Archive for 'Economy'
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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The 5G Break Zone
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 24.06.2019 STALIN AND MAO: GREAT AGAIN? In his speech at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow before a concert to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and China, Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, started by telling a story about Mao Zedong. It turned […]
Posted: July 2nd, 2019 under Economy, Russia-China Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy.
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Slabunova initiated an appeal from the Parliament of Karelia to Minister of Culture on improving the quality of restoration of monuments
Press release, 27.06.2019 Emilia Slabunova, Chairperson of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, submitted to the Karelian parliament a draft appeal to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky on improving the quality of restoration of cultural heritage objects.
Posted: June 28th, 2019 under Economy, Russian Economy.
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On the lost time and the “sovereign armored train”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 30.04.2019 Vladimir Putin said that the decree on the simplified procedure for issuing Russian passports to residents of certain regions of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine was “a humanitarian measure”. That is, it is like taking care of people who are suffering. In fact, in order to alleviate the suffering […]
Posted: April 30th, 2019 under Economy, Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Situation in Crimea, Understanding Russia.
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An Opponent’s View
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 30.04.2019 Grigory Yavlinsky’s book The Putin System has been published by Columbia University Press, New York. How power works in present-day Russia, how Vladimir Putin came to power and maintains his rule for over 20 years — these questions are often misunderstood and the answers remain opaque. In The Putin System, Russian […]
Posted: April 30th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, History, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Understanding Russia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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After criticism by Emilia Slabunova, the leadership of Karelia will increase funding for research
Press Release, 29.04.2019 Arthur Parfenchikov, head of Karelia, submitted to the parliament of the Republic of Karelia draft amendments to the budget, which provide for an increase in co-financing of scientific research within the framework of an agreement with the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in 2019.
Posted: April 30th, 2019 under Economy, Education and Science, Social Policies.
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A round table “For Decent Medicine” held by the Yabloko branch in Chuvashia
Press Release, 25.04.2019 A round table discussion on the problems of the Russian health care system was held in the office of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Chuvashia. Basing on the results of the discussion, representatives of political parties and public associations of Chuvashia adopted a resolution “For Decent Medicine”, which was […]
Posted: April 25th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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They are preparing Russia for a war
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 5.04.2019 They are preparing Russia for a war. The propagandise. They intimidate. They threaten. Kinzhal (Dagger), Sarmat, Poseidon, Peresvet… Endless news about the “newest deadly” weapons. “Wonderful,” Putin says, “a gift to the country for the New Year is the Avangard missile.”
Posted: April 22nd, 2019 under Economy, Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, The Russian Army, Без рубрики.
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The Vologda branch of Yabloko participated in the rally “We demand!”
Press Release, 22.04.2019 On 20 April, a rally of the city opposition was held in Vologda under the slogan “We demand!”. The speakers demanded that the authorities abolish their tariffs for garbage collection and revise their project for improvement of the Vologda embankment. Members of the Vologda branch of Yabloko took part in the […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2019 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Housing and Utilities Reform, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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The Omsk branch of Yabloko participated in a rally for observance of the Constitution and resignation of the Russian government
Press Release, 9.04.2019 The Omsk Public City Council, which the regional branch of the Yabloko party is a member of, held a rally for observance of the Constitution and resignation of the Russian government.
Posted: April 9th, 2019 under Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko met the militarist propaganda train of the Ministry of Defense with anti-war pickets
Press Release, 8.04.2019 On 6 April, the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko organised an antiwar picket. The action was a response to the arrival of the government’s propaganda train “The Syrian Turning Point”, which goes across Russia demonstrating trophy military equipment from Syria. According to the organisers of the picket, on the day the train stops […]
Posted: April 8th, 2019 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Russian Economy, War in Syria.
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Sewerage, state-owned corporations and national projects
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 3.04.2019 Every fifth family in Russia does not have access to a centralised sewage system. But neither the government nor the regional authorities are going to do anything about it. Why? Simply because if they allocate money for sewage, they really have to build it, because sewage has specific consumers – millions […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2019 under Economy, Housing and Utilities Reform, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko’s branch in Kalmykia gave negative assessment to regional officials at a rally dedicated to the Constitution of the Republic
Press Release, 1.04.2019 On 30 March, the Kalmyk regional branch of the Yabloko party held a rally dedicated to the Constitution (the Steppe Code) of the Republic of Kalmykia. The rally discussed not only the problems of the Constitution of the Republic of Kalmykia, but also a wide range of issues related to the basic […]
Posted: April 1st, 2019 under Economy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Emilia Slabunova spoke against the bill on reducing requirements for investors in Karelia
Press Release, 22.03.2019 Emilia Slabunova, Chair of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, spoke against the bill on reducing the requirements for investors in Karelia at the Karelian parliament today.
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Economy.
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