Boris Vishnevsky is challenging in court the decision to include him in the register of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 24.04.2024
Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, sent two administrative claims to the court challenging the decision of the Ministry of Justice to include him in the register of “foreign agents.”
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Posted: April 24th, 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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Despite tragedies, the State Duma has never adopted amendments to the fire safety law. This follows from the response of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to Yabloko deputy Kruglov
Press Release, 23.04.2024
Photo: Crocus City Hall after a fire as a result of the terrorist attack on 22 March, 2024 / Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant
The head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Maxim Kruglov, received a response from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation about the reasons for the mass death of people due to a fire as a result of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall on 22 March, 2024. The ministry reports that investigative actions are currently underway, including on the issues of putting the facility into operation, its functioning, finishing of the premises and the operability of all fire protection systems. In addition, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that it had supported amendments to legislative acts related to improving the activities of the federal state fire supervision. The bill was introduced to the State Duma after the tragedy in the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping mall in Kemerovo in March 2018. Then the fire claimed the lives of 64 people. At the same time, it follows from the response of the Ministry of Emergency Situations that the bill introducing the definition of “a facility with a large number of people” and stipulating that state construction supervision at these facilities should be carried out with the participation of specialists from fire supervision authorities, has not yet been adopted. According to the information system of the State Duma web-site, the amendments to the legislation “stuck” at the second reading stage.
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Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to hold a round table in Novgorod on women in Russian politics with participation of Galina Mikhaleva
Press Release, 23.04.2024
On 27 April 27, Chairwoman of the Yabloko Gender Faction and Doctor of Political Sciences Galina Mikhaleva will take part in a round table on the role of women in Russian politics, which is organised by the regional branch of the party in Novgorod. Anna Cherepanova, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Novgorod City Duma will also take part in the event.
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Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Gender Faction, Governance, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov handed over to the State Duma and the Federation Council more than a thousand signatures of citizens in favour of disclosing the incomes of deputies
Press Release, 23.04.2024
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov submitted more than a thousand signatures, as well as individual appeals to each deputy and senator of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation demanding that income and property declarations for 2023 be disclosed and made public. Similar appeals to deputies will be sent to the chairpersons of legislative assemblies of Russian regions.
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Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Alexei Arbatov on the US deployment of previously banned complexes in Asia: “This situation is fraught with a new missile arms race”
Kommersant, 22.04.2024
Photo: Alexei Arbatov / Photo from the personal archive
Past week, the United States deployed medium-range ground-based missile systems in the Asia-Pacific region for the first time (see Kommersant on 16 April): army Typhon systems were deployed to the Philippines as part of the exercise. Previously, such weapons were prohibited under the Russian-American Treaty on Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. The Russian Foreign Ministry warned that the emergence of American ground-based medium- and shorter-range missile systems in any region could lead to Russia abandoning its voluntary moratorium on the deployment of such systems on its territory. Kommersant correspondent Yelena Chernenko spoke with Academician Alexei Arbatov, head of the Centre for International Security at the Institute of the World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, , about the background and possible consequences of this situation.
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Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Foreign policy, History, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Die EU und Russland: Der Preis der Entfremdung
Die Presse, 18.04.2024
Ruslan Grinberg / Foto: Dmitri Dukhanin, Kommersant
Können wir uns Russland überhaupt vorstellen ohne eine wirtschaftliche und humanitäre Verflechtung mit dem Rest Europas?
Solang ich mich erinnern kann, hat man uns Russen Folgendes von allen Tribünen der Macht aus versichert – den sowjetischen Tribünen und später den russischen Tribünen: dass das bürgerliche Europa „untergeht“, dass es „seinen letzten Atemzug macht“. Man hat uns gepredigt, Europa sei dabei, seine politische, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Existenz zu beenden, und zwar mit all den Werten, für die es bei uns berüchtigt sei.
