Archive for November, 2023
Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre announces enrollment of students for an advanced course on anti-corruption policy
Press Release, 29.11.2023 Photo: Heads of the Anti-Corruption Policy Centre Alexei Karnaukhov and Alexei Chumakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party launches the “Theory and Practice of Anti-Corruption” training course, which will take place from February to June 2024. The course developers are experts from the […]
Posted: November 30th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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To abolish persecution of citizens with alternative sexual orientations and gender identities
Statement by the Yabloko Party Gender Faction, 29.11.2023 On 17 November, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court demanding that an “International LGBT Public Movement” be recognised as an extremist organization and banned. The Gender Faction of the Yabloko party believes that this lawsuit by the Ministry of Justice is a […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Gender Faction, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Yabloko in Novgorod: basic military training classes in junior grades of city schools must be abolished
Press Release, 28.11.2023 Photo: Chairman of the local “Combat Brotherhood” Alexei Ivanov at a lesson in a junior class, in Gymnasium No. 4 / Photo by the Young Army Movement on VKontakte Anna Cherepanova, a deputy of the City Duma of Veliky Novgorod from Yabloko and Chair of the regional branch of the party, appealed […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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The administration of the VKontakte social media blocked the page of the Yabloko Federal Bureau member Alexander Yefimov by the decision of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office
Press Release, 29.11.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov’s page on VKontakte, if accessed without a VPN running “User blocked. This material; has been blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation by the decision of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office No 27-31-2023/Treb198-23 of 28.04.2023. Alexander Yefimov’s page on the VKontakte social media was blocked without warning from […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on 2024 Russian presidential election
Press Release, 28.11.2023 Everyone knows that Russian elections are, to put it mildly, special. Especially in 2024. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Kremlin announced the result already in August of 2023: Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the President, said that Vladimir Putin would win the presidential elections in 2024 with a result of […]
Posted: November 28th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Udmurtia, together with the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, is challenging the permission given by the Izhevsk Mayor’s Office to developers for construction works near the Orlovka River as violating sanitary and safety norms
Press Release, 27.11.2023 Photo: A tent camp of civil activists opposing the construction of a road across the river / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Udmurtia joined in challenging the decision of the Izhevsk Mayor’s Office on the construction of a bridge across the Orlovka River. The supervisory […]
Posted: November 27th, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to host the “Live Forever” theatre piece based on an excerpt from Vasily Grossman’s novel “Life and Fate”
Press Release, 27.11.2023 On 4 December, the Yabloko party Moscow office will host the “Live Forever” theatre piece based on an excerpt from Vasily Grossman’s novel “Life and Fate”. The key idea of the play is as follows: one must remain human always and in any conditions and trials. The play is staged by the […]
Posted: November 27th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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Four candidates will compete for the post Yabloko Chairperson at the party congress
Press Release, 25.11.2023 On Friday, November 24, the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party summed up the results of the all-party nomination of candidates for post of Yabloko Chairperson. The Counting Commission summarised the questionnaires received from party members and regional branches of the party and submitted nine candidates for consideration by the Federal […]
Posted: November 27th, 2023 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Qualification Commission of Judges of St. Petersburg did not find any violations of ethics in the actions of the judge who found artist Alexandra Skochilenko guilty
Press Release, 21.11.2023 Photo: Alexandra Skochilenko / Photo from open sources The Qualification Commission of Judges of St. Petersburg conducted an audit of the actions of Judge Oksana Demyasheva during the trial of the criminal case of Alexandra Skochilenko. No violations were found. Earlier, in October, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Boris Vishnevsky demanded […]
Posted: November 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko in the Moscow City Duma on adopting the budget in one day, without amendments: We do not intend to give up our right to participate in the budget process
Press Release, 21.11.2023 Photo: the Moscow City Duma / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 21 November, three pro-government factions in the Moscow parliament (United Russia, A Just Russia and My Moscow) made a proposal to the Moscow City Duma to adopt the Moscow budget for 2024 and the planning period for 2025-2026 at […]
