Archive for 'Regional and Local Elections'
Yabloko Chairperson demands to bring to criminal responsibility those involved in the non-admission of opposition candidates for elections in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 30.06.2019 Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova demanded that law enforcement agencies initiate a criminal case under article 141 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of obstructing the exercise of electoral rights of candidates for deputies of the St. Petersburg municipality Yekateringofsky, and immediately release candidate from Yabloko Fyodor Gorozhanko, […]
Posted: July 2nd, 2019 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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Yabloko nominated 547 candidates to run for deputies in 85 municipal councils of St. Petersburg, and nomination goes on
Press Release, 26.06.2019 The Conference of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko nominated 547 candidates for deputies of municipal councils in 85 of the city’s total 109 municipalities. The final number of candidates will be even larger, since the election headquarters still receive applications from potential candidates.
Posted: June 29th, 2019 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, St.Petersburg gubernatorial elections 2019.
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Anna Cherepanova submitted to the Veliky Novgorod parliament a bill on the direct election of the head of the city and heads of municipal districts
Press Release, 24.05.2019 The bill on the direct election of the heads of Novgorod and heads of municipal districts was submitted to the Duma of Veliky Novgorod by Anna Cherepanova, MP of the Veliky Novgorod Duma and Chair of the Novgorod Yabloko. A similar bill was also submitted by the deputies of the Duma of […]
Posted: May 27th, 2019 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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The Vologda branch of Yabloko participated in the rally “We demand!”
Press Release, 22.04.2019 On 20 April, a rally of the city opposition was held in Vologda under the slogan “We demand!”. The speakers demanded that the authorities abolish their tariffs for garbage collection and revise their project for improvement of the Vologda embankment. Members of the Vologda branch of Yabloko took part in the […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2019 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Housing and Utilities Reform, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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The first court hearings on the lawsuit of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko to the City Duma on challenging decisions replacing the mayoral election took place.
Press Release, 22.03.2019 The first hearings on the lawsuit of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko to the City Duma were held in the Chelyabinsk Regional Court. The regional branch of the party asks the court to invalidate the decisions of the City Duma approving the regulations on the procedure for holding a competition to select […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2019 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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Nikolay Rybakov: The Alexander Korovainy case is another episode of the authoirties’ struggle against people who want to change the life in the country for the better
Press Release, 16.03.2019 In the Krasnodar Territory, a lawsuit was filed against Alexander Korovainy, deputy of the Yeisk District Council from the Yabloko party, for his repost on Facebook of a MBH-Media’s picture on the rise in prices. Alexander Korovainy was accused of “carrying out the activity of an undesirable organisation” (Article 20.33 of the […]
Posted: March 18th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections.
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No to persecution of Moscow municipal deputies
The authorities must abolish reprisals against the dissenting Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 28.02.2019 Photo: Andrei Morev, municipal deputy from Yabloko and head of minicipality. The Moscow authorities lost the municipal elections in 2017 in a number of [Moscow] districts, and began systematically intimidate municipal deputies. Pressure on municipal deputies is openly criminal and includes […]
Posted: March 5th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Regional and Local Elections.
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Video address by Nikolay Rybakov to Public Prosecutor General and head of the Investigation Committee on the case of Lev Shlosberg
Press Release, 22.02.2019 Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, recorded a video address to Yury Chaika, Public Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, and Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigation Committee of Russia, in connection with prosecution of Lev Shlosberg, head of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, by law enforcement agencies and criminals.
Posted: February 22nd, 2019 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2018, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the criminal case against Lev Shlosberg and the Pskov branch of Yabloko, and the possibility of change in Russia: This is an anti-constitutional act suppressing legal opposition
Ekho Moskvi radio station, 15.02. 2019 On 15 February, Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee and Yabloko founder, commented to the Ekho Moskvi radio station on a criminal case against the Pskov branch of Yabloko and Lev Shlosberg, Pskov Yabloko leader and MP of the Pskov Regional Assembly. Yavlinsky noted that the search […]
Posted: February 20th, 2019 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2018, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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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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Yabloko on the runoff mayoral elections in Novosibirsk
Press release based on a statement by the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, 16.10.2018 The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko released a statement putting forward an initiative to reintroduce mayoral runoff elections. The statement was addressed to Novosibirsk Mayor Anatoly Lokot and city parliament MPs.
