Archive for February, 2022
Nemtsov. War. Putin.
Seven years since the murder of tough opponent of the war Boris Nemtsov Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 27.02.2022 On 27 February, 2015, Boris Nemtsov was killed by the walls of the Kremlin. Russian President Putin is politically responsible for this assassination. Boris Nemtsov has always been a tough and consistent opponent of the war with Ukraine. […]
Posted: February 28th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The police are persecuting Yabloko members across Russia for their actions for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 27.02.2022 Photo: Alexander Kudelkin (left) and Maxim Petlin (centre) in a police wagon / Photo from social networks The persecution of members and activists of the Yabloko party continues throughout the country. The reason for the persecution is the tough stance for peace with Ukraine, which the party consistently defends. The pretext for […]
Posted: February 28th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Across Russia Yabloko activists take part in rallies for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 27.02.2022 Photo: Saratov/Photo from social networks Activists of the Yabloko party are participating in pickets for peace with Ukraine in those cities where public actions are not prohibited by anti-COVID restrictions [that imply criminal punishment even for single pickets]. Single pickets were held in Ivanovo, Saratov, Krasnodar, Yeysk, Miass, Chelyabinsk, Pskov, Vladivostok, Ufa, […]
Posted: February 28th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Over 60,000 people have signed Yabloko’s appeal for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 25.02.2022 Over 60,000 people have signed Yabloko’s appeal for peace with Ukraine as of 25 February, 13:30. Almost two thirds of them signed within the past 24 hours.
Posted: February 28th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov: We call on Vladimir Putin to immediately stop the fighting and begin negotiations at international mediation
Nikolai Rybakov’s FB post, 25.02.2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a flagrant violation of international law, it is a crime against humanity. The guilty of this crime will be punished sooner or later. But today every citizen of the country shares the responsibility for what is happening – do not be silent, express your disagreement […]
Posted: February 27th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The Yabloko party considers the war against Ukraine the gravest crime
Statement by the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, 24.02.2022 Photo by Maxim Bogodvid / RIA Novosti Yabloko expresses its categorical protest against the outbreak of armed hostilities against Ukraine. This war means Russia’s war against the objective course of history, a war against time, and a tragic fall out from the reality of […]
Posted: February 24th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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40,000 people have signed Yabloko’ petition
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook post, 24.02.2022 Today, after the shocking news, despite interruptions in the website, 18,000 more people expressed their civil stance and signed the petition “No to war!” [as of 18:00].
Posted: February 24th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the anniversary of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko organises an anti-war rally “Struggle for Peace”
Press Release, 22.02.2022 Photo: Boris Nemtsov commemorative march in Moscow in 2019. Source: Press Service of the Yabloko Party On 27 February, the day of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko together with PARNAS will hold a commemorative rally against the war with Ukraine in Gagarin Park in Chelyabinsk. The action […]
Posted: February 24th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Over 20,000 Russian citizens signed Yabloko’s petition for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 22.02.2022 Photo: Anti-war action “The Peace March” in Moscow, 2014. Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov/Kommersant Over 20,000 Russian citizens signed Yabloko’s petition for peace with Ukraine on the website of the Yabloko party as of the evening of 22 February. The collection of signatures began on 13 February. The first 10,000 signatures were collected […]
Posted: February 23rd, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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A step towards bloodshed. Statement by the Yabloko party on the recognition of the independence of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and the “Luhansk People’s Republic”
Statement by the Yabloko party, 22.02.2022 Photo: Signing of the agreement between the “Donetsk People’s Republic”, the “Luhansk People’s Republic” and Russia in the Kremlin on 21 February, 2022. / Photo from kremlin.ru President Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s recognition of the “independence” of the self-proclaimed “republics” – the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and the “Luhansk People’s […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“People are simply lured out by the promises to give them 10,000 roubles.” Human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina about the evacuation of Donbass residents to Russia
Special for the Yabloko web-site, 22.02.2022 Russian regions have begun introduction of a state of emergency regime in anticipation of an inflow of refugees from Donbass. Up to a million people are expected to be evacuated from the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and the “Luhansk People’s Republic”. Svetlana Gannushkina, Chairperson of the Civic Assistance Committee and […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Donbass: a Peaceful Alternative
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 17 January 2022 Photo by Ilya Pitalyev / Kommersant In actual fact, the war started eight years and has never stopped, leaving over 13,000 dead, and countless refugees. Hundreds of thousands of Donbass residents are actually hostages in Moscow’s geopolitical games. Meanwhile the entire campaign of intimidation and scaremongering about war and […]
Posted: February 21st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko has already collected 15,000 signatures against war with Ukraine
Press Release, 21.02.2022 Photo: the Rostov-on-Don region, February 2022. Photo by Igor Ivanko / Kommersant As of Monday noon MSK, 15,025 people left their signatures under the anti-war petition launched by Yabloko on its website. The number of signatures rose by more than 30 per cent after the aggravation of the situation in the so-called […]
Posted: February 21st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov called on the upper chamber of the Russian parliament to revoke permission for President Putin to use the army abroad
Press Release, 21.02.2022 Photo by Alexander Miridonov / Kommersant On the eve of the 518th meeting of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament – the Federation Council, – which will be held on February 22, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent appeals to all members of the Federation Council with a proposal to cancel the […]
Posted: February 21st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Over 10,000 signed Yabloko’s petition against the war between Russia and Ukraine
Press Release, 19.02.2022 Photo: Anti-war action “The Peace March” in St. Petersburg, 2015. Photo by Alexander Koryakov/Kommersant Yabloko has collected over 10,000 signatures against the war with Ukraine under a petition on the website of the Yabloko party.
Posted: February 21st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov: No to war!
Yabloko leader addressed citizens of Russia with a statement “No to war!”. Press Release, 17.02.2022 Nikolai Rybakov: War means violence, tears and suffering. For some persons war means authority and money. But the death of innocent people is not worth any money.
Posted: February 17th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko launches collection of signatures against the war with Ukraine in 36 regional collection points
Press Release, 16.02.2022 Attention: the number of regions in the title changes as we open new points of collection of signatures. Photo: A sign at the collection point in Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Regional branches of the Yabloko party launched a collection of signatures against the war with Ukraine in their […]
Posted: February 16th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Viktor Sheinis turns 91!
Congratulations from Nikolai Rybakov, 16.02.2022 On 16 February, Viktor Leonidovich Sheinis, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, turns 91. Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov congratulates Viktor Sheinis on his birthday:
Posted: February 16th, 2022 under Greetings.
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Independent American and Russian women call for peace
Press Release, 16.02.2022 Chair of the Yabloko Party Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva also signed the letter Photo by Maxim Bogodid / RIA Novosti We are women from the United States and Russia who are deeply concerned about the risk of imminent war between our two countries, who together possess over 90% of the world’s nuclear […]
Posted: February 16th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Gender Faction, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko has collected the first 5,000 signatures against the war with Ukraine
Press Release, 14.02.2022 Photo by Vladimir Trefilov / RIA Novosti Over 5,000 people put their signatures under the petition of the Yabloko party against the war between Russia and Ukraine on the first day of the collection of signatures.
Posted: February 15th, 2022 under Без рубрики.
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