Archive for June, 2020
In Astrakhan, police seized Yabloko leaflets against the reset Putin’s presidential terms
The deputy of the regional Duma, who was taking the leaflets to the Yabloko office, is facing administrative responsibility Press Release, 29.06.2020 The police seized leaflets against the reset of Vladimir Putin’s presidential terms from Dmitry Anufriyev, Chairman of the Astrakhan branch of Yabloko and MP of the Astrakhan Regional Duma. Anufriyev’s car was stopped […]
Posted: June 30th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Chairman of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko called on the Public Prosecutor’s Office to check on the actions of the police who detained Yabloko activist for a single picket
Press Release, 29.06.2020 Vitaly Zubenko, Chairman of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko, filed an application with the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Stavropol Territory about abuse of power by police officers. The leader of the regional branch of the party asks the Public Prosecutor to verify the legality of the detention of Ronald Ayrapetyan, member […]
Posted: June 30th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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An insult to public intelligence. Grigory Yavlinsky on the “popular vote” on Putin’s amendments to the Constitution
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 30.06.2020 Photo: a voting station. A “popular vote” to amend the Constitution is like a rape. That is, it resembles coercing into something that you initially did not want and what should not have happened, and the longer and more persistently they persuade you, the more disgusting it becomes. Now people, even […]
Posted: June 30th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s regional branches hold actions against the reset of Vladimir Putin’s presidential terms
Press Release, 29.06.2020 The Yabloko party has been conducting a nation-wide campaign against the “reset” of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin. Members of the regional branches of the Yabloko party protest against the eternal rule of Vladimir Putin. The campaign Speak Up Against the Reset of Presidential Terms includes picketing, distribution of stickers and […]
Posted: June 29th, 2020 under Без рубрики.
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Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia arrested for eight days for a single picket against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution
Press Release, 27.06.2020 On June 25, police detained Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, after a single picket (such pickets do not require any permissions from the authorities) against constitutional amendments allowing Vladimir Putin to remain on the post of President of Russia until 2036. The court sent the leader of the […]
Posted: June 29th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The police forcibly ousted a member of the electoral commission from Yabloko from the voting station. The electoral commission refused to allow her to control the sealing of ballots
Press Release, 26.06.2020 In Skhodnya, near Moscow, the police forcibly ousted Kristina Klimayeva a member of the precinct electoral commission from Yabloko, from the voting station. Klimayeva last night tried to control the sealing of ballots after the first day of voting. She had to call an ambulance, as due to stress her blood pressure […]
Posted: June 26th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Human Rights.
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The Levada Centre: Yabloko’s amendments to the Constitution are more popular among Russians than Putin’s amendments
Press Release, 21.06.2020 Photo 1 If there was an alternative vote, only a quarter of Russians (25%) would support the amendments of President Vladimir Putin. These are the data of a sociological survey conducted by the Levada Centre on the request of Yabloko from June 11 to 17. The survey involved 1,516 people over 18 […]
Posted: June 26th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Без рубрики.
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Public Constitutional Council proposed to Vladimir Putin to postpone the vote on Constitution amendments and make it alternative
23.06.2020 Open address to the President of the Russian Federation Respected Mr. President, A nationwide representative opinion poll conducted by the Levada Centre a few days ago shows that 28% of Russian citizens are ready to vote for the package of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation – the Constitution of Free People […]
Posted: June 26th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Без рубрики.
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The Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region banned Yabloko’s pickets against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution
Press Release, 25.06.2020 The Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region turned down Yabloko’s application for pickets in Yekaterinburg against Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Constitution, citing the Ministry’s lack of information about the possibility of extending the COVID high-alert mode.
