Archive for 'State Duma Elections 2021'
State Duma candidate Yelena Izotova, who was not admitted to the parliamentary elections in 2021, disputes in the Supreme Court “involvement in an extremist organisation”
Press Release, 19.09.2022 Photo: Yelena Izotova (left) and Gulnaz Ravilova / Photo from social media Yelena Izotova, a member of the Council of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Tatarstan and a Yabloko candidate for deputy of the State Duma in 2021, filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation […]
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky: Yabloko has always advocated peace and saving people’s lives
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post, 30.08.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service After Grigory Yavlinsky recalled, on 24 August, the priority steps proposed by the Yabloko party back in February to prevent deaths in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the need to conclude a ceasefire agreement, a stream of accusations fell upon Yabloko […]
Posted: September 1st, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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The development of neo-Stalinism must be prevented
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 25.08.2022 Photo: Zakhar Prilepin / Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant On 3 August, “an introductory meeting of the working group on the investigation of anti-state activities in culture (GRAD)” was held in the State Duma, under the chairmanship of Zakhar Prilepin, Co-Chairman of the A Just Russia – For Truth […]
Posted: August 25th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Protests fail to affect politics not only in Russia, but also in the world”
Corriere Della Sera, 22.07.2022 Photo: Peace March in Moscow in 2014 / Photo by Yevgeny Nadalinsky, Kommersant On 16 July, the influential Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera published an interview with Grigory Yavlinsky on the situation in connection with the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. Unfortunately, there are fragments in the Corriere Della Sera publication […]
Posted: July 25th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, War in Syria, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky on Vladimir Putin’s article “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians” of July 2021, and the Russian parliamentary elections of 2021 as a lost chance to prevent the 24th of February
Boris Vishnevsky’s Telegram Channel VishNevskoyoeVremya, 12.07.2022 Exactly one year ago, on 12 July, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin published an article “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”. It actually denied Ukraine’s right to statehood and sovereignty. It stated that the Ukrainian state had no right to a significant part of its territories, which […]
Posted: July 19th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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Andrei Pivovarov sentenced to four years in prison and an eight-year ban on political activities
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram Channel, 15.07.2022 Photo: Andrei Pivovarov A court in Krasnodar sentenced Andrei Pivovarov, a public figure and former candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko, to four years in prison and an eight-year ban on political activities.
Posted: July 18th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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The Constitutional Court to consider the legality of restricting participation in elections for “persons involved in extremist organisations”
Press Release, 2.06.2022 Photo: Lev Shlosberg and Nikolai Kuzmin / Photo from social networks Two complaints were filed with the Constitutional Court of Russia against the constitutionality of the norms of the Russian electoral legislation, which established restrictions on participation in elections for “persons involved in the activities of extremist organisations”.
Posted: June 6th, 2022 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A criminal case for criticising the authorities filed in Kemerovo against a former Yabloko candidate for the State Duma
Press Release, 19.04.2022 Photo: Vyacheslav Chernov / Photo from social networks On 18 April, the Investigative Committee of the Kemerovo Region, basing on a report from the deputy head of the regional Centre for Counteracing Extremism, opened a criminal case against Vyacheslav Chernov, a civil activist, entrepreneur, and a candidate for the State Duma from […]
Posted: April 21st, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Three Yabloko party members were included into the ranking of public activists of the Krasnodar Territory
Press Release, 08.02.2022 Photo: Alexander Biryukov, Alexander Korovainy, and Sofia Pilyukova / Photo from social networks Alexander Korovayny, a former deputy of the Yeisk District Council from the Yabloko party, Alexander Biryukov, a Yabloko member and Deputy Chairman of the North Caucasus Environmental Watch, and Sofia Pilyukova, a public activist and a Yabloko volunteer in […]
Posted: February 14th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The offices of the ex-candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko Oleg Mandrykin were searched
Press Release, 9.02.2022 Photo: Oleg Mandrykin and Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov (left). / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service All the offices of the real estate agency Variant in Severodvinsk, the Arkhangelsk region, headed by Oleg Mandrykin, one of the leaders of the STOP-SHIES coalition [a public movement against organisation of a giant landfill instead […]
Posted: February 11th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional and Local Elections 2022, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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NO TO WAR!
