Archive for 'State Duma Elections'
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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Grigory Yavlinsky to meet coordinators of the party campaign headquarters
Press release, 01.09.2016 Tomorrow, September 2, head of YABLOKO’s federal list of parliamentary candidates, Grigory Yavlinsky, will have a meeting with the coordinators of the party campaign headquarters in Moscow.
Posted: September 1st, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Vladimir Ryzhkov: “The poverty of Siberia is the result of purposeful activities of the federal government”
YABLOKO parliamentary candidate visited the cities of Siberia Press release, 25.08.2016 On August 23-24, YABLOKO parliamentary candidate Vladimir Ryzhkov visited Tomsk and Novosibirsk as part of the election campaign. Ryzhkov had a meeting with party supporters, held two press conferences and participated in radio and television programmes.
Posted: August 26th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO parliamentary candidates talked about the first steps in the State Duma to improve the situation in the country
Press release, 24.08.2016 Today YABLOKO parliamentary candidates have launched the legislative initiatives, which the party is intended to implement if it enters the Parliament. YABLOKO leaders and parliamentary nominees launched the most relevant out of nearly 150 bills, which YABLOKO had drafted.
Posted: August 25th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Advertising company refuses to place YABLOKO’s billboards in the Altai Territory
Press release, 02.08.2016 The Gallery advertising company denied placing 27 YABLOKO’s billboards in six cities of the Altai Territory despite preliminary agreements. The company proposed to place 10 advertising boards in the cities of Barnaul and Biysk instead.
Posted: August 3rd, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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The staff of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper gives YABLOKO the majority in the new parliament
Novaya Gazeta, 12.07.2016 On 8 July, the Novaya Gazeta newspaper held a public opinion poll among the paper staff on the upcoming elections. Journalists were choosing by means of secret ballot the party list they would support, if the election took place next Sunday. In general 52 out of total 142 people of the staff […]
Posted: July 12th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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State Duma of the Sixth Convocation Discredited the State
Statement by the 19th Congress of the YABLOKO party, 11.07.2016 Summing up the results of the work of the State Duma of the sixth convocation, the Russian United Democratic YABLOKO party states the negative influence which the deputies made on the public, political and economic life of the country. The State Duma of the sixth […]
Posted: July 12th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “We need to elect a new President”
Press release, 03.07.2016 About 1000 people came to listen to the leaders of YABLOKO’s federal list for the parliamentary elections. Chair Emilia Slabunova, politician Vladimir Ryzhkov, journalist Lev Shlosberg, opposition MP Dmitry Gudkov, Petrozavodsk ex-Mayor Galina Shirshina, party Deputy Chairmen Alexander Gnezdilov and Nikolai Rybakov, head of the party election head-quarters Mikhail Geilikman made speeches […]
Posted: July 5th, 2016 under Elections, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Galina Shirshina: I want to do all so that YABLOKO would get into the State Duma
Press release, 11.06.2016 From 6 to 10 June Galina Shirshina, Adviser to YABLOKO Chair and ex-Mayor of Petrozavodsk, was on a working visit to the Urals. She visited Orenburg, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Tyumen and Yekaterinburg, met with potential candidates in single-mandate constituencies in the elections to the State Duma and discussed various issues with activists of […]
Posted: June 15th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: I have known Yavlinsky for many years
Sergei Mitrokhin, a member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee, 06.06.2016 The YABLOKO party continues preparing for the State Duma elections. And a question from our voters on “What will the the presence of the party faction in the State Duma change?” sounds quite correct. At the moment the [ruling] United Russia’s deputies and their obedient […]
Posted: June 8th, 2016 under Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2016, State Duma Elections.
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Vladimir Ryzhkov: Why one should vote for Yavlinsky and YABLOKO
Blog post by Vladimir Ryzhkov, 01.06.2016 The federal elections in Russia take place more seldom because of the machinations of the Kremlin and the [ruling] United Russia party. The State Duma elections take place once in five years, presidential – once in six years. Therefore the importance of the elections has increased considerably. If you […]
Posted: June 1st, 2016 under Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2016, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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State Duma to consider Yavlinsky’s amendments to law on police
Press release, 31.05.2016 Today, 31 May, deputy Dmitry Gudkov will introduce the draft amendments to the Federal Law “On Police” made by Grigory Yavlinsky, the leader of the YABLOKO faction in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, to the State Duma. The draft stipulates that the premises of all the police units and police cars must be equipped […]
Posted: June 1st, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, Parliamentary Elections 2016, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Emilia Slabunova: What are YABLOKO’s goals in the forthcoming parliamentary election
Radio KP, programme “The State Duma 2016: Reload”, 19.05.2016 Yakovlev: – Good evening! I am pleased and have the honour to introduce you our today’s guest – Emilia Slabunova, Chair of the YABLOKO party. Emilia Edgardovna, thank you for coming to our studio.
Posted: May 27th, 2016 under Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2016, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Grigory Yavlinsky had a meeting with Alexei Navalny
Press release, 20.05.2016 Chair of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee Grigory Yavlinsky has had a meeting with politician Alexei Navalny today. The coming State Duma election campaign became the subject of the meeting.
Posted: May 23rd, 2016 under Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2016, Presidential elections 2018, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO reminded voters about the importance of participation in elections
Press release, 18.05.2016 On 18 May, four months before the elections to the State Duma, YABLOKO activists conducted campaigning street actions to remind the voters about the importance of participation in elections. The action took place in more than 20 cities of Russia.
Posted: May 20th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “We must be ready to hoist the sail, when a lull in the sea ends”
Sut’ Sobitiy (The Essence of the Events), 15.04.2016 By Valentina Karelova Will the elections be fair and transparent with the appointment of Ella Pamfilova head of the Central Election Commission, why Alexei Navalny’s work is inefficient, whether Russia needs democracy, and when have we buried it? Grigory Yavlinsky, founder of the YABLOKO party, politician and […]
Posted: April 18th, 2016 under Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2016, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Galina Shirshina to stand for State Duma elections as YABLOKO’s candidate
Press release, 18.04.2016 Former Mayor of Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia, will stand for the elections to the State Duma as YABLOKO’s candidate. She will also support Grigory Yavlinsky’s candidacy in the presidential elections.
Posted: April 18th, 2016 under Elections, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, Situation in Karelia, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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As elections loom, Kremlin applies ‘ethical standards’ to muzzle critics
The Christian Science Monitor, by Fred Weir, 29.03.2016 … Russia’s oldest liberal party, Yabloko, has seen several of its local lawmakers censured or deprived of deputy status for breaking such rules over the past few months. Nevertheless, Alexander Gnezdilov, the party’s deputy chairman, insists that Yabloko will attempt to participate in both local and national […]
Posted: April 1st, 2016 under Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2016, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Chelyabinsk branch of YABLOKO holds meeting with activits in Magnitogorsk
Press release, 28.03.2016 On 27 March, the Chelyabinsk Region branch of YABLOKO held a meeting with the party activits in Magnitogorsk, the city of metallurgists which as an important public and political centre of the Chelyabinsk Region. Local YABLOKO activits have been members of the party since 1993.
Posted: March 28th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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