Archive for 'Elections'
Yabloko to hold rally in Yakutia against cancellation of direct mayoral elections
Press Release, 18.11.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 November, a rally against the cancellation of the mayoral elections will be held in Yakutsk. Participants will gather at 14:30, the rally will begin at 15:00. The organiser of the event is the Yabloko branch in Yakutia. Yabloko has received a permission for the […]
Posted: November 18th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia did not support the budget of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. Deputy Emilia Slabunova innumerates the reasons
Press Release, 14.11.2024 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 November, the Legislative Assembly of Karelia considered the draft budget of the Republic of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. The Yabloko faction voted against adopting the document. The head of the faction Emilia Slabunova notes that only the […]
Posted: November 15th, 2024 under Education and Science, Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The parliamentary majority of the St.Petersburg parliament refused to even discuss the amendments to the St. Petersburg budget prepared by Yabloko
Press Release, 12.11.2024 Photo: Wikimedia Commons On 11 November, Yabloko’s deputy Olga Shtannikova presented Yabloko’s amendments to the 2025 budget at the meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg.
Posted: November 12th, 2024 under Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Boris Vishnevsky has become a symbol of the defence of his hometown. His expulsion from the St.Petersburg parliament means further destroying the country and its future”
Press Release, 30.10.2024 On 30 October, Boris Vishnevsky spoke before his colleagues in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg for the last time, as his deputy mandate had to be withdrawn due to his “foreign agent” status. He recalled that he became a deputy of the city parliament 13 years ago and was forced to […]
Posted: November 2nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky on the forced termination of his parliamentary powers: I thank the people of St.Petersburg who trust me and continue to trust me
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post, 28.10.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky/ Photo by the Press Service of the St. Petersburg Yabloko My work in the Legislative Assembly terminates on 30 October. I thank the people of St. Petersburg who trust me and continue to trust me I categorically disagree with the decision of the Ministry of Justice to […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“When the chaos ends, we must be ready.” Yabloko hosted a large discussion about the historical forks in the road in modern Russia and its prospects
Press Release, 27.10.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 25 October, on the anniversary of the creation of the Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin electoral bloc, which then turned into the Yabloko party, the Yabloko party office in Moscow hosted a screening and discussion of Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview for the documentary The Unfinished Time project. Young people, children […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Elections, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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“There is always a place for a choice.” Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview for the documentary “The Unfinished Time”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 8.10.2024 Complete interview with English subtitles Since the late 1980s, Russia has repeatedly found itself at critical crossroads. There was a choice, there was an opportunity to fundamentally change the country’s future for the better and avoid another tragedy. In other words, over the past 35 years, Russia has repeatedly had a […]
Posted: October 11th, 2024 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Presidential Elections, Russian Economy, Understanding Russia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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Statement by Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov regarding the criminal case against Lev Shlosberg
2.10.2024 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today’s searches at Lev Shlosberg’s and his father’s apartment represent a continuation of the political intimidation campaign by the authorities against our comrade and the entire Pskov branch of our party. When the authorities cannot, are not capable of conducting an honest competitive struggle […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko candidate for the post of head of the Gdovsky district in the Pskov region to challenge the voting results in court
Press Release, 23.09.2024 Photo: Yevgeny Vasiliyev / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Yevgeny Vasiliyev, a Yabloko candidate for the post of head of the Gdovsky district of the Pskov region, filed a lawsuit challenging the voting results at 17 polling stations out of 20 and demanded that video recordings be provided to him.
