Archive for June, 2023
Yabloko supports Boris Titov’s statement on the need for a ceasefire
Press Release, 27.06.2023 Photo: Boris Titov / Photo by Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant Yabloko supports the statement of Boris Titov, the leader of the Party of Growth, on the need for a ceasefire and is ready to join forces to achieve this, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov wrote on his Telegram channel. “We regard this statement in […]
Posted: June 28th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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Yabloko deputy of the Novgorod City Duma Anna Cherepanova: I have called on the members of the Territorial Electoral Commission of Novgorod to conduct voting within one day
Anna Cherepanova’s blog post, 27.06.2023 I spoke at the meeting of the Territorial Electoral Commission of Novgorod proposing to conduct voting at the election of deputies of the Novgorod City Duma within one day, 10 September [rather than three envisaged by the recent laws]. The multi-day voting system does not have a single “pro”, only […]
Posted: June 27th, 2023 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“A great citizen and thinker, co-author of the chapter on human rights of the Russian Constitution of 1993, the man who invented the Yabloko party”
Condolences of Yabloko party leaders on the death of Viktor Sheinis, 25.06.2023 Photo: Viktor Sheinis at the Yabloko Congress, 2021 On 25 June, one of the founders of the Yabloko party, an outstanding academic and statesman Viktor Leonidovich Sheinis, passed away. Yabloko party leaders expressed their condolences on his death.
Posted: June 26th, 2023 under Condolences.
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Viktor Sheinis, a Yabloko Federal Political member and one of the authors of the Russian Constitution of 1993, passes away at the age of 92
Press Release, 25.06.2023 Photo: Viktor Sheinis / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 25 June, Viktor Sheinis, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, a deputy of the State Duma of the first two convocations, co-founder of Yabloko, and one of the authors of the Russian Constitution of 1993, died […]
Posted: June 26th, 2023 under Condolences.
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Nikolai Rybakov on the present situation
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel, 24.06.2023 Since 2018, we have been stating our stance appealing to Vladimir Putin that the activities of private military organisations (such as PMC Wagner) are illegal and should be banned and have been warning of the danger of a military conflict.
Posted: June 24th, 2023 under Без рубрики.
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Yabloko launched a documentary film about memories of the Second World War
Press Release, 23.06.2023 On June 22, the Moscow office of the Yabloko party hosted a screening of the documentary film Pogostiye (Burying Ground), based on the book Memories of War by Nikolai Nikulin. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov told about filming this documentary.
Posted: June 23rd, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “Why feminism is good”
Press Release, 22.06.2023 Photo: Galina Mikhaleva / Photo from social media On 3 July, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “Why feminism is good.” The lecture will be delivered by Galina Mikhaleva, Chairperson of the Yabloko Gender Faction, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the Russian State Humanitarian University.
Posted: June 22nd, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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“We will be grateful to them for our lives, our children and grandchildren”
Yabloko leaders honoured the memory of those who died in the Second World War Press Release, 22.06.2023 On the night of June 21-22, Yabloko held its traditional action “1418 Candles for Each Day of the War”. The action is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the Second World War. Yabloko leaders and […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2023 under History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko introduced a draft law on direct elections of the Mayor of Petrozavodsk. The incumbent Mayor is going to join the special military operation
Press Release, 21.06.2023 Photo: Emilia Slabunova, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko faction submitted to the Legislative Assembly of Karelia a bill on the return of direct mayoral elections in Karelia, including the Mayor of Petrozavodsk. The incumbent Mayor (city manager) of […]
Posted: June 21st, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“I would like to wish you strength and patience, you now need them in freedom no less than we here [in prison].” Yabloko urges Russian citizens to write letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 20.06.2023 Photo: Letter from political prisoner Andrei Pivovarov to Boris Vishnevsky Yabloko goes on conducting in its regional offices traditional actions in support of Russian political prisoners. Political prisoners do not have summer season or holidays. That is why it is so important not to stop supporting those behind bars. Yabloko has developed […]
Posted: June 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Lev Shlosberg about his “foreign agent” status: “There will be no changes in my public stand, there are no grounds for this”
Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 17.06.2023 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko Dear friends, I thank you all for your human responses to today’s decision of the authorities.
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ministry of Justice announced Yabloko’s Lev Shlosberg a “foreign agent”
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo: Lev Shlosberg “Russian citizens for freedom” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov commented on the decision of the Ministry of Justice to recognise Lev Shlosberg, a member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, a “foreign agent.”
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Sergei Mitrokhin decided not to participate in the elections of the Moscow Mayor because of the inability to campaign for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Sergei Mitrokhin decided not to participate in elections of the Moscow Mayor because of the inability to campaign for peace with Ukraine. He made this announcement at the conference of the Moscow branch of Yabloko. Mitrokhin also stressed that he had no […]
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In Moscow, Yabloko Сhairman Nikolai Rybakov will launch screening of a documentary film about memories of the Second World War
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo: Cover of the book by Nikolai Nikulin “Memories of the War” On 22 June, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov will launch screening of a documentary film Pogostiye (Burying Ground), based on the book “Memories of the War” by Nikolai Nikulin. The event will be held at the central office of Yabloko in […]
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Без рубрики.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko helped 15 people to pay fines imposed on them for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko The Pskov branch of Yabloko used the remainder of the charitable amount raised to pay the fine for Yelena Kuzmina, a Pskov resident accused of extremism and terrorism for her posts on VKontakte social media criticizing Vladimir Putin, so that to help to cover the […]
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The memorial plaque to renowned Russian poet Anna Akhmatova disappeared from the facade of the former prison. Boris Vishnevsky appealed to the Governor and the owner of the building
Press Release, 15.06.2023 Photo: The wall of the Kresty (Crosses) prison where a memorial plaque to Anna Akhmatova hung / Photo by Misha Burlatsky Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, appealed to the Governor Alexander Beglov and the general director of DOM.RF Vitaly Mutko asking them […]
Posted: June 15th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow Mayor’s Office explained the ban on street protests for the opposition by “long-term measures” of WHO
Earlier, Sobyanin promised to lift restrictions if the WHO announced the end of the pandemic. Press Release, 14.06.2023 Photo: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin / Photo by Vladimir Gerdo, TASS The head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Maxim Kruglov, demanded in his letter to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, dated 10 May, the […]
Posted: June 14th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “The winners will not be those who win on the battlefield, but those who ensure reliable peace for their country and open the way to the future”
Press Release, 13.06.2023 It became clear on 24 February, 2022, that there are no good options for the development of the situation. Since then, there have been only bad options and even worse ones. And now there is only one correct and, most importantly, ultimately inevitable solution: stop killing of many thousands of people and […]
Posted: June 14th, 2023 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Vladimir Ryzhkov demanded that the head of the Moscow police punish those destroying the Last Address signs put to commemorate the victims of Stalin’s repression
Press Release, 13.06.2023 Photo: Klimentovsky pereulok 9/1. Next to this door was the Last Address sign with the name of Zinaida Nikolayevna Maevskaya (shot on 29 December, 1937, and fully acquitted in 1989) It is reported that vandals have recently removed at least eight plaques installed on the houses where the victims of Stalin’s regime […]
Posted: June 14th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Sergei Mitrokhin
Press Release, 13.06.2023 The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Sergei Mitrokhin, MP of the Moscow City Duma, Chairman of the Yabloko party from 2008 to 2015 and candidate of political sciences. The lecture was devoted to the tradition of constituent assemblies and their role in the future revival of Russia. The lecture was […]
Posted: June 14th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Governance, Greetings, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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