Archive for March, 2024
The Yabloko party advocates a final and absolute ban on the death penalty in Russia
Statement by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, adopted on 28.03.2024 Photo: Alexander Koryakov, Kommersant In connection with the monstrous terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, calls from high stands for the return of the death penalty in Russia are heard again. As the bearer of the Russian and European humanistic tradition, the Russian United Democratic […]
Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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“When exactly we may come to you, will depend on how you behave” – the chief of police of the Pskov region about the police “inspections” at the office of the Pskov Yabloko
Press Release, 28.03.2024 Photo: Alexei Ovsyannikov, head of the Pskov Region Interior Department / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies After the report of the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Pskov Region Alexei Ovsyannikov to the regional parliament on the police performance for 2023, […]
Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Moscow and Russian regions paid tribute to the memory of those killed in the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall
Press Release, 28.03.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and members of the Yabloko Bureau, Moscow. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A week has passed since the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall, in Krasnogorsk near Moscow. The Yabloko delegation, consisting of party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and members of the Federal Bureau, paid tribute to […]
Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Condolences, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On the inadmissibility of persecution of journalists
Statement by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, adopted on 28.03.2024 Photo: Konstantin Zharov, Anastasia Musatova, Antonina Favorskaya, Yekaterina Anikevich, and Alexandra Astakhova / Photo from open sources On 27 March, the Moscow police conducted searches at the homes of three journalists from the SotaVision media: Alexandra Astakhova, Anastasia Musatova and Antonina Favorskaya, whereas Favorskaya was […]
Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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“Stop killing”. Nikolai Rybakov about the decision of the Astrakhan authorities to euthanise stray dogs
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel, 28.03.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov in the animal shelter “Thank You for Life” in Ryazan Today I sent a gift to the Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin – the book “White Bim Black Ear” [about a tragic fate of dog whose master died]. The Governor reported from time to time […]
Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma Maxim Kruglov to Moscow police chief Oleg Baranov: We categorically disagree with some of the methods that Moscow police use in their work
Press Release, 27.03.2024 Photo: Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia / Photo by the Moscow City Duma Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow police, at the annual report on the work to the Moscow City Duma, promised the Yabloko faction to assist in the work on […]
Posted: March 27th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s deputy of a rural settlement in the Ryazan region Konstantin Smirnov to the governor: I ask you to order the liquidation of the illegal landfill in Dubrovichi
Press Release, 27.03.2024 Photo: The landfill in Dubrovichi / Photo by Konstantin Smirnov Konstantin Smirnov, a deputy of the Dubrovichi rural settlement from the Yabloko party and Editor-in-Chief of the Internet web-site Vidsboku, sent an appeal to Governor of the Ryazan Region Pavel Malkov regarding liquidation of an illegal landfill on the territory of the […]
Posted: March 27th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Kristina Abramicheva once again elected Chair of the Yabloko branch in Bashkiria
Press Release, 26.03.2024 Photo: Kristina Abramicheva / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The election of the governing bodies of the regional branch of Yabloko in Bashkiria took place past weekend. The delegates of the 22nd Conference elected a Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons, members of the Regional Bureau, and also formed the Control and Audit […]
Posted: March 27th, 2024 under Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov will ask the Moscow police head about inaction, illegal demands of police officers and violence against detainees
Press Release, 26.03.2024 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 27 March, deputies of the Moscow City Duma will hear a report from Oleg Baranov, head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow, on police activities in 2023. In addition, Baranov […]
Posted: March 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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The Black Swan from the Crocus City Hall
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 25.03.2024 Photo by Alexei Nazarov, Kommersant The terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall is an absolutely monstrous and brutal crime that has no justification. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and a speedy recovery to the wounded. As of the evening of 24 March, 2024, questions […]
Posted: March 25th, 2024 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko expresses condolences to the next-of-kin and friends of those killed in the act of terror in the Crocus concert hall in Moscow
Statement by the Yabloko party, 22.03.2024 Photo from social media The Yabloko party expresses condolences to the next-of-kin and friends of those killed in a monstrous act of terror in the Crocus concert hall in Moscow. Their grief is immeasurable, and we are mourning with them. We wish a speedy recovery to those injured during […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2024 under Condolences, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Yabloko conducted a discussion of films about streets protests and fates of their participants within the framework of the film festival A Different View
Press Release, 22.03.2024 On 21 March, the Yabloko party hosted the opening of the film festival A Different View. The participants met with the directors of the documentaries “Cosmonauts” and “Another Space” and discussed the films and events reflected in the films.
Posted: March 22nd, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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“Philosopher of freedom and creativity.” Yabloko to host a lecture on Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev
Press Release, 22.03.2024 On 26 March, a lecture dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Russian philosopher and sociologist Nikolai Berdyaev will be held at the Yabloko party’s central office in Moscow and will be also streamed on the YouTube channel. The lecture will be given by Anastasia Gacheva, a leading researcher at the Institute […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History.
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Violence against a voter and beating of a member of the electoral commission do not contradict the law, the head of the police of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region says
Press Release, 20.03.2024 Photo: Head of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region Roman Plugin in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg / Photo by the Press Service of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly The head of police for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Roman […]
Posted: March 20th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko invites all to participate in the action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 19.03.2024 Photo: Postcards / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Actions in support of political prisoners will again be held in the Yabloko offices in Moscow and Russian regions. We invite all to support political prisoners unjustly deprived of their freedom to join the action. The organisers promise a friendly atmosphere and everything […]
Posted: March 20th, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The totality of violations does not allow me to be confident in the reliability of the results of the presidential elections in St. Petersburg
Member of the City Electoral Commission from Yabloko Pavel Shapchits added a special opinion to the electoral commission protocol Press Release, 19.03.2024 Photo from the official website of the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission Pavel Shapchits, a member of the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission from Yabloko with a decisive vote, attached a special opinion to the […]
Posted: March 20th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Member of the Pskov Regional Electoral Commission from Yabloko, Yelena Mayatnikova, submitted a dissenting opinion when summing up the voting results in the region for the presidential election
Press Release, 17.03.2024 Photo: Yelena Mayatnikova / Photo by the Pskov regional branch of the party Yelena Mayatnikova, a member of the Pskov Regional Electoral Commission from Yabloko, announced at the final meeting of the Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region, that extra ballots were printed and, thus, it was impossible to reliably determine the […]
Posted: March 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Chairman of the Tatarstan Yabloko Ruslan Zinatullin and party supporters were detained and taken to the police station in Kazan
Press Release, 17.03.2024 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Tatarstan Yabloko and a member of the Federal Bureau of the party, as well as party supporters Zulfiya Sitdikova and Vera Otreshko were detained on leaving their homes in Kazan and taken to the police station.
Posted: March 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Novgorod Yabloko page on Vkontakte blocked by the decision of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office
Press Release, 16.03.2024 Photo: a screenshot of the Novgorod Yabloko page in Vkontakte running that “the given material is blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation on the basis of the demand of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office No 27-31-2024/Treb263-24 of 15.03.2024 On 15 March, the social media Vkontakte blocked the public page of […]
Posted: March 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Court upheld Yabloko’s claim and obliged Territorial Electoral Commission No 37 in St. Petersburg to appoint the party representative member of a precinct electoral commission instead of sending him to the army
Press Release, 15.03.2024 Photo by Alexander Kazakov, Kommersant On 14 March, the Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg upheld the claim of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party to invalidate the decision of Territorial Electoral Commission No. 37. On 12 March, the commission refused to appoint Yabloko representative Alexander Kirsanov as a […]
Posted: March 15th, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024.
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