Archive for 'Protection of Environment'
Today renowned environmentalist Alexei Yablokov would have turned 85
The work on the film about the academic, politician and founder of the “Green Russia” is coming to the end Press Release, 3.10.2018 Trailer for the documentary “Yablokov” On 3 October, Alexei Yablokov (1933 – 2017), an outstanding Soviet and Russian biologist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and founder of the Green Russia […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov to visit Novosibirsk
Press release, 21.09.2018 On Saturday, 22 September, Yabloko Deputy Chair and environmentalist Nikolai Rybakov will visit Novosibirsk. 10:00: the politician will visit a wood which the regional party branch is reforesting.
Posted: September 20th, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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The Kostroma branch of Yabloko protests against a landfill site
Press release, 19.09.2018 On September 16, the Kostroma branch of Yabloko and a number of environmental groups conducted a picket against a landfill site in the region. The participants of the action expressed disagreement with the fact that waste from Moscow is brought to the Kostroma Region causing damage to the environment.
Posted: September 20th, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Nikolai Rybakov to stand up for the environment in Saratov at the federal level
Press release, 4.09.2018 On 31 August, Yabloko Deputy chair Nikolai Rybakov visited Saratov and took part in a round table on the environmental problems of the region. They paid special attention to the construction of the acrilamide production facility, deforestation, development of forest parks and waste sorting.
Posted: September 8th, 2018 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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The Buryat Regional Association for Lake Baikal will be headed by Natalia Tumureyeva, environmentalist and Chair of the regional branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 30.08.2018 Natalia Tumureyeva succeeded Sergei Shapkhayev, renowned academic and environmentalist, as head of the Buryat Regional Association on Lake Baikal. Natalia Tumureyeva is a former student of Sergei Shapkhayev, environmentalist and head of the local branch of the Yabloko party.
Posted: August 31st, 2018 under Protection of Environment.
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The Krasnoyarsk branch of Yabloko is against replacing trees with cars
Press Release, 23.08.2018 The Krasnoyarsk branch of the Yabloko party opposed the plans of the local administration to cut the green zones in the city of Krasnoyarsk for the sake of opening of vehicles service facilities there. On 22-23 August, the city administration is holding public hearings aiming to get a formal residents’ consent so […]
Posted: August 24th, 2018 under Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko demands to release Alexander Shestun, head of the Serpukhov region, on his own recognizance and check the data from his video address to Putin
Press Release, 15.06.2018 Yabloko demands that the measure of restraint to Alexander Shestun, head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, is replaced by his written undertaking not to leave the country. Such a statement was issued by the Bureau of the party. Yesterday, the court arrested the politician for two months for his […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2018 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections.
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Yabloko to take part in the rally “For free Russia without reprisals and arbitrary rule”
Press Release, 04.06.2018 On 10 June, on the eve of the Day of Russia, a rally against mass-scale violations of human rights and freedoms will take part in Moscow, in Academician Sakharov Prospekt. The Yabloko party is the co-organiser of the action. Emilia Slabunova, Yabloko Chair, will speak at the rally. Photo: “I protest peacefully, […]
Posted: June 7th, 2018 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Street Actions.
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The Moscow branch of Yabloko to picket against cutting down of city parks
Sergei Mitrokhin will take part in the action 04.06.2018 On the Day of Environmental Protection, 5 June, the Moscow branch of Yabloko will hold a picket against cutting down of city parks. The picket will be held by the office of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. Sergei Mitrokhin, Chairman […]
Posted: June 4th, 2018 under Protection of Environment, Street Actions.
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Yabloko demands from federal agencies for consumer protection and environmental supervision and the government of the Moscow region to solve the problems with landfills
Press Release, 24.04.2018 Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova has forwarded an appeal to Anna Popva, chief sanitary doctor of Russia, and head of the Federal Supervision Agency for Customer Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor), Artyom Sidorov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, and Olga Zubrilova, First Deputy Chairman of the government of Moscow region, asking […]
Posted: April 26th, 2018 under Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko demanded from the Moscow Mayor to stop construction of a giant observation wheel closing to residential housing
Press Release, 17.04.2018 Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova appealed to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin with a demand to stop the construction of a huge observation wheel in the Ostankino district, Moscow. Similar letters were sent to the Public Prosecutor of Moscow, top officials of the Department of Cultural Heritage of Moscow and the Federal Service for […]
Posted: April 19th, 2018 under Protection of Environment.
