Archive for 'Russia-Ukraine relations'
The court dismissed the case of “discrediting the army” against Alexander Makhankov, head of a Yabloko district branch in St.Petersburg
Press Release, 15.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov / Photo from social media The Pushkinsky District Court decided not to prosecute Alexander Makhankovm Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg. The hearings took place on Tuesday, 15 November.
Posted: November 15th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moral Choice
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 14.11.2022 Photo: Ditches across the road dug by Russian soldiers near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Ukraine, 7 April 2022 // REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich Grigory Yavlinsky on war and peace, the future of Russia, as well as the role of the political party at a time of military actions which are precipitating the […]
Posted: November 15th, 2022 under Economy, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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The founder of the Noviy Fokus media Mikhail Afanasyev is accused of extremism for exposing different abuses by the interior
Press Release, 9.11.2022 Photo: A screenshot of the main page of the online media Noviy Fukus ( The New Focus) khakasia.info An administrative case was filed under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (inciting hatred or enmity) against the legal entity of the Internet media Noviy Fokus in Abakan. The Public Prosecutor’s Office […]
Posted: November 9th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Makhankov, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in the Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg, accused of “discrediting” the army for the second time
Press Release, 8.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov / Photo from social media Alexander Makhankov, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in the Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg, was charged, for the second time, of “discrediting” the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was Makhankov’s calls for peace during the municipal election campaign which took place three months ago.
Posted: November 9th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “We are inside a tragedy”
Yabloko founder on the seven steps to end the war Press Release, 4.11.2022 “The tools of hatred deprive you of a meaningful approach, they deprive you of intellectual advancement, deprive you of the opportunity to intellectually resolve the issue. Hatred is beyond comprehension, it is an emotion. When you are in such emotions [of hatred], […]
Posted: November 8th, 2022 under Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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The Federal Political Committee of Yabloko on what is happening during the “special operation” and the tasks of the party. The key points
Press Release, 1.11.2022 Photo: Mariupol, July 2022 / Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant The Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party formulated the party’s position on what is happening during the “special military operation” and the challenges that the party is now facing.
Posted: November 3rd, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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On the future of Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee No 161 of 20 October 2022, published on 1.11.2022 Photo: Flags of Russia and the European Union / Photo by Vladimir Sergeyev, RIA Novosti The mission of our party today and its main task is to overcome Bolshevism, the oligarchic nature of the state, the irremovability of power […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Committee Decisions, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Без рубрики.
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The role and mission of Yabloko
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee No 160 of 20 October 2022, published on 1.11.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko is the only socio-political institution left in Russia that opposes war, totalitarian transformation of the state, and disintegration of society. Over the three decades of post-Soviet Russia, we have many times offered […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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About the causes of the ongoing tragedy and the way to overcome it
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee No 159 of 20 October 2022, published on 1.11.2022 Photo: Moscow, Novy Arbat street, February 2022 / Photo by Vitaly Smolnikov, Kommersant The main reason for the current situation in our country is the failure of post-Soviet modernisation, which, in turn, was due to the refusal of the […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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On the critical need to reach a ceasefire as soon as possible
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee No 158 of 20 October 2022, published on 1.11.2022 Photo by Sergei Averin, RIA Novosti The tragedy, which has been going on for eight months already, makes it absolutely obvious that [all] should realise as soon as possible the need (the obligation) for a ceasefire as the first […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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On the current developments in Russia: stop the escalation of hatred
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee No 157 of 20 October 2022, published on 1.11.2022 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant A military conflict between Russia and Ukraine with a huge potential for escalation up to the use of nuclear weapons is going on. At the moment, there is no reason to believe that the […]
Posted: November 2nd, 2022 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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On the situation in the world and the responsibility of political leaders
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee No 156 of 20 October 2022, published on 1.11.2022 The legacy of late Stalinism, combined with the collapse of the USSR in Belovezhskaya Pushcha [by the Belvezh Accords], illiterate and voluntaristic economic reforms, and Boris Yeltsin’s stake on power politics, made in the early 1990s, led to the […]
Posted: November 1st, 2022 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Police conducted an “inspection” in the office of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia. The confiscated equipment has already been returned, but not Anatoly Nogovitsyn’s clothes
Press Release, 28.10.2022 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 October, police conducted an “additional inspection of the scene” at the office of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Yakutia, as part of a criminal case filed under of Article 280.3 […]
Posted: October 28th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Fear of The Endless War
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 25.10.2022 In October 2022 Yabloko party’s leader Grigory Yavlinsky answered the questions of BBC News about the perspectives of Russia’s special military operation against Ukraine, the West’s role in the current situation and the threat of nuclear weapon use. — In this month we`ve seen an escalation in Ukraine, we`ve seen the […]
Posted: October 28th, 2022 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky: taxpayers’ money should be used for solution of the city problems, rather than financing the costs caused by the special military operation launched on 24 February
Press Release, 26.10.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky, a member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, spoke from the parliamentary rostrum when St.Petersburg MPs were considering the draft budget of St. Petersburg for 2023. […]
Posted: October 26th, 2022 under Economy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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The family of Mikhail Afanasyev, a political prisoner and a Yabloko member, needs help
Press Release, 25.10.2022 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yelena Afansyeva, the wife of imprisoned Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of the Yabloko party, editor-in-chief of the “Novy Focus” media in Khakassia, is asking for help. Since the arrest of the breadwinner of the family, she and her five minor children have […]
Posted: October 26th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The results of a psychiatric examination of Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, released
Press Release, 25.10.2022 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The conclusion of the judicial psychiatric commission of experts on the state of health of Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the leader of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, dated 14 October, 2022, has been released. Forensic experts from […]
Posted: October 25th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko announces collection of humanitarian aid for Ukrainian refugees. Clothes and foodstuffs are received at the Yabloko office
Press Release, 25.10.2022 Photo by Sergei Venyavsky / Kommersant The central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow announces collection of humanitarian aid for Ukrainian refugees who are under the care of the Grazhdanskoye Sodeistviye (Civic Assistance) Committee. The action will last for two weeks. Our task is to collect and donate warm clothes and […]
Posted: October 25th, 2022 under Charity, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko invites Russian citizens to participate in the action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 21.10.2022 Photo by the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko invites Russian citizens to participate in the action of writing letters to political prisoners, which will be held at the party office at the address Rostov-on-Don, Lermontovskaya 38, on Sunday, 23 October, at 15:00.
Posted: October 21st, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko party Press Secretary fined on charges of participating in an anti-war action during which he and his wife were at a performance in the theatre
Press Release, 20.10.2022 Photo: Igor Yakovlev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow fined Igor Yakovlev, head of the Press Service of the Yabloko party, 15,000 roubles on charges of participating in an anti-war action, during which Yakovlev and his wife were at a performance in the theater. On […]
Posted: October 21st, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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