Archive for November, 2019
Yabloko proposes to open the meeting of the Chelyabinsk City Duma when citizens elect their Mayor
Press Release, 18.11.2019 Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, called on the leadership of the Chelyabinsk City Duma to allow all interested residents to come to the meeting when Mayor of Chelyabinsk should be elected, as well as provide an opportunity for everyone to ask a question to the mayoral candidates.
Posted: November 18th, 2019 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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“We work for those people who want to live honestly for the benefit of the country.” Pskov Yabloko celebrates its 25th anniversary
Press Release, 16.11.2019 Today, a conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Pskov regional branch of Yabloko was held in Pushkinogorsky district of the Pskov region. Party Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Political Committee and head of Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, arrived in the region […]
Posted: November 18th, 2019 under Elections, Greetings, History, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018.
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“Nothing can be solved without politics.” Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina are visiting the Pskov region
Press Release, 15.11.2019 Today the three-day visit of Yabloko’s leaders to the Pskov region has begun. Party Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Political Committee and head of Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, arrived in the region for a conference on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Pskov branch […]
Posted: November 18th, 2019 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, History, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Social Policies.
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The campaign of spreading libel against Boris Vishnevsky represents revenge of the authorities for his political activities
Statement by the Yabloko party, 14.11.2019 The Internet resources of the odious businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin and the state television channel Russia-24, functioning on the money of taxpayers, conduct an organised campaign of spreading libel against Boris Vishnevsky leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. The accusations against Vishnevsky represent a […]
Posted: November 15th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko campaigns for liberalisation of regional laws on rallies
Earlier, the Constitutional Court prohibited to local authorities to arbitrarily limit places for mass actions Press Release, 15.11.2019 Yabloko’s regional branches in the Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk and Kaliningrad Regions sent appeals to the parliaments of their regions with a request to enlarge the list of places allowed for public mass events. Thus, Yabloko calls regional […]
Posted: November 15th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko’s Gender Faction held a meeting with the Director of the Sisters Centre
Press Release, 14.11.2019 Photo: from left to right Galina Mikhaleva, Nadezhda Zamotayeva and Olga Radayeva On 12 November, Yabloko’s Gender Faction organized a meeting with Nadezhda Zamotayeva, Director of the independent charitable organisation the Sisters Centre. The Centre provides psychological and legal aid to victims of sexual violence and their families.
Posted: November 15th, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Boris Vishnevsky applied to police in connection with libel launched against him
Press Release, 14.11.2019 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, applied to the police station of Primorsky distrcit in connection with libel launched against him. It is in this disrtict of St. Petersburg that the media of the Patriot media group (head of the board of trustees is Yevgeny Prigozhin […]
Posted: November 14th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Emilia Slabunova asked the Moscow Public Prosecutor to check the work of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin due to the lack of a development strategy in the Russian capital
Press Release, 14.11.2019 Yabloko party, Emilia Slabunova, asked Denis Popov, Moscow Public Prosecutor, to check the work of Sergei Sobyanin, the Moscow Mayor. Back in July of this year, Slabunova asked the Mayor to explain why Moscow did not have a socio-economic development strategy which is must according to the federal law, but has still […]
Posted: November 14th, 2019 under Economy, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Chair of the Omsk branch of Yabloko spoke about the problems of regional healthcare at the round table of the Ministry of Healthcare
Press Release, 13.11.2019 Tatyana Nagibina, Chair of the Omsk regional branch of the Yabloko party, spoke at a round table on healthcare issues. Representatives of the regional Ministry of Healthcare took part in the discussion. The round table was organised by the Omsk Council of non-parliamentary parties. The leader of the Omsk Yabloko spoke about […]
Posted: November 14th, 2019 under Healthcare, Social Policies.
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Yabloko in the Altai Republic initiated a referendum on the return of popular elections of the mayor of the capital of the Republic and district heads
Press Release, 13.11.2019 The regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Altai Republic acted as an initiative group to hold a referendum on the draft law “On the Return of the Popular Elections of Mayor of Gorno-Altaysk and Heads of the Altai Republic Districts,” which was previously submitted to the State Assembly by Maria […]
Posted: November 14th, 2019 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018, Без рубрики.
