Archive for 'Elections'
In Novgorod, police searched the home of Ksenia Cherepanova, a member of the Bureau of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and a Yabloko candidate in the elections to the Novgorod City Duma
Press Release, 17.08.2023 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from social networks According to Ksenia’s sister, Anna Cherepanova, who is Chair of the Novgorod Yabloko, armed men broke down the door of Ksenia’s flat early this morning, at 6 a.m., and started a search. The police took Kseniya Cherepanova away for interrogation. However, did not grant […]
Posted: August 21st, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidates to compete for mandates in the City Duma of Shakhty, the Rostov-on-Don region
Press Release, 28.07.2023 Photo: Vitaly Fomin (left) and Nikita Dyomin (right) Two candidates from the Yabloko party intend to take part in the by-elections of deputies of the City Duma of the city of Shakhty, the Rostov-on-Don Region. The elections will be held in September.
Posted: July 28th, 2023 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tambov region became the 24th region of Russia visited by the Yabloko leader since the beginning of the year
Press Release, 27.07.2023 On 25-26 July, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, visited the Tambov region. Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the meeting with Olga Burkanova, Director of the Voroninsky nature reserve On the morning of 25 July, Rybakov together with the Chair of the Tambov branch of Yabloko Yana Zenkina and other party members, visited the office […]
Posted: July 28th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov to visit the Tambov region
Press Release, 24.07.2023 On 25-26 July, Yabloko Chairman Nikolay Rybakov will visit the Tambov Region. In Tambov, he will meet with Olga Burkanova, Director of the Voroninsky nature reserve, and Vladimir Sereda, with the former Chairman of the Tambov branch of the Memorial human rights organisation and the chief curator of the Sergei Denisov Literature […]
Posted: July 25th, 2023 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Electoral Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region registered Yabloko’s initiative on a referendum on the return of elections of heads of cities and districts to the region
Press Release, 24.07.2023 Photo: Initiators the referendum Mikhail Popov and Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Chelyabinsk Yabloko The Electoral Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region registered the initiative of the Yabloko party on a referendum on the return of elections mayors and heads of districts in the Chelyabinsk Region. Direct elections of mayors were abolished […]
Posted: July 25th, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Valery Denisenko, a Yabloko candidate for municipal deputies in Moscow, arrested
Press Release, 20.07.2023 Photo: Valery Denisenko. Fragment of a campaign leaflet Early in the morning of 19 July, police broke into the apartment of Valery Denisenko, a candidate for deputy from the Yabloko party in the elections to the Council of Deputies of the Moskovskiy settlement, Moscow. He was detained and on the same day […]
Posted: July 20th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2023, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Electoral Commission of Yekaterinburg certified the lists of Yabloko candidates in the elections to the City Duma of Yekaterinburg
Press Release, 20.07.2023 Photo: The meeting of the Leninsky District Territorial Electoral Commission of Yekaterinburg / Photo by the Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko On 19 July, the Leninsky District Territorial Electoral Commission of Yekaterinburg unanimously certified Yabloko’s nomination of candidates for deputies of the Yekaterinburg City Duma. Thus, Yabloko’s participation in the elections both […]
Posted: July 20th, 2023 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov Yabloko nominated 55 candidates to run in the local elections in 2023
Press Release, 17.07.2023 Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service The conference of the Pskov branch of Yabloko nominated 55 candidates for deputies in the elections to representative bodies of local self-government scheduled for 2023, including 41 candidates on party lists and 14 candidates in single-mandate constituencies.
