Archive for 'Elections'
“The state protects its own values”. St.Petersburg Ombudsperson answers the questions of the Yabloko faction about the expulsion of students for their participation in anti-war actions
Press Release, 30.03.2022 Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg from the Yabloko faction, held a debate with Svetlana Agapitova, the Commissioner for Human Rights in St. Petersburg, about the expulsion of students for their participation in anti-war actions. The question was asked during the Ombudsperson’s annual report to the St.Petersburg parliament. Boris […]
Posted: March 30th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, 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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The website of Lev Shlosberg and the page of Emilia Slabunova on a social network Vkontakte were blocked on the order of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office
Press Release, 28.03.2022 Photo: Emilia Slabunova and Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Yabloko Party Press Service On 27 March, the social network VKontakte blocked (https://vk.com/id15847921 ) the page of Emilia Slabunova, tMP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party and a former Chairperson of […]
Posted: March 29th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky: I receive hundreds of appeals from voters asking me to do everything possible to stop the bloodshed
Press Release, 28.03.2022 Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, spoke on the air of the Partburo programme about the problems that St. Petersburg residents have most often addressed to him. Vishnevsky said that topics of great concern to the residents of the city were […]
Posted: March 29th, 2022 under Economy, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Russia is committing suicide”
Forum24, Czech Republic, 25.03.2022 Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Petr Hlaváček Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky. February 2019 / Photo: by the Yabloko Party Press Service On 13 March, Grigory Yavlinsky gave an interview to the Czech media Forum24. The leader of the Yabloko party spoke about the situation in Russia against the backdrop of hostilities in […]
Posted: March 28th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Maxim Kruglov, Chair of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, to the head of Moscow police: you should have resigned after the publication of the recording of the beating of girls in the Brateyevo police station
Press Release, 23.03.2022 On 23 March, deputies of the Moscow City Duma listened to the report of Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow Police, on the work of the police in 2021. As part of the report of the Chief of Moscow Police, the deputies were shown a video with statistical data. Thus, the police […]
Posted: March 24th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg on political parties and elections in Russia: there is Yabloko and all the rest
Press Release, 16.03.2022 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Lev Shlosberg, Chairman of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, spoke on the air of radio PLN FM about the possibility of holding elections against the backdrop of Russia’s “special operation” in Ukraine. “Formally, Russia remains a republic, as is written in our […]
Posted: March 21st, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Shishlov turned to Russian Ombudsperson in connection with violations of the rights of St. Petersburg residents at peaceful anti-war actions
Press Release, 16.03.2022 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, asked Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, basing on Article 21 of the Federal Law on the Human Rights Commissioner […]
Posted: March 17th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko MPs in the St.Petersburg parliament Alexander Shishlov and Boris Vishnevsky called for the abolition of laws imposing penalties for anti-war protests
Press Release, 15.03.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg from Yabloko Alexander Shishlov and Boris Vishnevsky sent an appeal to the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and deputies of the State Duma demanding to immediately cancel the amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian […]
Posted: March 15th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko notified the Moscow Mayor’s Office of holding a demonstration in Moscow for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 1.03.2022 Photo: Maxim Kruglov and Andrei Morev co-applicants of the action and deputy chairmen of the Moscow branch of Yabloko in the Moscow Mayor’s Office Yabloko filed a notification with the Moscow Mayor’s Office that an anti-war march would be held in Moscow (from Strastnoy Boulevard to the intersection of Academician Sakharov Prospect […]
Posted: March 1st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In St. Petersburg Yabloko was denied approval for a rally for peace
Press Release, 28.02.2022 Photo: Lenin Square in St.Petersburg, a specially designated site for holding public actions without any permissions from the authorities / Photo from topspb.tv The administration of the Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg banned a rally for peace with Ukraine referring to the anti-COVID decree of the city government, which prohibits holding public […]
Posted: March 1st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko deputies in regional parliaments called on Vladimir Putin to stop the hostilities in the territory of Ukraine
Press Release, 28.02.2022 Photo: President Putin’s meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. / Photo from Kremlin.ru The Yabloko factions in the parliaments of Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Pskov region and Karelia initiated appeals from their legislative assemblies to President Putin calling him to immediately stop hostilities in […]
Posted: March 1st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Alexander Korovainy will continue to work in the Yeysk District Council
Press Release, 14.02.2022 Photo: Alexander Korovainy /Photo from Alexander Korovayny’s social networks Alexander Korovainy, a member of Yabloko and ex deputy of the Yeisk District Council, was appointed assistant to Alexander Baturints, a current deputy of the Yeisk District Council and a supporter of the party.