Aber trotz dieses prophezeiten Verfalls hatte Europa aus irgendeinem Grund immer genügend Verlangen und Kraft dazu, Russland andauernd zu schaden und seine Entwicklung auf jede erdenkliche Weise zu behindern. Wenn man der Redekunst unserer Politiker, Politologen und anderer Kämpfer im Informationskrieg gegen den „kollektiven Westen“ nach urteilt, so ist Russland selbst eine „besondere Zivilisation“ und nicht Europa. (Ich möchte hier daran erinnern, dass ein Teil unseres Landes, von unserer Westgrenze bis zum Ural, schon aus geografischer Sicht zu Europa gehört. Aber hier geht es natürlich nicht um geografische Fragen.)
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Posted: April 22nd, 2024 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations.
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Russia celebrates Local Government Day. Commentaries from Yabloko leaders
Press Release, 22.04.2024
Photo: Constitution of the Russian Federation with the recent changes / Photo by Pavel Lisitsyn, RIA Novosti
On 21 April, Russia celebrates Local Government Day. The memorial date was established by President Vladimir Putin in 2012. On this day (2 May, as of the new style) in 1785, Catherine II of Russia issued a “Charter on the Rights and Benefits of the Cities of the Russian Empire”. The document established new elected city institutions, expanding the circle of voters and consolidating the foundations of self-government. In accordance with the Charter, a meeting of the “city community” was convened in cities every three years, which included only the wealthiest citizens. The permanent city body was the “General City Duma,” consisting of the city mayor and six councilors.
The Deputy Chairpersons of the Yabloko party write about the level of development of local self-government and its prospects in our country and individual regions.
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Posted: April 22nd, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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Yabloko to hold an all-Russian conference on nuclear risks on the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
Press Release, 19.04.2024
Photo from www.istockphoto.com
On 24 April, Yabloko will hold an all-Russian conference “Nuclear Technologies and Nuclear Risks in the Modern World”. The event will take place online via Zoom.
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Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, History, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will hold a federal environmental peacekeeping campaign “The Peace Bell on Earth Day”
Press Release, 19.04.2024
On 22 April, Earth Day is celebrated around the world. Its goal is to draw attention to environmental and nature issues. Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions will hold environmental and peacekeeping actions dedicated to the International Earth Day: party activists will plant trees during the week, hold community cleanups, and discuss the regional environmental agenda. In addition, the Yabloko members will ring the Peace Bell in a number of cities in our country: this symbolic action will be a reminder of the need for peace on Earth. Yabloko invites everyone to join the actions in Moscow and the Russian regions.
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Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko municipal deputies In Kostroma and Seversk illegally deprived of their mandates
Press Release, 19.04.2024
Photo: Vladimir Petrov and Nikolai Sorokin
Two municipal deputies from Yabloko – Vladimir Petrov in Seversk, the Tomsk region, and Nikolai Sorokin in Kostroma – were deprived of their mandates. The formal reasons were the demand of the city public prosecutor’s office due to the verdict in a criminal case and “inaccuracies in the declaration”. In fact, in both cases, local authorities got rid of actively working deputies who protected the interests of citizens.
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Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites all to participate in the action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 19.04.2024
Photo: the Krasnoyarsk regional branch of the party
Yabloko in Moscow and regional branches is preparing regular actions in support of political prisoners. We invite everyone who is not indifferent to the plight of those unjustly deprived of their freedom to join the actions. The organisers promise a friendly atmosphere and everything one needs to prepare letters and postcards.
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Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On Earth Day, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko invites all to an open discussion and adoption of the Eco-Manifesto for the city of Chelyabinsk
Press Release, 18.04.2024
On April 22, an open discussion of the Eco-Manifesto for Chelyabinsk will be held at the office of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party. The event starts at 18:30. Everyone is invited to participate in the discussion.
Eco-Mnifesto represents a comprehensive programme of concrete actions to solve environmental problems in Chelyabinsk.
