Archive for 'Economy'
Sergei Mitrokhin: Development of businesses requires a competitive rather than a rent-based economy
Press Release, 24.06.2015 A round table “What reforms are needed in the context of sustainable development of small and medium-sized enterprises” took place in the International University in Moscow today within he frameworks of an independent Public Expert Council for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs). YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin participated in the event.
Posted: July 2nd, 2015 under Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Ten people detained at the action of small-scale business owners
Press Release, 26.05.2015 Police has just detained ten people in the action which began in the Triumfalnaya Square by the Ministry of Economic Development. This information has been reported from the scene by YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin.
Posted: May 26th, 2015 under Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Nizhny Novgorod residents came to the rally in defense of a mini-bus entrepreneur
Press Release, 14.05.2015 Nizhny Novgorod YABLOKO supported a rally organized for protection of entrepreneur Dmitry Kargin, who carried passengers in his mini-bus along Route No 171.
Posted: May 18th, 2015 under Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the 15th anniversary since Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia
26.03.2015 Today is the 15th anniversary since Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia. YABLOKO founder Grigory Yavlinsky was Vladimir Putin’s competitor at the presidential elections in 2000… “… I am not going to fight for a “good” Putin. I am going to fight against Putin for the post of the President of Russia. I […]
Posted: March 26th, 2015 under History, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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A Conscious Choice?
By Grigory Yavlinsky. Novaya Gazeta, 6 February 2015 Russia’s place and role in the modern world is under the attack of the “collective West”, and not the political regime. Action needs to be taken now – otherwise it will soon prove impossible to stop the rollercoaster as it gathers momentum. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev declared […]
Posted: February 21st, 2015 under Economy, Understanding Russia.
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Russia’s political regime is turning into national-imperial neo-Bolshevism
Press Release, 18.02.2015 YABLOKO Political Committee believes that the present Russia’s regime of peripheral authoritarianism is turning into national-imperial neo-Bolshevism. The key element to this development has been inadequate foreign policies. The main slogan of the democratic opposition in these conditions must be the demand to stop interfering into Ukraine’s affairs.
Posted: February 18th, 2015 under Economy, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Grigory YAVLINSKY: Economy cannot survive these political decisions
Novaya Gazeta, 09.02.2015 The anti-European movement, to the historically reverse side will not lead to the crisis but to crash Anna Artemjeva / Novaya Gazeta The position of Yabloko Party and its leader Grigory YAVLINSKY was always uncompromisingly pacifist. But today the matter of how to treat the war has crossed the line of just […]
Posted: February 13th, 2015 under Economy, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: demolition of stands must be stopped
Press release, 29.01.2015 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin forwarded an application to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on small business protection proposals.
Posted: January 30th, 2015 under Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Oil may drop to $ 20 per barrel
How low oil prices may drop and how long this may last // Complete version of Grigory Yavlinsky’s article for RBC, 16.01.2015 A significant factor behind the unfavourable economic situation in Russia is a total failure of its so-called “energy policies” for the past 15 years A series of erroneous decisions and miscalculations of the […]
Posted: January 22nd, 2015 under Economy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky proposes to change the government or its economic unit and appoint ex Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin chair of the government
Press releases, photos, video, 13.12.2014 At present Russia faces two threats: a war and an economic collapse, said YABLOKO founder Grigory Yavlinsky. Speaking at the Federal Council of the YABLOKO party on Saturday, he proposed a programme of countermeasures. According to Yavlinsky, one of such measures should be resignation of the government and appointment of […]
Posted: December 16th, 2014 under Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: “One should conduct a legitimate referendum on the Crimean issue”
Press release, 13.12.2014 YABLOKO leader, when opening the Federal Council, stated that the solution of the Crimean issue can become only a legitimate referendum with the agreement of Ukraine and control of international organizations. An international conference should be conducted beforehand.
Posted: December 16th, 2014 under Russian Economy.
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Construction of the Parliamentary Centre in a Moscow park is unacceptable!
26.11.2014 Statement by the Moscow branch of the YABLOKO party On November 24, 2014, [the authorities] announced public hearings on “The project [for] area planning in Mnevnikovskaya floodplain” which is part of the natural protection zone “Natural-Historical Park Moskvoretsky”. The project envisages construction of the Parliamentary Centre for the Federal Assembly of Russia. The fact […]
Posted: November 28th, 2014 under Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Sergei Mitrokhin proposed to Sergei Naryshkin to abandon construction of the Parliamentary Centre in a Moscow park
Press Release, 26.11.2014 Today, when participating in the Council of Non-Parliamentary Parties “Development of Entrepreneurship in Russia”, YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin proposed to Sergei Naryshkin, Speaker of the State Duma, to abandon the construction of the Parliamentary Center in Mnevnikovskaya floodplain nature protection territory.
Posted: November 28th, 2014 under Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Boris Vishnevsky: How to measure Putin’s true rating
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog at Ekho Moskvy website, 19.11.2014 At the All-Russia People’s Front forum [a movement founded by Vladimir Putin to replace the ruling United Russia party. Supported by well-known public persons loyal to Putin] Vladimir Putin stated that ruble’s fall shouldn’t upset the citizens of Russia too much.
Posted: November 27th, 2014 under Economy.
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Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing in support of small business
Press release, 24.11.2014 The Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing in support of small businesses on September 22. They called the authorities to give up the plans to introduce new tax imposed on small businesses and also consider substitution of VAT with sales tax and develop a tax reform for this purpose.
Posted: November 24th, 2014 under Economy.
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A new tax imposed on small businesses threatens the economy
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 07.11.2014 The YABLOKO party expresses its protest in connection with introduction of a new tax imposed on small businesses.
Posted: November 10th, 2014 under Economy.
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Boris Vishnevsky: The innocent will answer for the guilty
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog at the Echo Moskvi website, 08.08.2014 When Magnitsky bill was introduced Putin and his escort responded with anti-orphan law.
Posted: August 12th, 2014 under Economy, Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Youth YABLOKO in Novosibirsk conducted picketing against Putin’s sanctions
Press Release, 08.08.2014 On August 8, member of the Novosibirsk Youth YABLOKO Kirill Maryin conducted one-person picketing against anti-Western and anti-Russian sanctions introduced by Putin which limit the customers rights.
Posted: August 12th, 2014 under Economy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Youth Policies.
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Putin’s sanctions hit on the citizens of Russia
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 07.08.2014 The introduction of counter measures on behalf of Putin’s Administration in respond to the economic sanctions of the West gives an impulse to a new wave of the multilateral international conflict. The measures banning the food import from a number of countries have been taken only to make a […]
Posted: August 8th, 2014 under Economy, Russia-Eu relations, Understanding Russia.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: The bill initiated by the Communist Party will allow only few people to become landlords
Press release, 30.06.2014 Grigory Yavlinsky, economist and author of the “Land-Houses-Roads” programme believes that individual housing construction based on the law “On the Patrimonial Estates” initiated by the Communist Party will not become mass-scale. (Ed. The programme envisages boosting of domestic demand via mass-scale housing construction by population on the plots of land granted to […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2014 under Economy.
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