Archive for 'Economy'
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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The Kirov branch of Yabloko rallied “For Environmental Rights”
Press Release, 24.09.2019 The Kirov branch of Yabloko participated in the rally “For Environmental Rights” conducted within the All-Russian Day of Environmental Protest. Activists and supporters of the Yabloko party, including Polina Klyucharova, Alexander Amosov and Arthur Abashev, took part in the action. The rally participants opposed the construction of the Maradykovsky complex for processing […]
Posted: September 26th, 2019 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “The adoption of the Paris Agreement is a political PR”
Deutsche Welle, 24.09.2019 Deutsche Welle talked with Grigory Yavlinsky, the founder of the Yabloko party and Doctor of Economics, about why the Russian Federation adopted the Paris climate agreement and what consequences it will have for society and the economy. Deutsche Welle: Grigory Alexeyevich, more than three years have passed between the signing of […]
Posted: September 26th, 2019 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Pickets against imports of garbage were held in Novgorod and Okulovka
Press Release, 23.09.2019 The team of the Novgorod Yabloko organised and conducted a series of pickets against the imports of garbage from Moscow and St. Petersburg into other regions. The protest action was held in Novgorod and Okulovka. Anna Cherepanova, Chairperson of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and MP in the City Duma of Novgorod, […]
Posted: September 23rd, 2019 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre launched its report for 2018
The brochure contains investigations, analytics, and an account of the centre activities. Press Release, 17.09.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre party launched a report on its work in 2018. The brochure presents investigations, examinations and analytics prepared by the Centre.
Posted: September 18th, 2019 under Economy, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko activists from the Krasnoyarsk branch of the party rally for resignation of Governor
Press Release, 5.08.2019 Yabloko activists from the Krasnoyarsk branch of the party took part in the rally for resignation of Alexander Uss, Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The discontent of more than two thousand people who came out to rally in Krasnoyarsk was caused by the lack of actions by the authorities in the situation […]
Posted: August 5th, 2019 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Four Questions About Flooding in the Irkutsk Region
Grigory Yavlinsky’s Telegram Channel, 4.07.2019 Over a week they have been struggling with the consequences of terrible flooding in the Irkutsk region. It is already known about 20 dead and 15 missing, 6.700 houses and 32,000 people are in the disaster area, over 2.500 people are evacuated.
Posted: July 5th, 2019 under Economy, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko opens free legal consulting for citizens
Press Release, 4.07.2019 The Rostov-on-Don branch of the Yabloko party opens a legal consulting bureau which will provide free advice to citizens on property and land issues, as well as housing and utilities services. Expert Oleg Zelinsky will answer the residents’ questions.
Posted: July 4th, 2019 under Housing and Utilities Reform.
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