Archive for 'Regional and Local Elections'
Yabloko’s municipal deputies are initiating the first referendum in Moscow
Press Release, 26.01.2018 Municipal deputies of the Yakimanka municipal district from the Yabloko party together with the head of the Municipal Council Andrei Morev have initiated a local referendum on a number of issues, including transfer of the monument to Lenin from one of the central Moscow squares to the Museon Park which has a […]
Posted: January 27th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections.
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St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly to consider Yabloko’s bill on easing of municipal filter
Press release, 27.11.2017 On 29 November, the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly will consider Yabloko’s bill on the repeal of the municipal filter in gubernatorial elections for candidates nominated by parliamentary parties and parties, which have representation in the regional parliaments.
Posted: November 29th, 2017 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Vologda branch of Yabloko proposes a referendum on the return of direct mayoral election
Press release, 24.11.2017 The regional council of the Vologda branch of Yabloko founded an initiative group on conducting a referendum in the return if direct mayoral election in the Vologda Region. The request was sent to regional electoral commission on 22 November, 2017.
Posted: November 27th, 2017 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko’s Yuri Pavlov elected head of the Gdov district of the Pskov region assumed office
Press Release, 21.11.2017 On 21 November, Yabloko’s Yuri Pavlov elected head of the Gdov district of the Pskov region assumed office. The ceremony was attended by deputies of the district Assembly, heads and deputies of rural settlements of the district, the staff of the district administration, heads of different organisations, and ordinary citizens.
Posted: November 24th, 2017 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Oleg Vinogradov: “Local self-governing is the foundation of the state”
Press Release, 26.10.2017 One of the most famous politicians in the Yaroslavl region supported Grigory Yavlinsky’s petition for the return of direct elections Oleg Vinogradov, former Deputy Governor of the Yaroslavl region, former Vice-Mayor of Yaroslavl from the team of the oppositional head of the city Yevgeny Urlashov and leader of the Yabloko branch in […]
Posted: October 27th, 2017 under Presidential elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yekaterinburg oppositional Mayor Yevgeny Roizman signed Grigory Yalvinsky’s petition for direct elections
Press Release, 06.10.2017 Yekaterinburg oppositional Mayor Yevgeny Roizman signed a petition for the return of direct elections of mayors, members of the Federation Council and the cancellation of the municipal filter in the gubernatorial elections. The petition was initiated by Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko founder and presidential candidate. Direct elections are one of the key issues […]
Posted: October 10th, 2017 under Gubernatorial Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Presidential elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky announced collection of signatures for direct elections of mayors, governors and senators – without any filters or restrictions
Press Release, 03.10.2017 Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko’s presidential candidate, initiated the collection of signatures for the return of direct elections of mayors, governors and members of the Federation Council – without any restrictions or filters. He launched this initiative on the change.org website. Direct elections are one of the key points of Yavlinsky’s presidential electoral programme.
Posted: October 5th, 2017 under Gubernatorial Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Moscow Mayoral Elections 2013, Presidential elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Без рубрики.
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YABLOKO won the elections in six Russian regions: from Pskov in the North-West to Sakhalin in the Far East
Press Release, 11.09.2017, as of 14:00 In regional and local elections of 10 September YABLOKO’s managed to overcome the five per cent threashold in the Pskov region in the North-West, the Moscow region and the Sakhalin region in the Far East. YABLOKO candidates also won in their constituencies in the elections in the Krasnodar Territory, […]
Posted: September 11th, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections.
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YABLOKO success in the elections
Press Release, 11.09.2017, as of 4:50 MSK 180 YABLOKO candidates won the municipal elections in Moscow. They will work in 51 Moscow municipalities. In the elections of the Pskov City Duma YABLOKO obtained 8.5 per cent. YABLOKO’s teams also managed to overcome the five per cent threashold in in 19 municipalies in Russia, where elections […]
Posted: September 11th, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko calls for resignation of Chair of Moscow Electoral Commission and claims that numerous violations of the elections take place all over the country
Press release, 10.09.2017 The Yabloko party calls for the resignation of Chair of the Moscow Electoral Commission Valentin Gorbunov for a deliberate dropping of the voters turnout in Moscow. The following statement was made by Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov during a briefing at the Yabloko election headquarters.
