Archive for April, 2020
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Statement by the Saratov branch of Yabloko, 10.04.2020 To the Federal Penitentiary Service; To the Federal State-Funded Institution Pre-Trial Detention Facility No 1 Of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Samara region The Saratov regional branch of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko is deeply concerned about the health condition […]
Posted: April 10th, 2020 under Human Rights.
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Yabloko asked Prime Minister Mishustin to protect couriers and volunteers
Press Release, 10.04.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asking him to adopt a decree on the protection of delivery service employees and volunteers of social services. According to the head of the party, this document is needed against the background of increasing risks that these categories of citizens […]
Posted: April 10th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Boris Vishnevsky proposes to grant a rent waiver to entrepreneurs and NGOs renting their premises from St. Petersburg until the end of the quarantine
Press Release, 10.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, submitted to the city parliament a bill envisaging a rent waiver on non-residential premises for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as non-profit organisations they rent from the city of St.Petersburg for the entire period of validity of […]
Posted: April 10th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Boris Vishnevsky: Hand out masks, not St. George ribbons*!
Boris Vishnevsky blog post, 6.04.2020 * St. George ribbons in Russia are considered to be a symbol of the USSR victory in the Second World War. The Russian government, instead of allocating funds for the purchase of the necessary number of personal protection equipment (masks, respirators, gloves, protective suits and so on), which are lacking […]
Posted: April 9th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky requested information from St.Petersburg officials about the situation with personal protection equipment in the city, as well as interaction with manufacturers
Press Release, 6.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent a request to Oleg Ergashev, Vice Governor of St.Petersburg city, as well as Kirill Soloveichik, head of the Committee on Industry and Trade.
Posted: April 9th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko calls on the Governor to ensure compliance with the sanitary-epidemiological measures at the industrial enterprises of the region
Press Release, 7.04.2020 The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko called on Alexei Teksler, Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, to ensure compliance with the sanitary-epidemiological measures by the collectives of industrial enterprises the region is rich with. Yabloko activists note that key industrial enterprises of the Chelyabinsk region resume or continue their work, but their employees do […]
Posted: April 9th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Yabloko invited governors to redirect funds allocated to campaign for Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Constitution to healthcare
Press Release, 7.04.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the heads of several Russian regions. He called for redirection of funds allocated to the regional budgets for campaigning on the all-Russian voting on constitutional amendments to the needs of healthcare and aid to citizens in a difficult situation.
Posted: April 8th, 2020 under Activities, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Governance, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Anna Cherepanova called on the Governor of the Novgorod region to take urgent anti-crisis measures to help people
Appeal by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, 6.04.2020 Photo: Anna Cherepanova Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Duma of Veliky Novgorod, sent an appeal to Governor Andrei Nikitin to immediately take anti-crisis measures and provide aid to people and businesses.
Posted: April 7th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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We demand a check on unreasonable detention and use of force against participants of the Alliance of Doctors during their humanitarian mission
Statement by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, 3.04.2020 On 2 April, 2020, the head and members of the independent Alliance of Doctors medical workers union carried out a humanitarian mission in the Novgorod Region. Medical union workers brought by car medical masks, goggles, protective suits, and disinfectants to the hospitals and ambulance stations, which are […]
Posted: April 7th, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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Yabloko Bureau: 10 per cent of Russia’s GDP should be allocated for direct financial support of citizens and the private businesses
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 3.04.2020 The situation in Russia has been rapidly changing for the worse. The number of people affected by COVID-19 infection has been growing every day. In most regions, bans and restrictions have been imposed on the work of enterprises and organisations in public catering, trade, tourism, culture, sports, entertainment and […]
Posted: April 6th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Urgent and broad amnesty is needed to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 3.04.2020 The Yabloko party believes that in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic urgent measures must be taken to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in places of custodial restraint, and demands to conduct an urgent and broadest amnesty.
Posted: April 6th, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko launched a web-site on measures to support citizens and businesses affected by the COVID-19 epidemic
Press Release, 2.04.2020 The web-site will generate proposals on measures to support those affected by the quarantine measures and the economic crisis. In addition, the website contains the proposals of the Yabloko party, as well as support measures voiced by federal and regional authorities.
Posted: April 2nd, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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The Ryazan branch of Yabloko calls on the City Duma to dismiss head of the city Yulia Rokotyanskaya, who went on vacation during the fight against the pandemic
Press Release, 2.04.2020 The regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Ryazan region considers vacation of Yulia Rokotyanskaya, head of the municipality – the city of Ryazan and Chair of the Ryazan City Duma, during an active struggle against coronavirus be blatant cynicism.
Posted: April 2nd, 2020 under Governance, Healthcare, Social Policies.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Where can Russia get the money?
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 1.04.2020 The USA directs 9 per cent of its GDP to support people and the economy, the UK about 14 per cent and Germany over 20 per cent. Russia has so far allocated only 0.3 per cent of its GDP for medicine, aid to private businesses and the population. Where to get […]
Posted: April 1st, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Без рубрики.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko calls on the Governor to abolish fees for capital repairs of housing and reduce tariffs for utilities in the region
Press Release, 1.04.2020 The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko called on Gleb Nikitin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, to abolish fees for capital repairs of housing in the situation of quarantine for COVID-19 and compensate for 30 per cent of residents payments for utilities at the expense of the regional budget.
Posted: April 1st, 2020 under Economy, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Arthur Gaiduk: Doctors are at the highest risk and in the absence of protection become agents of the spread of the virus
Press Release, 31.03.2020 Photo: Arthur Gaiduk, an ambulance doctor and MP of the Pskov Regional Assembly (the Yabloko faction) Arthur Gaiduk, an ambulance doctor and deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from the Yabloko party, gave a commentary to the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko on the situation with COVID-19 in the […]
Posted: April 1st, 2020 under Healthcare, Social Policies.
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