Archive for September, 2022
Activists of the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko organise an event of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 19.09.2022 Photo: Postcards made by Yabloko “Freedom to Mikhail Afanasyev!” On 23 September, the regional branch of the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko will hold an event of writing letters to political prisoners. We publish here an abstract from a letter by Mikhail Afanasyev, a political prisoner and a member of the Yabloko branch […]
Posted: September 19th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov: “16% of Muscovites voted for Yabloko”
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma and head of the Moscow campaign headquarters of Yabloko, wrote on his Telegram channel that 16% of Muscovites voted for Yabloko in the Moscow municipal elections past weekend.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The City Court in Miass refused to punish a teacher for “discrediting the army” under two protocols out of three
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo by chikennnsem@gmail.com/depositphotos The City Court of Miass, the Chelyabinsk region, dismissed two administrative cases of “discrediting the armed forces” against school teacher Tatyana Merzlyakova. This information comes from Valentina Komkova, Chair of the Miass branch of Yabloko, who acted as a defender of the teacher in court.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anna Cherepanova to participate in the competition for the post of Novgorod Mayor on 21 September
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova’s programme On 21 September, the day of the birth of Russian statehood, a competition for the post of Mayor will be held in Novgorod. Anna Cherepanova, Chairwoman of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party, will take part in it.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow City Electoral Commission did not provide Yabloko with access codes to observe remote electronic voting
Press Release, 15.09.2022 On 2 September, a week before the single day of voting in the municipal elections in Moscow, the Yabloko party proposed to install one of the remote electronic voting nodes on its equipment. Access to such a node provides control over the distributed storage and immutability of votes. At the moment, the […]
Posted: September 15th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s elected deputies will stand for peace and freedom
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Yabloko campaign leaflets “For Peace!” and “For Peace and Freedom!” Elections were held in a number of Russian regions on 11 September. 462 Yabloko candidates took part in election campaigns in 12 regions. 2,167,203 voters had the opportunity to vote for peace, against the policy pursued by the current Russian authorities, […]
Posted: September 15th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The pro-government majority in the St.Petersburg parliament did not dare to support Yabloko’s parliamentary request on the sources of funding for battalions bearing toponymic names of the region
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg refused to forward a deputies’ inquiry to the Governor of St.Petersburg on the amount and sources of budgetary expenditures for the formation of bearing toponymic names of the region. The inquiry was submitted by […]
Posted: September 14th, 2022 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court ordered the Russian communications watchdog to name Emilia Slabunova’s publications containing “false information of the special military operation in Ukraine” that led to blocking of her page on a popular social media
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 13 September, the Petrozavodsk City Court held a hearing to consider the complaint of Emilia Slabunova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and ex Chair of Yabloko, about the inaction of the Federal Service for Supervision […]
Posted: September 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko will be represented in 12 municipalities of the Pskov region
Press Release, 12.09.2022 Photo: The conference of the Pskov branch of Yabloko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Pskov branch of Yabloko succeeded in 12 municipalities in the 11 September elections: in the city of Pskov and 11 municipal districts. In the elections to the Pskov City Duma, Yabloko, according to official data, […]
Posted: September 12th, 2022 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko stood for peace in the elections conducted during a special military operation regime
Statement by the Yabloko party, 12.09.2022 Photo from left to right: Andrei Morev, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko Chairman, and Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko election headquarters in Moscow, at the briefing on 11 September. The slogan on the placards runs “Yabloko Stands for Peace!” / Photo by […]
Posted: September 12th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial elections 2022, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov: The main task of Yabloko in these elections has been fulfilled – hundreds of thousands of Russians have got the opportunity to vote for peace
Press Release, 11.09.2022 At a briefing on the final election day, 11 September, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov said that the main task of Yabloko in these elections was fulfilled: in 12 regions of Russia, hundreds of thousands of citizens had the opportunity to peacefully and safely declare their attitude to what was happening in the […]
Posted: September 11th, 2022 under Elections, Gubernatorial elections 2022, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Без рубрики.
