Archive for August, 2021
Grigory Yavlinsky: “Do you say that the real opposition is the communists? Then expect new repressions, the Iron Curtain and a war”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 31.08.2021 Photo: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo by Alexander Miridonov /Kommersant Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov equated criticism of Joseph Stalin with an attack on the outcome of the Second World War. What for? It attracts communist voters to the [ruling] United Russia party and at the same time makes it […]
Posted: August 31st, 2021 under Elections, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea, 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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A candidate from the New People party tried to remove Yabloko’s Nikolai Gromov from the elections to the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly via a lawsuit
Press Release, 30.08.2021 Photo: Nikolai Gromov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Konstantin Aleksandrov, a candidate for deputies of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly from the New People party in constituency No. 11 (Vyborgsky District), tried to remove his opponent, Yabloko’s candidate Nikolai Gromov, from the elections. The attempt was unsuccessful. The judge dismissed […]
Posted: August 31st, 2021 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Another Yabloko candidate may be removed from the State Duma elections for “extremism” – this time, on the denunciation of a deputy from the Communist party
Press Release, 29.08.2021 Photo: Galina Filchenko / Photo: Galina Filchenko’s Facebook page Galina Filchenko, a candidate for the State Duma from the Yabloko party, may be removed from the State Duma elections for “extremism” – this time, on the denunciation of a deputy from the Communist party. Ivan Utrobin, a deputy of the Kemerovo City […]
Posted: August 31st, 2021 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov to visit Voronezh
Press Release, 29.08.2021 Photo by ksvetlaya/depositphotos On 30 August, Yaboko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov will visit Voronezh within the framework of his election tour around the country.
Posted: August 30th, 2021 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A third candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko in Tatarstan may be recognised as involved in the the activities of an “extremist organisation” and thus removed from elections
Press Release, 28.08.2021 Photo: Gulnaz Ravilova/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Public Prosecutor’s office applied to the Sovetsky District Court of Kazan demanding to recognise Yabloko’s Gulnaz Ravilova as involved in the activities of the “extremist organisation” of Alexei Navalny’s Headquarters. Ravilova is running as Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, as well […]
Posted: August 30th, 2021 under Elections, 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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Yabloko leader to visit Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk
Press Release, 27.08.2021 Photo by depositphotos.com user @Ilin_Roman On 28 August, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, will visit Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk within the framework of his election tour in Russia.
Posted: August 27th, 2021 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko leader demanded from the Nizhny Novgorod Governor to allocate 1 billion roubles to fight the pandemic
Press Release, 27.08.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov in Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov will send an official letter to Gleb Nikitin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, demanding to allocate 1 billion roubles from the regional budget and provide support to the region’s healthcare. The address of the head of the Yabloko party to the […]
Posted: August 27th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Statement by the Yabloko party on the removal of Lev Shlosberg from the federal Yabloko party list of candidates to the State Duma
Statement by Nikolai Rybakov and Grigory Yavlinsky, 26. 08.2021 Photo: Lev Shlosberg (right) and Grigory Yavlinsky. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party declares with full responsibility: there are no lawful and legal grounds for removing Lev Shlosberg from the [Yabloko] party’s federal electoral list [of candidates], even within the framework of […]
Posted: August 26th, 2021 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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“Ryazan is being poisoned. The Governor is keeping silent.” Yabloko candidates for the State Duma picketed the government of the Ryazan region
Press Release, 25.08.2021 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Press Service of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko On August 25, candidates for the State Duma from the Yabloko party held single pickets (such pickets do not require any permissions from the authorities) in front of the Ryazan Region Government office with a poster “Ryazan […]
Posted: August 26th, 2021 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The City Court of St. Petersburg ordered the electoral commission to accept the documents from Yabloko’s Ksenia Mikhailova for her registration in the elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 24.08.2021 Photo: Ksenia Mikhailova / Photo from the personal archive of Ksenia Mikhailova The St. Petersburg City Court ordered Territorial Electoral Commission No. 18 to accept documents from Yabloko’s Ksenia Mikhailova and once again consider the issue of her registration as a candidate for the election of deputies to the Legislative Assembly of […]
