Archive for 'Local and Municipal Elections 2017'
Yabloko municipal deputy Maxim Gongalsky elected head of the Ramenki municipal district, Moscow
Press Release, 4.12.2020 Yabloko municipal deputy Maxim Gongalsky is elected head of the Ramenki municipal district in Moscow. Ramenki became the third district of Moscow headed by Yabloko: municipal deputy Yelena Rusakova heads the Gagarinsky district, and municipal deputy Andrey Morev chairs the Yakimanka district municipal council.
Posted: December 4th, 2020 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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No to persecution of Moscow municipal deputies
The authorities must abolish reprisals against the dissenting Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 28.02.2019 Photo: Andrei Morev, municipal deputy from Yabloko and head of minicipality. The Moscow authorities lost the municipal elections in 2017 in a number of [Moscow] districts, and began systematically intimidate municipal deputies. Pressure on municipal deputies is openly criminal and includes […]
Posted: March 5th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko Centre for New Municipal Policy to hold a round table on the safety of municipal deputies
Press release, 16.10.2018 On 22 October, Yabloko Centre for New Municipal Policy will hold a round table on the safety of municipal deputies in Moscow. Yabloko deputies who were elected to municipal councils in September 2017 have faced pressure on behalf of their opponents, government representatives and law enforcement.
Posted: October 16th, 2018 under Human Rights, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Public Prosecutor’s Office tries to deprive municipal deputies of their assistants via court
Press Release, 18.07.2018 On 19 July, Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow will consider at a preliminary hearing the claim of the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the Council of Municipal Deputies of Yakimanka District, Moscow. The Public Prosecutor’s Office is trying to deprive the municipal deputies of the right to have assistants on a voluntary basis.
Posted: July 19th, 2018 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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Emilia Slabunova: The President’s televised call-in show allows us to see the incompetence of our authorities
Emilia Slabunova’s blog post, 08.06.2018 I think that this was a beautiful televised call-in show of the President. It perfectly allows us to see with naked eye the incompetence of our authorities and the inefficiency of the management system. Because when the President deals with certificates and waste dumps, he is approached with a request […]
Posted: June 9th, 2018 under Economy, Foreign policy, Gubernatorial Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Vitaly Arshinov nominated by the Pskov branch of Yabloko, submitted documents to the Pskov Region Electoral Commission so that to run in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections
Press Release, 07.06.2018 On 6 June, Vitaly Arshinov nominated by the Pskov branch of Yabloko, submitted documents to the Pskov Region Electoral Commission so that to run in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections. Photo: from left to right Lev Shlosberg and Vitaly Arshinov. From this moment, Yabloko begins collection of signatures of the heads […]
Posted: June 7th, 2018 under Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2018, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko discussed the political reform of Moscow: strengthening of local self-government, the city parliament and abolition of the municipal filter in elections
Press Release, 27.04.2018 On the threashold of the start of the primaries in Yabloko, that have to determine Yabloko’s candidate for the Mayor of Moscow in the forthcoming mayoral elections, the party held a round table devoted to the programme of transformations of the political system in Moscow. The round table was held in the […]
Posted: April 27th, 2018 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Moscow Mayoral Election 2018, Без рубрики.
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Mass protests will be held in the Moscow region under the slogan #StopLandFills
The initiator of the action is Nikolai Dizhur, Chairman of the Yabloko party faction in the Chekhov district Press Release, 03.04.2018 On Saturday, 14 April 14, mass-scale protest actions will take place in the municipal entities of the Moscow region where the rights of citizens to environmentally safe and friendly environment are violated will take […]
Posted: April 4th, 2018 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Protection of Environment.
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Anti-Corruption Commission of the Municipal Council of Khamovniki District, Moscow, to discuss fire safety, 2018 FIFA World Football Cup Russia and the conflict of interest of the head of the district
Press Release, 03.04.2018 Photo: Alexei Karnaukhov. On Friday, 6 April, the first meeting of the commission for security and anti-corruption of the local Council of Deputies will be held in the Khamovniki district (Moscow). The key issues of the meeting are inspecting fire safety in the district after the tragedy in Kemerovo (when a fire […]
Posted: April 4th, 2018 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko entered three litigations on cancellation of municipal election results in the region
Press Release, 18.12.2017 The general municipal elections of 10 September, 2017, brought to the Pskov branch of Yabloko and its voters not only successes, but also injustice.
