Archive for 'The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma'
Yabloko deputies in the Moscow State Duma demand from the Moscow police to investigate the chemical attack on the office of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper
Press Release, 16.03.2021 Photo: The Yabloko faction of the Moscow City Duma, from left to right: Sergei Mitrokhin, Daria Besedina, Yevgeny Bunimovich and Maxim Kruglov. Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent an appeal to the head of the Moscow police, Oleg Baranov, with a proposal to prove the […]
Posted: March 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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Statement by Yabloko deputies of the Moscow parliament on political terror on behalf of the Moscow police
Statement by the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, 15.03.2021 Photo: Detention of Sergei Mitorkhin These days, the whole country has been witnessing a new round of a systemic campaign aimed at suppressing opposition politics in Russia. Past week, Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow police, presented to the Moscow City Duma his […]
Posted: March 15th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko deputies in the Moscow City Duma ask the Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case on the possible fact of the poisoning of Vladimir Kara-Murza by the Federal Security Service
Press Release, 9.03.2021 Four deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma signed an appeal to Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, with a request to open a criminal case on the fact of media reports about the possible poisoning of Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. by officers of the Federal Security […]
Posted: March 10th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Maxim Kruglov: Moscow Mayor’s Office has cut the powers of the City Parliament and municipalities
Maxim Kruglov’s blog post, 18.02.2021 Photo: Maxim Kruglov, leader of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma Today, the Moscow authorities have finally revealed their strategy for the coming years. Instead of building modern, flexible, horizontal management structures, the Mayor’s Office and [the government’s] United Russia [party], on the contrary, concentrate all powers in […]
Posted: February 18th, 2021 under Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Political Parties, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The pro-Mayor’s majority in the Moscow City Duma thwarted the adoption of the law on parliamentary investigations
Press Release, 24.12.2020 Photo: Maxim Kruglov Yesterday, on December 23, the Moscow City Duma considered the bill on parliamentary investigations submitted by Maxim Kruglov, the leader of the Yabloko faction. According to the document, any facts of violation of the city laws, the rights of Moscow residents, non-fulfillment of the budget, manipulation with city property, […]
Posted: December 25th, 2020 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The authorities are preparing to actively rig the elections”. Deputy Chairman of Yabloko on the new composition of Moscow territorial electoral commissions
FB page by Ivan Bolshakov, 19.12.2020 The Moscow City Electoral Commission has published the names of new members of territorial electoral commissions, which will also conduct elections to the State Duma [in 2021]. It is no secret that the formation of the commissions takes place under the control of the authorities, which send loyal people […]
Posted: December 22nd, 2020 under Elections, Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko faction did not support the draft budget of Moscow for 2021
Press Release, 11.12.2020 The Yabloko party deputies in the Moscow parliament did not support the Moscow draft budget adopted late in the evening on December 10. Maxim Kruglov, Sergei Mitrokhin and Daria Besedina voted against, Yevgeny Bunimovich abstained. Discussion of the amendments to the budget lasted over 11 hours, 93 amendments were submitted by deputies […]
Posted: December 11th, 2020 under Education and Science, Elections, Healthcare, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow Mayor’s Office will take into account only one of 57 amendments submitted by municipal deputies to the Moscow budget via the Yabloko faction
Press Release, 9.12.2020 Photo: Maxim Kruglov, leader of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma Maxim Kruglov, leader of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, submitted 57 proposals prepared by Moscow municipal deputies to the second reading of the Moscow budget for 2021. According to the present legislation, Moscow municipal deputies do […]
Posted: December 10th, 2020 under Economy, Russian Economy, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko proposes to allocate 144 billion roubles from the Moscow city budget to support businesses affected by the COVID pandemic
Press Release, 7.12.2020 The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma submitted a package of amendments for the second reading of the Moscow city budget for 2021 and the planning period of 2022-2023. A significant part of the amendments concerns allocation of funds for subsidies to organisations and individual entrepreneurs affected by restrictions due to […]
Posted: December 8th, 2020 under The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma provided municipal deputies the right to introduce amendments to the Moscow city budget
Press Release, 11.11.2020 Photo: Maxim Kruglov Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, has launched a platform – an aggregator of amendments to the Moscow city budget from municipal deputies of the city. The aggregator enables the municipal deputies of Moscow to make amendments to the draft City Budget for […]
Posted: November 11th, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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A third of the Moscow City Duma supported the Yabloko bill on the responsibility of the President and the Government to Parliament
Press Release, 28.10.2020 Photo: The results of voting on the bill submitted by Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma More than a third of the Moscow City Duma deputies supported the Yabloko bill on responsibility and accountability of the President and the Government of Russia to Parliament.
