Archive for 'Protection of Environment'
The Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko demanded from regional Public Prosecutor to investigate fraud with land in the city of Baltiysk
Press Release, 16.04.2019 Photo: Sergei Dustin at his one-person picket. Sergei Dustin, member of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko, picketed the Kaliningrad Oblast Public Prosecutor’s Office with a placard “Does Baltiysk need a blind Public Prosecutor?” The activist called on the supervisory authority to pay attention to the inaction of Dmitry Prokhorov, Public Prosecutor of […]
Posted: April 18th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko activists sentence to fines of 47,000 roubles and 90 hours of compulsory community service for an anti-garbage rally in Arkhangelsk
Press Release, 11.04.2019 Photo: the rally in Arkhangelsk Trials over participants and organisers of the rally against the plans of the authorities to create landfills in the Arkhangelsk region for the storage of Moscow garbage go on for the second day. Yuri Chesnokov, one of the organisers of the anti-garbage rally in Arkhangelsk, was assigned […]
Posted: April 12th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Protection of Environment.
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Deputy Chair of the Arkhangelsk branch of Yabloko fined 16,000 roubles for participation in the anti-garbage rally and Yabloko’s organiser of the action faces the second arrest
Press Release, 10.04.2019 Prosecution of the organisers and participants of the anti-garbage rally of 7 April goes on in Arkhangelsk. On the evening of 10 April, Yuri Chesnokov, one of the organisers of the environmental protest in Arkhangelsk and member of the Regional Council of the Yabloko party, was detained for the third time.
Posted: April 11th, 2019 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko held a rally against the “garbage reform” in Yekaterinburg
Yabloko Deputy Chairman Nikolai Rybakov took part in the rally Press Release, 8.04.2019 On Sunday, 7 April, a rally against the “garbage reform” was held in Yekaterinburg. The action was organized by the Sverdlovsk regional branch of the Yabloko party. Residents are dissatisfied with the unreasonable increase of tariffs for waste disposal and lack of […]
Posted: April 10th, 2019 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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The organiser of the Arkhangelsk anti-garbage rally from Yabloko arrested for three days
Press Release, 8.04.2019 On the evening of 7 April, the court of the Lomonosovsky district of Arkhangelsk arrested Yury Chesnokov, one of the organisers of the anti-garbage rally in Arkhangelsk and member of the Yabloko party, for three days.
Posted: April 9th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko to Prime Minister Medvedev: We need to develop a programme to identify diseases related to unfavourable environmental situation
Press Release, 4.04.2019 Emilia Slabunova, Chair of the Yabloko party, offered to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to set up a state programme to identify diseases related to unfavourable environmental situation. According to Slabunova, the data on these diseases will ensure truly sustainable development of the territories, adequate goals and objectives for the health care system, […]
Posted: April 5th, 2019 under Protection of Environment.
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“Golden Pen 2018”Award: Yabloko’s Lina Zernova won the special prize “For High Quality of Journalistic Work”
Press Release, 25.03.2019 The ceremony of the “Golden Pen – 2018” award for journalists took place in St. Petersburg. Lina Zernova, member of Yabloko St. Petersburg and Co-Chair of the Guild of Environmental Journalists of the Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, won the special prize of the for High Quality […]
Posted: March 26th, 2019 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Protection of Environment, Без рубрики.
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The Altai branch of Yabloko will monitor the progress of “garbage reform” in the region
Press Release, 21.03.2019 Alexander Goncharenko, leader of the Altai branch of Yabloko, sent appeals to Ivan Gilev, Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Altai Territory, as well as to Vladimir Popryadukhin, regional Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, asking them to answer a number of questions about the “garbage reform” that […]
Posted: March 21st, 2019 under Protection of Environment.
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Natalia Tumureyeva: Russia needs a law on environmental education
Press Release, 21.03.2019 Natalya Tumureyeva, Chairperson of the Yabloko in Biryatia, became a participant in the meeting of the heads of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, with environmental activists from Russian regions. The meeting was attended by Ivan Valentik, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, and representatives of 80 […]
Posted: March 21st, 2019 under Protection of Environment.
