Archive for 'Russia-Ukraine relations'
Yabloko will hold an auction in support of political prisoners
Press Release, 17.01.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 January, Yabloko will host an annual charity auction in support of political prisoners. The guests of the party office in Moscow and the viewers of the YouTube broadcast will be offered 19 lots provided by well-known Russian politicians, journalists and artists. All the funds […]
Posted: January 18th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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“A number of laws need to be repealed, just in their entirety.” New laws were added to the Register of Repressive Laws of the Russian Federation
Press Release, 17.01.2023 Photo by Emin Jafarov / Kommersant The Yabloko party has prepared a third, updated version of the Register of Repressive Laws in the Russian Federation, which has been maintained by Yabloko experts since 2019. Today it includes 62 legal acts: federal and regional laws, as well as presidential decrees. The criteria for […]
Posted: January 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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“The Decree on the announcement of partial mobilisation goes on to be in force”. Such is the response of the Presidential Administration to Yabloko’s MP Artur Gaiduk
Press Release, 17.01.2023 Photo: Mobilisation. / Photo by Viktor Korotayev, Kommersant The response of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Work with Appeals from Citizens and Organisations forwarded to to Yabloko’s MP in the Pskov regional parliament Artur Gaiduk and signed by the assistant I. Alexandrov, runs: “On 28 October, 2022, […]
Posted: January 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, 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, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Tomsk activist Stanislav Shmakov is accused of damaging banners. He faces up to three years of imprisonment
Press Release, 13.01.2023 Photo: Stanislav Shmakov / Photo from social media The Kirovsky District Court of Tomsk held hearings on selecting a measure of restraint for Stanislav Shmakov, a civil activist and assistant to a deputy from Yabloko in the Tomsk City Duma David Avetyan. Shmakov was placed under home arrest for two months. It […]
Posted: January 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Mikhail Afanasyev, a journalist from Khakassia, will remain in custody until 17 March. The investigation cannot prove his guilt
Press Release, 13.01.2023 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Abakan City Court extended the detention of Mikhail Afanasyev, editor of the Novy Focus online media and member of the Yabloko party, for two more months due to the fact that the Investigative Committee could not prove his guilt. This was […]
Posted: January 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The administrative case on “discrediting the army” against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Boris Vishnevsky returned to the police
Press Release, 13.01.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Vasileostrovskiy District Court of St.Petersburg returned back to the police the protocol drawn against Boris Vishnevsky, an MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Yabloko Deputy Chairman. The protocol was drawn under the article on “discrediting the army” (Article […]
Posted: January 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Petrozavodsk City Court returned the administrative case on “discrediting the army” against MP Emilia Slabunova back to the police
Press Release, 12.01.2022 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 11 January, the Petrozavodsk City Court returned back to the police the case on “discrediting the army” opened against Emilia Slabunova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and a member of the Federal Political Committee of […]
Posted: January 12th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the parliament of Karelia introduced a bill on criminal liability for propaganda of nuclear war
Press Release, 11.01.2022 Photo: Trenches along the road dug by the Russian military in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Ukraine, 7 April, 2022 // REUTERS / Gleb Garanich The faction of the Yabloko party in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia submitted for consideration of the Karelian parliament a draft federal law establishing […]
Posted: January 11th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office avoids participation in the lawsuit on the Boris Vishnevsky case. Vishnevsky tries to return his page in the Vkontakte social media through court
Press Release, 10.01.2023 Photo: A screenshot of Boris Vishnevsky’s blocked page on the Vkontakte social media, an inscription runs “The material is blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation by the demand of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation No 27-31-2022/Treb622-22 of 20.05.2022 The Public Prosecutor General’s Office failed to send its […]
Posted: January 11th, 2023 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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Yabloko MPs in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia received a response from the Presidential Administration about issuing a decree on ending partial mobilisation. There won’t be such a decree
Press Release, 10.01.2023 Photo by Tatyana Gord / Kommersant Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia from the Yabloko party Emilia Slabunova and Inna Boluchevskaya received a response to their request to the President of the Russian Federation on the need to issue a decree on the completion of partial mobilisation. Assistant […]