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“A strong state cannot be built on lawlessness and humiliation of human dignity”
Participants of the 8th Unified Caucasus Forum adopted a resolution Press Release, 12.11.2019 On November 9-10, the United Caucasian Forum was held in Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria. The Forum aims to unite the leading human rights organisations of the North Caucasus and propel civic initiative to solve socially significant problems. One of the organisers of […]
Posted: November 13th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre to launch its branch in the Nizhny Novgorod region
Oleg Rodin will be coordinator of the branch Press Release, 13.11.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre opens its second branch – now in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. It will be headed by Oleg Rodin, Chair of the Yabloko branch in the region. At launching the branch Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre will reveal immediate plans and […]
Posted: November 13th, 2019 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma asks Putin to investigate the charges against Public Prosecutor of Moscow in corruption
Press Release, 12.11.2019 Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent a deputy request addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to initiate an investigation into corruption of Denis Popov, Moscow Public Prosecutor, who became the protagonist of the investigation of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The FBK investigation runs […]
Posted: November 13th, 2019 under The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Vladimir Gridin, leader of the Mordovian branch of Yabloko, passed away
Condolences from Yabloko leaders, 12.11.2019 On 12 November, Vladimir Gridin, leader of the Mordovian branch of Yabloko, passed away at the age of 65. Yabloko leaders expressed condolences in connection with the death of the founder of Mordovian Yabloko: We have lost our faithful comrade, Vladimir Yevgenievich Gridin, founder and leader of the Mordovian branch […]
Posted: November 13th, 2019 under Condolences.
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Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina to visit the Pskov region for the 25th anniversary of the regional branch of the party
Press Release, 11.11.2019 On November 15 and 16, Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee and head of the Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, will visit the Pskov region, where a conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Pskov branch of the party will be held.
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, History, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko joined the action of “metropickets” launched in Moscow for the release of political prisoners.
Press Release, 11.11.2019 Alexandra Nalobina, member of the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, went on a one-person picket (such pickets do not require a permission from the authorities) for the freedom of prisoners of the so-called “Moscow riots case” and against political repression. The picket took place by the Studencheskaya metro station, which is located next […]
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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On the anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917, Yabloko held an action in memory of the pupils of military schools who resisted the Bolsheviks
Press Release, 7.11.2019 On 7 November, the Moscow branch of Yabloko held its traditional action honouring the memory of officers and pupils of military schools who fought in the streets of Moscow against usurpation of power by the Bolsheviks in 1917. For the first time, an action in memory of those who with arms in […]
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under History, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Understanding Russia.
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WAR IN SYRIA: WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER
Achievements of President Putin’s four-year policy in the Middle East by Grigory Yavlinsky Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 28.10.2019 President Putin agreed to Turkey’s seizure of Syria’s border area and told President Erdogan that he was ready to send Russian soldiers to the Syrian-Turkish border to help the Turks monitor the expulsion of the Kurds from lands […]
Posted: November 7th, 2019 under Foreign policy, War in Syria, Без рубрики.
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“Liquidation of the movement “For Human Rights” demonstrates moral degradation of the Russian government”
Nikolai Rybakov on the decision of the Supreme Court Press Release, 1.11.2019 Photo: Lev Ponomaryov On November 1, the Supreme Court ruled to liquidate themovement “For Human Rights”, created in 1997 by Lev Ponomaryov. A lawsuit demanding the liquidation of the organisation was filed by the Ministry of Justice on October 11. The reason for […]
Posted: November 5th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Moscow authorities have to hold public hearings on the Moscow budget because of the insistence of the opposition
Press Release, 5.11.2019 The opposition in the Moscow City Duma has made the Moscow authorities to conduct public hearings on the draft budget for Moscow for 2020. The hearing will be held in the Public Chamber of Moscow today, on 5 November. The lack of a public hearing was one of the reasons why the […]
Posted: November 5th, 2019 under Elections, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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