Posted: February 14th, 2022 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Three Yabloko party members were included into the ranking of public activists of the Krasnodar Territory
Press Release, 08.02.2022 Photo: Alexander Biryukov, Alexander Korovainy, and Sofia Pilyukova / Photo from social networks Alexander Korovayny, a former deputy of the Yeisk District Council from the Yabloko party, Alexander Biryukov, a Yabloko member and Deputy Chairman of the North Caucasus Environmental Watch, and Sofia Pilyukova, a public activist and a Yabloko volunteer in […]
Posted: February 14th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The offices of the ex-candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko Oleg Mandrykin were searched
Press Release, 9.02.2022 Photo: Oleg Mandrykin and Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov (left). / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service All the offices of the real estate agency Variant in Severodvinsk, the Arkhangelsk region, headed by Oleg Mandrykin, one of the leaders of the STOP-SHIES coalition [a public movement against organisation of a giant landfill instead […]
Posted: February 11th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional and Local Elections 2022, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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Boris Vishnevsky urged to check the dismissal of a teacher from a St. Petersburg school for reсiting verses by poets repressed in the Stalin’s period and labelled “enemies of the people”
Press Release, 7.02.2022 Photo by wikimapia.org Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and an MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent an appeal to Natalia Putilovskaya, Chair of the St.Petersburg Committee on Education, with a request to conduct a check into the actions of Svetlana Lebedeva, Principal of School No. 168, who, according […]
Posted: February 11th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Sergei Mitrokhin launched an investigation into how State Duma MP Alexei Tkachyov took away the Kolomna Dairy Plant from its owner
Press Release, 8.02.2022 Sergei Mitrokhin, Yabloko deputy of the Moscow City Duma, investigated the takeover of the Kolomna Dairy Plant from by Alexei Tkachyov, a State Duma deputy from the ruling United Russia party. Police helped Tkachyov in taking away the plant from its owner. “Reacting to the appeals of my Moscow voters (during the […]
Posted: February 9th, 2022 under The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky called on the Public Prosecutor General to launch prosecutor’s investigation into the threats of Chechen politicians and security officials to the family of a retired judge and journalists
Press Release, 4.02.2022Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo from the website of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky, a member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and deputy chairman of Yabloko, sent an appeal to Igor Krasnov, Public Prosecutor General of Russia, with a request to launch prosecutor’s investigation into for signs of […]
Posted: February 8th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Artur Gaiduk: Legislation on “foreign agents” is an instrument of pressure and repression
Press Release, 31.01.2022 Photo: Artur Gaiduk, deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko At the January session, deputies of the Pskov Regional Assembly rejected Yabloko’s initiative to introduce a federal bill envisaging the exclusion of the concept of “foreign agents” and the related norms from Russian legislation. The bill was developed by lawyers of […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko has decided on the party candidates for by-elections to the Yekaterinburg City Duma
Press Release, 31.01.2022 Photo by the Press Service of the Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko The Sverdlovsk regional branch of the Yabloko party presented candidates who will be nominated by the party for by-elections to the City Duma of Yekaterinburg: Sergei Loskutov, Chairman of the public movement The Green Front, in electoral district No. 2 […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2022 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The authorities banned Sergei Mitrokhin, Yabloko Moscow City Duma deputy, from traveling abroad and arrested his accounts
Press Release, 28.01.2022 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The authorities banned Sergei Mitrokhin, Yabloko Moscow City Duma deputy and ex Chairman of Yabloko, from traveling abroad and arrested his accounts. Such measures were taken as part of the enforcement proceedings on administrative cases of offenses in connection with Mitrokhin’s participation […]
Posted: February 1st, 2022 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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