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Emilia Slabunova: Toxic authorities deserve the same treatment as the landfills
Press Release, 14.04.2018 A mass rally of local residents was held in the Serpukhov area, the Moscow region. Participants of the rally demanded to close the Lesnaya landfill. Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova spoke at the rally at the invitation of the organisers of the action.
Posted: April 16th, 2018 under Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko demanded to stop killing of homeless animals before 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
Press Release, 10.04.2018 The Bureau of the Yabloko party adopted a statement demanding that the killings of homeless animals in the cities hosting the World Cup be stopped immediately, and the resources allocated [to this] should be spent on shelters, sterilisation and vaccination. At present millions of roubles are allocated from the state budget (presumably, […]
Posted: April 12th, 2018 under Protection of Environment.
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Mass protests will be held in the Moscow region under the slogan #StopLandFills
The initiator of the action is Nikolai Dizhur, Chairman of the Yabloko party faction in the Chekhov district Press Release, 03.04.2018 On Saturday, 14 April 14, mass-scale protest actions will take place in the municipal entities of the Moscow region where the rights of citizens to environmentally safe and friendly environment are violated will take […]
Posted: April 4th, 2018 under Local and Municipal Elections 2017, Protection of Environment.
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The Moscow branch of Yabloko held a rally in defense of the historical environment of the Basmanny District of Moscow
Press Release, 03.04.2018 The Moscow branch of Yabloko held a rally in defense of the historical environment of the Basmanny District of Moscow. The rally was held under the slogan “Save Basmanny! In defense of the historical environment, cultural heritage and social objects of the area”. The action was held in the park Gorka on […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2018 under Moscow Mayoral Election 2018, Protection of Environment.
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Muscovites will hold a flash mob “Let Us Embrace the School Stadium”
The action will take place in the Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye district of Moscow Press Release, 03.04.2018 On Saturday, 7 April, residents of the Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye district will hold a flash mob “Let Us Embrace the School Stadium” which the authorities plan to take away from the school under development. The organiser of the action is the […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2018 under Protection of Environment.
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Grigory Yavlinsky drew Putin’s attention to environmental problems that would arise with construction of Tominsky mining and refining plant
Press Release, 21.03.2018 At the meeting of Russian presidential candidates with President Putin held on 19 March, Yabloko party leader Grigory Yavlinsky drew Vladimir Putin’s attention to the aggravation of environmental problems in the Chelyabinsk region (in the Urals) in connection with the planned construction of Tominsky mining and refining plant. On the eve of […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018, Protection of Environment.
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Grigory Yavlinsky to Vladimir Putin: “These were not elections, but a plebiscite”
Russia needs radical economic reforms, prevention of an arms race and a big war Press Release, 19.03.2018 Grigory Yavlinsky took part in the meeting of Vladimir Putin with other candidates for the presidency of Russia. Yavlinsky said at the meeting that “the procedure held […]
Posted: March 20th, 2018 under Human Rights, Presidential elections 2018, Protection of Environment, Russia-Ukraine relations, War in Syria.
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Emilia Slabunova detained at an action dedicated to Mother’s Day in Moscow
The politician spoke against the construction of a giant observation wheel Press Release, 11.03.2018 Police has detained Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova in Ostankino, Moscow, at the action dedicated to Mother’s Day. The action was organised by the Council of Municipal Deputies of the Ostankino district. The event was dedicated, among other things, to the residents’ […]
Posted: March 12th, 2018 under Presidential elections 2018, Protection of Environment.
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Only after presidential candidate Yavlinsky interfered, unlawful infill construction in Kravchenko street, Moscow, was abolished
Press Release, 05.03.2018 Oleg Volkov, head of the South-West District of Moscow, announced today that construction of a 17-storey block of flats instead of a children’s playground in one of the yards in Kravchenko street was abolished. Yesterday presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky and leader of the Moscow branch of Yabloko Sergei Mitrokhin participated in the […]
Posted: March 5th, 2018 under Human Rights, Presidential elections 2018, Protection of Environment.
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