Yabloko’s Gender Faction holds a meeting with US colleagues
Press release, 24.09.2018
Yabloko’s Gender Faction has held a meeting with feminists from the USA today. Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova and Chair of Yabloko’s Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva participated in the meeting.
The activists discussed the situation with women’s right sin Russia, state support of familiarise and single mothers, women’s participation in politics and many other issues.
The USA activists asked their Russian colleagues whether it is easy to be an opposition party in Putin’s Russia. “We have an authoritarian regime in Russia and the anti-western moods are very strong. We are a pro-European party, we disagree with the annexation of Crimea. This is why we are not very popular. I very often say that our main achievement that we manage to exist,” Mikhaleva explained.
The activists also asked Yabloko Chair what gave them hope [to carry on working]. “The fact that it is the 25th anniversary of the foundation of our party this year,” Slabunova replied.
“Our stance is always consistent. And experience shows that we are right. We have many brave people in our party who are nonconformists. They put values in the first place and they are ready to pay for their choice with their freedom and even life. We hope that our society will learn to stand up for their interests. We have hope,” she explained.
Posted: September 24th, 2018 under Gender Faction.