Archive for May, 2024
Yabloko considers the rules on discrimination against “foreign agents” unconstitutional and will seek their abolition in the Constitutional Court
Press Release, 22.05.2024 Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Deputies of the Yabloko faction voted against discrimination against “foreign agents” at the level of city laws. The parliamentary majority voted to ban “foreign agents” from being elected and holding public office. On 22 May, the Legislative Assembly of St. […]
Posted: May 22nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko branch in the Moscow region elected a new Chairman
Press Release, 21.05.2024 Past weekend, the Yabloko branch in the Moscow region held its Conference, and elected a new chairman and governing bodies. Now the regional branch will be headed by Sergei Kryzhov, a candidate of technical sciences, a deputy of the Sergiev Posad District Council of three convocations and the first Commissioner for Human […]
Posted: May 21st, 2024 under Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Thank you for support!” Yabloko invites all to the actions of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 20.05.2024 Yabloko will once again conduct actions of writing letters to political prisoners. The participants in the events learn from letters of political prisoners that such letters and words of support are very much needed by those who has been deprived of freedom and is under pressure from repressive authorities.
Posted: May 21st, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to host a screening and discussion of the film “Andrei Sakharov. On the other side of the window”
Press Release, 20.05.2024 On 21 May, the birthday of human rights defender and scientist Andrei Sakharov, the central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow will host a screening of the documentary film “Andrei Sakharov. On the other side of the window” (Russia, 2022). The film by Dmitry Zavilgelsky and Boris Altshuler focuses on the […]
Posted: May 21st, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights.
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Yabloko invites all to the round table “Feminitives: a Natural Development of a Language or Extremism?”
Press Release, 20.05.2024 Photo by freepik.com On 28 May, the Yabloko party Gender Faction will hold a round table “Feminitives: a Natural Development of a Language or Extremism?”. The event will begin at 18:00 Moscow time.
Posted: May 21st, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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A criminal case has been opened against Marina Zheleznyakova, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko branch in the Maritime Territory, under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism for her congratulatory post on Victory Day in 2021
Press Release, 20.05.2024 Photo: Marina Zheleznyakova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A search was conducted in Marina Zheleznyakova’s apartment. Police seized equipment and documents. Marina learned about the criminal case opened against her on 24 April on the day of the search. A lawyer is defending her.
Posted: May 20th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The aggressive foreign policy, repressive domestic policies and a dead-end economic policies will go on.”
Yabloko leaders about the new Russian government Press Release, 17.05.2024 Photo: Vladimir Putin and members of the government during their working trip to China / Photo by Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant This week the State Duma approved the new Russian government. The previous cabinet of ministers automatically resigned after the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin on […]
Posted: May 20th, 2024 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Protection of Environment, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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“A Way to the Future” with Grigory Yavlinsky: A Different World
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 2.05.2024 Transcript April 2024 “What should be done to prevent a large-scale war? The very first steps to be taken to prevent a big war should include: a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and the signing of a respective agreement; the creation of a demilitarised zone on both sides of the fault […]
Posted: May 17th, 2024 under Economy, Education and Science, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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The Volgograd Regional Court overturned the decision of the court of the first instance in the case of Alexander Yefimov on “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 15.05.2024 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Volgograd Regional Court sent for revision the administrative case of Alexander Yefimov, a Yabloko Federal Bureau member, for “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”. On 4 April, the court of the city of Volzhsky fined Yefimov 15,000 roubles for […]
Posted: May 16th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Human rights defender. Politician. Poet. Man. An event in memory of Andrei Babushkin was held at Yabloko
Press Release, 15.05.2024 On 14 May, on the second anniversary of the death of Andrei Babushkin, an event in memory of the human rights defender, Yabloko member since 1999, Chairman of the public human rights charity organisation Committee for Civil Rights and a member of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human […]
Posted: May 16th, 2024 under Condolences, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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A member of Yabloko in Tula fined for writing about the need for a ceasefire on a ballot paper
Press Release, 15.05.2024 Photo by Dmitry Chiginsky / Photo from social media Dmitry Chiginsky, a member of the Bureau of the Tula branch of Yabloko, was fined under the administrative article of “discrediting the army” for writing about the need to conclude a ceasefire agreement on a ballot paper. The Tula district court fined Chiginsky […]
Posted: May 15th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Soviet dissidents about modern Russia: “The present period is completely different, much more terrible”
Press Release, 13.05.2024 Photo from left to right: Nikolai Ivlyushkin, Alexander Daniel, Svetlana Gannushkina, Valery Borshchyov, Vyacheslav Bakhmin, Vyacheslav Igrunov, Alexei Smirnov, and Alexander Podrabinek / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 12 May, a round table with the participation of Soviet dissidents was held at the Yabloko central office in Moscow. The participants […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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Yabloko will participate in the Moscow City Duma elections in September
Press Release, 13.05.2024 Photo: The Moscow City Duma / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Such decision was made by the Moscow Yabloko Bureau in early May. A headquarters has been created to work during elections. The work of the headquarters will be coordinated by Maxim Kruglov, the head of the Yabloko faction in the […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Elections, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“We bow down before them, deepest gratitude.”
Press Release, 9.05.2024 On 9 May, the leaders and members of the Yabloko party honoured the memory of those killed in the Second World War at the Preobrazhenskoye cemetery in Moscow, where more than 10,000 soldiers and commanders of the Red Army are buried. The delegation laid flowers and a wreath at the War Memorial.
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under History, Human Rights.
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The St. Petersburg Yabloko laid flowers at the memorial at the Piskarevskoye cemetery
Press Release, 8.05.2024 On 8 May, on the eve of Victory Day, the day of the victory over the Nazi Germany in 1945, members of the St. Petersburg Yabloko laid a wreath and flowers at the Motherland monument at the Piskarevskoye memorial cemetery.
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Another step towards dictatorship. Yabloko’s statement on depriving “foreign agents” of the right to be elected
Statement by the Yabloko party, 6.05.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The State Duma has approved amendments stipulating that elected deputies included in the foreign agents register by decision of the Ministry of Justice will be deprived of their deputy mandate.
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights.
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The Novosibirsk Yabloko is against the killing of stray dogs
Statement by the regional party branch, 6.05.2024 The regional branch of the Yabloko party, on the basis of moral principles and principles of humanity, opposes the killing of captured stray dogs as a way to solve the problem of animals without owners. In April, a survey was conducted on the government services portal “On the […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by Svetlana Gannushkina on the institution of asylum in Russia
Press Release, 6.05.2024 On 23 May, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “The Institute of Asylum in Russia. How Can We Help Refugees?” the lecturer is Svetlana Gannushkina, a member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, Chairman of the Civic Assistance Committee, a member of the Memorial group, and a member of […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites all to an Andrei Babushkin commemoration event and the launch of a book dedicated to him
Press Release, 3.05.2024 On 14 May, an event in memory of human rights defender Andrei Babushkin will be held at the central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow. Andrei Babushkin, a human rights defender, member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights and a member of the Yabloko Federal Bureau, passed away on 14 […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Condolences, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko regards the initiation of an administrative case against Boris Vishnevsky as another example of pressure
Press Release, 27.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko regards the initiation of an administrative case under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences against Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, for his online […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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