Archive for February, 2021
Boris Vishnevsky proposed to create green zones on the vacated areas in the city centre of St. Petersburg
Press Release, 25.02.2021 Photo: creative commons Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, asked Governor Alexander Beglov to give an opinion on the bill prepared by the parliamentarian. The bill envisages that in the event of dismantling of any buildings and structures (which are not historical buildings that […]
Posted: February 26th, 2021 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“The Soviet and the Russian woman: how have the roles changed?” Online conference of Yabloko’s Gender faction
Press Release, 26.02.2021 On Thursday, 4 March, Yabloko’s Gender faction will hold a Zoom conference “The Soviet and the Russian woman: how have the roles changed?” The conference will begin at 19:00. The conference will be attended by Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of the faction, Olga Radayeva, First Deputy Chair of the faction, Tatiana Ovcharenko, Marina […]
Posted: February 26th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko was denied approval of the Boris Nemtsov Memorial March in 21 out of 22 regions
Press Release, 25.02.2021 Photo: Yabloko at the Moscow March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in 2017 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Regional authorities in 21 Russian regions refused to give permissions for Yabloko’s actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov. Opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, was shot six times […]
Posted: February 26th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Factions and other associations within the party and under the party”. An online discussion of the Yabloko’s Reform Commission
Press Release, 24.02.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 25 February, an online discussion “Factions and other associations within the party and under the party” will be held within the framework of the work of the Yabloko’s Reform Commission which will summarise and discuss proposals for reforming the party. The discussion will begin at […]
Posted: February 24th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Yabloko leaders held seminars on preparation for elections and a party reform
Primaries, selection of candidates, formation of a network of supporters are on the agenda Press Release, 22.02.2020 Photo: Participants of the seminar in Kazan. / Photo by the Yabloko party Press Service On February 20-21, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Deputy Chair Ivan Bolshakov held seminars in Kazan with regional headquarters. The concept of changes […]
Posted: February 24th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A crime against everyone
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 23.02.2021 Today is the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland [in Russia]. A memorable day for all our multinational people, who defended our country shoulder to shoulder during the Second World War. I congratulate all those who today defend Russia from foes, diseases, poverty, arbitrariness and lawlessness. All those who […]
Posted: February 24th, 2021 under History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee adopted the position of Grigory Yavlinsky and approved the direction of the party’s reform
Press Release, 20.02.2021 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 19 February 19, a regular meeting of the Federal Political Committee (FPC) of the Yabloko Party took place. The meeting was attended by all 17 members of the FPC. The Federal Political Committee considered two issues: the statement “On systemic threats […]
Posted: February 20th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Protests in Russia, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov launched his YouTube channel and was the first out of all parties chairpersons to register with the Clubhouse
Press Release, 20.02.2021 Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, launched his own YouTube channel and was the first Chairperson of all Russian political parties to register in the Clubhouse social network.
Posted: February 20th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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The court did not uphold the claim of the Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov.
Party members will take part in a memory watch and a round table Press Release, 20.02.2021 Photo: Personal page of Maxim Petlin on Facebook On 20 February, the Leninsky district court of the city of Yekaterinburg refused to approve the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov and the memorial meeting. On February 19, the Sverdlovsk […]
Posted: February 20th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko prepares for the elections-2021
A meeting of the Regional Council of the Yabloko branch was held in Kaliningrad Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Meeting of the Regional Council of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko / Photo by the Press Service of the regional branch of the party A meeting of the Regional Council of the Kalinigrad branch of the Yabloko […]
Posted: February 20th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko prepares for elections: Nikolai Rybakov is holding a working meeting with representatives of regional departments of Yabloko in Kazan
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko Party continues preparations for the elections to the State Duma that are due in September 2021. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Deputy Chairman Ivan Bolshakov are holding a working meeting with representatives of the regional branches of the party […]
Posted: February 20th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service confirmed the unlawfulness of the transfer of three buildings in the centre of Pskov to the non-profit organisation Loft
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Lev Shlosberg, Deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko / Photo be the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko ANO Youth Development Centre “Loft” still continues to work in the historical buildings in the centre of Pskov, despite the violations revealed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the […]
Posted: February 20th, 2021 under Economy, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko will seek in court the approval for the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Maxim Petlin / Photo from personal page of Maxim Petlin in Facebook The Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region, asking to declare unlawful the refusal of the authorities to give a permission to the procession and rally in […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko will appeal against the refusal of the Mayor’s Office to give a permission on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Monument to the victims of political repression in Novgorod / Photo by the Press Service of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko Sergei Busurin, Mayor of Novgorod, refused to the Novgorod branch of Yabloko in holding a march and a rally in memory of the Russian politician Boris Nemtsov “For freedom and […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko filed an application on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in Nizhny Novgorod
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko applied to the Operational Headquarters for the implementation of measures to prevent and control the spread of coronavirus infection in Nizhny Novgorod asking to adopt a decision on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in Nizhny Novgorod. Opposition politician Boris […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The vertical of executioners
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 18.02.2021 Photo: Session of the Third Court of Cassation considering the case of Yuri Dmitriyev, 16 February, 2021 “Here, in the Sandarmokh area, a place of mass executions, over 7,000 innocent people were killed from 1934 to 1941 by the NKVD executioners: residents of Karelia, prisoners and special settlers of the White […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Maxim Kruglov: Moscow Mayor’s Office has cut the powers of the City Parliament and municipalities
Maxim Kruglov’s blog post, 18.02.2021 Photo: Maxim Kruglov, leader of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma Today, the Moscow authorities have finally revealed their strategy for the coming years. Instead of building modern, flexible, horizontal management structures, the Mayor’s Office and [the government’s] United Russia [party], on the contrary, concentrate all powers in […]
Posted: February 18th, 2021 under Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Political Parties, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Administrative protocols were drawn up for the members of the Novgorod Yabloko after they applied for holding the March in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 18.02.2021 Photo: Anna Cherepanova and Ksenia Cherepanova / photo from Anna Cherepanova’s personal page on Facebook On 17 February, protocols of administrative offence were drawn against Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and deputy of the City Duma, as well as Ksenia Cherepanova, head of the regional branch of Yabloko’s […]
Posted: February 18th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko organises actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov in 22 cities
Press Release, 17.02.2021 Photo: The Boris Nemtsov March in Moscow in 2018 / Photo by the Press Service of the Yabloko party UPD. Applications for a rally have been submitted also in Tula, Cheboksary and Novosibirsk, thus, the number of cities where rallies can take place increased to 22. Actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov, […]
Posted: February 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The leaders of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko fined for the rally in the site specially designated for holding rallies without notifying the authorities
Press Release, 17.02.2021 In the photo: Ivan Krisanov / photo by the Press Service of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko On 17 February, the Oktyabrskiy District Court of Ivanovo found Ivan Krisanov, a Bureau member of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko, guilty of committing an administrative offense under Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of […]
Posted: February 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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