Archive for 'Elections'
Amendments to the Constitution have to be developed by those who will live here
Grigory Yalvinsky’s Facebook page, 22.01.2020 The breakdown of the Constitution proposed by the President and furnished with decorative procedures, is not only an already familiar manifestation of disrespect for the people, but also, above all, a manifestation of the political vector: towards not only preserving the current system, but making it even more authoritarian, closed […]
Posted: January 22nd, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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President makes a move to g1
Emilia Slabunova on the key amendment to the Constitution Novaya Gazeta, 22.01.2020 The most intriguing thing in the draft amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, introduced by the President to the State Duma, the most intriguing thing is the paragraph “g.1” proposed by him to Article 83, which defines the powers of the […]
Posted: January 22nd, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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The Ivanovo branch of Yabloko formed its electoral headquarters for elections to the Ivanovo City Duma
Press Release, 22.01.2020 The Ivanovo branch of Yabloko formed its electoral headquarters for elections to the Ivanovo City Duma. Such decision was made by the Bureau of the Ivanovo Regional Branch of the party at its meeting on Tuesday, 21 January.
Posted: January 22nd, 2020 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2020, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to form a council on the development of alternative amendments to the Constitution and seek their consideration in a referendum
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, 19.01.2020 President Vladimir Putin has decided to make urgent changes to the Constitution. The proposals made by him in his [annual] Address [to the Federal Assembly] are vague and incomprehensible from a legal point of view. It is proposed to isolate Russia from […]
Posted: January 21st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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“There are no changes, there is a cementing of power”
Nikolai Rybakov on Radio Free Europe 17.01.2020 On January 16, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov took part in the Facing the Event programme hosted by Yelena Rykovtseva. The guests of the studio – Sergey Obukhov, former State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Fishman, journalist from the Dozhd television channel, and […]
Posted: January 21st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Putin’s proposals mean masking of the conservation of the system
Statement by Yabloko Chairman, 16.01.2020 The initiatives contained in the annual Address of President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly do not cause illusions. No significant changes or democratisation of the system is expected. The declared initiatives are targeted at strengthening the political system that has developed over the past 20 years and maintaining Putin […]
Posted: January 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights.
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“Putin is preparing a new public post for himself.” Yabloko leaders on the President’s Address to the Federal Assembly
Press Release, 15.01.2020 I his annual Address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed amending the Russian Constitution, apparently aimed at preserving him at the top of state power even after 2024, when his presidential term expires. Much was said about overcoming poverty in the country, which he has been leading for more […]
Posted: January 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov on the Address of Vladimir Putin to the Russian palriament
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 15.01.2020 Today’s Presidential Address [to the parliament] has finally returned us to the Leonid Brezhnev [stagnation] period [in the USSR]: slow reading of the text written on paper, silent audience but bursting into applause at the right moments. Certainly, the directors of the event counted on resounding success of the promises […]
Posted: January 16th, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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President’s Address to the nation: the conclusions
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 15.01.2020 Vladimir Putin has spoken with an Address to the Federal Assembly. People want change, the President said. And he proposed to amend the Constitution. So that no international courts, no international law would any longer interfere with the Construction of an isolated authoritarian (that is, sovereign, as Putin thinks) state. So […]
Posted: January 15th, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: Putin has submitted proposals aimed at maintaining his system of power
Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 15.01.2020 The main thing in Putin’s proposals today: First. Isolation of Russia from the system of international law, that is, the impossibility of protecting the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens on the basis of international law. This virtually means Russia’s withdrawal from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human […]
Posted: January 15th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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The police opened a criminal case after threats to the assistant to deputy from Yabloko Konstantin Kiselyov
Press Release, 14.01.2020 The police in Yekaterinburg opened a criminal case under Article 119 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (threat of death or serious bodily harm) at the request of the assistant to Konstantin Kiselyov, deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma. Such answers came to Emilia Slabunova, ex Yabloko Chair […]
Posted: January 14th, 2020 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demanded to verify the legality of the installation of the monument to Joseph Stalin in Volgograd
Press Release, 23.12.2019 The Volgograd branch of Yabloko demanded that the Volgograd Mayor’s Office and the Public Prosecutor’s Office check whether the Communist Party had the right to install a bust of Joseph Stalin in Volgograd. Yabloko’s Dmitry Lyubitenko posted a petition on the Internet demanding that the monument be dismantled.
