Archive for 'Elections'
The electoral commission of the Krylatskoye district in Moscow refused to register the second Yabloko candidate for the municipal elections – Stanislav Yelagin
Press Release, 28.07.2022 Photo: Stanislav Yelagin / Photo from social media The electoral commission of the Krylatskoye district in Moscow refused to register another candidate for the municipal elections from the Yabloko party – Stanislav Yelagin, the current municipal deputy, city historic preservation and environmental activist. The formal reason for the refusal to register Yelagin […]
Posted: July 29th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko candidate for Governor of the Novgorod region Anna Cherepanova does not recognise the elections due to fraud with the municipal filter
Press Release, 27.07.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 27 July, Anna Cherepanova, a candidate for Governor of the Novgorod region from the Yabloko party, submitted documents for registration to the Electoral Commission, despite the fact that she was unable to collect the required number of signatures from municipal deputies […]
Posted: July 28th, 2022 under Elections, Gubernatorial elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Protests fail to affect politics not only in Russia, but also in the world”
Corriere Della Sera, 22.07.2022 Photo: Peace March in Moscow in 2014 / Photo by Yevgeny Nadalinsky, Kommersant On 16 July, the influential Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera published an interview with Grigory Yavlinsky on the situation in connection with the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. Unfortunately, there are fragments in the Corriere Della Sera publication […]
Posted: July 25th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, War in Syria, Без рубрики.
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Candidates-spoilers bearing the same family names are put forward against Yabloko candidates in the forthcoming Moscow municipal elections
Press Release, 22.07.2022 Photo by Yevgeny Pavlenko / Kommersant Candidates-spoilers bearing the same family names or names sounding nearly identical have been put forward against at least eleven Yabloko candidates for Moscow municipal elections. Seven doppelgängers bear the same family names as Yabloko candidates and four have surnames sounding very close to the surnames of […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2022 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow authorities are trying to prevent Yabloko candidate Alexei Krapukhin from running in the municipal elections in the Moscow district of Krylatskoye
Press Release, 20.07.2022 Photo: Alexei Krapukhin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Moscow authorities are trying to prevent Alexei Krapukhin, a member of the Regional Council of the Moscow branch of Yabloko and Yabloko candidate in the forthcoming Moscow municipal election, from running in the municipal elections in the Moscow district of Krylatskoye […]
Posted: July 21st, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko Andrei Morev arrested for 15 days and may be deprived of the right to participate in elections
Press Release, 20.07.2022 Photo: Andrei Morev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Andrei Morev, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow branch of Yabloko and head of the Yakimanka district of Moscow, was arrested for 15 days for “demonstrating extremist symbols”.
Posted: July 20th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky on Vladimir Putin’s article “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians” of July 2021, and the Russian parliamentary elections of 2021 as a lost chance to prevent the 24th of February
Boris Vishnevsky’s Telegram Channel VishNevskoyoeVremya, 12.07.2022 Exactly one year ago, on 12 July, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin published an article “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”. It actually denied Ukraine’s right to statehood and sovereignty. It stated that the Ukrainian state had no right to a significant part of its territories, which […]
Posted: July 19th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko deputies in Petrozavodsk City Council applied to the Public Prosecutor’s Office because of cutting of forest area in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, with the permission of the authorities
Press Release, 15.07.2022 Photo: A logged area near the Savin Navolok Park, Petrozavodsk / Photo by the Karelian Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko faction in the Petrozavodsk City Council sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Karelia, asking to conduct an inspection in connection with the cutting down of woods […]
Posted: July 19th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Andrei Pivovarov sentenced to four years in prison and an eight-year ban on political activities
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram Channel, 15.07.2022 Photo: Andrei Pivovarov A court in Krasnodar sentenced Andrei Pivovarov, a public figure and former candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko, to four years in prison and an eight-year ban on political activities.
Posted: July 18th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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It was only Yabloko which for the second time voted against sending Ryazan officials to Donbas at the expense of local budgets.
