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“A woman is not an incubator”: Yabloko in St. Petersburg voted against the bill on “banning inducement to abortion”
Press Release, 1.05.2025 Photo: Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg / Photo by the Press Service of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly The Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly did not support the bill, which introduces administrative liability for “committing actions with the purpose of forcing a pregnant woman to artificially terminate a pregnancy by […]
Posted: May 6th, 2025 under Gender Faction, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko introduces federal initiative to open access to files of non-exonerated victims of political repression in the USSR
Press Release, 30.04.2025 Photo by Yuri Martyanov, Kommersant Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg have introduced a federal legislative initiative that should open access for relatives and researchers to archival files of non-exonerated victims of political repression in the USSR.
Posted: April 30th, 2025 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky answered questions from the viewers of the Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel about the past, present and future of Russia
Press Release, 29.04.2025 Over the past 120 years, Russia has experienced many tragedies and catastrophes: revolutions, coups d’etat, destructive and bloody wars, and large-scale political repressions. Even the state disappeared twice: in 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed, and in 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart.
Posted: April 29th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko ready to defend medical workers coerced into joining the pro-government United Russia party through administrative pressure
Press Release, 28.04.2025 Photo: A memo handed to the medical workers how to fill in an application form to become member of United Russia and where to bring the application Several employees of medical institutions in St.Petersburg have approached deputies from the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly. Medical workers reported being forced to […]
Posted: April 28th, 2025 under Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Kamchatka Yabloko leader Vladimir Yefimov faces unlawful transfer to a penal colony in a different region. Flight poses a deadly threat for him due to his cardio disease
Press Release, 28.04.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo from social media The Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (UFSIN) for Kamchatka Krai is sending journalist Vladimir Yefimov to serve his sentence for “discrediting the army” in a penal colony in the Primorye region instead of Kamchatka. The Penitentiary Service claims there are no available places in the […]
Posted: April 28th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Shishlov at a conference in the St. Petersburg University of Technology Management and Economics: “The main task in human rights now is to conclude a ceasefire and stop killing of people”
Press Release, 25.04.2025 Photo: Alexander Shishlov at the St. Petersburg University of Technology Management and Economics / Photo by St.Petersburg Yabloko The head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Shishlov, spoke at the 11th International Conference “Human Rights Activities in Modern Russia: Problems and Their Solutions” at the St. […]
Posted: April 25th, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions to conduct its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 17.04.2025 Photo by the Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko Traditionally, everyone who is ready to support those deprived of freedom for their free speech and beliefs, with care and a kind words, is invited to the actions in support of political prisoners. Come to our offices and other meeting places, sign postcards and […]
Posted: April 17th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands that the Public Prosecutor General’s Office investigate the actions of police against citizens of Kyrgyzstan during the raid in Moscow
Press Release, 16.04.2025 Photo: Screenshot of a video recording from one of the CCTV cameras of the bath complex during the raid Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, and Maxim Kruglov, the authorized representative of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov demanding an urgent and […]
Posted: April 17th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan upheld the decision to fine Yabloko’s Ruslan Zinatullin 250,000 roubles
Press Release, 10.04.2025 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin (centre) with the Tatarstan Yabloko team / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 9 April, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan considered the appeals of the Chairman of the Tatarstan Yabloko Ruslan Zinatullin and candidate for party membership Sofia Fyodorova. They were found guilty of […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to host Sergei Mitrokhin’s lecture on organization of civil society
Press Release, 10.04.2025 Photo from Sergei Mitrokhin’s Telegram channel On 17 April, Yabloko will host a lecture by the second Chairman of Yabloko Sergei Mitrokhin on “Organisation of Civil Society in Counteracting the Merger of Business and Power”. Sergei Mitrokhin will explain how the oligarchic system affects the rights of Moscow residents and will demonstrate […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Governance, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Sixth Yabloko Auction in support of political prisoners raised 3.051 million roubles for the families of political prisoners
