The Yabloko branch in the Sverdlovsk region held a political battle “The Image of Russia of the Future” in Yekaterinburg
Press Release, 5.12.2022
Photos by the Yabloko branch in the Sverdlovsk region
On 3 December, the Yabloko branch in the Sverdlovsk region held a political discussion on the topic “The Image of Russia of the Future”. The organisers of the event aimed to learn how people of different ages and different political views assess the current situation and view the future of Russia. Four teams came up with their vision – “Youth Yabloko”, a representative of PARNAS, the “Team of People’s Freedom” and the “Social Democrats of the Urals”.
The discussion moderator was Alexander Kudelkin, a member of Yabloko, a Yabloko candidate for the State Duma in the 2021 elections and a Yabloko candidate in the by-elections of the Yekaterinburg City Duma in March 2022. The teams’ performance was evaluated by an invited expert Dmitry Trynov, a political scientist and an associate professor in Urals Federal University. The expert asked the teams sharp questions and made his expert opinion.
The key proposals from all the teams were re-establishing the state, and ensuring freedom and justice for the citizens of Russia.
“The opinions about the future of Russia sounded different, and not very optimistic sometimes. The teams performed vigorously and emotionally, the audience asked sharp questions, sometimes serious discussions flared up. As expected, the brightest forecasts were made by representatives of the Yabloko Youth Organisation and the Social Democrats, they became the winners of the audience vote, also the public did not support and was not imbued with the pessimism of the ‘democrats of the first wave,” Maxim Petlin, Chairman of the Sverdlovsk Yabloko, commented on the discussion.
The Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko expresses its gratitude to all the four teams for their participation, Alexander Kudelkin and Dmitry Trynov for moderation, broadcasting and expert participation, as well as its thanks to civil activist Yegor Tkachenko and Konstantin Kiselyov, a Yabloko deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma, for the idea and inspiration, as well as gratitude to all the viewers.
Posted: December 8th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.