Posted: August 26th, 2021 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The LDPR party is trying to remove Yabloko candidate Mikhail Korelin from the elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region
Press Release, 24.08.2021 Photo: Mikhail Korelin / Photo from Mikhail Korelin’s personal Facebook page A competitor from the LDPR parliamentary pro-government party is trying to remove Yabloko candidate Mikhail Korelin from the elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk region in the Alapaevsky single-mandate constituency. LDPR’s Alexander Boltenkov appealed to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court […]
Posted: August 26th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Central Electoral Commission of Yakutia did not remove Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the leader of the Yakutsk branch of Yabloko, from the State Duma elections
Press Release, 25.08.2021 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yakutsk branch of Yabloko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service “We have not received a court decision from the Ministry of Justice on the involvement of our candidate in an extremist organisation. After considering the issue, we made a decision that the district electoral commission […]
Posted: August 26th, 2021 under Elections, 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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Yabloko leader to visit Nizhny Novgorod
Press Release, 25.08.2021 Photo by depositphotos/LeniKovaleva Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, will visit Nizhny Novgorod on 26 August within the framework of his election tour around the country. During the visit, Rybakov will assess the restoration works of the historic centre of the city, as well as the quality of the urban improvement […]
Posted: August 26th, 2021 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Chelyabinsk Regional Court reinstated Yabloko candidate Valentina Komkova for the State Duma elections
Press Release, 24.08.2021 Photo: Valentina Komkova and Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Press Service of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko The Chelyabinsk Regional Court overturned the decision of the Zlatoust Electoral Commission on refusing registration in the elections to Valentina Komkova, a Yabloko candidate in the State Duma elections, who had to run in […]
Posted: August 25th, 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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Grigory Yavlinsky and Academician Alexei Arbatov became Yabloko’s authorised campaigners at the State Duma elections
Press Release, 25.08.2021 Photo: Academician Alexey Arbatov and Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Central Electoral Commission registered the first ten authorised campaigners of the Yabloko party in the elections to the State Duma. Among them are Yabloko Deputy Chairmen Ivan Bolshakov and Sergei Ivanenko, as well as members of the […]
Posted: August 25th, 2021 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory reallocate 1 billion roubles to fighting the pandemic
Press Release, 23.08.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov in Krasnodar The Chairman of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Rybakov, sent an official letter to Veniamin Kondratyev, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, demanding to allocate funds of the regional budget and provide support to the regional healthcare.
Posted: August 25th, 2021 under Healthcare, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office will check the lawfulness of the lottery conducted by the Moscow Mayor’s Office for the State Duma elections
Press Release, 23.08.2021 Photo by Pelagia Tikhonova / Kommersant The Yabloko party asks the Public Prosecutor’s Office to check the lawfulness of the “Million Prizes – #ChoosingTogether” lottery, which the Moscow government is conducting to encourage Muscovites to participate in online voting in the elections to the State Duma. The actions of the Moscow government […]
Posted: August 24th, 2021 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov proposed to introduce a unified environmental standard for resort cities
Press Release, 21.08.2021 On 21 August, Nikolai Rybakov visited Taganrog, the Rostov-on-Don Region, within the framework of his election tour and proposed to introduce a single environmental standard for resort cities. A single environmental standard should include the following:
Posted: August 24th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Two Yabloko candidates to the Novogorod Region Duma are removed from the elections for alleged participation in the activities of an “extremist organisation”
Press Release, 22.08.2021 Photo: Roman Maksimov and Maxim Nikitin / Photo by the Press Service of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko The Electoral Commission of the Novgorod Region is going to apply to the court to cancel the registration of two Yabloko candidates for the Novgorod Region Duma: Maxim Nikitin and Roman Maksimov. The electoral […]
Posted: August 24th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg will challenge the withdrawal from the elections in a single-mandate constituency in Moscow in the Supreme Court after his complaint was dismissed by the Court of Appeal
Press Release, 23.08.2021 Photo: Lev Shlosberg’s campaigners in the Khovrinsky single-mandate district of Moscow. /Photo from Lev Shlosberg’s Facebook page The First Court of Appeal dismissed Lev Shlosberg’s appeal against the decision of the Moscow City Court to cancel his registration as a candidate for the State Duma in the Khovrinsky single-mandate constituency No. 207 […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2021 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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