August 31,
2011 |
| Sergei
Mitrokhin proposed to the Russian President to modernise
the Russian parliament
Press Release, August 29,
2011
...Sergei Mitrokhin began his speech
saying that the “forthcoming elections represent
an opportunity to implement Russian modernisation
plans” voiced by the President earlier. “Political
modernisation first of all means provision of equal
possibilities for political competition. And this
should take place during elections,” Mitrokhin
stressed. According to YABLOKO’s leader, “today
the State Duma with dominance of one political party
is the most powerful anti-modernisation factor”.
Mitrokhin also stated that this party represents the
interests of bureaucracy and large business connected
with the latter. “As it is this party which
controls the parliament, it can not protect the society
from bureaucrats’ arbitrary rule and corruption.
Therefore a corrupted system based on the laws adopted
by bureaucracy and for the sake of bureaucracy via
the State Duma has been built in the country,”
Mitrokhin said...
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Europe's
leaders must explain need for drastic action to end
economic crisis
Press Release, ALDE, August 29, 2011
The European Parliament's Economic
and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) met in extraordinary
session today to take stock of the deteriorating situation
in the Eurozone in the presence of ECB President Jean-Claude
Trichet, Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker ,
EU commissioner Olli Rehn and the Polish Minister
of Finance (Council Presidency) Jacek Rostowski...
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Liberals
hail dawn of democracy in Libya
Press Release, ALDE, August 23, 2011
Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader has hailed
the "dawn of democracy in Libya" following
the dramatic events in Tripoli.
"Back in March the ALDE Group
took the initiative to invite Dr Al-Issawi and Dr
Mahmoud Gebil, two senior members of the National
Interim Council of Libya to come to Strasbourg to
hear directly from the Libyan rebels what support
was needed in their struggle. This was the first time
that Libyan Rebels received international attention
and given a platform to outline their needs in the
fight for freedom. At that moment, they were unequivocal
in their request, recognition of the National Interim
Council, guarantee the supply of humanitarian assistance
and enforce a no-fly zone...
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| Twenty
years after Communism, Russian democracy still not
born, says Yabloko leader
LI News Bulletin, Issue 247, August 25, 2011
The 20th anniversary of the coup attempt
gives one more reason to think why 20 years after
the ruin of the Communist regime Russian democracy
also failed without even being born”, said Sergei
Mitrokhin, Leader of Yabloko (LI full member) on August
19th, the day commemorating the failed coup d'etat
of 1991 that sparked the fall of the Soviet Union.
“The team of Boris Yeltsin failed to build democracy
in Russia and 20 years after the abortive coup the
country has turned into an oligarchy with elements
of autocracy”, he added...
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LI
President: “Post-Gaddafi Libya needs democracy
and a liberal constitution”
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Clegg: “Assad as irrelevant to Syria's future
as Gaddafi is to Libya's"
“Terrorism may be on the wane, but not political
violence”, says Alderdice
Swedish Centre Party leader to advise Clinton
Sam Rainsy Party: New NGO law puts constitutional
rights at serious risk
Singapore: Presidential candidate Tan Jee Say rallies
support of thousands |
| Putin
Ally Takes Over as Governor as Matviyenko Quits
The Moscow Times, August 23,
2011
...Expectations about Poltavchenko,
whose involvement in public politics remains limited,
were still unclear Monday, but the leader of the city
branch of the liberal Yabloko party, Maxim Reznik,
welcomed him simply for not being a member of Matviyenko's
team.
"It's a positive move,"
Reznik said, Interfax reported. But he criticized
the fact that residents of St. Petersburg, the country's
second-biggest city with a population of 4.8 million,
will be given no say in who will govern them.
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| Russian
democracy failed without being born, says Yabloko
leader
Interfax, August 19, 2011
Moscow, August 19 (Interfax) - The
team of Boris Yeltsin failed to build democracy in
Russia and 20 years after the abortive coup the country
has turned into an oligarchy with elements of autocracy,
Yabloko party leader Sergei Mitrokhin believes.
"Unfortunately, those who assumed
full power as a result - Boris Yeltsin and his entourage
- did not live up to the hopes that the defenders
of the White House had pinned to them. Instead of
building a civilized democracy in Russia, they surrendered
power to adventurers and national wealth - to criminals,"
Mitrokhin's statement received by Interfax on Friday
says...
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| Opposition
Slams Governor for ‘Secret’ Vote
The St.Petersburg Times, August
3, 2011
...Yabloko Democratic Party said it
does not recognize the elections, which were not properly
announced and thus illegal in a statement on Monday,
which described them as a “shameful and undignified
farce.”
