Archive for April, 2023
On the historical risks of Russia’s artificial estrangement from European civilisation
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March 2023 Published on 27.04.2023 Photo by Vladimir Sergeyev, RIA Novosti The Statute of the Council of Europe, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the European Charter of Local Self-Government, the European Social Charter, the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, the […]
Posted: April 28th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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The court declared unlawful the refusal of the local authorities to give a permission to Yabloko to hold a rally against electronic military draft papers
Press Release, 26.04.2023 The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St.Petersburg declared unlawful the refusal of the local administration of Murino (the Leningrad region) to approve a rally against electronic military draft papers, which the St. Petersburg Yabloko announced for 29 April. The local administration must reconsider the notice of Yabloko for holding a rally. The decision […]
Posted: April 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Maxim Kruglov on surveillance over Moscow conscripts: the Moscow Chief Military Enlistment Officer contradicts himself
Maxim Kruglov’s blog post, 26.04.2023 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Maxim Loktev, the Chief Military Enlistment Officer of Moscow, contradicted himself in his response to my deputy’s inquiry: Moscow military registration and enlistment offices do not use the city’s video surveillance system to spy on conscripts, he wrote to me, […]
Posted: April 26th, 2023 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Deputies of the Pskov Region Assembly of Deputies rejected the Yabloko bill on amnesty on the articles on military censorship
Press Release, 25.04.2023 Photo: The Pskov Region Assembly of Deputies / Photo by sobranie.pskov.ru At the April session, the Pskov region parliamentarians refused to support and send to the State Duma a draft resolution submitted by Yabloko MP Artur Gaiduk on the release of people brought to criminal responsibility or convicted for the first time […]
Posted: April 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will host a screening of the film “The Space of Chernobyl” and hold a press conference dedicated to the anniversary of the tragedy at the nuclear power plant
Press Release, 24.04.2023 Photo by Yevgeny Pavlenko, Kommersant On 26 April, on the 37th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Yabloko party will host a press conference “Chernobyl: a Monument to Human Madness”, as well as a screening of the film “The Space of Chernobyl”. The events will be held […]
Posted: April 25th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko denied a permission for the demonstration under the slogans “For Peace” and “Against Electronic Military Draft Papers”
Press Release, 22.04.2023 Photo: Police accompanies demonstrators at the May Day demonstration in Novosibirsk, 2018 / Photo by the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko The Novosibirsk Mayor’s Office informed the regional branch of the Yabloko party about their refusal to give a permission for the declared May Day demonstration.
Posted: April 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On Russia and its citizens
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March 2023 Published on 21.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Mutual distrust and intolerance towards opponents have been deliberately imposed on people in modern Russia. Sanctions under “political articles” have appeared in the legislation and are being tightened; and political repressions are rapidly intensifying in […]
Posted: April 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Без рубрики.
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“There are no barriers to thoughts. I am by your side, by each of you.” Yabloko activists write letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 20.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service In April, actions of writing letters to political prisoners will again be held at the central office of the Yabloko Party and its regional branches. As usual, everyone who would like to send a few kind words and wishes to those unjustly deprived of their freedom […]
Posted: April 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko submitted an application for conducting a May Day demonstration for peace and against electronic call-up papers
Press Release, 20.04.2023 Photo: The May Day demonstration in Novosibirsk, 2018 / Photo by the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, in accordance with the decision of the Bureau of the regional branch, has submitted a notification to the Mayor’s Office about the organisation of the May Day demonstration, which is traditional […]
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Deputies of the Yabloko faction of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly published their income declarations
Press Release, 20.04.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Yabloko faction of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Shishlov and Boris Vishnevsky submitted their income declarations in a personalised form. They did not hide their income from voters, despite the fact that the law […]
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko seeks to oblige the heads of municipalities and districts to publish their annual reports on the Internet
Press Release, 19.04.2023 Photo: The Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia submitted to the Assembly its legislative initiative to supplement the Law “On the General Principles of Organisation of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation” […]
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Governance, Human Rights, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov came to Abakan, Khakassia, to support journalist and Yabloko party member Mikhail Afanasyev in court
Press Release, 19.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today Yabloko Chairman Rybakov personally came to the hearings of the Abakan City Court of the Republic of Khakassia in a criminal case against Mikhail Afanasyev, Editor-in-Chief of the Novy Focus online media and a member of the Yabloko party.
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov: Digital technologies have finally come to the service of the authoritarian-repressive state
Maxim Kruglov’s blog post, 18.04.2023 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Maxim Loktev, the Chief Military Enlistment Officer of Moscow, openly stated that the Moscow video surveillance system had been actively used to determine the places of residence of conscripts, who were certainly, very much needed at present. In general, they […]
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the work of the party in the present conditions
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March, 2023 Published on 18 April, 2023 The Federal Political Committee decided the following:
Posted: April 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Boris Vishnevsky “Towards Democracy and Back”
Press Release, 18.04.2023 On 17 April, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “Towards Democracy and Back” by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko Party and Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
Posted: April 18th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars.
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The St.Petersburg Yabloko was denied approval for a rally against the law on electronic call-up papers under an absurd reason. Yabloko submitted a new application
Press Release, 17.04.2023 The administration of the city of Murino in the Leningrad region did not give a permission to Yabloko on holding of the first rally in Russia against electronic call-up papers for military service, which the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko planned to organise on Sunday, 23 April. The application in electronic form was […]
Posted: April 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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It is Vladimir Kara-Murza who is a patriot of Russia. Yabloko leaders on a 25-year sentence to politician and journalist Kara-Murza
Press Release, 17.04.2023 Photo: Vladimir Kara-Murza at the Yabloko congress on the threashold the State Duma election campaign of 2021 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Moscow City Court has sentenced politician and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years of a strict colony regime. He was found guilty of treason (Article 275 of […]
Posted: April 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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On the stand of the Yabloko party in connection with the special military operation and the challenges of the near future
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March, 2023 Published on 13 April, 2023 Photo: Mariupol / Photo by Alexander Chernykh, Kommersant The Yabloko party, as a democratic opposition to the present system of power in Russia, has repeatedly stated its principally negative stance both as regards the strategic course of the state’s […]
Posted: April 14th, 2023 under Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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The St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko applied for the first rally in Russia against the law on electronic call-up papers
Press Release, 13.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The application has been submitted to the administration of the city of Murino, a rally of up to 200 people is planned to be held, if agreed on with the authorities, on Sunday, 23 April. The application was submitted by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the […]
Posted: April 13th, 2023 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Saratov branch of Yabloko seeks to vindicate its right to conduct a demonstration “For Peace and Freedom!”
Press Release, 12.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Saratov regional branch of the Yabloko party intends to appeal in court for the second time the refusal of the Saratov administration to give a permission for a demonstration in the city centre under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom!”.
Posted: April 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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