Archive for 'Russian Economy'
Municipal deputies from Yabloko in Ryazan demanded to stop the forced collection of money from state employees to fight against coronavirus
Press Release, 17.04.2020 Yabloko municipal deputies of the Ryazan region appealed to Governor Nikolai Lyubimov, Ivan Panchenko, regional Public Prosecutor, and Igor Grekov, Vice Governor and head of the coronavirus task force, in connection with the forced collection of money from state employees to fight against coronavirus. Deputies Konstantin Smirnov and Anatoly Kivva insist on […]
Posted: April 17th, 2020 under Economy, Education and Science, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Yabloko calls on the President and Government to expand the list of supported non-profit organisations
Press Release, 16.04.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov appealed to President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to provide support to the entire sector of non-profit organisations, regardless of their type of activity and sources of funding. At the moment, the government is ordered to implement support measures only for non-profit organisations providing aid to […]
Posted: April 16th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Yabloko continues to urge governors to redirect funds allocated to campaign for Putin’s amendments to the Constitution to the fight against COVID-19
Press Release, 15.04.2020 Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov continues forwarding appeals to the heads of Russian regions. He calls for redirecting the funds allocated in the regional budgets for campaigning in the all-Russian voting for Vladimir Putin’s constitutional amendments to needs of healthcare and assistance to citizens in difficult life situations.
Posted: April 15th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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“Not border stones, but masks”. Yabloko: Moscow Mayor must change the priorities of city budget in favour of support to citizens
Press Release, 11.04.2020 The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma made a package of proposals to the Moscow government aimed at providing socio-economic support to residents of Moscow in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. The document proposes to redistribute the funds envisaged in the budget for 2020 from long-term infrastructure and entertainment projects to […]
Posted: April 15th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Boris Vishnevsky called on the police to provide social assistance to elderly residents of St.Petersburg sent to “self-isolation”
Press Release, 13.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, called on Roman Pugin, head of the St. Petersburg police, to consider the possibility of involving police officers in providing social assistance to elderly residents of St. Petersburg who are forcibly sent to “self-isolation” and are deprived of […]
Posted: April 13th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands from the government to review the list of systemically important companies
Press Release, 11.04.2020 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with a demand to review the list of 646 systemically important organisations that should receive state support. The party believes that this list was compiled in a non-transparent manner and in violation of the basic principles of market competition.
Posted: April 13th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko asked Prime Minister Mishustin to protect couriers and volunteers
Press Release, 10.04.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asking him to adopt a decree on the protection of delivery service employees and volunteers of social services. According to the head of the party, this document is needed against the background of increasing risks that these categories of citizens […]
Posted: April 10th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Boris Vishnevsky proposes to grant a rent waiver to entrepreneurs and NGOs renting their premises from St. Petersburg until the end of the quarantine
Press Release, 10.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, submitted to the city parliament a bill envisaging a rent waiver on non-residential premises for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as non-profit organisations they rent from the city of St.Petersburg for the entire period of validity of […]
Posted: April 10th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Boris Vishnevsky: Hand out masks, not St. George ribbons*!
Boris Vishnevsky blog post, 6.04.2020 * St. George ribbons in Russia are considered to be a symbol of the USSR victory in the Second World War. The Russian government, instead of allocating funds for the purchase of the necessary number of personal protection equipment (masks, respirators, gloves, protective suits and so on), which are lacking […]
Posted: April 9th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko calls on the Governor to ensure compliance with the sanitary-epidemiological measures at the industrial enterprises of the region
Press Release, 7.04.2020 The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko called on Alexei Teksler, Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, to ensure compliance with the sanitary-epidemiological measures by the collectives of industrial enterprises the region is rich with. Yabloko activists note that key industrial enterprises of the Chelyabinsk region resume or continue their work, but their employees do […]
Posted: April 9th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Yabloko invited governors to redirect funds allocated to campaign for Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Constitution to healthcare
Press Release, 7.04.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the heads of several Russian regions. He called for redirection of funds allocated to the regional budgets for campaigning on the all-Russian voting on constitutional amendments to the needs of healthcare and aid to citizens in a difficult situation.
Posted: April 8th, 2020 under Activities, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Governance, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Anna Cherepanova called on the Governor of the Novgorod region to take urgent anti-crisis measures to help people
Appeal by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, 6.04.2020 Photo: Anna Cherepanova Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Duma of Veliky Novgorod, sent an appeal to Governor Andrei Nikitin to immediately take anti-crisis measures and provide aid to people and businesses.
Posted: April 7th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Yabloko Bureau: 10 per cent of Russia’s GDP should be allocated for direct financial support of citizens and the private businesses
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 3.04.2020 The situation in Russia has been rapidly changing for the worse. The number of people affected by COVID-19 infection has been growing every day. In most regions, bans and restrictions have been imposed on the work of enterprises and organisations in public catering, trade, tourism, culture, sports, entertainment and […]
Posted: April 6th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko launched a web-site on measures to support citizens and businesses affected by the COVID-19 epidemic
Press Release, 2.04.2020 The web-site will generate proposals on measures to support those affected by the quarantine measures and the economic crisis. In addition, the website contains the proposals of the Yabloko party, as well as support measures voiced by federal and regional authorities.
Posted: April 2nd, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Where can Russia get the money?
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 1.04.2020 The USA directs 9 per cent of its GDP to support people and the economy, the UK about 14 per cent and Germany over 20 per cent. Russia has so far allocated only 0.3 per cent of its GDP for medicine, aid to private businesses and the population. Where to get […]
Posted: April 1st, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Без рубрики.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko calls on the Governor to abolish fees for capital repairs of housing and reduce tariffs for utilities in the region
Press Release, 1.04.2020 The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko called on Gleb Nikitin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, to abolish fees for capital repairs of housing in the situation of quarantine for COVID-19 and compensate for 30 per cent of residents payments for utilities at the expense of the regional budget.
Posted: April 1st, 2020 under Economy, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Yabloko sends its emergency programme to combat COVID-19 pandemic to the Russian President, government and parliament
Press Release, 31.03.2020 Chairman of Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov sent the authorities a programme of socio-economic and political measures developed by the party to overcome the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The document was sent to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, members of both houses of parliament, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, as well as to the […]
Posted: March 31st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Russian Army, War in Syria, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko proposed a programme of urgent measures to support citizens and business people during the COVID-19 pandemic
Press Release, 28.03.2020 According to Yabloko, the Russian authorities should provide all possible support to citizens facing the threat of not only becoming infected with coronavirus, but also losing their means of subsistence, as well as private businesses. The party has developed a programme of urgent measures, consisting of 20 points of a socio-economic measures […]
Posted: March 30th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Russian Army, War in Syria, Без рубрики.
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He lied again
Boris Vishnevsky’s commentary on Vladimir Putin’s statement that the middle class in Russia is 70% of the population Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post at the Ekho Moskvi web-site, 19.03.2020 While discussing the coronavirus and Putin’s decree on appointing, despite everything, of a “nationwide vote” on amendments to the Constitution, in the evening I noticed something else, […]
Posted: March 19th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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The Bashkirian branch of Yabloko rallied against overcharged fees for heating
Press Release, 3.03.2020 On 29 February, the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko took part in a rally of Ufa residents against unreasonably high prices for heating. Over 500 people took part in the action.
Posted: March 4th, 2020 under Economy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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