Archive for 'Elections'
St. Petersburg Yabloko opposes raising of taxes, the money from which will be used for the militarisation of the country
Press Release, 5 June 2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg The Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly voted against parliamentary approval of the federal law on raising taxes. The Russian government presents the initiative as “fair”, highlighting only the “progressive scale” of […]
Posted: June 6th, 2024 under Economy, Governance, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Ministry of Justice on the “foreign agent” status of Andrei Morev
Press Release, 5.06.2024 Photo: Andrei Morev (third from left) with his friends and colleagues by the Moscow City Court / Photo from Andrei Morev’s personal archive On 5 June, the Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow considered the complaint of Andrei Morev, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko and ex-head of the Yakimanka Municipal Council, against […]
Posted: June 6th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Representatives of the Public Prosecutor’s Office did not appear at the trial on Boris Vishnevsky’s participation in the activities of an “undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 03.06.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 June, the Vasileostrovsky District Court began hearings on an absurd case against Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. Vishnevsky was accused of participating in the activities of an “undesirable organisation”. […]
Posted: June 6th, 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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Grigory Yavlinsky: The West’s Approach to Russia Should Have Been Much Smarter
Yavlinsky.ru, 23.05.2024 Grigory Yavlinsky, the Russian opposition Yabloko party’s leader, took part in the debates at Cambridge Union about the West’s Approach to Russia. The event took place on May 16, 2024. The other speakers were Dominic Grieve, the former UK Attorney General and Conservative MP, the former chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee […]
Posted: June 6th, 2024 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, Без рубрики.
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The first court hearing on the lawsuit of Boris Vishnevsky who disputes recognition him as a “foreign agent” held in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 31.05.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko On 31 May, the Vasileostrovsky District Court held the first hearing in the lawsuit filed by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, against the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of […]
Posted: June 5th, 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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Yabloko considers the rules on discrimination against “foreign agents” unconstitutional and will seek their abolition in the Constitutional Court
Press Release, 22.05.2024 Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Deputies of the Yabloko faction voted against discrimination against “foreign agents” at the level of city laws. The parliamentary majority voted to ban “foreign agents” from being elected and holding public office. On 22 May, the Legislative Assembly of St. […]
Posted: May 22nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“The aggressive foreign policy, repressive domestic policies and a dead-end economic policies will go on.”
Yabloko leaders about the new Russian government Press Release, 17.05.2024 Photo: Vladimir Putin and members of the government during their working trip to China / Photo by Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant This week the State Duma approved the new Russian government. The previous cabinet of ministers automatically resigned after the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin on […]
Posted: May 20th, 2024 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Protection of Environment, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The Volgograd Regional Court overturned the decision of the court of the first instance in the case of Alexander Yefimov on “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 15.05.2024 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Volgograd Regional Court sent for revision the administrative case of Alexander Yefimov, a Yabloko Federal Bureau member, for “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”. On 4 April, the court of the city of Volzhsky fined Yefimov 15,000 roubles for […]
Posted: May 16th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A member of Yabloko in Tula fined for writing about the need for a ceasefire on a ballot paper
Press Release, 15.05.2024 Photo by Dmitry Chiginsky / Photo from social media Dmitry Chiginsky, a member of the Bureau of the Tula branch of Yabloko, was fined under the administrative article of “discrediting the army” for writing about the need to conclude a ceasefire agreement on a ballot paper. The Tula district court fined Chiginsky […]
Posted: May 15th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko will participate in the Moscow City Duma elections in September
Press Release, 13.05.2024 Photo: The Moscow City Duma / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Such decision was made by the Moscow Yabloko Bureau in early May. A headquarters has been created to work during elections. The work of the headquarters will be coordinated by Maxim Kruglov, the head of the Yabloko faction in the […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Elections, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Another step towards dictatorship. Yabloko’s statement on depriving “foreign agents” of the right to be elected
Statement by the Yabloko party, 6.05.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The State Duma has approved amendments stipulating that elected deputies included in the foreign agents register by decision of the Ministry of Justice will be deprived of their deputy mandate.
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights.
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The St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko regards the initiation of an administrative case against Boris Vishnevsky as another example of pressure
Press Release, 27.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko regards the initiation of an administrative case under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences against Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, for his online […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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St.Petersburg Yabloko challenges discrimination against party representatives in admission to electoral commissions
Press Release, 26.04.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Oktyabrsky District Court held the first hearing on Yabloko’s claim on non-admission of Yabloko representatives from joining the city’s electoral commissions. The interests of the party were represented by lawyer Alexander Kobrinsky.
Posted: May 13th, 2024 under Elections, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko asks the Ministry of Internal Affairs to explain the need to introduce unconstitutional methods of collecting information and list measures restraining security forces
Press Release, 26.04.2024 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code have been submitted to the State Duma for consideration, according to these amendemnts investigators and interrogators will be able to access the telephone calls of all citizens, bank accounts and transactions based on a simple request, […]
Posted: May 13th, 2024 under Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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We don’t hide behind numbers: the Yabloko faction in St.Petersburg city parliament has published income declarations
Press release, 25.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly published their income declarations for 2023. Alexander Shishlov and Boris Vishnevsky insist on the openness of people’s representatives, and therefore do not take advantage of the possibility to report […]
Posted: April 25th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky is challenging in court the decision to include him in the register of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 24.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, sent two administrative claims to the court challenging the decision of the Ministry of Justice to include him in the register of “foreign agents.”
Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Despite tragedies, the State Duma has never adopted amendments to the fire safety law. This follows from the response of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to Yabloko deputy Kruglov
Press Release, 23.04.2024 Photo: Crocus City Hall after a fire as a result of the terrorist attack on 22 March, 2024 / Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant The head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Maxim Kruglov, received a response from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation about the […]
Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Russia celebrates Local Government Day. Commentaries from Yabloko leaders
Press Release, 22.04.2024 On 21 April, Russia celebrates Local Government Day. The memorial date was established by President Vladimir Putin in 2012. On this day (2 May, as of the new style) in 1785, Catherine II of Russia issued a “Charter on the Rights and Benefits of the Cities of the Russian Empire”. The document […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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Yabloko municipal deputies In Kostroma and Seversk illegally deprived of their mandates
Press Release, 19.04.2024 Photo: Vladimir Petrov and Nikolai Sorokin Two municipal deputies from Yabloko – Vladimir Petrov in Seversk, the Tomsk region, and Nikolai Sorokin in Kostroma – were deprived of their mandates. The formal reasons were the demand of the city public prosecutor’s office due to the verdict in a criminal case and “inaccuracies […]
Posted: April 19th, 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 Moscow City Duma once again opposed Sergei Mitrokhin’s proposal to protect the rights of citizens during the development of Moscow
Press Release, 17.04.2024 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin at a meeting with Muscovites / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 17 April, the majority of deputies of the Moscow City Duma ignored Sergei Mitrokhin’s draft appeal to the Moscow Mayor. Mitrokhin demands that Mayor must return to Muscovites their right to get information about construction projects […]
Posted: April 18th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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