Archive for 'Russia-Ukraine relations'
Yabloko Federal Political Committee on the ceasefire in Ukraine, Russia’s European future, and the political meaning of the 80th anniversary of Victory in World War II
Press Release, 6.05.2025 On 29 April, a meeting of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party was held in Moscow. Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee, delivered a report on the political situation in the country and the world. The Political Committee discussed the key challenges facing Russia and the international community, […]
Posted: May 6th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky answered questions from the viewers of the Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel about the past, present and future of Russia
Press Release, 29.04.2025 Over the past 120 years, Russia has experienced many tragedies and catastrophes: revolutions, coups d’etat, destructive and bloody wars, and large-scale political repressions. Even the state disappeared twice: in 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed, and in 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart.
Posted: April 29th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Andrei Talevlin on Chernobyl Tragedy Remembrance Day: Humanity is not ready for full-scale use of nuclear energy
Blog post by Andrei Talevlin, 25.04.2025 Due to the explosion of the RBMK-1000 reactor (uranium-graphite channel type reactor) at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant 39 years ago, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of territory in the former Soviet Union and other countries were contaminated with hazardous materials. As a result, a significant number of […]
Posted: April 25th, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Shishlov at a conference in the St. Petersburg University of Technology Management and Economics: “The main task in human rights now is to conclude a ceasefire and stop killing of people”
Press Release, 25.04.2025 Photo: Alexander Shishlov at the St. Petersburg University of Technology Management and Economics / Photo by St.Petersburg Yabloko The head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Shishlov, spoke at the 11th International Conference “Human Rights Activities in Modern Russia: Problems and Their Solutions” at the St. […]
Posted: April 25th, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Neither Russia, nor Ukraine, nor Europe will ever be the same
Zhivoi Gvozd, 8.04.2025 The video with an option of switching in English subtitles Negotiations on a ceasefire are underway. This is a very complex process in the current situation. There will certainly be intermittences, breakdowns, contradictory statements and explanations. However, the main thing is that negotiations to achieve a ceasefire are, in principle, inevitable and […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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«Il gioco con Trump rafforza il regime»
Yavlinskij, fondatore dell’unico partito d’opposizione in Russia: «Positivi però gli sforzi per il negoziato con Kiev» Avvenir, 1.04.2025 RAFFAELLA CHIODO KARPINSKY «Fino all’autunno del 2022, la dichiarazione del nostro partito era una dichiarazione politica». Parte da qui, per il suo racconto, Gregorij Yavlinskij, fondatore di Yabloko, unico partito dell’opposizione rimasto in Russia. «In autunno diventò non […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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The Kamchatka Krai Court upheld Vladimir Yefimov’s sentence in his second criminal case for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 31.03.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The decision was made on 28 March. Earlier, Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of Kamchatka Yabloko and journalist, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony in his second criminal case for “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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At a Geopolitical Crossroads: Chaos or Hope
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 21.03.2025 PHOTO: Getty Images We issued our first appeal for a ceasefire on 24 February 2022, just several hours after the start of the special military operation. The appeal was addressed directly to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. This was followed by dozens, hundreds and thousands of speeches and appeals — we demanded […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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“It is important to remain human and be with those who share our position.” Yabloko hosted a discussion “Three Years Since 24.02.2022”
Press Release, 24.02.2025 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service The discussion took place behind closed doors without video cameras. The participants lit candles and held a minute of silence in memory of all those who fell victim to the terrible events of the past three years. This is how the event in the central office […]
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Munich Plan
Grigory Yavlinsky’s speech to the participants of the 61st Munich Security Conference Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 15.02.2025 The international Security Conference is being held in Munich from 14 to 16 February 2025. Horst Teltschik, previously advisor to former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl, was the chairman of the Conference from 1999 to 2008 and would invite […]
Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Grigory Yavlinsky proposed a plan to the Munich Security Conference on achieving a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine
Press Release, 15.02.2025 The organisers of the International Security Conference 2025, which is currently taking place in Munich, officially invited Grigory Yavlinsky to take part in it. Circumstances did not allow Grigory Yavlinsky to come in person, but he sent the theses of his speech to Christoph Heusgen, the Conference Chairman.
Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Peace negotiations are yet not possible”
RTVi, 11.02.2025 Even Donald Trump is already saying this openly: it is necessary to stop the killing of people in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a ceasefire is necessary, and only then should future negotiations be conducted on this basis.
Posted: February 13th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Residents of the Kursk Region ask to open a humanitarian corridor for evacuation. The appeal of Russian citizens was forwarded to Lev Shlosberg
Press Release, 3.02.2025 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant Residents of the Sudzha District, the Kursk Region, ask all who can help to open a humanitarian corridor for evacuation from the occupied territories. The appeal of Russian citizens was forwarded to the Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Lev Shlosberg for publication.
Posted: February 3rd, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, sentenced to two years in a penal colony for an anti-war post on social media
Press Release, 28.01.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Vladimir Yefimov, journalist and the leader of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony in the second criminal case against him on “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). According to […]
Posted: January 28th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Why do Russia and Ukraine need Israel’s experience?
Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview to the Youtube channel Zhivoy Gvozd, 18.01.2025, published on 21.01.2025 Soon it will be three (!) years since military actions have been going on between Russia and Ukraine. These events were approaching and eventually became inevitable long before February 2022. Politically, it was obvious, but humanly it was impossible to imagine. […]
Posted: January 21st, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko calls on the State Duma to declare an amnesty on the eve of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War
Press Release, 12.12.2024 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant A letter signed by the Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov was sent to the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and State Duma deputies. At a meeting of the Yabloko Federal Council on 30 November, Yabloko called on the authorities to release from custody and drop […]
Posted: December 12th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko calls for the release of all those convicted under “anti-war” articles!
Resolution by the Federal Council of Yabloko, adopted by the Federal Council on 30.11.2024, published on 11.12.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the Yabloko Congress in 2023 /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, there are about a thousand prisoners in Russian prisons, persecuted by the state for their political views and positions. The use of […]
Posted: December 12th, 2024 under Congresses, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Ivan Bolshakov: In times of turbulence we need not only to maintain our basis, but be flexible
Press Release, 10.12.2024 Photo: Ivan Bolshakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Speaking at the Federal Council of Yabloko on 30 November 2024, Ivan Bolshakov, member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, noted that Yabloko was facing a dilemma “either we act “here and now” or work for the future”. However, the position […]
Posted: December 11th, 2024 under Congresses, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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A Ceasefire is the Only Path to Peace and Security
Resolution by the Federal Council of Yabloko, adopted by the Federal Council on 30.11.2024, published on 6.12.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The bloodiest and most dangerous armed conflict in central Europe since the end of World War II has been going on for over 1,000 days. During this time, the Yabloko Party’s demand […]
Posted: December 9th, 2024 under Congresses, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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On the substantive work of the Yabloko Party in the new conditions
Resolution by the Federal Council of Yabloko, adopted by the Federal Council on 30.11.2024, published on 6.12.2024 Photo: Meeting of the Federal Council on 30 November, 2024 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Federal Council of the party supports Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko No. 189, dated 21 November, 2024, […]
Posted: December 9th, 2024 under Congresses, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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