Archive for 'Elections'
The draft federal law by the Pskov branch of Yabloko on changing the “municipal filter” rejected for the second time
Press Release, 30.10.2021 Photo: Lev Shlosberg and Artur Gaiduk / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko Deputies of the Pskov Regional Assembly by a majority vote rejected the Yabloko bill, which envisaged relieve candidates for the post of the head of the region, nominated by parliamentary parties, from the need […]
Posted: November 2nd, 2021 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko proposed to the Regional Assembly to send a request to the Constitutional Court about the violation of the electoral rights of “foreign agents” and persons associated with them
Press Release, 28.10.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko The Pskov branch of Yabloko proposed to the Regional Assembly to send a request to the Constitutional Court about the violation of the electoral rights of the so-called “foreign agents” and persons associated with them. The MPs rejected this initiative by […]
Posted: October 29th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg proposes to exclude the status of a “foreign agent” from Russian legislation
Press Release 28.10.2021 Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg have submitted to the St.Petersburg parliament a draft law, the adoption of which will completely eliminate the status of a “foreign agent” from Russian legislation. If the bill is supported by the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, it will be […]
Posted: October 28th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Negative Selection*
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 27.10.2021 (*Negative selection is a mechanism prioritising and ensuring selection of the worst. See, for example, here) The State Duma elections ended exactly one month ago. We approached these elections in a situation when the system had been consolidated and had started moving definitely and consciously to an aggressive-repressive model of relations with […]
Posted: October 27th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Presidential Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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Two million Moscow pensioners will receive an increase to their pension in 2022
Press Release, 20.10.2021 Photo: Vladimir Ryzhkov (centre) before handing the signatures in the Moscow Mayor’s Office The increase in the “Moscow allowance” to pensioners in Moscow [a regional allowance which is decided by regional authorities] was a key point in the electoral programme of Vladimir Ryzhkov, a recently elected Moscow City Duma deputy from Yabloko. […]
Posted: October 25th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the situation in Russia
Decision No 145 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo by Alexander Kazakov / Kommersant The situation in Russia, in almost all spheres, is currently determined by trends summarising the previous 25 years and set by the 2020 “constitutional reform” [Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Russian Constitution]. This […]
Posted: October 21st, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Results and lessons of the first parliamentary elections of the system after the 1 July, 2020 [the adoption of Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Russian Constitution]
Decision No 144 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo: Distribution of seats in the Russian parliament based on the results of the 2021 elections. Photo: by Igor Ivanko / Kommersant The past parliamentary elections are the first after the cynical, insulting and hypocritical imposition on the country […]
Posted: October 19th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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The situation and prospects of political struggle in Russia in 2021
Decision No 147 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Political Committee of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko believes that the assessments, forecasts and fears expressed in the article “No to Putinism and Populism” and the decision by the Political Committee […]
Posted: October 19th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Situation in Crimea, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, War in Syria, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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On the calls to vote of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Decision No 148 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo: Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), bows to the bust of Stalin on 5 March 2021, the anniversary of Stalin’s death / Photo by Irina Buzhor / Kommersant The Political Committee […]
Posted: October 18th, 2021 under Elections, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The Federal Political Committee of Yabloko assessed the election results and defined the party’s tasks for the future
Press Release, 15.10.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 October, a closed meeting of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party took place in Moscow, 15 out of 17 members took part in it (Igor Artemyev and Svetlana Gannushkina were absent). The main topic of discussion was the results and lessons of […]
Posted: October 18th, 2021 under Elections, Political Committee Decisions, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Без рубрики.
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A faction of the Yabloko party created in the Petrozavodsk City Council
Press Release, 14.10.2021 Photo: Photo collage by the Yabloko Press Service A faction of the Yabloko party has been created in the Petrozavodsk City Council, Karelia. It includes two deputies from Yabloko: Dmitry Rybakov and Olga Tuzhikova. Dmitry Rybakov became the leader of the faction, he headed the list of the party candidates in the […]
Posted: October 18th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg in 2021 are dishonest!
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 7.10.2021 Photo: the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg Yabloko thanks the voters who voted for our [candidates] list and our candidates in single-mandate constituencies in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. We appreciate your stance very much and we are certain that Yabloko received many more votes than […]
Posted: October 13th, 2021 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow Region branch of Yabloko filed more than 50 lawsuits challenging the results of September elections
Press Release, 6.10.2021 Photo: Alexander Gunko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko branch in the Moscow Region is challenging the results of the September elections in courts. Candidates for deputies from the regional branch of Yabloko filed more than 50 lawsuits challenging the results of voting in different polling stations, where observers […]
Posted: October 13th, 2021 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko municipal deputies in Ryazan voted against representatives of United Russia when electing heads of municipal councils
Press Release, 4.10.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The first meetings of the Municipal Councils of Deputies of the new convocation of the Kriushinsky rural settlement of the Klepikovsky region and the Dubrovichy rural settlement of the Ryazan region were held. In the past elections journalist Maria Rakcheyeva was elected a deputy from the […]
Posted: October 13th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In the Language of War
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 12.10.2021 An article on Ukraine published by Vladimir Putin in July was completed yesterday by Dmitry Medvedev. If someone could still doubt the intentions, now everything has become obvious: Russia is moving towards war. There is no point in discussing either the form or the content of what has been published […]
Posted: October 12th, 2021 under Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Без рубрики.
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The Bashkirian branch of Yabloko filed 28 lawsuits challenging election results in different precincts
Press Release, 7.10.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Candidates for State Duma deputies from the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko filed 28 lawsuits to the district courts to cancel voting results in the polling stations where gross violations of the law were observed on voting days and during the counting of the votes. Yabloko activists […]
Posted: October 12th, 2021 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko member Dmitry Muratov is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize! Congratulations from the Yabloko party leaders
Press Release, 8.10.2021 Photo: Dmitry Muratov at the opening of the Public Support Headquarters for presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky during presidential election campaign in 2018 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko leaders Nikolai Rybakov and Grigory Yavlinsky congratulated Dmitry Muratov, a Yabloko party member and Editor-in-Chief of Novaya Gazeta, on being awarded the […]
Posted: October 8th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Greetings, Human Rights, Presidential elections 2018, The Murder of Natalya Estemirova.
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The St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko filed about 150 lawsuits challenging the election results in certain precincts
Press Release, 1.10.2021 Photo by Alexander Koryakov / Kommersant The regional branch of the Yabloko party in St. Petersburg has filed about 150 administrative lawsuits in courts challenging the results of voting at polling stations where the most flagrant violations of electoral legislation were recorded during the elections of deputies to the city’s Legislative Assembly […]
Posted: October 4th, 2021 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ryazan branch of Yabloko: the status of a “foreign agent” for Sofia Ivanova means state recognition of her merits in the fight against election fraud
Press Release, 2.10.2021 Photo by the Golos branch in Ryazan The Ryazan branch of the Yabloko expresses its support to Sofia Ivanova, head of the Ryazan organisation of the Golos movement (a movement in protection of voters rights conducting independent observation over elections), as the Ministry of Justice entered her into the register of so-called […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The elections were not free, the Pskov Yabloko survived”. The Pskov Yabloko Regional Council summed up the results of the parliamentary elections
Press Release, 29.09.2021 Photo: Collage by the Press Service of the Pskov Yabloko The Regional Council of the Pskov branch of Yabloko made a statement on the results of the elections of the deputies of the Pskov Regional Assembly. According to the Council, the official voting results were falsified and unreliable, the regional electoral commission […]
Posted: September 30th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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