Archive for April, 2025
Court made a decision on the third criminal case against Vladimir Yefimov. The total term of imprisonment is two years
Press Release, 4.04.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo from social media The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court has made a decision on the third criminal case against journalist and leader of the regional branch of the Yabloko party Vladimir Yefimov. Yefimov was sentenced to two years in a penal colony under two articles – “demonstration of extremist […]
Posted: April 4th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Ryazan Regional Court leaves Ryazan Yabloko Chairman Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention
Press Release, 3.04.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov at a court hearing via video link / Photo by Vid Sboku On 3 April, the Ryazan Regional Court upheld the decision of the court of the lower instance to extend the arrest for Konstantin Smirnov, the Editor-in-Chief of the Vid Sboku (Side View) online media and deputy of […]
Posted: April 4th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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«Il gioco con Trump rafforza il regime»
Yavlinskij, fondatore dell’unico partito d’opposizione in Russia: «Positivi però gli sforzi per il negoziato con Kiev» Avvenir, 1.04.2025 RAFFAELLA CHIODO KARPINSKY «Fino all’autunno del 2022, la dichiarazione del nostro partito era una dichiarazione politica». Parte da qui, per il suo racconto, Gregorij Yavlinskij, fondatore di Yabloko, unico partito dell’opposizione rimasto in Russia. «In autunno diventò non […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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The Kamchatka Krai Court upheld Vladimir Yefimov’s sentence in his second criminal case for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 31.03.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The decision was made on 28 March. Earlier, Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of Kamchatka Yabloko and journalist, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony in his second criminal case for “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Ksenia Cherepanova became the eleventh Yabloko member added to the register of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 28.03.2025 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from the personal archive The Ministry of Justice added Ksenia Cherepanova, the Chairwoman of the Veliky Novgorod city branch of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”. She became the eleventh party member to be added to the register.
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The arrest of journalist and municipal deputy from Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov extended for another two months
Press Release, 27.03.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Sovietsky District Court of Ryazan decided to extend the term of detention for Konstantin Smirnov, journalist and municipal deputy from Yabloko, for another two months. The court took such a decision despite the requests of Smirnov and his defence to change […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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At a Geopolitical Crossroads: Chaos or Hope
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 21.03.2025 PHOTO: Getty Images We issued our first appeal for a ceasefire on 24 February 2022, just several hours after the start of the special military operation. The appeal was addressed directly to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. This was followed by dozens, hundreds and thousands of speeches and appeals — we demanded […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko continues its monthly actions in support of political prisoners in dozens of Russian cities
Press Release, 18.03.2025 Those who are unjustly deprived of their freedom have a very hard time in prisons and pretrial detention centres. This is confirmed by the alarming news about the health of Maria Ponomarenko and Lyudmila Razumova. The Moscow and Novgorod branches of our party started helping them. It is in our power to […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Moscow Yabloko asks the Public Prosecutor’s Office to initiate an immediate investigation into the detention conditions of journalist Maria Ponomarenko in a pretrial detention facility
Press Release, 18.03.2025 Photo: Maria Ponomarenko / Photo by RusNews Mass media have reported, citing a lawyer, that Maria Ponomarenko attempted suicide “due to constant bullying by the administration” of the detention facility and is currently on a dry hunger strike. Moscow Yabloko representative Maxim Kruglov is asking the Public Prosecutor of the Altiai Territory, […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko wins the Constitutional Court case on removing party lists from elections in 2023
Press Release, 18.03.2025 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant On 18 March, 2025, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation confirmed that the head of the regional branch of a political party has the authority to sign documents to register the nominated list of candidates from the moment of his/her election. The ruling was made at […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Elections, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Federal bill on killing animals is being considered by the parliaments in Russian regions. Yabloko appeals to deputies with a request not to support cruelty
Press Release, 17.03.2025 Photo by zastavkin/depositphotos In late February, a bill “On Responsible Treatment of Animals” was introduced to the State Duma. It gives the right to the Russian regions to independently set the time limits for keeping homeless animals in shelters, after which cats and dogs will be euthanised. The State Duma will make […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko appealed to Vladimir Putin asking to reject the law on the liquidation of local self-government
Press Release, 17.03.2025 Photo: The Constitution of the Russian Federation with amendments of 2020 /Photo by Pavel Lysitsin, RIA Novosti Today Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the President of Russia asking to reject the law on the liquidation of local self-government. Yabloko believes that the new law completely subordinates local self-government to […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Без рубрики.
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