Archive for April, 2022
Boris Vishnevsky signed a bailment for the artist Alexandra Skochilenko, accused of “spreading fake news about the armed forces”
Press Release, 12.04.2022 Photo: Alexandra Skochilenko / Stihi.ru Boris Vishnevsky, a member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, signed a bailment for the artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who, according to the investigation, “spread false information about the Russian army”. Vishnevsky sent a guarantee letter to the Vasileostrovskiy District […]
Posted: April 12th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Goncharenko, leader of the Altai branch of Yabloko, convicted on the charge of “discrediting the armed forces”
Press Release, 12.04.2022 Photo: Alexander Goncharenko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 11 April, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Barnaul found Alexander Goncharenko, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party and Chairman of the Altai regional branch of Yabloko, guilty under a new article on “discrediting the armed forces of […]
Posted: April 12th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Ksenia Cherepanova came second in the by-elections to the Novgorod City Duma
Press Release, 12.04.2022 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from social networks The results of the by-elections for a mandate of the Novgorod City Duma of the sixth convocation in single-mandate constituency No. 3, for which the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party nominated Ksenia Cherepanova, have been summed up.
Posted: April 12th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Oksana Vladyka, head of the Yabloko branch in Arkhangelsk, received seven days of arrest for disobeying the police
Press Release, 11.04.2022 Photo: Oksana Vladyka / Photo from social networks It was reported today that Oksana Vladyka, the head of the Yabloko branch in Arkhangelsk and human rights activist, was detained in Arkhangelsk. The detention was connected with a protocol drawn up against her under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“disobedience […]
Posted: April 11th, 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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The Pskov Yabloko team has identified the leaders of work for the next two years
Press Release, 11.04.2022 A conference of the Pskov regional branch of Yabloko took place on 9 April, 2022. Lev Shlosberg, Chairman of the regional branch reported on behalf of the Regional Council on the work of the Yabloko branch for two years (from April 2020 to April 2022), the report was approved by 14 delegates […]
Posted: April 11th, 2022 under Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2020, Regional and Local Elections 2022, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“A politician who has been always putting values and principles above political gain”. Grigory Yavlinsky turns 70!
10.04.2022 April 10 marks the 70th anniversary of Grigory Yavlinsky, the founder of Yabloko, and head of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov congratulates Grigory Yavlinsky on his anniversary on behalf of all Yabloko members:
Posted: April 11th, 2022 under Greetings.
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Being Grigory Yavlinsky
To the anniversary of Grigory Yavlinsky 10.04.2022 Grigory Yavlinsky, the founder of Yabloko, is celebrating his 70th birthday today. Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, former Deputy Prime Minister of the USSR, MP of the State Duma and the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Grigory Yavlinsky remains a figure standing out among all the other in […]
Posted: April 11th, 2022 under Greetings.
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The Regional Council of the Moscow branch of Yabloko expresses its solidarity with Dmitry Muratov, Editor-in-Chief of Novaya Gazeta and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Statement by the Regional Council of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, 8.04.2022 The Regional Council of the Moscow branch of Yabloko expresses its solidarity with Dmitry Muratov [Editor-in-Chief of Novaya Gazeta, Nobel Peace Prize winner and a Yabloko member], who was attacked by an unidentified person. Our party member suffered for his honest humanistic and […]
Posted: April 9th, 2022 under Без рубрики.
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Rospotrebnadzor refuses to lift the restriction on holding public events in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 8.04.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yelena Smirnova, acting head of the St. Petersburg Rospotrebnazdor (the Russian consumer safety watchdog), sent a response to the request of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly to lift the existing ban on holding public events in St. Petersburg. The St.Petersburg department of Rospotrebnazdor […]
Posted: April 8th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Times will definitely change. Then you will have to turn the history back and spin everything back.”
Boris Vishnevsky on the amendments to the law on local self-government of St. Petersburg and a unified system of public authority Press Release, 6.04.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky/ Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg has adopted a law, according to which local self-government in […]
Posted: April 7th, 2022 under Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky asked the Investigative Committee of Russia to check Timofei Sergeytsev’s article entitled “What Russia should do to Ukraine” for violation of the legal norms banning inciting hatred and calls for unleashing an aggressive war
Press Release, 6.04.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky/ Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and an MP of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg, believes that the publication by Timofei Sergeytsev’s entitled “What Russia should do to Ukraine” violates two articles of the Criminal […]
Posted: April 7th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University to host a lecture by Andrei Babushkin on the rules of conduct during arrest and search
Press Release, 6.04.2022 Photo: Andrei Babushkin / Photo by the Yabloko Party Press Service On 11 April, the Yabloko Party University will host an online lecture “What to do if you are being persecuted by law enforcement agencies”. The lecturer is Andrey Babushkin, human rights activist, Chairman of the Committee for Civil Rights, member of […]
Posted: April 7th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“I didn’t see any cases of violation of the rights of the child, but this is a reason to think about it”
St. Petersburg Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights answers Yabloko’s question about inadmissibility of involving children in actions supporting the “special operation” Press Release, 6.04.2022 Photo: Anna Mityanina / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and an MP of the Legislative Assembly of […]
Posted: April 7th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“From Dublin to Vladivostok, we are all Europeans.” Members of the European Parliament addressed the Russian society
Press Release, 5.04.2022 Photo by Vladimir Sergeyev / RIA Novosti Members of the European Parliament addressed the people of Russia, reassuring Russian citizens that no one either threatens the country, or wishes it harm, and called for the completion of the “special operation” in Ukraine. The appeal was signed by the leaders of the Renew […]
Posted: April 5th, 2022 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, The ALDE party, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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St.Petersburg State University decided not to expel 20 students detained at peaceful anti-war actions. Earlier, the Yabloko faction had spoken up in their defenсe.
Press Release, 5.04.2022 Photo by Creative Commons The St.Petersburg newspaper Fontanka reported that following the results of the meeting of the Rector and the staff at St Petersburg University, they decided not to expel 20 students who were detained at peaceful anti-war actions. Now the University plans only to administer reprimands to the students. On […]
Posted: April 5th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky signed an open appeal to the Russian Investigative Committee demanding to investigate the war crimes in Bucha, the Kyiv region
Press Release, 4.04.2022 Photo from the official website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and an MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, put his signature under an open appeal to Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, with a call to investigate the […]
Posted: April 4th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov calls to international investigation of killings of civilians in Bucha and brining the perpetrators to justice
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook post, 4.04.2022 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov called to international investigation of killings of civilians in Bucha and demanded to bring the perpetrators to justice. “I am shocked by the horrifying photographs of murdered civilians from the town of Bucha in the Kyiv region. There are no and cannot be any justifications for […]
Posted: April 4th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Alexandra Yakovleva, actress and ex-Chairperson of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko, passed away
Condolences, 2.04.2022 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and / Photo by Nikolai Rybakov On 1 April, Alexandra Yakovleva, actress and Chairperson of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko in 2012 – 2020, passed away. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov expresses condolences in connection with her death. We are all mourning for Alexandra Yakovleva. She has been our colleague for […]
Posted: April 4th, 2022 under Condolences, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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