Archive for October, 2021
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Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 29.10.2021 Photo: Solovetsky Stone monument to the victims of political repressions in Lyubyanskaya Square, Moscow, October 2021 Pyotr Gerasimovich Kunatsky, 37, worker at the construction site of the department of public education. Shot on 4 December, 1937. Sergei Vasilievich Mokshanov, 55, head of the sports department of the Posyltorg of the People’s […]
Posted: October 29th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Launch of the book by Sergei Mitrokhin and Galina Mikhaleva “Along the Track of a Special Path”
Press Release, 29.10.2021 On Wednesday, 3 November, the launch of the book by Sergei Mitrokhin and Galina Mikhaleva “Along the Track of a Special Path” will take place. The event will take place via Zoom and will start at 18:00. The authors of the book attempt to answer the question of why the peculiarities of […]
Posted: October 29th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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Yabloko participated in the “Returning the Names” action dedicated to the memory of victims of Stalinist political repression of 1930 – 1953
Press Release, 29.10.2021 Leaders, members and supporters of the Yabloko party took part in the action “Returning the Names” and read out the names of citizens shot during the Great Terror 1936-1938 and Stalinist repressions of 1930 – 1953. The action in memory of the victims of political repression has been annually organised by the […]
Posted: October 29th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko members honoured the memory of victims of political repression of the Stalin’s period of 1930-1953
Press Release, 29.10.2021 On 29 October, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Ivan Bolshakov, Yabloko Deputy Chairman, Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of the Gender faction and party activists and supporters laid flowers at the Solovetsky Stone monument in Moscow. The Solovetsky Stone in Moscow is one of the most significant monuments to the victims of political repression killed […]
Posted: October 29th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko proposed to the Regional Assembly to send a request to the Constitutional Court about the violation of the electoral rights of “foreign agents” and persons associated with them
Press Release, 28.10.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko The Pskov branch of Yabloko proposed to the Regional Assembly to send a request to the Constitutional Court about the violation of the electoral rights of the so-called “foreign agents” and persons associated with them. The MPs rejected this initiative by […]
Posted: October 29th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg proposes to exclude the status of a “foreign agent” from Russian legislation
Press Release 28.10.2021 Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg have submitted to the St.Petersburg parliament a draft law, the adoption of which will completely eliminate the status of a “foreign agent” from Russian legislation. If the bill is supported by the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, it will be […]
Posted: October 28th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko representatives took part in the Fifth Alexei Yablokov Readings dedicated to the protection of environment
Press Release 27.10.2021 Photo: Environmental journalist Tatiana Artyomova, Nikolai Rybakov and the leader of the Separate Collection movement Tatiana Nagorskaya. / Photo by the Yabloko party Press Service On 27 October, the Fifth Alexei Yablokov Readings were held in St. Petersburg. This is an annual event in memory of Alexei Vladimirovich Yablokov (1933 – 2017), […]
Posted: October 28th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Negative Selection*
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 27.10.2021 (*Negative selection is a mechanism prioritising and ensuring selection of the worst. See, for example, here) The State Duma elections ended exactly one month ago. We approached these elections in a situation when the system had been consolidated and had started moving definitely and consciously to an aggressive-repressive model of relations with […]
Posted: October 27th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Presidential Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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Members of the Yabloko party honoured the memory of the victims of the terrorist attack on a Moscow theatre
Press Release, 26.10.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 26 October, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Ivan Bolshakov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma Maxim Kruglov, and ex-candidate of Yabloko in the elections Gleb Tumanov laid flowers at the memorial “In Memory of the Victims of Terrorism” by the “Theatre Centre […]
Posted: October 27th, 2021 under Condolences, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Yevgeny Gontmakher on the social development of the Russian Federation in the COVID era
Press Release, 22.10.2021 To watch the lecture in English, please turn on the English subtitles in the video.
Posted: October 26th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Two million Moscow pensioners will receive an increase to their pension in 2022
Press Release, 20.10.2021 Photo: Vladimir Ryzhkov (centre) before handing the signatures in the Moscow Mayor’s Office The increase in the “Moscow allowance” to pensioners in Moscow [a regional allowance which is decided by regional authorities] was a key point in the electoral programme of Vladimir Ryzhkov, a recently elected Moscow City Duma deputy from Yabloko. […]
Posted: October 25th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ryazan branch of Yabloko: construction permit granted by the authorities to developers in Yesenin street in Ryazan is a direct deception of residents in the interests of the oligarch Koskin
Press Release, 20.10.2021 Photo by the Ryazan branch of Yabloko Despite the numerous promises of the authorities to achieve a revision of the project for the development of the territory by the Bars shopping centre in Yesenina street in Ryazan, the developer was issued a building permit, and preparatory works began. The project was not […]
Posted: October 25th, 2021 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Online conference on discrimination against women in the labour market in Russia, Europe and the CIS
Press Release, 20.10.2021 To watch the conference in English, you can turn on English subtitles. On Tuesday, 19 October, the European Dialogue expert group and the Gender Faction of the Yabloko party held a Zoom conference on the topic “Discrimination against women in the labour market and the fight against it in Russia, Europe and […]
Posted: October 25th, 2021 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Lev Shlosberg: “Democracy is like air”
Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 15.10.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko Democracy is air. One can ask the question, “Do you need air?” People can answer in different ways, but they will suffocate without air. The situation with democracy in our country is understandable, it is obvious. Democracy is the […]
Posted: October 25th, 2021 under Без рубрики.
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Anatoly Golov: Vladimir Putin’s lost war
Anatoly Golov’s blog post, 20.10.2021 Photo by mike_laptev/depositphotos.com Recently, President Putin, speaking of the 13,000 fatalities on the roads of the country in 2020, compared this to losses “in military actions”. True. Russia is losing a lot of people in the war that our drivers are waging against Russian roads. However, there is another war, […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2021 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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On the situation in Russia
Decision No 145 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo by Alexander Kazakov / Kommersant The situation in Russia, in almost all spheres, is currently determined by trends summarising the previous 25 years and set by the 2020 “constitutional reform” [Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Russian Constitution]. This […]
Posted: October 21st, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Results and lessons of the first parliamentary elections of the system after the 1 July, 2020 [the adoption of Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Russian Constitution]
Decision No 144 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo: Distribution of seats in the Russian parliament based on the results of the 2021 elections. Photo: by Igor Ivanko / Kommersant The past parliamentary elections are the first after the cynical, insulting and hypocritical imposition on the country […]
Posted: October 19th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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The situation and prospects of political struggle in Russia in 2021
Decision No 147 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Political Committee of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko believes that the assessments, forecasts and fears expressed in the article “No to Putinism and Populism” and the decision by the Political Committee […]
Posted: October 19th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Situation in Crimea, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, War in Syria, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Statement by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko on Dmitry Muratov being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Statement by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo: Dmitry Muratov / Photo by Alexander Kazakov / Kommersant The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Dmitry Muratov “for his efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace” is an award to a Russian […]
Posted: October 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions.
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On the calls to vote of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Decision No 148 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo: Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), bows to the bust of Stalin on 5 March 2021, the anniversary of Stalin’s death / Photo by Irina Buzhor / Kommersant The Political Committee […]
Posted: October 18th, 2021 under Elections, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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