Archive for April, 2020
The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko to hold the May Day demonstration online
Press Release, 30.04.2020 The Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party will hold the First of May demonstration online. Everyone can join the stream which starts this Friday at 12:00. The organiser of the online demonstration is Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the party’s regional branch.
Posted: April 30th, 2020 under Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky urged St.Petersburg authorities not to punish doctors for publicising the problems of the system to combat coronavirus
Press Release, 28.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and head of the party’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent an appeal to Oleg Ergashev, Vice Governor of St.Petersburg. Vishnevsky asked Ergashev to take measures to prompt and daily publication of clear and precise statistics on hospitals treating patients with coronavirus, the […]
Posted: April 30th, 2020 under Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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A new natural monument has been registered in the Krasnoyarsk region with the support of the regional branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 29.04.2020 On April 28, the government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory adopted a decree declaring the Bazaikhsky geological cross-section on the Torgashinsky ridge within the boundaries of the city of Krasnoyarsk be a natural monument of regional significance. The Krasnoyarsk branch of the Yabloko party actively supported this environmental initiative by local residents.
Posted: April 29th, 2020 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Emilia Slabunova calls for resignation of the Karelian Ombudsperson for plagiarism in the report on the human rights situation in Karelia in 2019
Press Release, 29.04.2020 Emilia Slabunova, member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, believes that Larissa Boychenko, Human Rights Ombudsperson in the Republic of Karelia, should be dismissed. Slabunova came to the conclusion about the incompetence of the Ombudsperson after reading the report of the […]
Posted: April 29th, 2020 under Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko in the Leningrad Region calls to conduct public hearings on environmental hazardous projects after the epidemic
Press Release, 28.04.2020 The authorised representative of the Yabloko regional office in the Leningrad Region appealed to the regional authorities with a proposal to postpone the public discussion of all high-profile waste management projects for a period after the coronavirus epidemic ends and living conditions in the Leningrad region come to its normal state. “The […]
Posted: April 29th, 2020 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky proposed to create Public Commission for control over the use of digital technologies by the state
Press Release, 28.04.2020 Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, proposed to create Public Commission for control over the use of digital technologies by the state. He wrote about this in his article called Digital Danger, published by the Novaya Gazeta newspaper today . The Public Commission should include IT […]
Posted: April 28th, 2020 under Economy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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Anna Cherepanova opposed the Mayor’s decision to cut funding for cultural, educational, physical education and sports institutions
Based on Vashi Novosti, 28.04.2020 On April 27, Sergei Busurin, Mayor of Veliky Novgorod, signed Decree No. 1413 on reducing budget expenditures in Veliky Novgorod. This was announced by Anna Cherepanova, head of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Novgorod and deputy of the Duma of Veliky Novgorod. According to Cherepanova, “the sequestration […]
Posted: April 28th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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The Omsk branch of Yabloko will help victims of pseudo-lawyers
Press Release, 28.04.2020 At the end of the summer of 2019, managers and psychologists, posing as professional lawyers, opened a spacious bright office in one of the central shopping centres in Omsk. A colorful sign with a phone number advertised allegedly high professionalism of the specialists of this firm. Relying on the trust of citizens, […]
Posted: April 28th, 2020 under Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Government has supported Yabloko’s programme to fight domestic violence
Press Release, 27.04.2020 The government commission, chaired by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, recommended that regional authorities provide support to victims of domestic violence. To this end, the commission invites the heads of the interior in the regions to ensure institution of criminal proceedings under Article 116.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation […]
Posted: April 28th, 2020 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Albert Khusainov: Chernobyl and coronavirus. What is in common?
Albert Khusainov blog post, 27.04.2020 We are commemorating a tragic event – the Chernobyl disaster. The day of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26 is now the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Radiation Accidents and Disasters. This year, members of the Yabloko party in Bashkiria will not […]
Posted: April 27th, 2020 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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You are not alone! Yabloko launched a volunteer network to help those in need during the coronavirus pandemic
Press Release, 25.04.2020 The Yabloko party has been creating a volunteer network to overcome the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Party activists and anyone who wants to join them will provide help to fellow citizens throughout Russia.
Posted: April 27th, 2020 under Healthcare, Social Policies.
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The Tula branch of Yabloko calls on the Governor to revise part of the budget expenditures in favour of healthcare
Press Release, 24.04.2020 On 23 April, the Regional Council of the Tula branch of Yabloko conducted a video conference and adopted an appeal to Alexei Dyumin, Governor of the Tula region, calling him to initiate a review of part of the regional budget expenditure items allocating 1.4 billion roubles to healthcare. The activists of the […]
Posted: April 27th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Yabloko demanded that the government improve the terms and conditions of state contracts for small and medium-sized businesses
Press Release, 24.04.2020 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin calling for measures to increase the accessibility of the market for state and municipal procurement for small and medium-sized businesses. “The Yabloko party believes that the state should improve the conditions for small and medium-sized businesses and become their […]
Posted: April 24th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Lev Shlosberg considers the selective state support of small and medium-sized businesses a violation of the Constitution and federal law
Press Release, 23.04.2020 Photo by TASS: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin Lev Shlosberg, MP of the Pskov Regional Assembly from the Yabloko faction and leader of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, sent an appeal to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asking him to provide aid to all small and medium-sized businesses, regardless of the industry […]
Posted: April 24th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly.
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The Ryazan branch of Yabloko: The regional Ministry of Education failed to properly organize distance learning
Press Release, 23.04.2020 Nearly 21 million roubles are allocated in the budget of the Ryazan region for the project Digital Educational Environment in 2020. “At the same time, distance education of children in the context of the coronavirus epidemic in the region was completely failed by the Minister of Education Olga Schetinkina,” say the activists […]
Posted: April 24th, 2020 under Education and Science, Healthcare, Social Policies.
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After Yabloko’s release of the video about the Tula Regional Duma spending budget money on expensive cars, regional MPs decided to allocate money to buying ambulances
Press Release, 23.04.2020 The Tula Regional Duma refuses large purchases of expensive cars for the regional parliaments and allocates these 5 million roubles for the purchase of ambulances. Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula Yabloko, noted that this happened exactly 24 hours after Yabloko’s publication of the video about the purchase by the Tula Regional […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Regional and Local Elections, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko proposes a programme of measures to fight domestic violence upsurging during quarantine
Press Release, 23.04.2020 The Yabloko party insists that the government should take immediate measures to prevent the upsurge of domestic violence. Such measures include immediate reaction of the police to reports of violence, provision of a sufficient number of shelters for victims, hotel rooms inclusive, and cancellation of liability for violation of the isolation regime […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Gender Faction, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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Yabloko Deputy Chairman Boris Vishnevsky organised collection of aid for St. Petersburg doctors
Press Release, 23.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and leader of the party’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, together with members of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko, organised fundraising for the purchase of personal protective equipment for doctors working in St. Petersburg medical institutions.
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Healthcare, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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We demand to adopt measures for reduction of domestic violence
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 23.04.2020 In the context of the coronavirus pandemic and self-isolation, the number of cases of domestic violence against women, children and the elderly has significantly increased, whereas women are the first to become victims. This applies to all countries, emphasised UN Secretary General António Guterres. In Russia, the situation is […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Gender Faction, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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The Yabloko Party University to host online lecture by philologist Gasan Guseynov
Press Release, 22.04.2020 On Tuesday, 28 April, the Yabloko Party University will host an online lecture by Gasan Guseynov “Modern Russian political language”. The lecture will be held on the Zoom platform and will begin at 17.00 MSK. Gasan Guseynov is Doctor of Philology, Professor at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow.
Posted: April 22nd, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars.
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