Based on Vidsboku, 15.07.2022 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo from social media On 14 July, the Council of Deputies of the Dubrovskiy Rural Settlement of the Ryazan District adopted a model decision to pay from the municipal budget for business trips of administration employees to the Donbass. It should be noted that this municipality was […]
Posted: July 15th, 2022 under Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“This is the initiative of workers for the money of advertisers.” The management of St.Petersburg subway answered the question of Yabloko about “Z-advertising”
Press Release, 13.07.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service “Z-posters” in the St. Petersburg subway are placed on the initiative of the trade union of workers, on the money of an advertising agency. That is how the subway management responded to Yabloko’s request about the legality of placing Z-signs in St.Petersburg metro.
Posted: July 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lyubov Zhiltsova, Yabloko deputy in the Pskov region, fined in the case of “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 13.07.2022 Photo: Lyubov Zhiltsova / Photo from pskov.yabloko.ru Lyubov Zhiltsova, teacher and Yabloko deputy of the Palkinsky District Assembly in the Pskov Region, was fined 30,000 roubles for “discrediting the army” for a photo with the words “No ** ***!”
Posted: July 13th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chairman of the local branch of Yabloko in Novgorod found guilty of “spreading fakes” about the “special operation”
Press Release, 12.07.2022 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo from social media On 11 July, the Novgorod District Court fined Viktor Shalyakin, Chairman of the local branch of the Yabloko party in Novgorod, 30,000 roubles for “spreading false information” about the “special operation” on the VKontakte social network (Article 13.15 Part 9 of the Code of […]
Posted: July 13th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict against Nikolai Kavkazsky
Press Release, 11.07.2022 Photo: Nikolai Kavkazsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Moscow City Court rejected the complaint by Nikolai Kavkazsky, a human rights activist and a member of the Regional Council of the Moscow Yabloko, against the decision of the Basmanny District Court. On 25 June, Kavkazsky was found guilty of “demonstrating […]
Posted: July 12th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Candidate in Moscow municipal elections Maya Baidakova arrested for ten days
Press Release, 8.07.2022 Photo: Maya Baidakova (left) and Andrei Morev. / Photo from social media Maya Baidakova, deputy head of the legal department in the Council of Deputies of Yakimanka District in Moscow and a candidate for Moscow municipal deputies, was arrested for ten days under Article 20.3 of the Administrative Offences Code (“demonstration of […]
Posted: July 12th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko Andrei Morev detained by police at the exit from the court, which found him guilty of “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 7.07.2022 Photo: Andrei Morev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Andrei Morev, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko and the head of the Yakimanka urban district of in Moscow, was detained by police officers at the exit of the court, which found him guilty of “discrediting the army” and awarded him a […]
Posted: July 8th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Vice Governor of St. Petersburg answered Yabloko that it was allowed to place Z-signs in the subway without any documents or justifications
Press Release, 4.07.2022 Photo: Kirill Polyakov/ Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg Vice Governor of St. Petersburg Kirill Polyakov, who is responsible for transport in St.Petersburg, responded to the appeal by the deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov. They […]
Posted: July 5th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Russia-2022: Underlying Causes
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 2.06.2022 The most important specific of Russian national disasters is that they can all be attributed to the inadequate capability documented in culture to respond adequately to the challenges of history. Alexander Akhiezer1 In order to understand what has happened in Russia and before we even attempt to contemplate what comes next, […]
Posted: July 4th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Understanding Russia, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Shishlov: “This is not just a fight against the so-called foreign influence”
The practice of adopting such laws shows that parliamentary activity has degraded Rosbalt*, 30.06.2022 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The State Duma adopted a unified law “On control over the activities of persons under foreign influence”. Now new restrictions are being introduced for foreign agents. They will be deprived of […]
Posted: July 4th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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It took the court three attempts to finally dismiss the case of “illegal campaigning” against the Chairman of the Yabloko branch in the city of Novgorod
Press Release, 29.06.2022 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin after being attacked / Photo by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko The court of the first instance dismissed the case on the distribution of Yabloko campaign postcards “Ksenia Cherepanova Is for Peace” by Viktor Shalyakin, Chairman of the Novgorod city branch of Yabloko, due to the absence of any […]
Posted: June 30th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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