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Ilya Myakinin, a candidate from Yabloko in the Meshchansky district in Moscow, was detained by the police on the complaint of the Chairman of the precinct electoral commission
Press Release, 11.09.2022 Photo: Ilya Myakinin / Photo from social media In Moscow, the police detained Ilya Myakinin, a candidate for municipal deputies from Yabloko, at polling station No. 59 in the Meshchansky district. The chairwoman of the commission, Yelena Zaitseva, accused the Yabloko candidate that he had allegedly been demanding that voters show him […]
Posted: September 11th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidates and observers under pressure in Moscow
Press Release, 11.09.2022 The Yabloko Press Service has got screenshots (https://www.yabloko.ru/regnews/Moscow/2022/09/11) from a chat of pro-government observers, where employees of the Yakimanka district executive authority demand to “wag the nerves”, “resist to”, “make maximum difficulties” for Yabloko observers. The observers hired by the authorities must write personal messages about all the actions of the Yabloko […]
Posted: September 11th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Elections in the regions: fraud, smear campaigns, and pressure on observers
Press Release, 11.09.2022 Photo: Voting at the clothing market instead of voting at home in Novorzhev, Pskov region / Photo from social networks In the regions where Yabloko participates in the elections, our observers record violations. A provocation against Yabloko was carried out in the Pskov region. A local news agency reported that the party […]
Posted: September 11th, 2022 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky launched his book about the causes of what happened on 24 February
Press Release, 10.09.2022 On Saturday, 10 September, Grigory Yavlinsky launched his book “Underlying Causes. Why and How Did a Political System Appear, Which Has Resulted in the Events of 24 February, 2022?” the Moscow office of the Yabloko party.
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Без рубрики.
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Remote electronic voting in Moscow and Pskov is record high
Commentaries by Maxim Kruglov, leader of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, and Lev Shlosberg, Chair of the Pskov Yabloko Press Release, 9.09.2022 Figure: Moscow municipal elections on 9-11 September, 2022. Left – ballots issued to voters. Right – votes received. In Moscow, 500,000 voters voted remotely electronically – approximately 7% of all […]
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A State Duma MP wrote a denunciation to the public prosecutor on the campaign of a candidate from Yabloko to the municipal council in St.Petersburg
Press Release, 9.09.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov’s leaflet running “Thou shalt not kill” / Photo from Alexander Makhankov’s personal page in the VK social media State Duma deputy from the government’s United Russia party – Vitaly Milonov – wrote an appeal to the Public Prosecutor of St. Petersburg with a request to “pay attention” to the […]
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Election Campaign Headquarters to hold briefings on the course of the elections and preliminary results of the voting
Press Release, 9.09.2022 Photo by Alexander Kazakov / Kommersant On the final voting day, 11 September, the Yabloko Election Campaign Headquarters will hold briefings on the course of the elections and preliminary results of the voting at 17:00 and 23:00 (MSK).
Posted: September 9th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky to launch his new book on the fundamental causes of what happened on February 24
Press Release, 8.09.2022 Photo: the cover of the book On Saturday, 10 September, the Moscow office of the Yabloko party (Pyatnitskaya 31/2) will host a launch of the book by Grigory Yavlinsky’s work “Underlying Causes. Why and How Did a Political System Appear, Which Has Resulted in the Events of 24 February, 2022?” now published […]
Posted: September 9th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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On the work of the Yabloko Election Campaign Headquarters on 9-11 September
Press Release, 9.09.2022 Photo by Alexander Kazakov / Kommersant On the voting days of 9 – 11 September, the Yabloko party organises a “hot line” for receiving calls about violations for observers and candidates from the party. Those contacting the hotline will be able to report violations at the polling stations, get advice on further […]
Posted: September 9th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Без рубрики.
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