Archive for 'Elections'
Summing up the results of registration of Yabloko candidates in 2024 elections
Press Release, 17.08.2024 The campaign of registration of Yabloko candidates in elections at various levels has been completed in all regions of Russia and in Moscow. As of today, 73 Yabloko candidates are participating in 31 election campaigns in nine regions of the country under a single party slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the […]
Posted: August 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Human Rights, Judiciary, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko party demands an end to repression against politicians and citizens fighting for fair elections in Russia
Statement by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, 15.08.2024 Photo: Ella Pamfilova, head of the Central Electoral Commission, and Grigory Melkonyants, Co-Chair of the Golos independent observers movement, at a round table devoted to organization of election observation as part of the All-Russian Civil Forum, 25 November, 2017 / Photo by Golos On 14 August, the […]
Posted: August 16th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Voronezh supported the candidacy of civil activist Alexander Dudchenko for the post of Mayor of the city
Press Release, 15.08.2024 Photo: Alexander Dudchenko / Photo from Alexander Dudchenko personal archive In August, the Mayor of the city of Voronezh will be elected. Earlier, the head of the city, Vadim Kstenin, resigned. Direct elections of the Mayor were canceled in 2016, and for six years already, since 2018, the Mayor has been “elected” […]
Posted: August 16th, 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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Boris Vishnevsky fined for “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 15.08.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky outside the courthouse / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St.Petersburg fined Boris Vishnevsky, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, 15,000 roubles under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the […]
Posted: August 16th, 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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The Novgorod District Court refused to remove Yabloko candidate Ksenia Cherepanova from the register of persons affiliated with a “foreign agent”
Press Release, 14.08.2024 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 13 August, the Novgorod District Court considered the claim of Ksenia Cherepanova, a candidate in the by-elections of the Novgorod Regional Duma, against the Ministry of Justice. The politician demanded to be removed from the register of “persons affiliated with […]
Posted: August 14th, 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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The Court of Appeal rejected Maxim Kruglov’s claim against the Moscow City Court’s decision to deny the politician registration in the Moscow City Duma elections
Press Release, 13.08.2024 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The First Court of Appeal in Moscow rejected the appeal of deputy of the Moscow City Duma Maxim Kruglov against the Moscow City Court’s decision to deny him registration as a candidate in the Moscow City Duma elections. The panel of judges […]
Posted: August 14th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko on participation in gubernatorial elections under the conditions of the special military operation and the municipal filter: we offer a political alternative and speak up about peace and freedom
Press Release, 9.08.2024 Photo: Yabloko candidates for the 2024 gubernatorial elections Roman Morozov, Vladimir Dorokhov, and Yaroslav Shcherbakov Yabloko’s election campaigns for the gubernatorial elections have ended. Three candidates from the party in the Kaliningrad, Tula and Chelyabinsk regions did not pass the so-called municipal filter – collection of a certain number of signatures of […]
Posted: August 9th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko was denied registration in the Tula City Duma elections
Press Release, 8.08.2024 Photo: Vladimir Dorokhov at the Tula Region Electoral Commission / Photo from social media On 7 August, Yabloko presented its objections to the regional electoral commission concerning the results of verification of 2,361 signatures of city residents in support of the Yabloko list of candidates. Yabloko was going to campaign under the […]
Posted: August 8th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky asked the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St.Petersburg to send a request to the Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of the law on “foreign influence”
Press Release, 6.08.2024 Photo: Vitaly Isakov and Boris Vishnevsky at a meeting of the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg / Photo by the regional branch of the party Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, is challenging the status of “foreign agent” unlawfully assigned to him […]
Posted: August 7th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tula Region Electoral Commission rejected signatures for the nomination of Yabloko’s candidates, having made up the data of voters. The party is going to appeal this decision
Press Release, 6.08.2024 The Tula Region Electoral Commission is going to refuse registration of the Yabloko list of candidates for the elections to the Tula City Duma. The working group of the electoral commission, based on the results of checking 2,316 signatures in support of the nomination of the list, considers 256 signatures invalid, i.e. […]
Posted: August 6th, 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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Electoral commissions registered 32 candidates from Pskov Yabloko to participate in 11 election campaigns