Posted: October 16th, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Emilia Slabunova introduces bill on the repeal of municipal filter in gubernatorial elections
Press release, 12.10.2018 Emilia Slabunova, Yabloko Chair and an MP in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, introduced a bill on the repeal of the municipal filter in the gubernatorial elections.
Posted: October 12th, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko MP in Veliky Novgorod initiates the reintroduction of direct mayoral elections
Press release, 11.10.2018 Anna Cherepanova, a Yabloko MP in the Veliky Novgorod city parliament, put forward an initiative on the reintroduction of direct mayoral elections.
Posted: October 12th, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Lev Shlosberg campaigns for the reintroduction of mayoral elections in the Pskov Region
Press release, 27.09.2018 On September 27, deputy of the Pskov Legislative Assembly Lev Shlosberg (Yabloko faction) introduced a bill on the reintroduction of direct mayoral elections in Pskov and Velikie Luki for the third time. Deputies of the regional parliament voted down the initiative twice (on 6 June 2017 and 25 January 2018). The United […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections.
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Oksana Demchenko: We think that the government should serve people, not the other way round
3.09.2018 Chair of the Krasnoyarsk branch of Yabloko Oksana Demchenko believes that if the party representatives are elected to the city parliament, they will improve the quality of life in Krasnoyarsk. – It is the 25th anniversary of the foundation of Yabloko this year. We have many deputies across Russia and a large number of […]
Posted: September 4th, 2018 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018.
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Emilia Slabunova: If there are Yabloko deputies in the City Duma of Yekaterinburg, it will be a new page in the history of the city
Press Release, 29.08.2018 The leaders of Yabloko went to the Russian regions to support Yabloko candidates in the 9 September elections. The party Chair Emilia Slabunova visited Yekaterinburg, the Urals, to support party candidates in the city parliament (the City Duma). Yabloko put forward a strong team of united democratic coalition in the elections to […]
Posted: August 30th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018.
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Oleg Rodin, Yabloko’s candidate to the deputy of the State Duma, applied for a permission for a rally against raising the retirement age on 2 September
Press Release, 20.08.2018 On Friday, 17 August, Oleg Rodin, Yabloko’s candidate to the deputy of the State Duma in the forthcoming by-election to the Russian parliament, applied for a permission for a rally against raising the retirement age in Nizhny Novgorod on 2 September. The rally is planed on 2 September. Co-organisers of the action […]
Posted: August 27th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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Media publish the court decision on annulment of Yabloko’s candidates registration in Yaroslavl before the beginning of the session of the court
Emilia Slabunova’s FB post, 11.07.2018 The Telegram channel Yar[oslvl]Politics [a channel in the social media] informs that registration of Yabloko’s candidates list [in Yaroslavl] will be annulled by the decision of the court. [That is], the decision of the court has become known an hour before the court’s session! That is how our judicial and […]
Posted: July 12th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko won over the regional Duma in a trial
The refusal of the Novgorod Region Duma to give the floor to the oppositional party at the plenary meeting was recognised unlawful Press Release, 09.07.2018 On 6 July, the Novgorod District Court satisfied the claim of the regional branch of Yabloko to the regional Duma and found the refusal of the legislative body to allow […]
Posted: July 10th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yabloko nominated Igor Yermolenko, leader of the Samara branch of the party, to run in the by-elections to the State Duma
Press Release, 09.07.2018 The Federal Bureaud of Yabloko nominated Igor Yermolenko, leader of the Samara branch of the party, to run in the by-elections to the State Duma in a single-mandate district No 158 in Samara. Igor Yermolenko was born in Buguruslan, the Orenburg region, in 1971. He has two higher educations: Samara State […]
Posted: July 9th, 2018 under Regional and Local Elections.
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