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Posted: April 18th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow City Duma once again opposed Sergei Mitrokhin’s proposal to protect the rights of citizens during the development of Moscow
Press Release, 17.04.2024
Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin at a meeting with Muscovites / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 17 April, the majority of deputies of the Moscow City Duma ignored Sergei Mitrokhin’s draft appeal to the Moscow Mayor. Mitrokhin demands that Mayor must return to Muscovites their right to get information about construction projects planned in their area. The document, which received support from deputies of A Just Russia and the Communist Party, received only 14 votes in favour, since representatives of pro-government’s United Russia and My Moscow traditionally left the meeting room during the discussion of the draft intiatated by a Yabloko deputy.
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Posted: April 18th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko launches the 2024 municipal election campaign
Press Release, 17.04.2024
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On the eve of Local Government Day, 21 April, the Yabloko party in St. Petersburg decided to announce the launch of its municipal election campaign. Elections of deputies to municipal councils will be held in St.Petersburg in September 2024.
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Posted: April 17th, 2024 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“To pull people back from the abyss of the Russian rebellion.” Participants of the film festival “Another View” discussed a film about “anti-fascists” and “nationalists” in Russia at the beginning of the 2000s
Press Release, 16.04.2024
On 15 April, a screening and discussion of the film “The Key to a Clockwork Orange” (2014) was held at Yabloko. The documentary film by Grigory Grishin and Olga Yakovleva about the phenomenon of war between the youth movements of “anti-fascists” and “nationalists” on the streets of Russia in the 2000s provoked a discussion about the physiological and social nature of violence, the attitude of the state towards subcultures and the transformation of the main protagonists – the leaders and active participants in youth movements in Moscow and Saratov.
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Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko branch in Bashkiria collects humanitarian aid for residents of the Orenburg region affected by flood
Press Release, 16.04.2024
Photo by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia
The office of the Yabloko branch in Bashkiria has launched collection of humanitarian aid for flood victims in the Orenburg region. For four days, from Thursday to Sunday, volunteers will accept essential items and food-stuffs. Reception hours: from 13:00 to 19:00. Then everything collected will be packed into boxes and sent to the Orenburg volunteer headquarters for distribution to those in need.
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Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Charity, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court fined an official of the Ministry of Education of Udmurtia for ignoring an inquiry on anti-terrorist measures
Press Release, 15.04.2024
Photo by Iya Boronina
A court in Izhevsk fined an official of the Ministry of Education of Udmurtia for ignoring an official inquiry from the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina. Boronina’s inquiry to the ministry concerned ensuring anti-terrorist and security measures in schools.
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Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko is the only party in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg speaking against censorship of books by “foreign agent” authors
Press Release, 15.04.2024
Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant
On 15 April, the Standing Commission of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on Education, Culture and Science approved the initiative of State Duma deputies to amend the law “On Librarianship”. Only the head of the Yabloko faction, Alexander Shishlov, spoke out against it.
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Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Man is the measure of all things.” The teleplay “Sforza” was shown at Yabloko
Press Release, 15.04.2024
On 11 April, the television play “Sforza” was shown at Yabloko as part of the Another View” festival. The performance by Alexei Zherebtsov, based on the novel-play by Sasha Denisova, takes us to Milan in the 15th century. We find ourselves in the Middle Ages with all its attributes: a ruler behind the walls of the Kremlin; poisoning as a method of reprisal against enemies; and traditional spiritual ties and tarot.
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Posted: April 15th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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NEW WORLD DISORDER
On the collapse of the international order formed after the end of World War II and the risks of a major global conflict
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 12.04.2024
DISINTEGRATION PROCESSES
International political developments today show that the previous world order is irreversibly paying its final bow in history. Against the backdrop of an increase in shocks and risks, the world is becoming more and more unpredictable. It should come as no surprise that this process has been accompanied by the acute and widespread escalation of confrontation, which would lead to a major war[1].
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Posted: April 15th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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