Posted: September 10th, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections.
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The working hours of the YABLOKO’s election headquarters on 10 September and the voting by the party leaders
Press Release, 07.09.2017 On a single voting day of 10 September, a hotline will be functioning in YABLOKO’s central office in Moscow. The hotline will receive phone calls on violations. Journalists will be able to receive information about the situation on the polling stations as well as comments from party leaders in YABLOKO’s Press Centre.
Posted: September 8th, 2017 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections.
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Court backs the decision of the territorial electoral commission on withdrawal of Oleg Rodin from city parliament elections
Press release, 21.08.2017 On 18 August, Sovetsky district court upheld the decision of the territorial electoral commission on the withdrawal of Oleg Rodin, deputy Chair of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko, from the elections to the city parliament.
Posted: August 24th, 2017 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko’s list of candidates for the Barnaul City Duma registered
Press release, 03.08.2017 On 3 August, the list of candidates of the Altai Territory branch of Yabloko for the Barnaul City Duma elections was registered by the city electoral commission.
Posted: August 4th, 2017 under Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections.
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Emilia Slabunova visited North Ossetia to support Yabloko’s list of candidates for the regional parliament
Press release, 28.07.2017 On July 26-27, Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova visited the Republic of North Ossetia to support Yabloko’s list of candidates for the regional parliament. The party collected 2,782 signatures in order to go through the municipal filter. On 26 July, the activists brought the signatures to the regional electoral commission.
Posted: July 31st, 2017 under Regional and Local Elections.
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Lev Shlosberg: The ruling party turns elections into a dump
Press release, 25.07.2017 A single ballot day will take place in the Pskov Region on 10 July. The Pskov branch of Yabloko nominated 251 candidates.
Posted: July 27th, 2017 under Regional and Local Elections.
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Ex-political prisoner Yevgeny Vitishko elected Chair of the Krasnodar Territory branch of Yabloko
Press release, 17.07.2017 On 16 July, a prominent environmental activist and ex-political prisoner Yevgeny Vitishko was elected Chair of the Krasnodar Territory branch of Yabloko. In January 2014 Vitishlo, known for his criticisms of the environmental impact of the Sochi Winter Olympics, was sentenced to a three-year imprisonment by the Krasnodar Regional Court for spray-painting […]
Posted: July 17th, 2017 under Environmental Policies, Evgeny Vitishko case, Human Rights, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko to nominate about 900 candidates for Moscow municipal deputies
Press release, 27.06.2017 The Yabloko party is holding meetings with Muscovites and activists who want to participate in the forthcoming municipal elections. Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova, presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky and Moscow Yabloko Chair Sergei Mitrokhin are present at the meetings. On 29 June, the regional council of the Moscow branch of Yabloko will nominate […]
Posted: June 27th, 2017 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko to instruct candidates for deputies how to collect voters’ signatures to get registered in the campaign
Press release, 09.06.2017 On 13 June, Yabloko will hold a webinar instructing candidates for municipal deputies how to collect voters’ signatures in order to be registered as a candidate. The webinar will be organised by Yabloko’s Centre for candidates support. Yuri Zuyev, a member of the territorial electoral commission in the Academichesky district of Moscow, […]
Posted: June 9th, 2017 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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The Pskov Region Assembly chose not to return direct elections of city mayors for Pskov and Velikiye Luky
Press Release, 08.06.2017 The Pskov Region Assembly of Deputies declined the legislative initiative by Lev Shlosberg to return to the residents of Pskov and Velikiye Luky the right to directly elect heads of these large cities of the region.
Posted: June 8th, 2017 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Emilia Slabunova introduced a bill on the equal rights of candidates for outdoor campaigning
Press Release, 1.06.2017 A draft federal law guaranteeing equal rights to all the participants in elections for placement of their campaign materials in the streets was submitted to the Legislative Assembly of Karelia by Emilia Slabunova, MP and leader of the Yabloko party. The changes will affect placement of campaign materials on billboards, banners, message […]
Posted: June 1st, 2017 under Regional and Local Elections.
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