Posted: December 24th, 2019 under Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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The court canceled the results of the recount of votes in one of the districts in St.Petersburg. Yabloko may get two more municipal mandates in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 24.12.2019 The Moskovsky District Court of St.Petersburg upheld the lawsuit from Yabloko candidates demanding cancellation of the results of the recount of votes at polling station No 1290 of the MosKovskaya Zastava municipality, which resulted in two mandates being stolen from Yabloko. After the decision comes into force, Yabloko members Kirill Kasimov and […]
Posted: December 24th, 2019 under Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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The Moscow City Duma Commission on Urban Management will consider the bills of Mitrokhin and Rusakova
Press Release, 23.12.2019 Tomorrow the Commission of the Moscow City Duma on Urban Economy and Housing Policies will consider the bill of deputy Sergei Mitrokhin on amendments to the law “On provision of urban amenities in Moscow”. The amendments oblige the Moscow government to coordinate with Muscovites improvement projects for courtyards, streets and squares.
Posted: December 24th, 2019 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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The Moscow City Duma rejected the question of the Yabloko faction to Moscow Mayor about his responsibility for the “Moscow riots” case
Statement by the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, 16.12.2019 The Commission on the organisation of the work of the Moscow City Duma rejected the question of the Yabloko faction to the Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Daria Besedina, Yabloko MP of the Moscow City Duma, was going to ask the Moscow Mayor if he […]
Posted: December 18th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Freedom for political prisoners – this demand must be repeated every day. Their freedom is our freedom
Press Release, 14.12.2019 Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, made a political report at the 21st Party Congress (full transcript in Russian is here). The report dealt with Russia’s domestic and foreign policies, the situation in Russian economy, as well as the challenges that Yabloko faces today.
Posted: December 16th, 2019 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections.
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Deputies of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko vote against the draft budgets of their municipalities
Press Release, 12.12.2019 Deputies of the Ryazan branch of the Yabloko party oppose the draft budgets of their municipalities. Konstantin Smirnov, deputy of the Dubrovsky rural settlement, has already voted against the budget of the settlement, all other deputies of the Council representing United Russia supported the draft. Anatoly Kivva, deputy of the Zaboryevsky rural […]
Posted: December 13th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Emilia Slabunova criticised the law on protection of investment at the meeting of the State Duma
Press Release, 10.12.2019 Today, Yabloko party Chair Emilia Slabunova criticised the law on protecting investments and encouraging investment at a meeting of the State Duma. The Russian parliament was examining the bill in the first reading. “It is impossible to improve the investment climate without improving the political climate, without a radical transformation of the […]
Posted: December 11th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, Russian Economy, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko will open a local party branch and a branch of the Deputy’s School in Miass
Press Release, 4.12.2019 On Saturday, December 7, the first after a long pause meeting of the Miass local branch of the Yabloko party will take place in Miass, the Chelyabinsk region. The meeting will elect the Chairperson of this Yabloko branch, deputy chairs and members of the local Council. Also a meeting-lecture for those wishing […]
Posted: December 4th, 2019 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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The conference of St. Petersburg Yabloko re-elected the governing bodies of the Yabloko branch and sent delegates to the congress
Press Release, 3.12.2019 On Sunday, December 1, the 19th Conference of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko was held. The conference elected Chairperson of the St. Petersburg branch of the party, the Regional Council and the Control and Review Commission of the branch. The conference also elected delegates to the party Congress, which will be […]
Posted: December 4th, 2019 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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