Archive for March, 2020
The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko continues to protest against the constitutional coup
Press Release, 17.03.2020 On March 15, Yabloko members in Novosibirsk went on a series of one-person pickets [that do not require any permissions from the authorities] against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The action took place in the centre of Novosibirsk.
Posted: March 18th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Kemerovo branch of Yabloko held a series of one-person pickets against the reset of Vladimir Putin presidential terms
Press Release, 17.03.2020 Members of the Yabloko party and the Golos movement held a series of one-person pickets [that do not require any permission from the authorities] in the centre of Kemerovo against amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation on resetting of the presidential terms for Vladimir Putin and unlawful amendments to the […]
Posted: March 17th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Supreme Court did not accept Yabloko’s lawsuit against Putin on voting on his constitutional amendments on April 22. The party appealed this decision
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Press Release, 17.03.2020 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation refused to accept the Yabloko’s lawsuit against President Vladimir Putin on the cancellation of his order to conduct an all-Russian vote on constitutional amendments. Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov challenged this decision at the Board of Appeals of the Supreme Court.
Posted: March 17th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments.
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YABLOKO protests against reset of terms for President Putin
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ALDE party Newsletter, 17.03.2020 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolay Rybakov All across Russia, members of the Yabloko party conducted one-person pickets on 12 March against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. One-person pickets – which do not require any permission from the authorities – were conducted […]
Posted: March 17th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov to Interior Minister: Immediately stop unlawful detention of citizens
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Statement by Yabloko Chairman, 14.03.2020 To: Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation I demand that those detained during one-person pickets [these pickets do not require any permission from the authorities] in Moscow be immediately released and that you order to stop unlawful practices of detentions at one-person pickets.
Posted: March 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Putin’s amendments and “resetting” of the presidential terms are out of the law
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 11.03.2020 Apparently, the Kremlin’s special operation with respect to the Constitution has come to the finish line. With the help of the amendment proposed by the deputy-cosmonaut [Valentina Tereshkova], all the terms of the incumbent President are proposed to be “nullified” [or “reset”] so that Putin could remain in power for at […]
Posted: March 13th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Human Rights.
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Yabloko proposes to fix in the Constitution that one party in the State Duma cannot have more than 40% of the mandates
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Press Release, 13.03.2020 The Yabloko party proposes to supplement the Constitution of the Russian Federation with a chapter on the electoral system, political parties and the rights of the opposition. Regional MPs from Yabloko introduced the corresponding bill to the legislative assemblies of six constituent entities of the Russian Federation – Moscow, St. Petersburg, the […]
Posted: March 13th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The irremovability of power will lead to the collapse of the country. What Yabloko’s regional MPs were telling to the regional parliaments when considering Vladimir Putin’s constitutional amendments
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Press Release, 13.03.2020 Yabloko deputies voted against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution during their consideration in the legislative assemblies of the regions. In Karelia, the Khabarovsk Territory and the Pskov Region, votes against were cast only by Yabloko’s MPs. In the Moscow City Duma, the Yabloko faction was the only faction which did not support […]
Posted: March 13th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Putin’s irremovability represents usurpation of power
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Statement by the Public Constitutional Council Novaya Gazeta, 11.03.2020 The decision on Putin’s irremovability as President of the Russian Federation, adopted at his proposal by the State Duma today, represents usurpation of power. This decision is unconstitutional. The cancellation of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin, that is, allowing Putin to be in the post […]
Posted: March 12th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko is picketing against Vladimir Putin’s lifelong rule in more than 50 Russian regions
Press Release, 12.03.2020 Photo: Alexander Gontcharenko picketing the Altai Territory Legislative Assembly in Barnaul On Thursday, March 12, members of the Yabloko party are conducting one-person pickets (that do not require any permission from the authorities) against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. The […]
