Archive for April, 2021
Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov suggested that the Central Electoral Commission should hold a one-day vote in the 2021 elections
Press Release, 30.04.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Ella Pamfilova, head of the Central Electoral Commission, proposing to hold a one-day rather than three-day voting in the elections to be held in September 2021. Rybakov also proposed not to conduct early voting, remote voting and outdoor […]
Posted: April 30th, 2021 under Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Why there is no place for freedom of speech in Putin’s system
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 29.04.2021 Photo by Yury Belyat / MBKh Media Twenty years ago, a hostile takeover by the state of NTV, the first all-Russian TV channel independent of the state, took place. By common consent, NTV, established in 1993, became a world-class TV channel [in Russia] in a few years. But in 2001, a […]
Posted: April 30th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Без рубрики.
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Hans van Baalen, dedicated liberal and ALDE President, passed away.
Condolences, 30.04.2021 Photo by the aldeparty.eu Yesterday night, Hans van Baalen, our colleague and Chairman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), passed away. He was 60 years old. During his political career, Hans was a Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Member of the European Parliament, President of […]
Posted: April 30th, 2021 under Condolences, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family, Без рубрики.
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Yevgeny Bunimovich: “The Ministry of Education prohibits educational activities! It is like in George Orwell’s books! “
Press Release, 29.04.2021 Photo: Yevgeny Bunimovich Yevgeny Bunimovich, Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Commission on Education and a member of the Yabloko faction of the Moscow City Duma, called the ameded law on educational activities represents a manifestation of censorship. The law will come into force on 1 June and will seriously limit […]
Posted: April 29th, 2021 under Education and Science, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov demanded from the head of the Central Electoral Commission to ensure the right to public campaigning events for the candidates in the forthcoming parliamentary elections
Press Release, 28.04.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Chairman of the Yabloko Party Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to Ella Pamfilova, Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, demanding to ensure the right of candidates to hold campaigning public events in connection with the upcoming elections of deputies to the State Duma.
Posted: April 28th, 2021 under Elections, Healthcare, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko branch in Tatarstan participated in the formation of a joint headquarters for independent observation of elections in the region
Press Release, 27.04.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan The Tatarstan branch of Yabloko and the Association of Tatarstan Observers signed a memorandum on the creation of a joint regional headquarters of election observers during the Forum of Kazan Opposition Forces, which took place in Kazan on 24 April. They […]
Posted: April 28th, 2021 under Elections, Human Rights, 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 Ivanovo branch of Yabloko announces a public campaign for the legal protection of the participants of the rally of 21 April
Press Release, 27.04.2021 Photo by saiko3p/depositphotos On 27 April, the Bureau of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko issued a statement announcing launch of a public campaign for the legal protection of the participants of the rally of 21 April. “On 21 April, a rally in support of Alexei Navalny and other prisoners of conscience was […]
Posted: April 28th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court dismissed the lawsuit initiated by the police and aimed at prosecution of Anna Cherepanova for her post on the Vkontakte social network
Press Release, 27.04.2021 Photo: Anna Cherepanova / Photo by the Press Service of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko The Novgorod District Court terminated the administrative case against Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and deputy of the Duma of Novgorod, due to the lack of an administrative offense. The police intended to […]
Posted: April 27th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, 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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The Tula branch of Yabloko launched the action “From green courtyards to a green city”
Activists planted a linden alley, 15 spruces and larch trees Press Release, 27.04.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Tula branch of Yabloko On 25 April, activists of the Tula regional branch of Yabloko went to a cleanup action together with residents of one of the houses in the Central District of Tula. They […]
Posted: April 27th, 2021 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko honoured the memory of the victims of Chernobyl at the All-Russian action on the anniversary of the disaster
Press Release, 26.04.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and Ivan Bolshakov. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On April 24-26, 2021, Yabloko’s Green Russia faction and regional branches of the Yabloko party took part in the traditional All-Russian action dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl tragedy.
Posted: April 27th, 2021 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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35 years of the Chernobyl disaster: stop the construction of new nuclear power plants for the sake of life and health of future generations
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau No. 2554 dated 22.04.2021 Published on 26.04.2021 The Chernobyl tragedy made it into human history as one of the largest man-made disasters. Due to the explosion of the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of the territory of the former Soviet […]
Posted: April 26th, 2021 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia called on the government to stop calculating the costs of restoration works according to the standards adopted in the 1980s
Press Release, 26.04.2021 Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Emilia Slabunova and Ivan Gusev turned to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with a proposal to make the necessary decisions to revise the coefficients for changing the costs of repair and restoration works performed at cultural heritage sites (historical and cultural […]
Posted: April 26th, 2021 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Activists of the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko held neighbourhood clean-up events
Press Release, 26.04.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko On 24 April, members of the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko took part in two environmental clean-ups under the slogans “Green Bashkiria” and “Garden of Memory” in the city of Ufa.
Posted: April 26th, 2021 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Omsk Yabloko volunteers held a “clean-up the environment” action
Press Release, 26.04.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Omsk branch of Yabloko On 24 April, members and supporters of the Omsk branch of Yabloko took part in the clean-up the environment action in the Zelyoniy Ostov (Green Island) park. The Yabloko activists helped caring residents of the city to clean up litter […]
Posted: April 26th, 2021 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the intensification of political reprisals in Russia
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 22.04.2021 The Yabloko party states that large-scale political reprisals have been unleashed in Russia. The intensification of the persecution of political opponents and merely those people who actively disagree with Putin’s policies represents a direct consequence of the unlawful changes in the Constitution of the Russian Federation implemented by the […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, The Murder of Larissa Yudina, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University held online lecture by Dr. Igor Nikolayev “State regulation of prices and inflation”
Press Release, 23.04.2021 Photo: Igor Nikolayev / Photo by the Yabloko Press service On Thursday, 22 April, the Yabloko Party University held a lecture by Dr. Igor Nikolayev “State regulation of prices and inflation”. The video may be accessed here:
Posted: April 23rd, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars.
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President Putin did not give a single answer to Russians’ pressing questions. Yabloko Bureau on the President’s message to the Federal Assembly
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 22.04.2021 The Bureau of the Yabloko party notes that the presidential address of Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly did not contain a single answer to the most pressing issues for [Russian] citizens (such as drop of incomes, price rise and stagnation of the economy), neither did it contain a […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Politics, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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On the police brutality on 21 April, 2021
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 22.04.2021 Photo by Ilya Pitalev / RIA Novosti April 21 again became the day of the triumph of police arbitrariness in Russia. Once again, mass-scale, unmotivated detentions of participants in peaceful actions with unjustified and disproportionate use of force took place throughout the country. We note the particularly brutal actions […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov: We need to develop the economy, not poverty in the country. Yabloko leader assessed the President’s Address to the Federal Assembly
Press Release, 22.04.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Chairman of the Yabloko Party Nikolai Rybakov spoke at a meeting of the Party Bureau on 22 April, 2021. In his speech, Rybakov assessed the President’s Address to the Federal Assembly. According to Rybakov, Vladimir Putin’s address was no different from his […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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The Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko demanded the release of Nizhny Novgorod residents detained on the threashold of the protest action on 21 April
Press Release, 21.04.2021 Photo: Oleg Rodin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Oleg Rodin, Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko, appealed to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Nizhny Novgorod region with a demand for the immediate release of Nizhny Novgorod residents detained on April 21, on the eve of the action […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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