Posted: September 24th, 2024 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov branch Yabloko gets new deputies in Plyussky, Dnovsky, Usvyatsky and Porkhov municipal districts
Press Release, 16.09.2024 At the September elections in the Pskov region, four lists of candidates from the Yabloko party managed to overcome the threshold, receiving from 5.46% to 13.63% of voters’ support. The interests of citizens in the deputies’ assemblies of municipal districts will be represented by seven new deputies from Yabloko. The elected candidates […]
Posted: September 16th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Ministry of Justice has added Vladimir Dorokhov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 13.09.2024 Photo: Vladimir Dorokhov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Ministry of Justice has added Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula branch of Yabloko and Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”. Dorokhov became the eighth member of Yabloko and the third Deputy Chairman of the party to […]
Posted: September 13th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the St. Petersburg Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Central Electoral Commission investigate the attack on a Yabloko member of a territorial electoral commission
Press Release, 12.09.2024 Photo: The moment of the attack on the Yabloko member of a territorial electoral commission /screenshot video by Fontanka.ru Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the St. Petersburg Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Central Electoral Commission investigate the attack on Yabloko member of a territorial electoral commission Alexander Klyukov, who had […]
Posted: September 13th, 2024 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nine candidates for peace and freedom have been elected as deputies. Yabloko analyses the voting results
Press Release, 10.09.2024 In the recent elections, nine out of 59 candidates from the Yabloko party, who campaigned under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”, were elected to municipal councils. In total, the party nominated 301 candidates, but most of them were not registered or were withdrawn for far-fetched reasons. The […]
Posted: September 10th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov Yabloko does not recognise the official results of the elections for the head of the Gdov district
Press Release, 10.09.2024 Photo: Candidate for the post of head of the Gdov district from the Yabloko party Yevgeny Vasiliyev / Photo by the regional branch of the party The Regional Council of the Pskov branch of Yabloko adopted a statement on non-recognition of the results of the elections of the head of the Gdov […]
Posted: September 10th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Shishlov on the results of the elections in St.Petersburg that were “desirable” for the authorities but obtained at the cost of growing mistrust in the elections and the destruction of legitimacy
Press Release, 9.09.2024 Photo: A ballot with an inscription “For Vishnevsky! For Yabloko!”. Alexander Shishlov, Chairman of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party and the head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, commented on the elections of the Governor of St.Petersburg and municipal deputies that took place […]
Posted: September 10th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Pskov Yabloko team received seven mandates in the elections of deputies of district assemblies in the Pskov region
Press Release, 09.09.2024 Photo from Wikimedia Commons According to the data published on the GAS Vybory system portal (a special automated system for counting of the votes), Yabloko candidates received seven mandates in the assemblies of deputies of four municipal districts in the Pskov region. The election campaign in the Pskov region, as in other […]
Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko candidate in the Novgorod region Yelena Tulina elected to the Council of Deputies of Trubichinskoye rural settlement
Press Release, 09.09.2024 Yabloko candidate Yelena Tulina was elected to the Council of Deputies of Trubichinskoye rural settlement in the Novgorod region. Yelena Tulina is a teacher of Russian language and literature, member of the Bureau of the Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko party. Tulina, like other candidates from the party, campaigned under the […]
Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko sums up the political results of its election campaign “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”
Press Release, 09.09.2024 In this election campaign, Yabloko nominated 301 candidates in 69 election campaigns in 19 regions of Russia, who were ready to conduct an election campaign with the key political demand – the immediate conclusion of a ceasefire agreement and the release of all political prisoners.
Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, Moscow Municipal Elections 2024, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anatoly Kivva re-elected as deputy of the Zaboryevsky settlement of the Ryazan region from Yabloko for a second term
Press Release, 08.09.2024 Based on the results of the vote count at all five polling stations of the Zaboryevsky rural settlement in the Ryazan region, lawyer Anatoly Kivva was re-elected as a deputy from the Yabloko party for a second term. He came second in the 12-mandate district, which included all 15 settlements.
Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region: Governor Alexei Teksler’s course represents a dead end
Blog post by Yaroslav Shcherbakov, 6.09.2024 Photo: Placard “Alexei Teksler: to protect and help! / Photo by Yaroslav Shcherbakov Five years ago, Alexei Teksler defined people as a priority in his election programme. Today, his programme has other priorities: “First. Everything for Victory!” Meanwhile, the main strategic goals for the development of the Chelyabinsk Region […]
Posted: September 6th, 2024 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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