Posted: January 10th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko MPs in regional parliaments Boris Vishnevsky and Emilia Slabunova charged with “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 9.01.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Emilia Slabunova / Photo from social media Boris Vishnevsky and Emilia Slabunova, MPs of the Legislative Assemblies of St. Petersburg and Karelia, were charged with “discrediting the armed forces” (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). Protocols on an administrative offense were drawn […]
Posted: January 10th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Lessons of the Year
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 6.01.2023 Photo: A Christmas ball “The Apotheosis of War” on the web-site of the online store Printio.ru. The picture is by the Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin “The Apotheosis of War”, 1871. There is an inscription on the frame: “Dedicated to all the great conquerors of the past, the present and the future”. […]
Posted: January 9th, 2023 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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With the wishes of freedom and peace
The Yabloko offices hosted final actions of 2022 in support of political prisoners Press Release, 29.12.2022 Photo: Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Over the past two weeks, the regional offices of the Yabloko party have hosted the final actions of 2022 in support of political prisoners. Since the middle of the year, […]
Posted: December 29th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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An exhibition of children’s letters to Santa Claus “Letter ** ***** *****” opened in Yabloko
Press Release, 28.12.2022 On 28 December, an exhibition of children’s letters “Letter *** *****” opened at the central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow. The authors of the letters are children of Ukrainian refugees who are under care of the Civic Assistance Committee and the Lighthouse Charity Foundation.
Posted: December 28th, 2022 under Charity, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“They should have awarded Svetlana Gannushkina for her support of thousands of Ukrainian refugees, but they appointed her a “foreign agent”
The leaders of Yabloko speak in defence of Svetlana Gannushkina, a member of the Yabloko Political Committee Press Release, 24.12.2022 Photo: Svetlana Gannushkina / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Throughout this year, the Ministry of Justice of Russia, almost without a break, assigned once a week the title of “foreign agent” to people whose […]
Posted: December 26th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will arrange a New Year’s party for children – Ukrainian refugees
Press Release, 25.12.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 25 and 27 December, the Yabloko party will host a New Year’s party in its Moscow office for 250 children – Ukrainian refugees who are under care of the Civic Assistance Committee and the Lighthouse Charity Foundation helping refugees. Yabloko has prepared an extensive festive […]
Posted: December 26th, 2022 under Charity, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko deputies of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly proposed to introduce criminal liability for calls for nuclear war
Press Release, 21.12.2022 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko faction submitted to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg a draft resolution on a legislative initiative of the St.Petersburg parliament for the State Duma on the responsibility for calls for the use of nuclear weapons. Alexander Shishlov, head of the […]
Posted: December 21st, 2022 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A call for peace with Ukraine sounded in the State Duma for the first time
Press Release, 20.12.2022 Photo by Yevgenia Vlasova On 20 December, a “government hour” was held in the State Duma, during which representatives of non-parliamentary parties could ask questions to the Minister of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov in his speech called for peace and the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement.
Posted: December 20th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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A lecture on the alternative non-military service was held at Yabloko
Press Release, 20.12.2022 On 16 December, the Yabloko party hosted a lecture “The Constitutional Right to Alternative Civilian Service in Modern Conditions” by Anatoly Pchelintsev, Doctor of Law, Honorary Advocate of Russia, and member of the Writers’ Union of Russia. Anatoly Pchelintsev as a former a military lawyer has extensive experience in protecting the rights […]
Posted: December 20th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Do not allow for militarisation of the school! Yabloko’s appeal to deputies, senators and the Minister of Education
Appeal by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko of 15.12.2022, published on 16.12.2022 Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant Yabloko demands to put an end to the militarisation of the school: not to make elementary military training a compulsory subject, not to allow for politicised and paramilitary events to be held at schools, and stop forcing schoolchildren […]
Posted: December 20th, 2022 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Social Policies, Youth Policies.
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