Archive for 'YABLOKO’s faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly'
Boris Vishnevsky on the forced termination of his parliamentary powers: I thank the people of St.Petersburg who trust me and continue to trust me
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post, 28.10.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky/ Photo by the Press Service of the St. Petersburg Yabloko My work in the Legislative Assembly terminates on 30 October. I thank the people of St. Petersburg who trust me and continue to trust me I categorically disagree with the decision of the Ministry of Justice to […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Shishlov on the results of the elections in St.Petersburg that were “desirable” for the authorities but obtained at the cost of growing mistrust in the elections and the destruction of legitimacy
Press Release, 9.09.2024 Photo: A ballot with an inscription “For Vishnevsky! For Yabloko!”. Alexander Shishlov, Chairman of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party and the head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, commented on the elections of the Governor of St.Petersburg and municipal deputies that took place […]
Posted: September 10th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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St. Petersburg Yabloko calls not to vote for the current Governor Alexander Beglov and his sparring partners in the gubernatorial elections in September
Press Release, 5.09.2024 Photo: The Bureau of the St. Petersburg branch Yabloko calls not to vote for the current Governor Alexander Beglov and his sparring partners in the gubernatorial elections in September.
Posted: September 5th, 2024 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Judiciary, Social Policies, St.Petersburg Gubernatorial Elections 2014, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the position of Yabloko in the September elections in St. Petersburg
Statement by the Bureau of the regional branch of Yabloko, 5.09.2024 Photo from Wikimedia Commons The current election campaign in Russia’s regions of Russia is taking place in the context of continuous toughening of restrictions on citizens’ rights, political censorship in the media, blocking of information on the Internet, persecution of those who disagree with […]
Posted: September 5th, 2024 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Shishlov appealed to the Minister of Defence in connection with information about the participation of conscripts in military operations in the Kursk region
Press Release, 30.08.2024 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Shishlov, the leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent an appeal to the Minister of Defence Andrei Belousov, asking to organise an investigation into the information about the participation […]
Posted: August 30th, 2024 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Vasileostrovsky District Court of St.Petersburg refused to recognise unlawful the decision to include Boris Vishnevsky in “foreign agents” register
Press Release, 28.08.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky in the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St.Petersburg / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 27 August, the trial on the suit of Boris Vishnevsky, a Yabloko deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, against the Ministry of Justice, whose officials […]
Posted: August 28th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky fined for “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 15.08.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky outside the courthouse / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St.Petersburg fined Boris Vishnevsky, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, 15,000 roubles under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the […]
Posted: August 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky asked the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St.Petersburg to send a request to the Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of the law on “foreign influence”
Press Release, 6.08.2024 Photo: Vitaly Isakov and Boris Vishnevsky at a meeting of the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg / Photo by the regional branch of the party Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, is challenging the status of “foreign agent” unlawfully assigned to him […]
Posted: August 7th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ministry of Justice failed to explain on why it recognised Boris Vishnevsky as a “foreign agent”
Press Release, 19.07.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky by the court with his defence attorneys / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The Vasileostrovsky District Court in St.Petersburg held the first hearing on the merits in the lawsuit filed by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and MP of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, […]
Posted: July 19th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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St.Petersburg Yabloko demands that the Public Prosecutor’s Office look into the forged signatures of party deputies for a gubernatorial candidate
Press Release, 2.07.2024 The head of the Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg parliament, Alexander Shishlov, appealed to the city Public Prosecutor Viktor Melnik: the list of those municipal deputies who put their signatures for the candidate for Governor of St. Petersburg Alexei Kovalyov included members of Yabloko who did not support him.
Posted: July 2nd, 2024 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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St. Petersburg Yabloko opposes raising of taxes, the money from which will be used for the militarisation of the country
Press Release, 5 June 2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg The Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly voted against parliamentary approval of the federal law on raising taxes. The Russian government presents the initiative as “fair”, highlighting only the “progressive scale” of […]
Posted: June 6th, 2024 under Economy, Governance, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Representatives of the Public Prosecutor’s Office did not appear at the trial on Boris Vishnevsky’s participation in the activities of an “undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 03.06.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 June, the Vasileostrovsky District Court began hearings on an absurd case against Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. Vishnevsky was accused of participating in the activities of an “undesirable organisation”. […]
Posted: June 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The first court hearing on the lawsuit of Boris Vishnevsky who disputes recognition him as a “foreign agent” held in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 31.05.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko On 31 May, the Vasileostrovsky District Court held the first hearing in the lawsuit filed by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, against the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of […]
Posted: June 5th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko considers the rules on discrimination against “foreign agents” unconstitutional and will seek their abolition in the Constitutional Court
Press Release, 22.05.2024 Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Deputies of the Yabloko faction voted against discrimination against “foreign agents” at the level of city laws. The parliamentary majority voted to ban “foreign agents” from being elected and holding public office. On 22 May, the Legislative Assembly of St. […]
Posted: May 22nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko regards the initiation of an administrative case against Boris Vishnevsky as another example of pressure
Press Release, 27.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko regards the initiation of an administrative case under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences against Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, for his online […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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We don’t hide behind numbers: the Yabloko faction in St.Petersburg city parliament has published income declarations
Press release, 25.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly published their income declarations for 2023. Alexander Shishlov and Boris Vishnevsky insist on the openness of people’s representatives, and therefore do not take advantage of the possibility to report […]
Posted: April 25th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky is challenging in court the decision to include him in the register of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 24.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, sent two administrative claims to the court challenging the decision of the Ministry of Justice to include him in the register of “foreign agents.”
Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko is the only party in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg speaking against censorship of books by “foreign agent” authors
Press Release, 15.04.2024 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant On 15 April, the Standing Commission of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on Education, Culture and Science approved the initiative of State Duma deputies to amend the law “On Librarianship”. Only the head of the Yabloko faction, Alexander Shishlov, spoke out against it.
Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The pro-government parliamentary majority of St. Petersburg does not allow competition in gubernatorial elections
Yabloko’s initiative to reduce the municipal filter for candidates failed Press Release, 10.04.2024 Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg Only 17 deputies in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, supported the initiative of the Yabloko faction to reduce the municipal filter for gubernatorial candidates. Now the city has the highest […]
Posted: April 11th, 2024 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Alexander Shishlov, spoke about the need for a ceasefire and expressed condolences to Navalny’s relatives during a briefing for faction leaders
Press Release, 21.02.2024 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg At the traditional briefing of faction leaders, which is held after each meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the head of the Yabloko faction, Alexander Shishlov, spoke not about the agenda of the meeting, […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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