Archive for 'Environmental Policies'
The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia did not support the budget of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. Deputy Emilia Slabunova innumerates the reasons
Press Release, 14.11.2024 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 November, the Legislative Assembly of Karelia considered the draft budget of the Republic of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. The Yabloko faction voted against adopting the document. The head of the faction Emilia Slabunova notes that only the […]
Posted: November 15th, 2024 under Education and Science, Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moscow Yabloko demands to open a criminal case on the attack on environmental activist Ivan Shchekin in the Moscow region
Press Release, 13.11.2024 Photo: Ivan Shchekin after the attack on him in the Romashkinsky forest / Photo by Sergei Utrishsky The Regional Bureau of Moscow Yabloko sent an appeal to the chief of the Moscow region police Viktor Ishchenko. The appeal was signed by Maxim Kruglov, Deputy Chair of the Moscow Yabloko. On 5 November, […]
Posted: November 13th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The 8th All-Russian Conference “Yablokov Readings” in memory of Acad. Alexei Yablokov, scientist, politician and founder of the Yabloko Green Russia faction, was held in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 31.10.2024 The 8th All-Russian Conference “Yablokov Readings” in memory of Acad. Alexei Yablokov, scientist, politician and founder of the Yabloko Green Russia faction, was held in St. Petersburg. Reports were delivered by scientists, journalists, leaders and activists of environmental non-governmental organisations, and leaders and activists of the Yabloko party.
Posted: November 2nd, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Chelyabinsk Yabloko honoured the memory of the victims of the Mayak nuclear tragedy in 1957
Press Release, 30.09.2024 September 29 marked 67 years since the Kyshtym nuclear accident – a nuclear explosion at the Mayak chemical plant. The explosion was the result of a violation of the cooling regime of the storage tank for radioactive waste. In its severity, the accident is second only to the Chernobyl and Fukushima-1 accidents. […]
Posted: September 30th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region: Governor Alexei Teksler’s course represents a dead end
Blog post by Yaroslav Shcherbakov, 6.09.2024 Photo: Placard “Alexei Teksler: to protect and help! / Photo by Yaroslav Shcherbakov Five years ago, Alexei Teksler defined people as a priority in his election programme. Today, his programme has other priorities: “First. Everything for Victory!” Meanwhile, the main strategic goals for the development of the Chelyabinsk Region […]
Posted: September 6th, 2024 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, 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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The Estate Museum of Pyotr Tchaikovsky in Udmurtia will be renovated. The leader of the Udmurtian branch of Yabloko, Iya Boronina, has been seeking this since September 2023
Press Release, 28.08.2024 Photo: The Estate Museum of Pyotr Thaikovsky / Photo by Wikimedia Commons The funds for the renovation of the cultural site of federal significance were allocated by the Government of the Russian Federation: orders on the allocation of funds to Udmurtia and other regions were signed on 13 August, 2024. This happened […]
Posted: August 28th, 2024 under Governance, History, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The construction of a tourist centre on the shores of Lake Onega in Karelia was stopped due to the efforts of Yabloko deputies and local residents
Press Release, 12.07.2024 Photo from social media The Karelian Interdistrict Environmental Public Prosecutor’s Office established that a plot of pine forest on the shore of Lake Onega with an area of over 6 hectares was transferred into private hands illegally. Forest lands, which include centuries-old pine forests, can be exclusively federal property. The public prosecutor […]
Posted: July 12th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko helped an environmental activist from Karelia win a defamation case against a developer on the shores of Lake Onega.
Press Release, 7.06.2024 Photo from social media On 5 June, the Arbitration Court of Karelia refused to satisfy businessman Vyacheslav Gorbachev’s claim for the protection of honour, dignity and business reputation against Yekaterina Rayevskaya from the Vepsian village of Sheltozero, who opposed the cutting down of a pine forest on the shore of Lake Onega […]
Posted: June 10th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The aggressive foreign policy, repressive domestic policies and a dead-end economic policies will go on.”
