Archive for 'Russian Economy'
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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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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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 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 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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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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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 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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Yabloko Chairperson: Vladimir Putin must change all his plans and visit the village of Tomsino where extreme poverty make people go rogue
Press Release, 18.03.2019 According to Emilia Slabunova, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who announced the Decade of Childhood in Russia, must personally visit the village of Tomsino in Sebezhsky District, the Pskov Region, where fellow villagers harassed and mobbed Tanya Perchikova, 12-year-old girl who wrote a letter to Russian President asking for help. Moreover, the head […]
Posted: March 18th, 2019 under Economy, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “The elimination of poverty will be conducted right in the Russian Statistical Service”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 6.02.2019 How to increase growth rates of the economy and overcome poverty in Russia? It is very simple. It is necessary to appoint such a head to the Russian Federal Statistical Service (Rosstat) who will draw both economic growth and an increase of income of the population, and unceasingly trumpet about this […]
Posted: February 6th, 2019 under Economy, Russian Economy.
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