Archive for April, 2025
Yabloko introduces federal initiative to open access to files of non-exonerated victims of political repression in the USSR
Press Release, 30.04.2025 Photo by Yuri Martyanov, Kommersant Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg have introduced a federal legislative initiative that should open access for relatives and researchers to archival files of non-exonerated victims of political repression in the USSR.
Posted: April 30th, 2025 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Pskov Region Electoral Commission denies the right of residents of Sebezhsky and Pushkinogorsky districts to determine the method of electing districts heads in referendums
Press Release, 29.04.2025 Photo: The emblem of the Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region The Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region refused to register referendum initiative groups in Sebezhsky and Pushkinogorsky Districts considering that direct elections of the head of the municipality do not comply with regional legislation.
Posted: April 29th, 2025 under Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky answered questions from the viewers of the Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel about the past, present and future of Russia
Press Release, 29.04.2025 Over the past 120 years, Russia has experienced many tragedies and catastrophes: revolutions, coups d’etat, destructive and bloody wars, and large-scale political repressions. Even the state disappeared twice: in 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed, and in 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart.
Posted: April 29th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko ready to defend medical workers coerced into joining the pro-government United Russia party through administrative pressure
Press Release, 28.04.2025 Photo: A memo handed to the medical workers how to fill in an application form to become member of United Russia and where to bring the application Several employees of medical institutions in St.Petersburg have approached deputies from the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly. Medical workers reported being forced to […]
Posted: April 28th, 2025 under Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Kamchatka Yabloko leader Vladimir Yefimov faces unlawful transfer to a penal colony in a different region. Flight poses a deadly threat for him due to his cardio disease
Press Release, 28.04.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo from social media The Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (UFSIN) for Kamchatka Krai is sending journalist Vladimir Yefimov to serve his sentence for “discrediting the army” in a penal colony in the Primorye region instead of Kamchatka. The Penitentiary Service claims there are no available places in the […]
Posted: April 28th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Andrei Talevlin on Chernobyl Tragedy Remembrance Day: Humanity is not ready for full-scale use of nuclear energy
Blog post by Andrei Talevlin, 25.04.2025 Due to the explosion of the RBMK-1000 reactor (uranium-graphite channel type reactor) at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant 39 years ago, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of territory in the former Soviet Union and other countries were contaminated with hazardous materials. As a result, a significant number of […]
Posted: April 25th, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Shishlov at a conference in the St. Petersburg University of Technology Management and Economics: “The main task in human rights now is to conclude a ceasefire and stop killing of people”
Press Release, 25.04.2025 Photo: Alexander Shishlov at the St. Petersburg University of Technology Management and Economics / Photo by St.Petersburg Yabloko The head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Shishlov, spoke at the 11th International Conference “Human Rights Activities in Modern Russia: Problems and Their Solutions” at the St. […]
Posted: April 25th, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Last Address plaques commemorating victims of Stalin’s repression need state protection
Decision by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, adopted on 10.04.2025, published on 24.04.2025 Photo: Restoration of the Last Address project plaques removed after an anonymous complaint / Photo by Alexander Chizhenok, Kommersant In early April, unidentified vandals removed the Last Address plaque installed on the house where famous theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold was arrested in […]
Posted: April 25th, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Prohibition on education for migrant children leads only to criminalisation
Decision by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, adopted on 10.04.2025, published on 24.04.2025 Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant On 1 April, a law came into force prohibiting Russian schools from accepting migrant children who do not know the Russian language. The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party notes that this law not only contradicts the […]
Posted: April 25th, 2025 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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Declassified US National Security Council documents: How Grigory Yavlinsky’s Programme could have changed history
Press Release, 21.04.2025 In early 1991, Grigory Yavlinsky was developing a programme for integrating the USSR and Russian economy into the global system with Western participation on mutually beneficial terms, similar to the Marshall Plan for post-war Europe. The programme complemented the previously developed “500 Days” economic reform plan for transitioning from a planned to […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2025 under Economy, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy.
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Sergei Mitrokhin held a meeting-lecture on the organisation of civil society in counteracting the merger of business and government
Press Release, 22.04.2025 Can citizens safely and effectively resist the oligarchic system while protecting their rights? Sergei Mitrokhin’s answer is “yes, they can”. Sergei Mitrokhin, the second Chairman of Yabloko, a deputy of the State Duma of three convocations and a deputy of the Moscow City Duma of two convocations, spoke at a meeting in […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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He was a man of peace
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 21.04.2025 Pope Francis has passed away. To die during Holy Week is to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Such a death at such a time may signify eternal life. The spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics since March 2013, Francis was the first Pope from Latin America and the first Jesuit to […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2025 under Condolences.
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Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions to conduct its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 17.04.2025 Photo by the Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko Traditionally, everyone who is ready to support those deprived of freedom for their free speech and beliefs, with care and a kind words, is invited to the actions in support of political prisoners. Come to our offices and other meeting places, sign postcards and […]
Posted: April 17th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands that the Public Prosecutor General’s Office investigate the actions of police against citizens of Kyrgyzstan during the raid in Moscow
Press Release, 16.04.2025 Photo: Screenshot of a video recording from one of the CCTV cameras of the bath complex during the raid Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, and Maxim Kruglov, the authorized representative of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov demanding an urgent and […]
Posted: April 17th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Analytical Centre calls on State Duma to reject the bill on abolishing paper ballots
Press Release, 15.04.2025 Photo: The State Duma of the RF Yabloko’s Analytical Centre sent its analysis paper to State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and head of the State Construction Committee Pavel Krasheninnikov calling for the rejection of the bill that would abolish paper ballots. “An analysis of the norms and wording of the draft law […]
Posted: April 15th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko to host video performances by the Creative Association Gnezdo
Press Release, 11.04.2025 From April 16 to 30, on Wednesdays and Fridays, Yabloko will host a special programme by the Creative Association Gnesdo (Nest), dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the independent art community. The programme includes screenings of four video performances by Gnezdo created by the association since February 24, 2022.
Posted: April 14th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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A meeting with the team of the Novgorod regional branch of the party was held in the central office of Yabloko
Press Release, 10.04.2025 The team of Novgorod Yabloko met with Yabloko members and activists in Moscow. The Novogord team of Yabloko was represented at the meeting by the Chair Anna Cherepanova, Ksenia Cherepanova, the leader of the Novgorod city Yabloko and the Centre for Anti-Corruption Policies of the party in the region, members of the […]
Posted: April 11th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan upheld the decision to fine Yabloko’s Ruslan Zinatullin 250,000 roubles
Press Release, 10.04.2025 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin (centre) with the Tatarstan Yabloko team / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 9 April, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan considered the appeals of the Chairman of the Tatarstan Yabloko Ruslan Zinatullin and candidate for party membership Sofia Fyodorova. They were found guilty of […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to host Sergei Mitrokhin’s lecture on organization of civil society
Press Release, 10.04.2025 Photo from Sergei Mitrokhin’s Telegram channel On 17 April, Yabloko will host a lecture by the second Chairman of Yabloko Sergei Mitrokhin on “Organisation of Civil Society in Counteracting the Merger of Business and Power”. Sergei Mitrokhin will explain how the oligarchic system affects the rights of Moscow residents and will demonstrate […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Governance, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Ryazan District Duma approves decision on liquidation of rural settlements
Vid Sboku online media, 10.04.2025 Photo: People voting for preservation of their rural settlements at public hearings on liquidation of their settlements in Dubrovichi, the Ryazan region / Screenshot from the video published on social media The Ryazan District Duma approved a decision on transforming the Ryazan District into a municipal district, that is, for […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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