Press Release, 9.04.2025 A charity auction was held at the central office of the Yabloko party and online on 8 April. All proceeds will be sent to the families and lawyers of eight political prisoners — activist Pavel Sinelnikov, electoral expert Grigory Melkonyants, leader of Kamchatka Yabloko Vladimir Yefimov, human rights activist Sergei Maryin, journalist […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Charity, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Neither Russia, nor Ukraine, nor Europe will ever be the same
Zhivoi Gvozd, 8.04.2025 The video with an option of switching in English subtitles Negotiations on a ceasefire are underway. This is a very complex process in the current situation. There will certainly be intermittences, breakdowns, contradictory statements and explanations. However, the main thing is that negotiations to achieve a ceasefire are, in principle, inevitable and […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to stream the sixth auction in support of families and defenders of political prisoners
Press Release, 6.04.2025 On 8 April, Yabloko is holding the sixth charity auction in support of families and defenders of political prisoners. All proceeds from the auction will be sent to the relatives of eight political prisoners: activist Pavel Sinelnikov, electoral expert Grigory Melkonyants, leader of Kamchatka Yabloko Vladimir Yefimov, human rights activist Sergei Maryin, […]
Posted: April 7th, 2025 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Court made a decision on the third criminal case against Vladimir Yefimov. The total term of imprisonment is two years
Press Release, 4.04.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo from social media The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court has made a decision on the third criminal case against journalist and leader of the regional branch of the Yabloko party Vladimir Yefimov. Yefimov was sentenced to two years in a penal colony under two articles – “demonstration of extremist […]
Posted: April 4th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Ryazan Regional Court leaves Ryazan Yabloko Chairman Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention
Press Release, 3.04.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov at a court hearing via video link / Photo by Vid Sboku On 3 April, the Ryazan Regional Court upheld the decision of the court of the lower instance to extend the arrest for Konstantin Smirnov, the Editor-in-Chief of the Vid Sboku (Side View) online media and deputy of […]
Posted: April 4th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Kamchatka Krai Court upheld Vladimir Yefimov’s sentence in his second criminal case for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 31.03.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The decision was made on 28 March. Earlier, Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of Kamchatka Yabloko and journalist, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony in his second criminal case for “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Ksenia Cherepanova became the eleventh Yabloko member added to the register of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 28.03.2025 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from the personal archive The Ministry of Justice added Ksenia Cherepanova, the Chairwoman of the Veliky Novgorod city branch of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”. She became the eleventh party member to be added to the register.
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moscow Yabloko asks the Public Prosecutor’s Office to initiate an immediate investigation into the detention conditions of journalist Maria Ponomarenko in a pretrial detention facility
Press Release, 18.03.2025 Photo: Maria Ponomarenko / Photo by RusNews Mass media have reported, citing a lawyer, that Maria Ponomarenko attempted suicide “due to constant bullying by the administration” of the detention facility and is currently on a dry hunger strike. Moscow Yabloko representative Maxim Kruglov is asking the Public Prosecutor of the Altiai Territory, […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Federal bill on killing animals is being considered by the parliaments in Russian regions. Yabloko appeals to deputies with a request not to support cruelty
Press Release, 17.03.2025 Photo by zastavkin/depositphotos In late February, a bill “On Responsible Treatment of Animals” was introduced to the State Duma. It gives the right to the Russian regions to independently set the time limits for keeping homeless animals in shelters, after which cats and dogs will be euthanised. The State Duma will make […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko appealed to Vladimir Putin asking to reject the law on the liquidation of local self-government
Press Release, 17.03.2025 Photo: The Constitution of the Russian Federation with amendments of 2020 /Photo by Pavel Lysitsin, RIA Novosti Today Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the President of Russia asking to reject the law on the liquidation of local self-government. Yabloko believes that the new law completely subordinates local self-government to […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Без рубрики.
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