Archive for 'Elections'
The Supreme Court of Karelia dismissed YABLOKO’s appeal on withdrawal of the party list of candidates in the elections to the Petrozavodsk City Council
Press Release, 12.09.2016 Today the Supreme Court of Karelia dismissed YABLOKO’s appeal on withdrawal of the party list of candidates in the elections to the Petrozavodsk City Council.
Posted: September 13th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Situation in Karelia.
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Lev Shlosberg’s parliamentary campaign announcement
Video, 12.09.2016 No matter how hard it is, we are going to clean the government machine from the rust of corruption and will put it to rights, so that the government will work in the interest of people not against them. Lev Shlosberg. One for all and all for one.
Posted: September 12th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Nikolai Rybakov: what kind of a country is it with such level of aggression?
Blog post by Nikolai Rybakov, 09.09.2016 There has been an attack on the camp of Greenpeace volunteer firefighters in Kuban [the Krasnodar region, South Russia]. Shall we go on tolerating this?
Posted: September 9th, 2016 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO candidate’s accounts in the social networks and e-mail boxes hacked
Press Release, 08.09.2016 Accounts in the social networks and e-mail boxes of Elena Rusakova, YABLOKO candidate to the State Duma and municipal deputy in Moscow, e-mails of her supports helping her in the campaign were hacked this night.
Posted: September 9th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Yevgeny Roizman, oppositional Mayor of Ekaterinburg, to support YABLOKO in the parliamentary elections
Press Release, 09.09.2016 YABLOKO leader Grigory Yavlinsky, who is on a pre-election visit to Yekaterinburg, met with Mayor of the city Yevgeny Roizman. The main topics of the meeting were the situation with local self-government in Russia and the upcoming elections to the State Duma. Yevgeny Roizman assured Grigory Yavlinsky in his support of the […]
Posted: September 9th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Grigory Yavlinsky to launch the Economic Manifesto of the YABLOKO party
Press Release, 09.09.2016 On Monday, 12 September, Grigory Yavlinsky, YABLOKO leader in the elections to the State Duma, and economists Igor Nikolayev and Yevgeny Gontmakher will launch the Economic Manifesto of the party.
Posted: September 9th, 2016 under Economy, Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Famous Russian human rights defenders Svetalna Gannushkina and Sergei Kovalyov called head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to debate
Press Release, 08.09.2016 Svetlana Gannushkina, renowned human rights defender, Chair of the Grzhdanskoy Sodeystviye (Civil Assistance) Committee and candidate to the State Duma running in YABLOKO regional group in Chechnya, and Sergei Kovalyov, her representative, famous human rights defender, member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee and Co-Chair of YABLOKO Human Rights Faction, called Ramzan Kadyrov, […]
Posted: September 9th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Emilia Slabunova informed the Central Electoral Commission of the pressure on YABLOKO candidates
Press Release, 07.09.2016 YABLOKO filed 54 complaints of violations to local election commissions and the prosecutor’s office during this election campaign. YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova informed the Central Electoral Commission of this on 7 September. The party is going to summarize all the violations and submit a complaint to the Central Electoral Commission.
Posted: September 8th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Renowned writer Vladimir Voinovich becomes YABLOKO election representative at State Duma election
Previously the Central Electoral Commission registered actor Oleg Basilashvili and poet Igor Irtenyev as YABLOKO election representatives Tass, 07.09.2016 On Wednesday the Central Electoral Commission registered a group of YABLOKO election representatives at the elections to the State Duma – one of them is Vladimir Voinovich, a renowned writer, author of the novels “Moscow 2042” […]
Posted: September 8th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Famous Russian human right defenders Svetlana Gannushkina and Sergei Kovalev call head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to debate
Press Release, 07.09.2016 Svetlana Gannushkina, renown human rights defender and head of YABLOKO regional group in Chechnya in the parliamentary election, and Sergei Kovalyov, her representative, famous human rights defender, member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee and Co-Chair of YABLOKO Human Rights Faction, are going to call Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya and candidate for […]
Posted: September 7th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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A discussion on recovering referendums in Moscow took place in YABLOKO election campaign headquarters
Press release, 06.09.2016 The use of referendums to solve the issues of public importance in Moscow has become a major topic of YABLOKO election campaign in the capital of Russia. At the moment the officials make any decisions concerning the urban development of Moscow without regard to the opinion of the residents. A discussion on recovering referendums in […]
Posted: September 7th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO’s motion on referendum against naming a bridge after former Chechen President referred to St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press release, 05.09.2016 The Electoral Commission of St. Petersburg approved of YABLOKO’s motion on a referendum against the decision to name the bridge across the Duderhof canal after Akhmad Kadyrov, former Chechen President, unanimously. The motion will be referred for consideration of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, which will decide whether the questions proposed by […]
Posted: September 6th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Emilia Slabunova on feminism and women’s role in politics
Press release, 04.09.2016 On September 4, YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova began her two days’visit to Perm. She attended a women’s We-Fest festival and had a meeting with YABLOKO’s candidates.
Posted: September 6th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “It is impossible to become a modern country in the situation of lies and fear”
Debate on the Russia-1 television channel, 03.09.2016 On September 2, the Russia-1 television channel held a debate, the topic of which was creation the equal opportunity environment in the country. The YABLOKO party was represented in the debate by its leader Grigory Yavlinsky. His opponents were Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), Gennady Semigin (Patriots of Russia), Oleg […]
Posted: September 5th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Galina Shirshina supported the Smart Saratov programme by the Saratov YABLOKO branch
Press release, 02.09.2016 On August 31, parliamentary candidate Galina Shirshina visited Saratov. She supported the Smart Saratov electoral programme developed by the Saratov branch of YABLOKO, participated in a press conference, and had a meeting with voters.
Posted: September 5th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Head of Moscow Helsinki Group Becomes Yabloko Election Representative
Liberal International, 02.09.2016 The Head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, has become Yabloko’s election representative at the elections to the State Duma (Yabloko, LI full-member).
Posted: September 5th, 2016 under Elections, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: “No to obscurantism in the schools and universities of the country!”
Press Release, 02.09.2016 On 1 September when Russian schoolchildren go to school after summer holidays Sergei Mitrokhin, Chair of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO and party candidate to the State Duma, met with the voters of his constituency in the North-East of Moscow by the VDNKh metro station. He congratulated schoolchildren and teachers with the […]
Posted: September 3rd, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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The Central Electoral Commission of Russia to apply to Public Prosecutor General because of withdrawal of YABLOKO’s list of candidates in the election to the Petrozavodsk City Council
Gubernia Daily, 30.08.2016 The Central Electoral Commission of Russia will apply to Public Prosecutor General in view of cancelling of registration of YABLOKO’s list of candidates in the election to the Petrozavodsk City Council. Such a statement was made by Ella Pamfilova, Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, on Tuesday.
Posted: September 2nd, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO conducted an action called “Teach officials to run a university”
Press release, 01.09.2016 On September 1, the Sverdlovsk branch of YABLOKO conducted an action called “Teach officials to run a university” near the building of Ural Federal University.
Posted: September 1st, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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The ruling party complained to the Electoral Commission about YABLOKO’s video criticizing the Governor
Press release, 01.09.2016 The ruling United Russia party complained to the Election Commission of the Novgorod Region about YABLOKO’s video criticizing the Governor. The representatives of United Russia disapproved of YABLOKO’s calls for dismissal of Governor Sergei Minin. According to the complainants, the criticism of the Governor violates the electoral legislation.
Posted: September 1st, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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