Statement by the Yabloko party, 24.01.2022 Photo: A column of Yabloko party demonstrators during the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov, 24 February, 2019. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko resolutely condemns the militaristic hysteria whipped up by high-ranking Russian officials and propaganda, a demonstration of readiness to start a war. Never in […]
Posted: January 26th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Oleg Vinogradov expelled from the Yaroslavl branch of Yabloko for imposture and forgery
Press Release, 14.01.2022 Photo: Oleg Vinogradov / Photo by the Press Service of the Yabloko party The Federal Bureau of Yabloko expelled from the party Oleg Vinogradov, former Chairman of the Yaroslavl regional branch of the party. The reason was his falsification of documents of the primary organisations of the branch, as well as imposture […]
Posted: January 15th, 2022 under Elections, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko stands for voter representation and against political monopoly
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 14.01.2022 The Bureau of the Yabloko party believes that the campaign to abolish elections on a party list basis, which has unfolded in many cities and regions of Russia in recent years, represents an attempt by the bankrupt ruling party to maintain a political monopoly and secure their fabricated majority.
Posted: January 15th, 2022 under Elections, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A criminal case on falsification in the elections of State Duma deputies filed on the application of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 13.01.2022 Photo by bizoon/depositphotos The Investigative Committee filed a criminal case on the fact of fraud in the elections of deputies of the State Duma in the Satkinsky District of the Chelyabinsk region. A voter applied to the headquarters of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko which was engaged in election observation and said […]
Posted: January 13th, 2022 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Bureau expels party members who supported Yabloko competitors in the elections
Press Release, 29.12.2021 The Yabloko Party Federal Bureau, at its meeting on 28 December, expelled from the Moscow regional branch a number of party members who grossly violated the party by-laws.
Posted: December 29th, 2021 under Elections, Political Parties, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Ukraine and the four Duma parties of war”. Boris Vishnevsky on the hand out of the United Russia party cards to the heads of the Lugansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine
Blog post by Boris Vishnevsky, 6.12.2021 Photo by BerksiuS_Ukr / depositphotos The main event of the 20th congress of the [ruling] United Russia [party] is neither the re-election of [former Russian President and former PM] Dmitry Medvedev as Chairman of the party (but everyone understands that it is not he who is leading the party). […]
Posted: December 7th, 2021 under Elections, Foreign policy, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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The court ruled out that Ruslan Zinatullin, Chair of the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan, was involved in the “extremist organisation”
Press Release, 23.11.2021 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Press Service of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan approved the decision of the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan which had recognised Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko, involved in the activities of Alexei Navalny’s […]
Posted: November 25th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stop destruction of federalism and local self-government in Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Bureau, 19.11.2021 Photo: The authors of the bill MP Pavel Krasheninnikov and Senator Andrei Klishas. / Photo by Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant The Yabloko party regards the Klishas-Krashennikov bill “On the general principles of organising public power in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation” as the final elimination of federalism and […]
Posted: November 19th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre asked the police to check the apartments seized by former State Duma deputies without permission
Press Release, 18.11.2021 Photo by Igor Ivanko / Kommersant The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party asked the Moscow police to check the apartments where former deputies of the State Duma have been living unlawfully a month after the end of their MP term. In addition, the transfer of 17 apartments for use to […]
Posted: November 19th, 2021 under Elections, Political Parties, Politics, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Liquidation of the Memorial human rights society will be Vladimir Putin’s personal decision”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 15.11.2021 A submission on the liquidation of the International [human rights] Society Memorial was sent to the Supreme Court of Russia. The formal pretext for this looks deliberately contrived: the absence of a “foreign agent” label in the materials of an organisation with a large number of branches and a huge document […]
Posted: November 15th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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