Archive for November, 2020
Unidentified persons spoiled information signs on the office of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko
In Novgorod, unidentified persons painted black information plates with the name of the party on the building where the office of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko is located. Press Release, 17.11.2020 “Unfortunately, this has been happening regularly. We understand that this is a reaction to the opposition activities of Yabloko, harsh criticism of the authorities, […]
Posted: November 17th, 2020 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko will host an online conference “The situation with the protection of women’s rights in the COVID era. International experience”
Press Release, 16.11.2020 On 24 November 24 an international online conference “The situation with the protection of women’s rights in the COVID era. International experience” will be held in Yabloko. The conference is organised by the Gender faction of the Yabloko party. The conference will be held via Zoom and will start at 17:30.
Posted: November 16th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Nomination for the Golden Toilet Brush anti-award is open
Press Release, 14.11.2020 The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko Party has opened the reception of nominees for the Golden Toilet Brush anti-award. The prize is awarded for the most wasteful public procurement contracts. The Golden Toilet Brush has two nominations – federal and regional – and two sets of awards: gold, silver and bronze […]
Posted: November 16th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Andrei Buzin will launch his book on Russian elections in the Yabloko Party University
Press Release, 14.11.2020 On Wednesday, November 18, Andrei Buzin, Dr. of Law, will launch his new book “Russian Elections: Inside, Outside and Sideways” at the next lecture of the Yabloko Party University conducted in Zoom format. The event will begin at 19:00.
Posted: November 16th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Nikolai Rybakov and Boris Vishnevsky honoured the memory of St. Petersburg doctors who died during the COVID-19 epidemic
Press Release, 13.11.2020 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, took part in events in memory of St. Petersburg doctors who died in the fight against COVID-19.
Posted: November 16th, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko held an online discussion on admission of new members to the party and protection against manipulation
Press Release, 14.11.2020 On 12 November, an online discussion “On admission of new members to the party and protection from manipulation” was held in Yabloko.
Posted: November 16th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Political Parties.
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Yabloko Chairman urged St.Petersburg Governor to put a memorial plaque at the site of murder of antifascist Timur Kacharava
Press Release, 13.11.2020 On the 15th anniversary of the murder of anti-fascist and musician Timur Kacharava, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, asking him to put a memorial plaque at the site of murder of antifascist Timur Kacharava.
Posted: November 13th, 2020 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko held an online lecture “Territorial Inequality in Modern Russia” by Natalya Zubarevich
Press Release, 11.11.2020 On 10 November, the Yabloko Party University held an online lecture “Territorial Inequality in Modern Russia” by Natalya Zubarevich, Professor of the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University.
Posted: November 13th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov: a Lamborghini worth only 100,000 roubles – now it will become a reality, but not for everyone.
Igor Artemyev was dismissed from the post of the head of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service yesterday Yaroslav Shcherbakov’s blog post, 12.11.2020 Photo: Igor Artemyev A Lamborghini worth only 100,000 roubles – now it will become a reality, but not for everyone! (from the experience of selling confiscated goods in Russia) Yesterday Igor Artemyev, head […]
Posted: November 13th, 2020 under Governance, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko demanded from Prime Minister and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber to reconsider the allocation of funds to the aid to Syria
Press Release, 12.11.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin demanding to reconsider the allocation of budget funds for provision of financial aid to Syria. On Wednesday, 11 November, it became known that Russia allocated more than USD 1 billion for […]
Posted: November 12th, 2020 under Economy, Foreign policy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, War in Syria.
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The Yabloko faction in the Karelian parliament made amendments to the law on the regional ombudsman
Deputies called on the Human Rights Commissioner of Russia to withdraw the approval of the current candidacy for the Karelian Ombudsperson Press Release, 11.11.2020 Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Emilia Slabunova and Ivan Gusev introduced amendments to the second reading of the bill “On the Commissioner for Human Rights […]
Posted: November 12th, 2020 under Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma provided municipal deputies the right to introduce amendments to the Moscow city budget
Press Release, 11.11.2020 Photo: Maxim Kruglov Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, has launched a platform – an aggregator of amendments to the Moscow city budget from municipal deputies of the city. The aggregator enables the municipal deputies of Moscow to make amendments to the draft City Budget for […]
Posted: November 11th, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Preservation of the architectural look of the city and the quality of life of city residents should become a priority in the urban planning policy of Yekaterinburg
Statement by the Yekaterinburg branch of Yabloko, 10.11.2020 (On introduction of amendments to the Rules for Land Use and Development of the Urban District – Municipality the City of Yekaterinburg” (Decision No. 29/42 of the Yekaterinburg City Duma of October 27, 2020) The erroneous perception and interpretation by the municipal authorities of Yekaterinburg of the […]
Posted: November 10th, 2020 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko will host an online discussion on admission of new members to the party and protection against manipulation
Press Release, 10.11.2020 On 12 November, an online discussion “On admission of new members to the party and protection from manipulation” will be held. The discussion is organised by the Social Democratic and the Gender Faction of the Yabloko party and start at 19:00.
Posted: November 10th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky sent St.Petersburg Governor an appeal from more than 100 deputies of St. Petersburg municipalities with a demand to abandon the municipal “budget reform”
Press Release, 9.11.2020 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent an appeal to the city Governor Alexander Beglov from municipal deputies who strongly oppose the municipal “budget reform” proposed by the Governor: […]
Posted: November 10th, 2020 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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Yabloko demands from the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to protect the participants of single pickets
Press Release, 9.11.2020 Photo: Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, detained during a single picket in support of arrested journalist Ilya Azar, 1 June 2020. The Bureau of the Yabloko Party sent appeals to Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov and Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev demanding to protect participants in […]
Posted: November 9th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko participates in all the December elections in the Pechora and Sebezh districts of the region
Press Release, 9.11.2020 Nominees of Yabloko participate in by-elections to the Assembly of Deputies of the Pechora region, in the repeat elections of deputies to the Assembly of the urban settlement Pechora and in the postponed elections to the Assembly of the rural settlement Sebezhskoye. On 6 December, 2020, by-elections, as well as repeat and […]
Posted: November 9th, 2020 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2020, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Tatiana Schneider: They want to accuse me of extremism for the post criticizing the Omsktekhuglerod plant
Tatiana Schneider’s blog post, 9.11.2020 On 3 November, I received a strange call from the police. An interesting conversation took place, the content of which caused me, to put it mildly, bewilderment. Also I even had to give a written explanation to the policeman. The essence of all this, for me, strange act was the […]
Posted: November 9th, 2020 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the transition to a majoritarian electoral system in the elections to the Saratov City Duma
Statement by the Saratov branch of Yabloko, 6.11.2020 The by-elections of deputies of the Saratov Regional Duma were held in the Saratov region not so long ago, which the regional branch of the Yabloko party did not recognise for the first time since 2017. The elections were held with numerous violations: from direct fraud to […]
Posted: November 6th, 2020 under Elections, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The City Court of St. Petersburg confirmed the invalidity of the recount of votes in the Moskovskaya Zastava municipal district. Yabloko has got two more municipal deputies
Press Release, 6.11.2020 The City Court of St. Petersburg confirmed the invalidity of the elections held by Electoral Commission No 1,280 in the Moskovskaya Zastava municipal district. Representatives of pro-government’s United Russia, the LDPR party and one self-nominated candidate will be replaced by deputies from Yabloko and another independent self-nominated candidate.
Posted: November 6th, 2020 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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