Posted: July 19th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Police again carried out the “inspection of the premises” with seizure of all the equipment in the office of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, this time the police took away not only Yabloko’s equipment, but also personal gadgets
Press Release, 5.07.2023 Photo: Entrance to the Pskov Yabloko office / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 5 July, police came to the office of the Yabloko branch in Pskov. Policemen presented a decision to initiate administrative proceedings under Article 13.15 Part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation “Abuse […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will have 79 representatives of the party working in the electoral commissions of the Kirov region for the next five years
Press Release, 11.07.2023 Photo: A polling station in Kirov / Photo by the Kirov regional branch of Yabloko Representatives of Yabloko will count the turnout, ballots and control the voting process in the elections of the President of the Russian Federation, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov region and deputies of the Kirov […]
Posted: July 11th, 2023 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko submitted documents for registration of a referendum on direct elections of heads of cities and districts in the Chelyabinsk region
Press Release, 10.07.2023 Photo: Representatives of the referendum initiative group / Photo by the Chelyabinsk Yabloko On 10 July, the Electoral Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region received documents for registration of a referendum on direct elections of heads of cities and districts in the region. A package of documents was submitted to the commission by […]
Posted: July 10th, 2023 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko will take part in the elections of deputies of the Duma of Novgorod and the Council of Staraya Russa
Press Release, 10.07.2023 Photo by the Novgorod Yabloko On 8 July, the Novgorod branch of Yabloko nominated three lists of candidates for elections in the region: for the Duma of Novgorod in a single electoral district and in single-member districts, as well as for the Council of Deputies of Staraya Russa.
Posted: July 10th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko deputy of the Novgorod City Duma Anna Cherepanova: I have called on the members of the Territorial Electoral Commission of Novgorod to conduct voting within one day
Anna Cherepanova’s blog post, 27.06.2023 I spoke at the meeting of the Territorial Electoral Commission of Novgorod proposing to conduct voting at the election of deputies of the Novgorod City Duma within one day, 10 September [rather than three envisaged by the recent laws]. The multi-day voting system does not have a single “pro”, only […]
Posted: June 27th, 2023 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko introduced a draft law on direct elections of the Mayor of Petrozavodsk. The incumbent Mayor is going to join the special military operation
Press Release, 21.06.2023 Photo: Emilia Slabunova, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko faction submitted to the Legislative Assembly of Karelia a bill on the return of direct mayoral elections in Karelia, including the Mayor of Petrozavodsk. The incumbent Mayor (city manager) of […]
Posted: June 21st, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Sergei Mitrokhin decided not to participate in the elections of the Moscow Mayor because of the inability to campaign for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Sergei Mitrokhin decided not to participate in elections of the Moscow Mayor because of the inability to campaign for peace with Ukraine. He made this announcement at the conference of the Moscow branch of Yabloko. Mitrokhin also stressed that he had no […]
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The memorial plaque to renowned Russian poet Anna Akhmatova disappeared from the facade of the former prison. Boris Vishnevsky appealed to the Governor and the owner of the building
Press Release, 15.06.2023 Photo: The wall of the Kresty (Crosses) prison where a memorial plaque to Anna Akhmatova hung / Photo by Misha Burlatsky Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, appealed to the Governor Alexander Beglov and the general director of DOM.RF Vitaly Mutko asking them […]
Posted: June 15th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow Mayor’s Office explained the ban on street protests for the opposition by “long-term measures” of WHO
Earlier, Sobyanin promised to lift restrictions if the WHO announced the end of the pandemic. Press Release, 14.06.2023 Photo: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin / Photo by Vladimir Gerdo, TASS The head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Maxim Kruglov, demanded in his letter to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, dated 10 May, the […]
Posted: June 14th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Vladimir Ryzhkov demanded that the head of the Moscow police punish those destroying the Last Address signs put to commemorate the victims of Stalin’s repression
Press Release, 13.06.2023 Photo: Klimentovsky pereulok 9/1. Next to this door was the Last Address sign with the name of Zinaida Nikolayevna Maevskaya (shot on 29 December, 1937, and fully acquitted in 1989) It is reported that vandals have recently removed at least eight plaques installed on the houses where the victims of Stalin’s regime […]
Posted: June 14th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky wins the Petropol Prize
He is awarded the prize for the book about science fiction writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and his protection of St. Petersburg architectural heritage Press Release, 12.06.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko Party, won the Petropol Prize. He is awarded the prize for […]
Posted: June 13th, 2023 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the Yabloko party’s participation in the elections of heads of regions in 2023
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 6 June, 2023. Published on 8 June, 2023. Due to the current extraordinary and tragic circumstances, the participation of the Yabloko party in the September elections of the top officials of the subjects of the federation (including the elections of the Mayor of Moscow) makes political sense […]
Posted: June 9th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2023, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Без рубрики.
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