Posted: December 19th, 2017 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Yabloko forms a faction in the municipal council of the Chekhov district
Press release, 26.10.2017 A decision to form a faction of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko was made at the meeting of the municipal council of the Chekhov district, the Moscow Region, on 25th October. Deputies Nikolai Dizhur (who headed Yabloko’s list of candidates in the election of 10th September) and Yuri Burov (who won […]
Posted: October 30th, 2017 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Novgorod branch of Yabloko initiated a referendum on returning direct elections of heads of municipalities
Press release, 20.10.2017 On 19th October, the Electoral Commission of the Novgorod Region made a decision to forward the initiative on returning direct election of mayor and heads of municipalities proposed by Yabloko’s regional branch to the Novgorod Region parliament.
Posted: October 24th, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Yekaterinburg oppositional Mayor Yevgeny Roizman signed Grigory Yalvinsky’s petition for direct elections
Press Release, 06.10.2017 Yekaterinburg oppositional Mayor Yevgeny Roizman signed a petition for the return of direct elections of mayors, members of the Federation Council and the cancellation of the municipal filter in the gubernatorial elections. The petition was initiated by Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko founder and presidential candidate. Direct elections are one of the key issues […]
Posted: October 10th, 2017 under Gubernatorial Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Presidential elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky announced collection of signatures for direct elections of mayors, governors and senators – without any filters or restrictions
Press Release, 03.10.2017 Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko’s presidential candidate, initiated the collection of signatures for the return of direct elections of mayors, governors and members of the Federation Council – without any restrictions or filters. He launched this initiative on the change.org website. Direct elections are one of the key points of Yavlinsky’s presidential electoral programme.
Posted: October 5th, 2017 under Gubernatorial Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Moscow Mayoral Elections 2013, Presidential elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Без рубрики.
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YABLOKO Bureau: Voting of deputies of all the levels should be open, by roll call and with indication of the deputies’ party affiliation
Press Release, 30.09.2017 According to YABLOKO, voting of deputies of all levels should be open, and the results of a roll-call vote should be published with the indication of their party affiliation. Mass media should specify the party affiliation of deputies when covering their activities. This is indicated in the statement by the YABLOKO Bureau where […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2017 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Yabloko deputy illegally deprived of mandate in Chekhov, the Moscow Region
Press release, 19.09.2017 On 19th September, the territorial electoral commission of the Checkov city district, the Moscow Region, made a decision to withdraw the mandate from deputy Nikolai Dizhur. He headed Yabloko’s list of candidates that gained nearly 7 per cent in the election of 10th September. According to the territorial electoral commission, Dizhur failed […]
Posted: September 21st, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Yabloko deputy headed a municipal council in Moscow for the first time
Press release, 20.09.2017 On 19th September, Yabloko’s municipal deputy in the Gagarinsky district Elena Rusakova was elected head of the municipal council by secret ballot. Rusakov is one of the most active and effective municipal deputies in Moscow. She was elected to the municipal council for a second term.
Posted: September 20th, 2017 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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“From “We are the power here!” slogan we decided to proceed to action”
A second meeting of the elected municipal deputies took place in Yabloko, 15.09.2017 On 14th September, a second meeting of the elected municipal deputies and the party leadership took place in Yabloko office. Yabloko decided to ask the participants of the meeting why they decided to run in the elections as Yabloko candidates, what problems […]
Posted: September 20th, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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“This is the first time that so many new people enter Russia’s politics”
The elected municipal deputies gathered in Yabloko for the first time Press release, 13.09.2017 Yesterday, 12 September, the first meeting of the newly elected municipal deputies took place in Yabloko’s office. Yabloko had a very good result in the Moscow municipal elections winning 176 mandates, which made Yabloko the second largest party in Moscow (after […]
Posted: September 14th, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Russian liberals emerge as second largest party in Moscow after regional election
Liberal International, 12.09.2017 Challenging the party of Russian President Vladimir Putin a liberal coalition, of which Yabloko (LI full member) is a part, has become the second largest party in the capital, Moscow, after regional elections throughout the country last weekend.
Posted: September 13th, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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