Archive for 'Elections'
Boris Vishnevsky applied to police in connection with libel launched against him
Press Release, 14.11.2019 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, applied to the police station of Primorsky distrcit in connection with libel launched against him. It is in this disrtict of St. Petersburg that the media of the Patriot media group (head of the board of trustees is Yevgeny Prigozhin […]
Posted: November 14th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Emilia Slabunova asked the Moscow Public Prosecutor to check the work of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin due to the lack of a development strategy in the Russian capital
Press Release, 14.11.2019 Yabloko party, Emilia Slabunova, asked Denis Popov, Moscow Public Prosecutor, to check the work of Sergei Sobyanin, the Moscow Mayor. Back in July of this year, Slabunova asked the Mayor to explain why Moscow did not have a socio-economic development strategy which is must according to the federal law, but has still […]
Posted: November 14th, 2019 under Economy, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Yabloko in the Altai Republic initiated a referendum on the return of popular elections of the mayor of the capital of the Republic and district heads
Press Release, 13.11.2019 The regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Altai Republic acted as an initiative group to hold a referendum on the draft law “On the Return of the Popular Elections of Mayor of Gorno-Altaysk and Heads of the Altai Republic Districts,” which was previously submitted to the State Assembly by Maria […]
Posted: November 14th, 2019 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018, Без рубрики.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma asks Putin to investigate the charges against Public Prosecutor of Moscow in corruption
Press Release, 12.11.2019 Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent a deputy request addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to initiate an investigation into corruption of Denis Popov, Moscow Public Prosecutor, who became the protagonist of the investigation of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The FBK investigation runs […]
Posted: November 13th, 2019 under The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina to visit the Pskov region for the 25th anniversary of the regional branch of the party
Press Release, 11.11.2019 On November 15 and 16, Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee and head of the Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, will visit the Pskov region, where a conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Pskov branch of the party will be held.
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, History, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko joined the action of “metropickets” launched in Moscow for the release of political prisoners.
Press Release, 11.11.2019 Alexandra Nalobina, member of the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, went on a one-person picket (such pickets do not require a permission from the authorities) for the freedom of prisoners of the so-called “Moscow riots case” and against political repression. The picket took place by the Studencheskaya metro station, which is located next […]
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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The Moscow authorities have to hold public hearings on the Moscow budget because of the insistence of the opposition
Press Release, 5.11.2019 The opposition in the Moscow City Duma has made the Moscow authorities to conduct public hearings on the draft budget for Moscow for 2020. The hearing will be held in the Public Chamber of Moscow today, on 5 November. The lack of a public hearing was one of the reasons why the […]
Posted: November 5th, 2019 under Elections, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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“We must demand the release of political prisoners”. Yabloko continues to participate in one-person pickets by metro stations in Moscow
Press Release, 1.11.2019 Again, on the third Friday in a row, on 1 November, the so-called “metropickets” (one-person pickets that do not require permission from the authorities and are conducted by most popular metro stations) organised by the Association of Independent Municipal Deputies took place in Moscow: the Association invites everyone to participate in one-person […]
Posted: November 5th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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The Yabloko faction in Moscow City Duma to discuss Moscow’s budget for 2020 with Moscow municipal deputies
Press Release, 21.10.2019 On Tuesday, 22 October, a meeting of the Yabloko’s faction in Moscow City Duma with Moscow municipal deputies will be held in the Yabloko office. The topic of the meeting is as follows: What the budget of Moscow for 2020 should be. On 15 October, the Moscow Mayor’s Office submitted to the […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2019 under Economy, Elections, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Tatarstan will hold a rally against political repression
Press Release, 21.10.2019 The branch of Yabloko in Tatarstan will hold a rally against political reprisals. The action will be held in Kazan on 2 November and is dedicated to the day of memory of victims of political reprisals, as well as the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. The action starts […]
Posted: October 21st, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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“As long as there are political prisoners in Russia, Russia will not have a worthy future”
Members of the Yabloko party came out on one-person pickets Press Release, 19.10.2019 On Friday, October 18, one-person pickets (that do not require permissions from the authorities) were organised by the Association of Independent Municipal Deputies. Picketing took place by metro stations at the end of the working day. The purpose of the action was […]
Posted: October 21st, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Putinism” means lies, war and corruption
yavlinsky.ru, 17.10.2019 Question: What is “Putinism” and is it true that it is such a “political life hack”, as they write about it now? Grigory Yavlinsky: “Putinism” means contempt for a person and his/her dignity, suppression of freedom, instilling fear, corruption, ignoring international law and increasing confrontation with developed countries of the world.
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yelena Dubrovina presented Yabloko’s proposals on electoral reform at the Ural Forum of Constitutional Law Experts
Press Release, 17.10.2019 Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, head of the Centre for Legislative Initiatives of the Yabloko party, honored lawyer of Russia, candidate of legal sciences and member of the Central Electoral Commission of Russia in 1999-2017, took part in the Ural Forum of Constitutional Law Experts, […]
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Yabloko to challenge the unlawful court decision on Daria Bolshakova
Press Release, 16.10.2019 Daria Bolshakova, member of the Yabloko party and activist of the Kaliningrad branch of the Russian Feminist Association ONA, was found guilty of organising a mass rally without notifying the authorities (Article 20.2 Part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation), having awarded her a fine of 10,000 […]
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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Yevgeny Bunimovich brought to the Moscow Mayor’s Office signatures of Muscovites for preservation of the park and creation of a cultural centre in Khovrino
Press Release, 17.10.2019 Today, Yevgeny Bunimovich, Yabloko deputy of the Moscow City Duma and member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, and an initiative group of residents brought to the Moscow Mayor’s Office signatures of Muscovites for preservation of the park and creation of a cultural centre in Khovrino presenting Moscow with the goal […]
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Yevgeny Kurakin is transferred from jail under house arrest
Press Release, 15.10.2019 Today, the Moscow Region Court considered the appeal on the measure of restraint in the case of Yevgeny Kurakin, head of the branch of Yabloko in Reutov, the Moscow Region. The court ruled out to return the case to the preliminary hearing stage to the Reutov court (the court of the first […]
Posted: October 16th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Freedom to Konstantin Kotov!
Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 15.10.2019 Konstantin Kotov was sentenced to four years [in a penal colony]. The defender of the Constitution and the rights of citizens of Russia, who has not committed any crime, will be in prison. Yesterday, the Moscow City Court upheld this decision. Neither the arguments of twelve lawyers, nor guarantors, nor […]
Posted: October 15th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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4,000 people came to the rally organised by the Kalmyk branch of Yabloko against the appointment of the mayor of Elista
Press Release, 14.10.2019 About 4,000 residents of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, came to the rally against the appointment of Dmitry Trapeznikov (who used to be Chair of the Council of Ministers of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic in East Ukraine) acting the head of the administration of Elista. The Kalmyk branch of Yabloko was […]
Posted: October 14th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko to introduce a bill on the return of direct elections of the Mayor of Chelyabinsk to the regional Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 9.10.2019 The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko has prepared a bill on the return of direct elections of the Mayor of Chelyabinsk, the capital of the region. The regional branch plans to introduce its legislative initiative in the regional Legislative Assembly through Yelena Vakhtina, head of the Yabloko faction in the Council of Deputies […]
Posted: October 14th, 2019 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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Statement by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko on the attack against Anna Cherepanova and the inadmissibility of dirty methods of political struggle
Statement by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, 1.10.2019 An unidentified person attacked Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko party and the deputy of the City Duma, at the entrance to Mayor’s Office, before the meeting of the Novgorod Duma on the morning of September 26. The man poured white powder […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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