It said that Matviyenko has a “panicked
fear” of any democratic procedures and the scheme’s
goal was to save her from any political competition
at the election...
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August 12,
2011 |
| The
company polluting the environment at the Black Sea
coast will be held answerable for libel against environmentalists
Press Release, August 11,
2011
Environmental organisation North Caucasus
Environmental Watch with YABLOKO’s support is
going to start a law suit against PR technologists
employed by the Eurochim company (which has constructed
and launched oil shipment terminal in the resort city
of Tuapse despite loud public protests) and hold them
answerable for libel...
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August 11,
2011 |
| Police
must now have our support, says LibDem Deputy Leader
Hughes
LI News Bulletin, Issue 245, August 11, 2011
As riots continue to spread across
the United Kingdom, President of the Liberal International
British Group (LIBG) and Deputy Leader of the Liberal
Democrats, the Rt. Hon. Simon Hughes MP, has spoken
out against the violence occurring in the capital.
“Things are now becoming very serious in many
areas of London …Police must now have our support
and they must be free to take the action they feel
necessary to restore peace in our communities…
“And there is just one simple message for young
people. Don't give in to the temptation to trash your
own communities — these are the places which
we all need for our future jobs, housing and prosperity.”
Lynn Featherstone MP also characterized the violence
as “…the wanton destruction of the fabric
of our communities and the violence against the police
[making] for scenes of absolute horror — the
like of which we have not seen on the streets of London.”
While the violence has calmed down in London, it has
now spread to the north and west of the country...
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Westerwelle, Clegg urge end to Kosovo border crisis
Liberals spread best practices in Asia
NI Justice Minister Ford meets with Liberal Vannin
Party |
August 10,
2011 |
| Police
is disgracing Russia
Sergei Mitrokhin's blog at the Echo Moskvi web-site,
August 10, 2011
A joint action by the Federation of
Russian Automobile Owners and YABLOKO [against use
of flashing lights at bureaucrats’ cars creating
terrible traffic jams in Moscow] began as usual at
8 a.m. [this August]. First everything was calm, as
according to the law one-person pickets do not require
any permissions from the authorities...
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| Youth
YABLOKO held a solidarity action with Syrian protestors
Press Release, August 10,
2011
Today, on August 10, Youth YABLOKO
conducted a solidarity action with Syrian protestors
by the Syrian Embassy in Moscow. The action was held
within the framework of the international campaign
launched by the International Federation of Liberal
Youth (IFLRY). Youth YABLOKO is a collective member
of IFLRY.
YABLOKO’s activists came to
the Embassy holding white roses and with sticky tapes
on their mouths. According to Kirill Gontcharov, leader
of the Moscow Youth YABLOKO, roses symbolize the victims
of the totalitarian regime and glued moths –
suppression of the dissenting by the regime... |
August 9,
2011 |
| Opposition
Slams Governor for ‘Secret’ Vote
St.Petersburg Times, August
3, 2011
...Yabloko Democratic Party said it
does not recognize the elections, which were not properly
announced and thus illegal in a statement on Monday,
which described them as a “shameful and undignified
farce.” It said that Matviyenko has a “panicked
fear” of any democratic procedures and the scheme’s
goal was to save her from any political competition
at the election.
“It’s an utter shame and
disgrace,” said Yabloko’s local chair
Maxim Reznik by phone on Monday.“And this is
a person who once was the governor! She simply humiliates
herself”... |
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Eurobonds
market now!
Press Release, ALDE, August 8, 2011
Whilst welcoming the ECB's decision
on Sunday evening to actively implement its bond buying
program, including for Spain and Italy, Guy Verhofstadt,
ALDE Leader said:
"In view of the severity of the
crisis, further exacerbated by the downgrading of
the US ranking, European leaders have got to stop
making quick fix-it solutions to the very serious
debt crisis. Rather than prepare the next plan for
Spain or Italy, they must tackle the root cause of
the problem...
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August 5,
2011 |
| Activist
of the Youth YABLOKO arrested due to provocation when
picketing in Moscow
Press Release, August 5, 2011
Gleb Sitnikov, activist of the Youth
YABLOKO was arrested by police due to provocation
from unidentified persons when picketing in Moscow
against preferences on the Moscow roads given to bureaucrats’
cars when all the traffic is stopped to give way to
the cars of the “VIPs’ cars” (the
so-called anti-siren-lights campaign)... |
| Liberals
call for urgent actions on Syria
LI News Bulletin, Issue 244, August 4, 2011
This past week, liberal leaders have
reacted strongly as violence escalates against anti-government
demonstrators in Syria. LI Vice President in the Bureau,
Abir Al-Sahlani, MP reacted: 'First and foremost,
the violence must be stopped. The UN must step in
and do more. We can't just watch how tanks are being
sent against civilians. We have a responsibility to
protect civillians'. Following the regime's deadliest
assault so far on demonstrators last Sunday , ALDE
leader Guy Verhofstadt called upon the EU to extend
sanctions to Syrian oil businesses. “We need
to hit as hard as possible on the regime's source
of finance.” Verhofstadt said, remarking that
90 percent of Syrian oil exports are exported to the
EU. German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle (FDP,
LI Full member), welcomed on Thursday the UN Security
Council's condemnation of Syrian regime's human rights
violations and demanded that a special UN envoy on
Syria to be immediately named and dispatched to the
country 'to bring the clear message of the international
community to Damascus.'