Posted: October 28th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The parliamentary majority of the Moscow City Duma rejected Yabloko’s amendments to the Constitution, prohibiting torture and introducing a contract-based army
Press Release, 15.10.2020 The Moscow City Duma rejected two bills with amendments to the Constitution submitted by the Yabloko faction. The bills were proposed to be adopted as a legislative initiative and sent to the federal parliament – the State Duma. The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma submitted a package of nine bills […]
Posted: October 15th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, The Russian Army, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Eleven regional Yabloko deputies and the party Chairman call on the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia to open a criminal case on Alexei Navalny’s poisoning
Press Release, 11.09.2020 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and eleven Yabloko deputies from six regional legislative assemblies forwarded to Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, a statement on investigation of a crime. Yabloko deputies urge Bastrykin to initiate a criminal case under Article 277 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation […]
Posted: September 11th, 2020 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Regional and Local Elections, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Students reinstated to the university at the demand of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office. The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City State Duma helped the students who were arbitrarily expelled during the COVID quarantine to get reinstatement
Press Release, 28.08.2020 Natalya Pochinok, Rector of the Russian State Social University, had to cancel her order on the expulsion of Anton Ocheretin and Danila Petrov from the university, after the Public Prosecutor General’s Office proposed her to eliminate violations of the legislation on education. Students were expelled in April this year for trying to […]
Posted: August 31st, 2020 under Education and Science, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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“Freedom of expression is inviolable!” Yabloko deputies demand from the head of the Moscow police to give explanations on the arrests of protesters
Press Release, 5.06.2020 Photo: Arrest of Maxim Kruglov The Yabloko faction of the Moscow City Duma demands immediate admission of Yabloko deputies from the head of the Moscow police chief Oleg Baranov. An official letter of this was signed by Maxim Kruglov, Chairman of the faction, and was sent to the police department in Moscow […]
Posted: June 5th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Yabloko appealed to Public Prosecutor General after more than 200 students were expelled from the Russian State Social Sciences University. One of the expelled is a member of Yabloko
An appeal by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, 27.05.2020 The Federal Bureau of Yabloko appealed to Public Prosecutor General of Russia after more than 200 students were unlawfully expelled from the Russian State Social Sciences University during the pandemic when they could not even appeal the decisions of the university management. One of the expelled […]
Posted: May 27th, 2020 under Education and Science, Healthcare, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Yabloko MPs of the Moscow City Duma demand from the Moscow authorities to proceed from the presumption of innocence of citizens and check digital passes introduced during COVID-19 epidemic selectively
Press Release, 15.04.2020 The Yabloko faction in Moscow City Duma appealed to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate, in connection with large queues of passengers to enter metro stations and traffic jams at entrances to Moscow that emerged on April 15 after the introduction of digital […]
Posted: April 15th, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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“Not border stones, but masks”. Yabloko: Moscow Mayor must change the priorities of city budget in favour of support to citizens
Press Release, 11.04.2020 The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma made a package of proposals to the Moscow government aimed at providing socio-economic support to residents of Moscow in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. The document proposes to redistribute the funds envisaged in the budget for 2020 from long-term infrastructure and entertainment projects to […]
Posted: April 15th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Constitutional coup in Russia: political turmoil is a chance for democrats
ALDE party, 30.03.2020. This op-ed is written by Nikolai Rybakov, who has been serving as chair of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko since 2019. Yabloko is the oldest democratic party in Russia and continues fighting for a modern European state. Read more
Posted: March 31st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction of the Moscow City Duma proposes to give the Moscow parliament the right to approve appointment of top Moscow officials
Press Release, 27.01.2020 The Yabloko faction of the Moscow City Duma proposes that the Moscow parliament should have the right to approve appointment and dismissal by the Mayor of top Moscow officials such as Vice Mayors, ministers of the city government, districts heads, heads of local administrations, while the same candidacy cannot be submitted for […]
Posted: January 28th, 2020 under Elections, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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