Archive for March, 2020
Yabloko proposes to fix in the Constitution prohibition of mercenarism, as well as abolishing of a сonscript army
Press Release, 2.03.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a package of Yabloko amendments to the Constitution to the President, Speakers of the State Duma and the Federation Council, as well as to the heads of relevant committees of both houses of the parliament. It included four bills that the party had previously submitted through regional […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance.
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Yabloko launches a special web-site to test the amendments to the Russian Constitution on the Internet
Press Release, 28.02.2020 The Public Constitutional Council and the Yabloko party launched the web-site vote.const2020.ru, where one can take a test and find out whose amendments to the Constitution are better for one: those by President Putin or representatives of civil society. The test consists of 15 pairs of cards with 15 amendments on the […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance.
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Grigory Yavlinsky, “I have bailed and am bailing for Konstantin Kotov. Freedom to all political prisoners!”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 2.03.2020 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky holding a placard “Freedom to Kotov!” The court of cassation has overturned the sentence to Konstantin Kotov [political prisoner of the Moscow “riots” case], the case was sent for revision, and Kotov was sent to a pre-trial detention centre for two months. Kotov did not commit any […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Без рубрики.
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A man of conscience, truth, dignity and protection of human rights. Sergei Kovalyov turns 90!
Press Release, 02.03.2020 Today, Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov, legendary Soviet and Russian human rights activist and member of the Yabloko party, celebrates his 90th birthday. A dissident, political prisoner, State Duma deputy, one of the authors of the Second Chapter of the Constitution dealing with human rights and freedoms, the first Human Rights Ombudsman in Russia […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2020 under Greetings.
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Yabloko at the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 2.03.2020 The Yabloko party participated in the actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov in many cities of Russia. Yabloko activists and supporters marched, picketed and rallied in Moscow St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Arkhangelsk, Barnaul, Veliky Novgorod, Vladivostok, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Kostroma, Krasnodar, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Oryol, Perm, Pskov, Rostov-on-Don, […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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“The best constitutional amendment is Putin’s resignation.” Yabloko took part in the March in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 29.02.2020 More than 22,000 people took part in the Boris Nemtsov March, an action in memory of slain Putin opponent, which took place in Moscow from Strastnoy Boulevard to Academician Sakharov Prospect today. The Yabloko party formed its own column headed by the party leaders who carried a banner with the slogan “Fight […]
Posted: March 1st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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