Archive for May, 2022
The Pskov Regional Court upheld the first sentence to Lev Shlosberg on “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 30.05.2022 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Judge of the Pskov Regional Court upheld the decision of the Pskov City Court of 20 April finding Lev Shlosberg, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party and Chairman of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, guilty of “discrediting […]
Posted: May 30th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko is forming a team for the municipal elections in the Altai Territory
Press Release, 30.05.2022 On 28 May, an expanded meeting of the Bureau of the Regional Council of the Yabloko branch in the Altai Territory was held. The Bureau discussed the political and socio-economic situation in the country and in the region and the tasks of the regional branch of Yabloko.
Posted: May 30th, 2022 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko opposes self-isolating Russian universities from the outer world
Statement by the Yabloko party, 27.05.2022 Photo by Alexander Kozlov / Kommersant Recently a number of officials of the Government, the State Duma and the Security Council of Russia have made statements about their intention to withdraw from the Bologna process of a common European higher education area. These statements do not just uphold the […]
Posted: May 27th, 2022 under Education and Science, History, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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The Moscow City Duma did not support Yabloko’s amendments to the Electoral Code of Moscow
Press Release, 25.05.2022 Photo: The Moscow City Duma / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Moscow City Duma did not support Yabloko’s amendments to the Moscow Electoral Code on the return of a mixed electoral system and the possibility to appoint election observers from public associations. Yabloko’s amendments to the Electoral Code of Moscow […]
Posted: May 27th, 2022 under Elections, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko elects new chairperson
Press Release, 25.05.2022 Photo: Natalya Chubykina The Novosibirsk regional branch of the Yabloko party elected a new chairperson at the Conference of the regional branch. Natalia Chubykina became new Chair.
Posted: May 27th, 2022 under Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court decision to bring Viktor Shalyakin to administrative liability for “illegal campaigning” canceled
Press Release, 25.05.2022 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On May 24, Judge of the Novgorod District Court overturned the decision of the court of a lower instance to bring Viktor Shalyakin, Chairman of the local branch of the Yabloko party in Novgorod, to administrative liability for violating election campaigning rules […]
Posted: May 26th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko demands from the regional government to open “hyde parks” in all districts of the city
Press Release, 25.05.2022 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov and Vasily Moskovets / Photo from social networks Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, filed a lawsuit with the Chelyabinsk Regional Court demanding from the regional government to open a hyde parks (specially designated places where any public events – meetings, rallies, or pickets – can […]
Posted: May 26th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly did not dare to consider the statement by the Yabloko faction on the protection of freedom of information in the conditions of a “special operation”
Press Release, 25.05.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The pro-government majority of St.Petersburg parliament excluded from the agenda of the plenary session Yabloko’s draft statement on the protection of citizens’ rights to freedom of information in the conditions of a “special operation”: 37 parliamentarians voted for the […]
Posted: May 26th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky: The sooner there is peace, the less there will be wounded and dead, the less there will be tragedies and losses
Press Release, 25.05.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, made a speech in the St. Petersburg parliament on the issue of amending the regional Social Code on the provision of social support and payments […]
Posted: May 25th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party announces collection of children’s books for the Novorzhev Library, the Pskov region
Press Release, 23.05.2022 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and Lev Shlosberg in the Novorzhev Library / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko Party announces its traditional annual collection of books for libraries for the upcoming Library Day, 27 May. This year, books will be collected for the library of the city of Novorzhev, the Pskov […]
Posted: May 25th, 2022 under Charity, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The page of Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod Yabloko, is blocked in the popular VKontakte social network
Press Release, 23.05.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The administration of the popular VKontakte social network blocked the page of Anna Cherepanova, a deputy of the City Duma of Novgorod and Chair of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party, at the request of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office.
Posted: May 24th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Vladimir Yefimov, Chairman of the Kamchatka Yabloko, released from the detention centre, however, he has been deprived of means of communication
Press Release, 23.05.2022 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo from social networks Vladimir Yefimov, Chairman of the Kamchatka regional branch of the Yabloko party, was released from the detention centre, where he spent two days in connection with the criminal case brought against him.
Posted: May 24th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A criminal case for “discreditation of the armed forces” filed against Vladimir Yefimov, Chairman of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 23.05.2022 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a criminal case was filed against Vladimir Yefimov, a journalist and Chairman of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, under Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the […]
Posted: May 24th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Andrei Babushkin commemoration meeting will be held at the Moscow office of Yabloko
Press Release, 20.05.2022 On Monday, 23 May, Andrei Babushkin commemoration meeting will be held at the Moscow office of Yabloko (Pyatnitskaya, 31 building 2). Andrei Babushkin, human rights defender, Chairman of the Committee for Civil Rights, a member of the President’s Council on Human Rights and Yabloko Bureau member, passed away on 14 May.
Posted: May 21st, 2022 under Condolences, Conferences and Seminars, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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A new book “A Civilisation Falling Behind” by Sergei Mitrokhin and Galina Mikhaleva will be launched on 31 May
Press Release, 20.05.2022 A new book “A Civilisation Falling Behind. How and Why Russia Failed to Become a Law-Governed State” by Sergei Mitrokhin and Galina Mikhaleva will be launched in the Moscow office of Yabloko (Pyatnitskaya, 31 bldg. 2) on Tuesday, 31 May, at 18:00.
Posted: May 20th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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The Pskov Regional Court ruled out that the searches in Lev Shlosberg’ and Yabloko activists’ homes were illegal
Press Release, 19.05.2022 The Pskov Regional Court satisfied the complaint by Lev Shlosberg, a member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee and Chairman of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, Nikolai Kuzmin, a municipal deputy, and Yekaterina Novikova, a member of the Yabloko Regional Council, against an illegal decision of the city court to open a […]
Posted: May 19th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky, Lev Shlosberg and five regional deputies from Yabloko vouched for Vladimir Kara-Murza in court
Press Release, 18.05.2022 Photo: Vladimir Kara-Murza / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, the Moscow City Court will consider the appeal of politician Vladimir Kara-Murza against the ruling of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow on the choice of a measure of restraint in the form of detention. Kara-Murza has been in jail since […]
Posted: May 18th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Court dismissed the charges of “discrediting the army” against Lyubov Zhiltsova, teacher and deputy from Yabloko in the Pskov region
Press Release, 17.05.2022 Photo: Lyubov Zhiltsova / Photo by pskov.yabloko.ru The Pechorsky District Court dismissed the case of “discrediting the army” against Lyubov Zhiltsova, a mathematics teacher and a deputy of the Palkinsky District Assembly in the Pskov Region from Yabloko. On 25 February, Lyubov Zhiltsova published on her personal page on the VKontakte network […]
Posted: May 18th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Not the last saint”. The last respects are paid to Andrei Babushkin in Moscow
The human rights defender died at the age of 58 on 14 May Press Release, 17.05.2022 Hundreds of people came to the House of Human Rights in Smolensky Boulevard, Moscow, so that to pay their last respects to Andrei Babushkin: colleagues of Andrei Babushkin in the human rights movement, members of the Presidential Council for […]
Posted: May 17th, 2022 under Condolences, Human Rights.
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Well-known environmental expert and human rights defender turns 70! Congratulations to Alexander Nikitin on his anniversary
Congratulations, 16.05.2022 Photo from Alexander Nikitin’s personal archive The 16 of May marks the 70th anniversary of Alexander Konstantinovich Nikitin, Chairman of the Board of the Bellona Environmental Human Rights Centre and Deputy Chairman of the Green Russia Faction of the Yabloko party. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov congratulates Alexander Nikitin on his anniversary.
Posted: May 17th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Greetings, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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