Posted: June 26th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Not only the “reset” of the presidential terms
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 19.06.2020 The action of the authorities to amend the Constitution of Russia has approached the finish line. Both in terms of content and form, the amendments proposed by Putin to the Basic Law of the country, as well as the so-called “popular vote” are, as is well known already, unlawful (see the […]
Posted: June 26th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The authorities hinder the Saratov branch of Yabloko to freely disseminate information about the reset of Vladimir Putin’s presidential terms
Press Release, 25.06.2020 More than five advertising agencies refused to place Yabloko’s banners with a slogan I AM AGAINST THE RESET [OF PRESIDENTIAL TERMS] because of “fear of the city administration”. The companies are afraid to lose the bid for the right to placement of advertising structures. This was stated by the manager of the […]
Posted: June 25th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Freedom to Alexander Korovainy!
Statement by the Yabloko party, 25.06.2020 A court in Yeysk arrested for ten days Alexander Korovainy, a municipal deputy, member of the Yabloko Party known not only in Yeysk, but throughout the Krasnodar Territory as an activist fighting against the tyranny of local authorities and for protection of the environment.
Posted: June 25th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Korovainy, Yabloko’s municipal deputy in Yeysk, was arrested for ten days for participating in a rally against Putin’s constitutional amendments
Press Release, 24.06.2020 The court in Yeysk, the Krasnodar Territory, arrested for ten days Alexander Korovainy, Yabloko’s municipal deputy of the Council of the Municipal Formation of the Yeysk District, for “disobeying the police”. Alexander was arrested after a rally against Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Constitution.
Posted: June 25th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University will host an online lecture by Yelena Dubrovina “Why we should not vote for the amendments to the Constitution?”
Press Release, 22.06.2020 An online lecture by Yelena Dubrovina, lawyer and member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, will be held at Yabloko’s Party University. The lecture will be held on the Zoom platform on June 23, beginning at 16.00.
Posted: June 22nd, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Без рубрики.
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The ECHR communicated the complaint of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko on contestation of the results of the 2016 elections to the regional parliament
Press Release, 22.06.2020 Photo: Anna Cherepanova on a single picket. On June 11, the European Court of Human Rights communicated the complaint of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party in the case of contestation of the results of the elections to the Novgorod Regional Duma in 2016. Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2020 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands from the Prosecutor General to deal with bribery in the vote for amendments to the Constitution
Press Release, 19.06.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Igor Krasnov, Public Prosecutor General of Russia, with a request to track and prevent violations during the voting on the approval of amendments to the Constitution. In his appeal, the Chair of Yabloko notes that media have published numerous reports on the participation of […]
Posted: June 19th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance.
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Activists protecting the Kamenny Bor park from building-up and supported by Yabloko won the case in the Supreme Court of Karelia
Press Release, 19.06.2020 The Supreme Court of Karelia satisfied the claim of Olga Tuzhikova, Ilya Shkvarin and Valery Alekseev, the residents of the capital of Karelia Petrozavodsk, to the city administration, who demanded that the change of the status of part of the territory of the Kamenny Bor park (where the construction of a kindergarten […]
Posted: June 19th, 2020 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko calls on the Governor to cancel the Victory Parade
The region is ranked fourth in Russia as of the number of COVID cases Press Release, 19.06.2020 The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko appealed to Governor Gleb Nikitin with a demand to cancel the Victory Day parade in Nizhny Novgorod scheduled on June 24 instead of May 9 due to the epidemic. The corresponding appeal […]
Posted: June 19th, 2020 under Healthcare, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The democratic opposition supported the nomination of Yabloko’s Alexander Lazutin as a candidate for Governor of the Kostroma region
Press Release, 17.06.2020 The Kostroma regional branch of Yabloko, the environmental movement For Life, and the public organisation People’s Power decided to support the nomination of Alexander Lazutin, Chairman of the Kostroma regional branch of Yabloko and Director General of Shunga agricultural enterprise, as a candidate for the gubernatorial elections that will be held in […]
Posted: June 18th, 2020 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections 2020, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Deputy from Yabloko actress Alexandra Yakovleva gets the title of an honorary citizen of Kaliningrad
Press Release, 17.06.2020 Alexander Yakovleva, deputy from the Yabloko party in the City Council of Kaliningrad and an actress, was awarded the title “Honorary Citizen of the City of Kaliningrad.
Posted: June 18th, 2020 under Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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