Posted: November 24th, 2023 under The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Assessment of the personality of Joseph Stalin and the results of his leadership of the country is out of the competence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office” – a response to an inquiry from Arthur Gaiduk
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Monument to Joseph Stalin in Velikiye Luki / Photo from open sources The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Pskov region once again found no grounds for taking measures of prosecutorial response in connection with the unauthorised installation of a monument to Joseph Stalin in Velikiye Luki, the Pskov region, and reported […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leaders honoured the memory of politician Galina Starovoytova in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 20.11.2023 On the day of the 25th anniversary of the murder of State Duma MP and politician Galina Starovoytova, Chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko Alexander Shishlov, and Yury Shein, member of the Registrar Council of the Moscow Yabloko and General Director of the Regional Public Fund for Support of Science, […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2023 under Condolences, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Counting Commission of Yabloko to sum up the results of the nomination for Yabloko Chairman
Press Release, 20.11.2023 On 23 November, the Counting Commission of the Yabloko party will sum up the results of its consideration of individual proposals from party members and regional conferences (general meetings) of Yabloko branches on candidates for the post of Chairman of Yabloko.
Posted: November 21st, 2023 under Congresses, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to host a round table “Traditional Values and Women’s Rights”
Press Release, 20.11.2023 On 6 December Yabloko will host a round table “Traditional Values and Women’s Rights”. The ideology of traditional values (of the patriarchal structure) promoted by the state is inextricably linked with the restriction of women’s rights, which contradicts modernisation, human rights and freedoms, as well as the principles of gender equality enshrined […]
Posted: November 21st, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites all to participate in the party’s regular action of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Saratov On 22 November – 6 December Yabloko will hold its regular actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners. The actions will be conducted by the Yabloko branches in different Russian regions. nyone can take part in the actions of writing to political prisoners. Yabloko has developed an instruction (https://www.yabloko.ru/pisma-politzekam […]
Posted: November 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A Yabloko supporter fined for participating in a rally against the “special military operation”. He fears pressure on his loved ones. Fundraising announced
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Alexei Duplyakov / Photo from Alexei Duplyakov’s personal archive Civil activist Alexei Duplyakov received a fine for participating in a peaceful rally against the start of the so-called “special military operation”. The rally took place in Moscow on 27 February, 2022. Duplyakov had to leave Russia fearing persecution for his active […]
Posted: November 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Nikolai Rybakov on modern environmental trends
Press Release, 17.11.2023 On 16 November, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “Ecology of Russian Regions: Trends of the 2020s” by Nikolai Rybakov, an environmentalist, human rights activist, and Chairman of the Yabloko party.
Posted: November 17th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Без рубрики.
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A ridiculous sentence for pacifism. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov on the sentence to artist Sasha Skochilenko
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram post, 16.11.2023 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service Artist Sasha Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years in prison. Not because she is a criminal and has caused immeasurable harm to someone. Such people, as you know, are now being pardoned. Sasha received such a ridiculous sentence for replacing several price tags in […]
Posted: November 16th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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St. Petersburg Yabloko is preparing a request to the Constitutional Court to review federal legislation on renovation
Press Release, 15.11.2023 Photo: A five-storey house in St. Petersburg that will be pulled down due to renovation / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg is preparing an inquiry on behalf of the city parliament to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation so […]
Posted: November 16th, 2023 under Economy, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Iya Boronina: The Ministry of Culture of Udmurtia refused to provide information on the spending of budget funds
Iya Boronina’s blog post, 14.11.2023 Photo: Public Prosecutor’s Office in the Republic of Udmurtia / Photo by Iya Boronina I sent an inquiry to the Ministry of Culture of Udmurtia, as part of the preparation of amendments to the draft law “On the Budget of Udmurtia for 2024,” about the amount of funds allocated by […]
Posted: November 16th, 2023 under Economy, Governance, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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