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Sergei Mitrokhin fined 200,000 roubles for participation in the action against infill construction
Press Release, 12.03.2019 The Kuntsevo District Court of Moscow fined Sergei Mitrokhin, member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, for 200,000 roubles for his meeting with residents of the Kuntsevo district who oppose the actions of the PIK Group of construction companies.
Posted: March 13th, 2019 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko supported residents in their struggle against the construction of the Kruglogorsk mining and processing plant
Press Release, 5.03.2019 Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk-based branch of Yabloko, spoke at a rally in the city of Miass, at an ecoprotest action demanding to stop the construction of the Kruglogorsk mining and processing plant and prevent pollution of Lake Turgoyak. About 2,000 residents of the city participated in this rally.
Posted: March 11th, 2019 under Protection of Environment.
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The Bashkir branch of Yabloko picketed in defence of residents of the city of Sibay suffering from pollution
Press Release, 25.02.2019 The Bashkir branch of Yabloko conducted a series of one-person pickets (that require to permission from the authorities) in the centre of Ufa, capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, demanding to protect residents of the city of Sibay from industrial and gas pollution.
Posted: February 25th, 2019 under Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko to participate in all-Russia protest for protection of environment and against the “waste reform” in 32 Russian regions
Press release, 1.02.2019 On Sunday, 3 February, Yabloko will take part in a protest against the “waste reform” and for the solution of other environmental problems throughout the country. Yabloko activists plan to participate in rallies and pickets in 32 regions of the country, in half of these actions the party became the organiser of […]
Posted: February 1st, 2019 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko to join all-Russia protest against waste treatment reform
Press release, 29.01.2019 Yabloko to participate in All-Russia protest agains the waste treatment reform. The action will take place on 3 February. Activists will join take part in protest actions in 32 regions of Russia. What is more, Yabloko will organise the actions in half of these places.
Posted: February 1st, 2019 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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The household waste vertical
Yabloko Deputy Chair on the top-down policy of the Kremlin and the creation of the all-Russia waste operator Nikolai Rybakov’s blog post at the Echo Moskvy website, 18.01.2019 It seems that everyone has finally understood what the reform of the municipal solid waste treatment is about and why it is not going to be effective. […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2019 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Presidential Administration received a letter from Moscow municipal deputies against transportation of Moscow garbage to Russia’s regions
Press release, 12.12.2018 On December 12, a delegation of Moscow municipal deputies handed over to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation an open letter against transportation of municipal garbage from Moscow to other Russian regions.
Posted: December 13th, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Municipal deputies protest against taking solid municipal waste from Moscow to other regions
Press release, 11.12.2018 On 12th December, Moscow municipal deputies will bring an open letter to the Presidential Administration stating their disagreement with the policy of taking solid municipal waste from Moscow to other regions of Russia. They also suggest intruding modern recycling technology.
Posted: December 12th, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Deputy Chairman of Yabloko to the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources: “How can you take Moscow’s garbage to Arkhangelsk? People live there too!”
Press Release, 5.12.2018 Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, raised the problem of transportation of Moscow garbage to the Arkhangelsk Region. Rybakov participated in the State Duma meeting on 5 December, as non-parliamentary parties are invited to participate in the parliament’s meetings once a year. Rybakov directly addressed this question to the Minister […]
Posted: December 7th, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Live broadcast of the conference in memory of environmentalist Alexei Yablokov
Press release, 12.11.2018 A conference in memory of Alexei Yablokov, a renowned environmental scientist and founder of Yabloko’s Green Russian Faction, is bing held at Moscow’s Darwin Museum. Live broadcast is available. Colleagues, followers and students of the famous scientist participate in the conference. The premiere of the film about Alexei Yablokov will take place […]
Posted: November 13th, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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A book in memory of environmentalist Alexei Yablokov to be launched in Moscow
Press release, 25.10.2018 On 27 October, a launching conference of a book “Yablokov’s Orchard. Memories. Reflections. Expectations” will take place in Moscow. The book is dedicated to Alexei Yablokov, a prominent scientist, environmentalist and a political figure. The Chair of Yabloko’s Green Russia faction passed away in January 2017. He would have turned 85 in […]
Posted: October 29th, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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