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Ivorians
ready to deal with the challenges
Egyptian liberals to join forces to combat growing
Islamist trends
Albright, Rae speak out on divisive politics in the
US
LI VP Montaner: Cuban reforms too little too late
Thailand: Vejjajiva warns of resorting to coup talks
DPP firmly re-asserts China policy ahead of 2012 elections
Suu Kyi attends high-level meeting, calls for ceasefire
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August 2,
2011 |
| Sergei
Mitrokhin connects resignation of Vyacheslav Dudka,
Governor of Tula Region, with corruption scandals
Press Release, July 29, 2011
"Resignation of Vyacheslav Dudka,
Governor Tula Region, is connected with corruption
scandals around him and his people," said YABLOKO’s
leader Sergei Mitrokhin.
"It was clear for me that Dudka would resign
soon after court acquitted Vladimir Timakov, MP of
the Tula City Duma [who was a defendant on a libel
case for his criticism of the Governor], on June 30,"
Mitrokhin added.
Court found that Vladimir Timakov, YABLOKO’s
MP in the Tula City Duma was guilty of libel in November
2010. The court found that Timakov’s criticism
of the Governor for corruption was “libel”... |
| On
the decision of the Velsk city court refusing Platon
Lebedev in release on parole
Statement by YABLOKO Chairman,
August 2, 2011
The Russian United Democratic Party
YABLOKO expresses its sincere and deep regret in view
of the fact that Platon Lebedev [ex-head of Menatep
imprisoned on the YUKOS case] was not released on
parole.
Courts in our country often apply
release on parole to killers and rapists who after
their release turn into serial pedophiles. However,
when absolutely non-dangerous for the citizens and
publicly important figures such as Platon Lebedev
are concerned, than private or group interests of
the authorities prevail under the mask of law. The
leadership of the country did not take any special
decision on Lebedev’s release on parole in an
exceptional order which is not surprising in the context
of the political developments around Platon Lebedev
and Mikhail Khodorkovsky case...
Unfortunately all the loud statements
by President Medvedev on modernisation of judicial
system have remained unrealized. That is why the Russian
citizens do not believe in fair justice, moreover
the society alienate from the Russian state.
We have been thinking and still think
that Platon Lebedev and Mikhail Khodorkovsky must
be released, this would become an important and humanistic
step and at the same time would serve to improvement
of our public climate. We shall spare no effort for
this... |
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EU
must extend sanctions to Syrian oil businesses
Press Release, ALDE, August 1, 2011
"Since the beginning of the peaceful
demonstrations against the regime in Syria, over 1.600
civilians have been killed, 12 thousand arrested,
3 thousand have disappeared and around 13 thousand
found shelter in Lebanon and Turkish camps...
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| August 1,
2011 |
| On
fraudulent tricks of future Chair of the Federation
Council
Press Release, August 1, 2011
Today YABLOKO’s leader Sergei
Mitrokhin forwarded an address to President of Russia
demanding that he should interfere into the situation
with fielding of St.Petersburg Governor Valentina
Matviyenko as candidate at local elections (as only
deputies of legislative bodies have a right to be
nominated Chair of the Federation Council) from municipal
constituencies Krasnenkaya Rechka and Okrug Petrovsky.
It should be noted that public learned
about elections in these constituencies three days
after closing date for registration of candidates
there. In particular, newspaper Okrug Petrovsky (dated
June 30) quoting the decision on appointing the election
in the constituency appeared only yesterday.
“The situation when the way
to the post of the third top official in the state
[Chair of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament]
begins from open political fraud is shameful and disgraceful
for Russia and the entire system of state power in
Russia,” runs the address.
See also:
The
Kremlin is trying to represent St Petersburg Governor
Valentina Matvienko’s nomination for speaker
of the Federation Council as a promotion, not punishment.
Some tricky formalities, however, will have to be
observed. By
Boris Vishnevsky. Novaya Gazeta, July 4, 2011 |
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