Archive for 'Economy'
A lecture by economist Igor Nikolayev “On the Prospects of the Russian Economy” will be held at the Yabloko Party University
Press Release, 28.09.2022 Photo: Igor Nikolayev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 11 October, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “On the Prospects of the Russian Economy”. Lecturer is Igor Nikolayev, Director of the Institute for Strategic Analysis of the company “Financial and Accounting Consultants”, Doctor of Economics, and a member […]
Posted: October 5th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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The pro-government majority in the St.Petersburg parliament did not dare to support Yabloko’s parliamentary request on the sources of funding for battalions bearing toponymic names of the region
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg refused to forward a deputies’ inquiry to the Governor of St.Petersburg on the amount and sources of budgetary expenditures for the formation of bearing toponymic names of the region. The inquiry was submitted by […]
Posted: September 14th, 2022 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky launched his book about the causes of what happened on 24 February
Press Release, 10.09.2022 On Saturday, 10 September, Grigory Yavlinsky launched his book “Underlying Causes. Why and How Did a Political System Appear, Which Has Resulted in the Events of 24 February, 2022?” the Moscow office of the Yabloko party.
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky to launch his new book on the fundamental causes of what happened on February 24
Press Release, 8.09.2022 Photo: the cover of the book On Saturday, 10 September, the Moscow office of the Yabloko party (Pyatnitskaya 31/2) will host a launch of the book by Grigory Yavlinsky’s work “Underlying Causes. Why and How Did a Political System Appear, Which Has Resulted in the Events of 24 February, 2022?” now published […]
Posted: September 9th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Russia-2022: Underlying Causes
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 2.06.2022 The most important specific of Russian national disasters is that they can all be attributed to the inadequate capability documented in culture to respond adequately to the challenges of history. Alexander Akhiezer1 In order to understand what has happened in Russia and before we even attempt to contemplate what comes next, […]
Posted: July 4th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Understanding Russia, Без рубрики.
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A new book “A Civilisation Falling Behind” by Sergei Mitrokhin and Galina Mikhaleva will be launched on 31 May
Press Release, 20.05.2022 A new book “A Civilisation Falling Behind. How and Why Russia Failed to Become a Law-Governed State” by Sergei Mitrokhin and Galina Mikhaleva will be launched in the Moscow office of Yabloko (Pyatnitskaya, 31 bldg. 2) on Tuesday, 31 May, at 18:00.
Posted: May 20th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Stop killing Ukrainians and stop killing Russian soldiers. Stop it!”
Youtube channel Zhivoi Gvozd (Live Nail), complete transcript and English susbtitles in the video, 19.03.2022 Vitaly Dymarsky: Since I was instructed, Grigory Alexeyevich, to ask you the first question… Grigory Yavlinsky: Yes, please. Vitaly Dymarsky: But I have two of them. Absolutely hackneyed: “who is to blame?” and “what to do?”. Where do we start? […]
Posted: March 30th, 2022 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy.
