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Moscow Mayor Sobyanin supports YABLOKO’s proposals
Press Release, May 30, 2012.

Moscow Mayor Sobyanin partially supported the proposals made by YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin to delegate municipal assemblies the right to coordinate some issues of urban planning.

On April 22, Moscow hosted the Municipal Deputies Forum which supported Sergei Mitrokhin’s draft law on introducing amendments into the law "On the organization of local self-government in Moscow."

Speaking today at the Congress of the Moscow Municipalities Councils Sergei Sobyanin proposed to expand the powers of urban municipalities relating to construction of new facilities.

"I propose to grant the municipal assemblies the right to coordinate construction of facilities that have to serve the needs of the residents of specific areas," said the Mayor...

Ombudsman Lukin succeeded in getting a ban from the Constitutional Court on the proportional system for local elections

Press Release, July 8, 2011

The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation ruled that the laws for the use of a proportional electoral system for municipal elections in small rural communities do not comply with the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The Constitutional Court issued such a decision after receiving a complaint from Vladimir Lukin, Russia’s Ombudsman and one of the founders of the YABLOKO party. Lukin applied to the Constitutional Court in defence of two residents of the Chelyabinsk region, who were taking part in the elections to the municipal council of their rural settlement. The Electoral Commission refused to register these independent candidates referring to the proportional system (party lists only) set for this settlement in the region...

YABLOKO and administration of Volgograd signed a cooperation agreement

Press Release, January 21, 2011

Following Sergei Mitrokhin’s visit to Volgograd in October 2010, the Volgograd regional branch of YABLOKO and administration of Volgograd signed a cooperation agreement. The goal of the joint work is “development of civil initiatives for efficient socio-economic and socio-political development of Volgograd, raising of the role of non-parliamentary political parties in the functioning of local self-government bodies”.

The parties of the agreement will joint their efforts in drawing public attention and involving of the population of the city to the solution of the environmental problems, as well as ecological education, development of programmes for improvement of public territories, protection of environment, development of the city infrastructure and mass involvement of the citizens in planting trees in the city parks, gardens and streets...

Sergei Kryzhov elected deputy of the Municipal Council of Sergiyev Posad Area
Press Release, July 14, 2009

Member of the Bureau of the Moscow Region branch of YABLOKO Sergei Kryzhov was elected deputy of the Municipal Council of Sergiyev Posad Area, Moscow Region.

 

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