetia, on the issue of preserving the territorial integrity of the Republic. Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, will speak at the rally. Residents of Ingushetia are outraged by the desire of […]
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Chair of Yabloko Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva gave a lecture “Fight for Gender Equality as the Task of the Yabloko Party” for St. Petersburg activists
Press Release, 25.03.2019 On 22 March, Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of the Gender Faction of the Yabloko Party, gave a lecture for St.Peterburg activists in the Yabloko office in St. Petersburg. The lecture was devoted to the struggle for gender equality, the history of the Yabloko Gender faction, Yabloko programme provisions for ensuring gender equility, interaction […]
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Emilia Slabunova spoke against the bill on reducing requirements for investors in Karelia
Press Release, 22.03.2019 Emilia Slabunova, Chair of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, spoke against the bill on reducing the requirements for investors in Karelia at the Karelian parliament today.
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Economy.
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Activist of the Krasnodar branch of Yabloko was fined for his repost of the video on the lack of schools in Krasnodar
Press Release, 22.03.2019 Alexander Safronov, member of the Yabloko party from the city of Yeisk in the Krasnodar region, was found guilty of committing an administrative offense under Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation “Conducting activities of an undesirable organistion on the territory of the Russian Federation” because of his repost […]
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The first court hearings on the lawsuit of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko to the City Duma on challenging decisions replacing the mayoral election took place.
Press Release, 22.03.2019 The first hearings on the lawsuit of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko to the City Duma were held in the Chelyabinsk Regional Court. The regional branch of the party asks the court to invalidate the decisions of the City Duma approving the regulations on the procedure for holding a competition to select […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2019 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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Five years after Crimea: the Consequences
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 18.03.2018 Five years ago, Vladimir Putin, with mass support of Russians annexed Crimea. Today, they talk a lot about the “price of Crimea”, give figures, the size of subsidies, allocations, expenses for the construction of a bridge, etc. However, this is not so much about Crimea as about the stagnant Russian economy […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2019 under Russia-Ukraine relations.
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An Unreal Victory and a Real Defeat
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 19.03.2018 A year has passed since the presidential election. Many then were saying that the voting itself did not matter, that the result was predetermined, that there were more important things… As a result, a year ago Vladimir Putin received a mandate to change nothing in the country, to keep everything as […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2019 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018.
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Statement by the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko on dismissal of journalist Maria Karpenko from the Kommersant newspaper for her criticism of the acting St.Petersburg Governor
Statement of the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko, 20.03.2019 Photo: Maria Karpenko and Boris Vishnevsky, Yabloko MP in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly On Tuesday, 19 March, Maria Karpenko was sacked from her post of correspondent for the Kommersant newspaper. The reason for this outrageous dismissal was [her criticism of Alexander Beglov, acting Governor of St.Petersburg in] […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2019 under Freedom of Speech.
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The Altai branch of Yabloko will monitor the progress of “garbage reform” in the region
Press Release, 21.03.2019 Alexander Goncharenko, leader of the Altai branch of Yabloko, sent appeals to Ivan Gilev, Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Altai Territory, as well as to Vladimir Popryadukhin, regional Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, asking them to answer a number of questions about the “garbage reform” that […]
Posted: March 21st, 2019 under Protection of Environment.
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Congratulations to Vasily Popov on his anniversary!
Greetings from Yabloko Chairperson, 21.03.2019 Today Vasily Popov, the leader of the Karelian branch of Yabloko, turns 55. Emily Slabunova, Chair of the Yabloko party, sends Vasily Popov greetings for his jubilee:
Posted: March 21st, 2019 under Greetings, Без рубрики.
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Natalia Tumureyeva: Russia needs a law on environmental education
Press Release, 21.03.2019 Natalya Tumureyeva, Chairperson of the Yabloko in Biryatia, became a participant in the meeting of the heads of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, with environmental activists from Russian regions. The meeting was attended by Ivan Valentik, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, and representatives of 80 […]
Posted: March 21st, 2019 under Protection of Environment.
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The Rostov-Don branch of Yabloko demanded from the authorities to publish information about the volume of garbage accumulated by the region for the past two years
Press Release, 19.03.2019 The Rostov-Don branch of Yabloko sent inquiries to the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage (Rosprirodnadzor) in the Southern Federal District and the Minister of Nature Management and Ecology of the Rostov-Don Region. The regional office of the party demanded to provide information on the volume of municipal solid waste […]
Posted: March 21st, 2019 under Environmental Policies.
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