Archive for June, 2019
Yabloko nominated 547 candidates to run for deputies in 85 municipal councils of St. Petersburg, and nomination goes on
Press Release, 26.06.2019 The Conference of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko nominated 547 candidates for deputies of municipal councils in 85 of the city’s total 109 municipalities. The final number of candidates will be even larger, since the election headquarters still receive applications from potential candidates.
Posted: June 29th, 2019 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, St.Petersburg gubernatorial elections 2019.
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Nikolai Rybakov: Yabloko will help to collect signatures to all independent democratic candidates so that could register in the election race
Ekho Moskvi radio station, 27.06.2019 On the threashold of the Moscow City Duma elections, many again began to discuss the everlasting topic of the Russian politics – the “inability of the opposition to unite” and the intra-specific struggle of democrats hindering the common cause. In my opinion, there is no point to grieve about this: […]
Posted: June 28th, 2019 under Elections, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Slabunova initiated an appeal from the Parliament of Karelia to Minister of Culture on improving the quality of restoration of monuments
Press release, 27.06.2019 Emilia Slabunova, Chairperson of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, submitted to the Karelian parliament a draft appeal to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky on improving the quality of restoration of cultural heritage objects.
Posted: June 28th, 2019 under Economy, Russian Economy.
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Yabloko submitted documents to the Moscow Electoral Commission on nomination of party’s candidates to run in the Moscow parliamentary election
Press Release, 10.06.2019 Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, and Valery Goryachev, Executive Secretary of the Party Bureau, submitted documents to the Moscow Electoral Commission on nomination of party’s candidates to run in the elections to the Moscow City Duma.
Posted: June 19th, 2019 under Elections, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Emilia Slabunova filed a complaint with the Presidential Council for Culture on the fact that studio of film director Mikhalkov plans to film a fire in a historical wooden village in Karelia
Press Release, 18.06.2019 Emilia Slabunova, Chair of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, filed a complaint with Karen Shakhnazarov, Vice Chairman of the Council for Culture and Arts under the President of Russia, on the fact that studio of film director Nikita Mikhalkov plans to film a fire in the […]
Posted: June 18th, 2019 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko nominated Yaroslav Shcherbakov to run for Governor of the Chelyabinsk region
Press Release, 17.06.2019 On 15 June, the conference of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko nominated Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the regional branch, as a candidate for the post of Governor of the Chelyabinsk region. In accordance with the law, the nomination of Shcherbakov was agreed upon by the Executive Committee of the Bureau of the […]
Posted: June 18th, 2019 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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Ombudsman for Children’s Rights Yevgeny Bunimovich demanded that the Public Prosecutor’s Office check the actions of the security forces during the rally in support of jailed journalist on 12 June
Press release, 14.06.2019 Yevgeny Bunimovich, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in Moscow and member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party, appealed to the Chief Public Prosecutor of Moscow in connection with detention of minors during a demonstration against the arbitrariness of the law enforcement held in Moscow on 12 June, the Russia Day.
Posted: June 18th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Public dialogue is the way to a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ingushetia
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 14.06.2019 In August 2018, protests began in the Republic of Ingushetia against the transfer of part of the territory of the region under control of the authorities of the Chechen Republic. A corresponding, and in fact, backstage agreement was signed by the heads of the two regions on 26 September, […]
Posted: June 17th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: The dispersal of the May Day demonstration showed how the situation in St.Petersburg will develop if Mr.Beglov is elected Governor
Echo Moskvi in St. Petersburg radio station, 13.06.2019 On 12 June, Grigory Yavlinsky, founder of Yabloko and Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the party, spoke on the Echo Moskvi in St. Petersburg radio station about the party’s participation in the upcoming gubernatorial and municipal elections in St.Petersburg, as well as of the party’s […]
Posted: June 17th, 2019 under Gubernatorial Elections, St.Petersburg gubernatorial elections 2019, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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We demand to immediately release detained journalist Golunov and check the legality of police actions
Statement by the Yabloko party, 7.06.2019 On the evening of Thursday, 6 June, Ivan Golunov, Meduza’s correspondent, was beaten and detained by police in Moscow. The police allegedly discovered prohibited substances on him when he went to meet with the source. On the same day, searches were conducted at Golunov’s home.
Posted: June 7th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Boris Vishnevsky submitted documents for registration as candidate in the St. Petersburg gubernatorial election
Press Release, 6.06.2019 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, submitted to the St.Petersburg Electoral Commission documents required for his registration as candidate in the St. Petersburg gubernatorial election.
Posted: June 7th, 2019 under Gubernatorial Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, St.Petersburg gubernatorial elections 2019, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: A Catcher in the Lie
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 3.06.2019 The Internet has been discussing the new series Chernobyl. They write that this is one of the most significant films not only about the catastrophe, but also about the USSR in general. As a contemporary of these events, I can say that all my friends and acquaintances who had at least […]
Posted: June 6th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky to meet with new Yabloko members in Moscow
Press Release, 4.06.2019 On Thursday, 6 June, Yabloko founder Grigory Yavlinsky will meet with new Yabloko members in the Moscow office of Yabloko. The meeting will be held as part of the #MakeYourVoiceLouder campaign. The Yabloko party has been conducting this campaign since February 2019. Over the past months, thousands of people have joined Yabloko […]
Posted: June 5th, 2019 under Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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The Rostov branch of Yabloko honoured the memory of the victims of a peaceful demonstration shot in Novocherkassk in 1962
Press Release, 3.06.2019 On 2 June, activists of the Rostov branch of Yabloko traditionally came to the place of shooting of a peaceful demonstration of workers in the city of Novocherkassk in 1962, in order to honour the memory of the victims of the crime of the Soviet authorities.
Posted: June 4th, 2019 under History.
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The history of Russia and its gears for Russia’s future. Lecture by historian Andrei Kosmynin
Press Release, 4.06.2019 On Tuesday, 11 June, Andrei Kosmynin, historian and adviser to Grigory Yavlinsky, will deliver a lecture “The History of Russia and its gears for Russia’s future”. The lecture be held in the Moscow office of the Yabloko party (Pyatnitskaya, 31 bldg 2). The lecture will begin at 19:00.
Posted: June 4th, 2019 under History.
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Conference of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko elected Chairperson and Regional Council of the branch
Press Release, 3.06.2019 On 1 June, 1, the Novgorod branch of Yabloko held a conference. The conference delegates re-elected Anna Cherepanova as Chairperson of the Novgorod branch, and Alexei Sabelsky and Oksana Sergeyeva as Vice-Chairs.
Posted: June 4th, 2019 under Activities, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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