Yabloko leaders about the new Russian government Press Release, 17.05.2024 Photo: Vladimir Putin and members of the government during their working trip to China / Photo by Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant This week the State Duma approved the new Russian government. The previous cabinet of ministers automatically resigned after the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin on […]
Posted: May 20th, 2024 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Protection of Environment, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The Novosibirsk Yabloko is against the killing of stray dogs
Statement by the regional party branch, 6.05.2024 The regional branch of the Yabloko party, on the basis of moral principles and principles of humanity, opposes the killing of captured stray dogs as a way to solve the problem of animals without owners. In April, a survey was conducted on the government services portal “On the […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko stands for reduction of nuclear risks in Russia and in the world!
The 26 of April is Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Chernobyl Tragedy and Other Radiation Disasters Statement by the Yabloko party, 26.04.2024 Photo by istockphoto.com Due to the explosion of the RBMK-1000 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 38 years ago, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of the former Soviet […]
Posted: May 13th, 2024 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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Yabloko to hold an all-Russian conference on nuclear risks on the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
Press Release, 19.04.2024 Photo from www.istockphoto.com On 24 April, Yabloko will hold an all-Russian conference “Nuclear Technologies and Nuclear Risks in the Modern World”. The event will take place online via Zoom.
Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, History, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will hold a federal environmental peacekeeping campaign “The Peace Bell on Earth Day”
Press Release, 19.04.2024 On 22 April, Earth Day is celebrated around the world. Its goal is to draw attention to environmental and nature issues. Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions will hold environmental and peacekeeping actions dedicated to the International Earth Day: party activists will plant trees during the week, hold community cleanups, and […]
Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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On Earth Day, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko invites all to an open discussion and adoption of the Eco-Manifesto for the city of Chelyabinsk
Press Release, 18.04.2024 On April 22, an open discussion of the Eco-Manifesto for Chelyabinsk will be held at the office of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party. The event starts at 18:30. Everyone is invited to participate in the discussion. Eco-Mnifesto represents a comprehensive programme of concrete actions to solve environmental problems in […]
Posted: April 18th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow City Duma once again opposed Sergei Mitrokhin’s proposal to protect the rights of citizens during the development of Moscow
Press Release, 17.04.2024 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin at a meeting with Muscovites / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 17 April, the majority of deputies of the Moscow City Duma ignored Sergei Mitrokhin’s draft appeal to the Moscow Mayor. Mitrokhin demands that Mayor must return to Muscovites their right to get information about construction projects […]
Posted: April 18th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Stop killing”. Nikolai Rybakov about the decision of the Astrakhan authorities to euthanise stray dogs
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel, 28.03.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov in the animal shelter “Thank You for Life” in Ryazan Today I sent a gift to the Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin – the book “White Bim Black Ear” [about a tragic fate of dog whose master died]. The Governor reported from time to time […]
Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s deputy of a rural settlement in the Ryazan region Konstantin Smirnov to the governor: I ask you to order the liquidation of the illegal landfill in Dubrovichi
Press Release, 27.03.2024 Photo: The landfill in Dubrovichi / Photo by Konstantin Smirnov Konstantin Smirnov, a deputy of the Dubrovichi rural settlement from the Yabloko party and Editor-in-Chief of the Internet web-site Vidsboku, sent an appeal to Governor of the Ryazan Region Pavel Malkov regarding liquidation of an illegal landfill on the territory of the […]
Posted: March 27th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A manifestation of a lulling policy and collective escapism from reality for the entire country.” Yabloko leaders comment on the President Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly.
Press Release, 29.02.2024 Photo by Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant Yabloko leaders comment on the President Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov notes that all the main things form Vladimir Putin’s address, have been already promised to some extent, however, “the things are still there”. “We will protect nature reserves, – but, in […]
Posted: February 29th, 2024 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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The Tomsk City Duma supported Yabloko with a majority of votes: Yevgeny Kaverzin maintains his mandate
Press Release 6.02.2024 Photo: Yevgeny Kaverzin / Photo from social media Today, on 6 February, the Tomsk City Duma discussed at a closed meeting depriving Yevgeny Kaverzin, a deputy from Yabloko and a technologist at the Clean City waste recycling company, of his mandate. Such a measure against Kaverzin was proposed by the executive authorities.
Posted: February 6th, 2024 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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