Archive for 'Elections'
Yabloko MP in St. Petersburg suggests that the National Guard Troops should be commissioned to shovel snow instead of dispersing rallies
Press release, 15.01.2019 Boris Vishnevsky, Yabloko MP in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, addressed Andrei Bakumenko, head of the National Guard Troops in St. Petersburg, with a suggestion to commission the service to shovel snow in the city instead of dispersing rallies and pickets. In his letter Vishnevsky writes that there is a serious problem […]
Posted: January 17th, 2019 under YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Through the party reform towards progress in the country
Statement by the Federal Council No 51, 28.12.2018 The Yabloko party is one of the most experienced political organisations in the country: We have been standing up for the vales of freedom, peace, responsibility, human dignity and respect for people for 25 years. These values make thousands of people come to us. We founded Yabloko […]
Posted: January 15th, 2019 under Elections, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russian Economy.
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The Moscow City Duma refused to give more power to Muscovites
Press Release, 27.12.2018 The Moscow City Duma rejected the bill of independent municipal deputies, expanding the powers of municipal councils. The authors of the bill proposed to give the Councils of Deputies of Moscow the right to approve the appointment and dismissal of heads of councils in municipal districts.
Posted: December 28th, 2018 under Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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Nikolai Rybakov to visit the Arkhangelsk Region
Press release, 25.12.2018 On 26th December, Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko Party, will visit the Arkhangelsk Region. The politician is going to Arkhangelsk to get to know the opinion of the local residents concerning the problem of transferring municipal waste from Moscow to this region. Rybakov will address the residents in person to […]
Posted: December 26th, 2018 under Elections.
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Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko to recruit candidates for municipal elections
Press release, 25.12.2018 The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko began recruiting candidates for the forthcoming municipal elections. In 2019 the residents of the regions will have to elect 472 municipal deputies.
Posted: December 26th, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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The Results of the Year: Putin and Futility
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 23.12.2018 The President, who has been governing the country for 19 years, in four hours has reported the following: • Russia needs a breakthrough, but an increase in the retirement age is inevitable. • We will not have the developments like in France, and gasoline prices will not price. • The situation […]
Posted: December 26th, 2018 under Economy, Elections, Presidential elections 2018, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko’s 25th anniversary
Decision by Yabloko Federal Council, 21.12.2018 Yabloko’s 25th anniversary takes place at a time that is not festive. At the same time, a quarter of a century is an important line to sum ups the results and estimate our abilities. It is important for us and for the country in general. Our country is involved […]
Posted: December 24th, 2018 under Elections.
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Boris Vishnevsky: Darkness is falling but we should bring on the sun rise
A speech by Boris Vishnevsky at the meeting of the Federal Council of Yabloko Press release, 17.12.2018 I see the current state of affairs as darkness before the sun rise. I can see that the darkness is falling but I hope that the sun will rise. It is our task to bring it on. We […]
Posted: December 19th, 2018 under Elections, History, Human Rights.
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The Federal Council of Yabloko spoke in favour of a large-scale reform of the party
Press Release, 16.12.2018 Yabloko will respond to the present challenges and threats with a large-scale modernisation of the party which envisages broadening the party membership and will be based on Yabloko’s social-liberal values, political, moral and intellectual protest against the political system of lies and imitation formed by Vladimir Putin. This decision was made by […]
Posted: December 16th, 2018 under Activities, Congresses, Elections.
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“The truth will be the most important thing, and we are telling the truth”
Yabloko leaders at the Federal Council of the party Press release, 15.12.2018 On 15th December, the leaders of Yabloko shared their opinion on the situation in the country and proposed their strategies of work in the present condition during the meeting of the Federal Council of the party. Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko […]
Posted: December 16th, 2018 under Economy, Elections, Human Rights.
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Emilia Slabunova: Our goal is to enter the parliament in 2021
The politician named the main aspects of the party reform Press release, 15.12.2018 The aim of the Yabloko party is to enter the parliament in 2021 – this what Emilia Slabunova, Yabloko Chair, has stated at the Federal Council meeting earlier today. Representatives of the 77 party branches gathered in Moscow to discuss the reform […]
Posted: December 15th, 2018 under Activities, Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko calls for the free registration of candidates in gubernatorial elections
Press Release, 13.12.2018 During the signing ceremony of the Agreement “For Fair Elections”, which is annually organised by the Public Chamber of the Chelyabinsk Region for representatives of regional political parties, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, proposed to supplement the agreement with a memorandum “For free and fair registration of candidates […]
Posted: December 13th, 2018 under Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2018.
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The parliamentary majority of the St.Petersburg parliament left the city without new parks and squares
Press Release, 5.12.2018 Deputies of the pro-government’s United Russia party in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly refused to support the amendments of the Yabloko faction aimed at protection of the St. Petersburg parks and gardens. The majority of parliamentarians from United Russia ignored the vote, did not press any button, which in fact can be equated […]
Posted: December 7th, 2018 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky proposed to initiate a general civic campaign for the abolition of the municipal filter at the elections
Press Release, 26.11.2018 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, called on citizens to begin collecting signatures under the letter to St. Petersburg municipal deputies and the leadership of ruling United Russia party to ensure real, rather than decorative, political competition in the election of the St.Petersburg Governor.
Posted: November 29th, 2018 under Gubernatorial Elections, St.Petersburg Gubernatorial Elections 2014, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko in the Republic of Chuvashia demands that the Central Election Commission eliminate the municipal filter in gubernatorial elections
Press release, 22.11.2018 On 21 November, Yabloko branch in the Republic of Chuvashia organised a round table on the improvement of Russia’s electoral legislation. Representative of political parties, public organisation and the regional branch of the Central Election Commission took part in the discussion.
Posted: November 26th, 2018 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections.
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Yabloko MP Vishnevsky insists that St.Petersburg Governor must not evade meetings with regional MPs
Press release, 16.11.2018 Yabloko MP in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky put forward an initiative to compel St.Petersburg Governor to have extraordinary meetings with regional MPs within 10 days upon request.
Posted: November 16th, 2018 under YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Karelian Parliament finally rejected Yabloko’s bill on the repeal of the municipal filter in gubernatorial elections
Press release, 15.11.2018 Today the Parliament of the Republic of Karelia has voted down the initiative of Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova on the repeal of the municipal filter in gubernatorial elections. Earlier the bill did not find support among the members of the relevant committee.
Posted: November 16th, 2018 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections.
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Yabloko Chair arrives in Veliky Novgorod to support Yabloko’s mayoral candidate
Press release, 14.11.2018 Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova arrived in Veliky Novgorod, North-West Russia, to support Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the regional party branch and an MP in the Veliky Novgorod City Duma, who is running for the city mayor position. The mayor is appointed by the city parliament MPs because direct mayoral elections were cancelled. […]
Posted: November 15th, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018.
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Grigory Yavlinsky proposed that Yabloko should focus on moral and ethical principles and intellectual activity
Press release, 19.10.2018 Today Grigory Yavlinsky, Chair of Yabloko’s Political Committee, proposed a new stage of the party development. Yabloko should become the party that puts moral, ethical and intellectual principles first. “In the situation when absolute cynicism and total lies prevail, we need to offer the society an alternative. This has a practical meaning. […]
Posted: October 19th, 2018 under Elections.
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“The elections are over but life goes on” – Grigory Yavlinsky launches new books and a website dedicated to presidential campaign
Press release, 18.10.2018 A politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky launched a new website dedicated to his presidential election campaign and his new books at ceremony that took place in Yabloko office in Moscow. Yavlinsky answered the questions of the audience and signed autographs.
Posted: October 19th, 2018 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018.
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