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Boris Vishnevsky: I receive hundreds of appeals from voters asking me to do everything possible to stop the bloodshed
Press Release, 28.03.2022 Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, spoke on the air of the Partburo programme about the problems that St. Petersburg residents have most often addressed to him. Vishnevsky said that topics of great concern to the residents of the city were […]
Posted: March 29th, 2022 under Economy, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Russia is committing suicide”
Forum24, Czech Republic, 25.03.2022 Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Petr Hlaváček Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky. February 2019 / Photo: by the Yabloko Party Press Service On 13 March, Grigory Yavlinsky gave an interview to the Czech media Forum24. The leader of the Yabloko party spoke about the situation in Russia against the backdrop of hostilities in […]
Posted: March 28th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Video recording of the lecture by Dr. Yevgeny Gontmakher on the consequences of the “special operation” for the Russian economy and citizens available
Press Release, 23.03.2022 On 22 March, the Yabloko Party University hosted a Zoom-lecture by Dr. Yevgeny Gontmakher on the topic: “A“special operation” in Ukraine: the consequences for the economy and citizens”. The lecturer is a professor at the Higher School of Economics, Doctor of Economics, Co-Chairman of the Public Constitutional Council, and an expert of […]
Posted: March 25th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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A lecture by Dr. Yevgeny Gontmakher on the consequences of the “special operation” for the economy and citizens will be held at the Yabloko Party University
Press Release, 17.03.2022 Photo: Yevgeny Gontmakher / Photo from social networks On 22 March, the Yabloko Party University will host a Zoom-lecture by Dr. Yevgeny Gontmakher on the topic: “A“special operation” in Ukraine: the consequences for the economy and citizens”. The lecturer is a professor at the Higher School of Economics, Doctor of Economics, Co-Chairman […]
Posted: March 17th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Voting has begun on candidates for the 2021 Golden Toilet Brush anti-award, recognising the most wasteful spenders in government
Among the candidates are head of the Russian Guard, Minister of Culture, head of the Central Electoral Commission and the governors of Chelyabinsk and Novgorod Regions. Press Release, 8.02.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre has opened voting (https://www.yabloko.ru/lp/brush/ ) for this year’s “Zolotoy Yorshik” (Golden Toilet Brush) Anti-Award. The […]
Posted: February 11th, 2022 under Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Chairman of the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko took part in a rally against growth of prices and tariffs
Press Release, 31.01.2022 Photo by the Press Service of the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko The Bashkirian branch of Yabloko supported the protest of residents against the increase in prices for the maintenance of housing and the growth of tariffs for housing and communal services, as well as unjustified raising of expenses for regional officials.
Posted: February 1st, 2022 under Economy, Housing and Utilities Reform, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stop destruction of federalism and local self-government in Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Bureau, 19.11.2021 Photo: The authors of the bill MP Pavel Krasheninnikov and Senator Andrei Klishas. / Photo by Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant The Yabloko party regards the Klishas-Krashennikov bill “On the general principles of organising public power in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation” as the final elimination of federalism and […]
Posted: November 19th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg: “It is easy to manipulate a poor person, it is easier for the authorities to give political instructions to such a person”
Press Release, 6.11.2021 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in the office of the Ekho Moskvi in Pskov radio station / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko According to the Russian Federal Statistical Service (Rosstat), in 2020 the poverty level in Russia symbolically decreased from 12.3% to 12.1%. At the same time, the […]
Posted: November 8th, 2021 under Economy, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Launch of the book by Sergei Mitrokhin and Galina Mikhaleva “Along the Track of a Special Path”
Press Release, 29.10.2021 On Wednesday, 3 November, the launch of the book by Sergei Mitrokhin and Galina Mikhaleva “Along the Track of a Special Path” will take place. The event will take place via Zoom and will start at 18:00. The authors of the book attempt to answer the question of why the peculiarities of […]
Posted: October 29th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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Negative Selection*
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 27.10.2021 (*Negative selection is a mechanism prioritising and ensuring selection of the worst. See, for example, here) The State Duma elections ended exactly one month ago. We approached these elections in a situation when the system had been consolidated and had started moving definitely and consciously to an aggressive-repressive model of relations with […]
Posted: October 27th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Presidential Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Yevgeny Gontmakher on the social development of the Russian Federation in the COVID era
Press Release, 22.10.2021 To watch the lecture in English, please turn on the English subtitles in the video.
Posted: October 26th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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The Ryazan branch of Yabloko: construction permit granted by the authorities to developers in Yesenin street in Ryazan is a direct deception of residents in the interests of the oligarch Koskin
Press Release, 20.10.2021 Photo by the Ryazan branch of Yabloko Despite the numerous promises of the authorities to achieve a revision of the project for the development of the territory by the Bars shopping centre in Yesenina street in Ryazan, the developer was issued a building permit, and preparatory works began. The project was not […]
Posted: October 25th, 2021 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anatoly Golov: Vladimir Putin’s lost war
Anatoly Golov’s blog post, 20.10.2021 Photo by mike_laptev/depositphotos.com Recently, President Putin, speaking of the 13,000 fatalities on the roads of the country in 2020, compared this to losses “in military actions”. True. Russia is losing a lot of people in the war that our drivers are waging against Russian roads. However, there is another war, […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2021 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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