Posted: March 12th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko to picket against Vladimir Putin’s lifelong rule throughout Russia
Press Release, 11.03.2020 On Thursday, March 12, members of the Yabloko party will picket against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. The pickets will be held on the day of the approval of Putin’s constitutional amendments by regional parliaments. Yabloko will picket the buildings […]
Posted: March 12th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko holds pickets by the State Duma and the Federation Council against usurpation of power by Vladimir Putin
Press Release, 11.03.2020 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov picketing by the State Duma Today, on 11 March, Yabloko holds pickets by the State Duma and the Federation Council against usurpation of power by Vladimir Putin. It is expected that the parliament will finally approve amendments to the Constitution today, including resetting of the presidential term for Vladimir […]
Posted: March 11th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko to picket against the resetting of Putin’s presidential terms
Press Release, 10.03.2020 Tomorrow, on March 11, the Yabloko party will hold a series of one-person pickets (that do not require a permission from the authorities) by the State Duma (Okhotny Ryad 1) and the Federation Council (Bolshaya Dmitrovka 26) against the reset of Putin’s presidential terms and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. […]
Posted: March 11th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“Reset of Putin’s presidential terms is a dishonorable fraud”
Yabloko leaders on early parliamentary elections and new presidential election rules Press Release, 10.03.2020 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the picket near the State Duma on March 10, 2020 Yabloko leaders held pickets outside the parliament building during today’s consideration by the State Duma of Putin’s constitutional amendments in the second reading. They protested both against […]
Posted: March 11th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Galina Mikhaleva spoke about gender equality at the “Eight Women” film festival
Press Release, 6.03.2020 Galina Mikhaleva, Chairwoman of the Yabloko Party’s Gender Faction, spoke at the round table on gender equality issues with the topic “Socio-Economic Transformation in Russia (1990 – 2020) and the Status of Women”. The round table was held as part of the Sixth International Film Festival “Eight Women” with the support of […]
Posted: March 10th, 2020 under Gender Faction, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Chairman supported the initiative of Perm residents to rename Zemlyachka Square in honor of Boris Nemtsov
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Press Release, 5.03.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Dmitry Makhonin, acting Governor of the Perm Territory, as well as the Dmitry Samoilov, Mayor of Perm, with a proposal to rename the square of Rosalia Zemlyachka to Boris Nemtsov Square. Earlier, participants of the Perm rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov, which was […]
Posted: March 6th, 2020 under History, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Без рубрики.
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Democrats of the Altai Territory, Unite!
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Statement by the Bureau of the Regional Council of Altai branch of Yabloko, 5.03.2020 Russia is experiencing a political crisis associated with an attempt to change the spirit and letter of the Constitution, growth of reprisals in the country, [all this] against the backdrop of ongoing foreign policy adventurism (in eastern Ukraine and Syria) and […]
Posted: March 5th, 2020 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2020.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Putin is paving the way for creation of a totalitarian state in Russia
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 4.03.2020 The President submitted to the State Duma a package of his amendments to the Constitution. In a week, the presidential amendments will be approved by the deputies, then by the Federation Council and regional legislative assemblies, and on 22 April they will be supported by a majority in the All-Russian plebiscite. […]
Posted: March 4th, 2020 under Без рубрики.
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The Bashkirian branch of Yabloko rallied against overcharged fees for heating
Press Release, 3.03.2020 On 29 February, the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko took part in a rally of Ufa residents against unreasonably high prices for heating. Over 500 people took part in the action.
Posted: March 4th, 2020 under Economy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Yabloko proposed to the authorities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl and Sochi to immortalise the name of Nemtsov in urban toponymy
Press Release, 3.03.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent appeals to the Mayors of Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl and Sochi, as well as to the Governors of St. Petersburg, the Nizhny Novgorod and Yaroslavl regions and the Krasnodar Territory with a proposal to give one of the objects in these cities the name of Boris Nemtsov.
Posted: March 3rd, 2020 under History, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Без рубрики.
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