Press Release, 6.08.2024 Photo: Chairman of the Pskov Yabloko Artur Gaiduk at the conference on nominating candidates / Photo by the regional branch of the party Registration certificates were handed to Yevgeny Vasiliye, Yablooko’s candidate for the post of head of the Gdovsky district, captain of the first rank in the reserve, head of the […]
Posted: August 6th, 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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The Moscow branch of Yabloko nominated candidates for snap elections of the Kurkino district council of Deputies in Moscow
Press Release, 2.08.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Conference of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party decided to nominate seven Yabloko candidates for the snap elections of municipal deputies in the Kurkino district of Moscow. Each of the candidates will have to collect 14 signatures of district residents in support of their […]
Posted: August 5th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2024, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In the Moscow Region the authorities are trying to remove Yabloko candidates from the elections with the help of other political parties
Press Release, 2.08.2024 Photo: Delegates of the Moscow Regional Yabloko Conference / Photo by regional branch of Yabloko On 2 August, the Territorial Electoral Commission of Sergiyev Posad will decide to refuse to register the Yabloko list of six people and two candidates in single-mandate constituencies in the elections of deputies of the District Council. […]
Posted: August 5th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod Regional Court refuses to remove the “foreign agent” label from Ksenia Cherepanova, Yabloko’s candidate to the Regional Duma
Press Release, 2.08.2024 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko Yabloko considers the court’s decision unlawful and unfounded, it will be appealed. At the same time, Ksenia Cherepanova filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation demanding to exclude her from the register of persons “affiliated with a […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court upheld the decision of the electoral commission to deny registration in the Moscow City Duma elections for Maxim Kruglov
Press Release, 31.07.2024 Photo: Maxim Kruglov with his group of support outside the Moscow City Court on 31 July, 2024 / Photo from Maxim Kruglov’s social media The Moscow City Court refused to register Yabloko candidate and current City Duma deputy Maxim Kruglov for the elections at its hearing on 31 July. Maxim Kruglov’s team […]
Posted: July 31st, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Tula Yabloko submitted voters’ signatures to register the list of Yabloko candidates for the elections to the Tula City Duma
Press Release, 30.07.2024 Photo: Vladimir Dorokhov at the Tula Regional Electoral Commission / Photo from social media In two weeks, the Yabloko branch in Tula collected 2,316 voters’ signatures in support of the nomination of Yabloko candidates for Peace and Freedom for the elections to the city parliament. Within ten days, the electoral commission must […]
Posted: July 31st, 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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Ksenia Cherepanova, a candidate for deputy of the Novgorod Regional Duma from Yabloko, will appeal in court the status of a candidate “affiliated with a foreign agent”
Press Release, 30.07.2024 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Electoral Commission has decided label once again Yabloko’s Ksenia Cherepanova as a candidate “affiliated with a foreign agent”. The Ministry of Justice provided such information to the electoral commission in connection with the Ksenia’s participation in the unregistered movement of independent […]
Posted: July 31st, 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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District courts in St.Petersburg rejected Yabloko candidates’ appeals against electoral commissions’ denials of their registration in municipal elections
Press Release, 29.07.2024 Photo: Yabloko’s placard “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire agreement!” The Kirovsky District Court of St.Petersburg considered the complaint of Yabloko candidates for the Narva District Municipal Council against the decision of Territorial Electoral Commission No 41 (candidates Ivan Zlobin, Eduard Nikolayev, Marina Peslyak, Pavel Samsonov, Elizaveta Balakina, Alexei Bogdanov, Anna […]
Posted: July 31st, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidate for the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Olga Yurkevich is denied registration. Yabloko will appeal in court the decision of the electoral commission
Press Release, 30.07.2024 Photo: Olga Yurkevich / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko According to the draft decision of Territorial Electoral Commission No. 6 of St.Petersburg, the reason for refusing to register Olga Yurkevich, a pediatric anesthesiologist and Yabloko candidate in electoral district No. 18, was that Yabloko allegedly failed to notify the St. […]
Posted: July 31st, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Five Yabloko candidates registered for municipal elections in Leningrad region
Press Release, 29.07.2024 Photo: The Vyborg Castle / Photo from Wikimedia Commons The electoral commissions of the Vyborg and Boksitogorsk districts of Leningrad region have registered five candidates from the Yabloko party for municipal elections. The Yabloko candidates are campaigning under the general party slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”. Public figures […]
Posted: July 30th, 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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