Archive for 'Economy'
Putin’s proposals mean masking of the conservation of the system
Statement by Yabloko Chairman, 16.01.2020 The initiatives contained in the annual Address of President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly do not cause illusions. No significant changes or democratisation of the system is expected. The declared initiatives are targeted at strengthening the political system that has developed over the past 20 years and maintaining Putin […]
Posted: January 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights.
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“Putin is preparing a new public post for himself.” Yabloko leaders on the President’s Address to the Federal Assembly
Press Release, 15.01.2020 I his annual Address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed amending the Russian Constitution, apparently aimed at preserving him at the top of state power even after 2024, when his presidential term expires. Much was said about overcoming poverty in the country, which he has been leading for more […]
Posted: January 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov on the Address of Vladimir Putin to the Russian palriament
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 15.01.2020 Today’s Presidential Address [to the parliament] has finally returned us to the Leonid Brezhnev [stagnation] period [in the USSR]: slow reading of the text written on paper, silent audience but bursting into applause at the right moments. Certainly, the directors of the event counted on resounding success of the promises […]
Posted: January 16th, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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President’s Address to the nation: the conclusions
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 15.01.2020 Vladimir Putin has spoken with an Address to the Federal Assembly. People want change, the President said. And he proposed to amend the Constitution. So that no international courts, no international law would any longer interfere with the Construction of an isolated authoritarian (that is, sovereign, as Putin thinks) state. So […]
Posted: January 15th, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: Putin has submitted proposals aimed at maintaining his system of power
Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 15.01.2020 The main thing in Putin’s proposals today: First. Isolation of Russia from the system of international law, that is, the impossibility of protecting the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens on the basis of international law. This virtually means Russia’s withdrawal from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human […]
Posted: January 15th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Nikolay Rybakov on climate change and what measures the Russian authorities need to take to reduce the threat of forest fires
Facebook page by Nikolai Rybakov, 10.01.2020 Winter holidays in Moscow, St. Petersburg and in many cities of the country passed almost without snow. At the same time, news lines were filled with reports of large-scale fires in Australia, the area of which is four times larger today than the area of the forest that burnt […]
Posted: January 14th, 2020 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy.
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Nina Dumnova: Lack of economic growth in Russia did not affect the growth of welfare of Russian billionaires
Press Release, 9.01.2020 Despite the fact that last year the Russian economy grew by only 1 per cent and is still in the midst of a deep recession, this did not affect the growth of the welfare of Russian billionaires. They got good dividends in 2019. Thus, the total fortune of all Russian billionaires has […]
Posted: January 13th, 2020 under Economy, Russian Economy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: How much does the Crimean bridge cost?
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 25.12.2019 They built a bridge from Taman to Kerch. It turned out three times more expensive than same kind of bridges in the world. They built it on budget money, and in our state and in such cases part of this money will be stolen. Like was the case with the Vostochny […]
Posted: December 26th, 2019 under Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Freedom for political prisoners – this demand must be repeated every day. Their freedom is our freedom
Press Release, 14.12.2019 Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, made a political report at the 21st Party Congress (full transcript in Russian is here). The report dealt with Russia’s domestic and foreign policies, the situation in Russian economy, as well as the challenges that Yabloko faces today.
Posted: December 16th, 2019 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections.
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Deputies of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko vote against the draft budgets of their municipalities
Press Release, 12.12.2019 Deputies of the Ryazan branch of the Yabloko party oppose the draft budgets of their municipalities. Konstantin Smirnov, deputy of the Dubrovsky rural settlement, has already voted against the budget of the settlement, all other deputies of the Council representing United Russia supported the draft. Anatoly Kivva, deputy of the Zaboryevsky rural […]
Posted: December 13th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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LOSS OF THE FUTURE
A time of troubles and change By GRIGORY YAVLINSKY Full version, 26.11. 2017 A number of recent events have radically changed the self-awareness of millions of people all over the world, primarily in the most economically developed parts, which had been objectively until now at the forefront of development in the world and defined to […]
Posted: December 12th, 2019 under Economy, Foreign policy, Без рубрики.
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Emilia Slabunova criticised the law on protection of investment at the meeting of the State Duma
Press Release, 10.12.2019 Today, Yabloko party Chair Emilia Slabunova criticised the law on protecting investments and encouraging investment at a meeting of the State Duma. The Russian parliament was examining the bill in the first reading. “It is impossible to improve the investment climate without improving the political climate, without a radical transformation of the […]
Posted: December 11th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, Russian Economy, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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The Bashkirian branch of Yabloko went on pickets on Human Rights Day
Press Release, 11.12.2019 On December 10, the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko held a series of on-person pickets (that do not require coordination with the authorities) in defense of human rights.
Posted: December 11th, 2019 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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Emilia Slabunova on the voting of for Yabloko’s amendments for draft budget of Karelia in the Karelian parliament: the ruling United Russia party manages the budget not in the interests of voters
Press Release, 28.11.2019 Today, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia did not support amendments of the Yabloko faction to the draft budget of the Republic of Karelia for 2020. The bill was examined in the second reading. “The behaviour of the deputies clearly demonstrates that they understand the importance and necessity of our amendments, […]
Posted: November 29th, 2019 under Economy, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia.
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“Nothing can be solved without politics.” Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina are visiting the Pskov region
Press Release, 15.11.2019 Today the three-day visit of Yabloko’s leaders to the Pskov region has begun. Party Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Political Committee and head of Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, arrived in the region for a conference on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Pskov branch […]
Posted: November 18th, 2019 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, History, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Social Policies.
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Emilia Slabunova asked the Moscow Public Prosecutor to check the work of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin due to the lack of a development strategy in the Russian capital
Press Release, 14.11.2019 Yabloko party, Emilia Slabunova, asked Denis Popov, Moscow Public Prosecutor, to check the work of Sergei Sobyanin, the Moscow Mayor. Back in July of this year, Slabunova asked the Mayor to explain why Moscow did not have a socio-economic development strategy which is must according to the federal law, but has still […]
Posted: November 14th, 2019 under Economy, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina to visit the Pskov region for the 25th anniversary of the regional branch of the party
Press Release, 11.11.2019 On November 15 and 16, Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee and head of the Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, will visit the Pskov region, where a conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Pskov branch of the party will be held.
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, History, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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The Yabloko faction in Moscow City Duma to discuss Moscow’s budget for 2020 with Moscow municipal deputies
Press Release, 21.10.2019 On Tuesday, 22 October, a meeting of the Yabloko’s faction in Moscow City Duma with Moscow municipal deputies will be held in the Yabloko office. The topic of the meeting is as follows: What the budget of Moscow for 2020 should be. On 15 October, the Moscow Mayor’s Office submitted to the […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2019 under Economy, Elections, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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Yevgeny Kurakin is transferred from jail under house arrest
Press Release, 15.10.2019 Today, the Moscow Region Court considered the appeal on the measure of restraint in the case of Yevgeny Kurakin, head of the branch of Yabloko in Reutov, the Moscow Region. The court ruled out to return the case to the preliminary hearing stage to the Reutov court (the court of the first […]
Posted: October 16th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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20 years of Putin and the future
by Grigory Yavlinsky, 20.09.2019 In August 1999 the young director of the Federal Security Service Vladimir Putin was appointed chairman of the Russian Government. By the end of the same year after the early resignation of Russia’s first President Boris Yeltsin, he started assuming his duties. Putin’s longstanding opponent Grigory Yavlinsky discusses the phenomenon of […]
Posted: September 30th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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