Archive for 'Russia-Ukraine relations'
Head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Alexander Shishlov, spoke about the need for a ceasefire and expressed condolences to Navalny’s relatives during a briefing for faction leaders
Press Release, 21.02.2024 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg At the traditional briefing of faction leaders, which is held after each meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the head of the Yabloko faction, Alexander Shishlov, spoke not about the agenda of the meeting, […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2024 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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Police drew up a violation report against Yabloko Federal Bureau member Alexander Yefimov for “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 20.02.2024 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by Yabloko Press Service Alexander Yefimov is charged with giving an interview to the movement of independent election observers Golos, which authorities consider to be part of the international non-governmental organisation European Network of Election Monitoring Organisations (ENEMO). In 2021, the organisation was declared undesirable in Russia.
Posted: February 21st, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Altai branch of Yabloko will hold an event in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 20.02.2024 A memorial rally dedicated to the anniversary of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov will be conducted in Barnaul, the Altai Territory, on 25 February 25 at 13:00. The action will be held on Freedom Square near the monument to victims of political repression “Farewell”. The event was agreed upon with the […]
Posted: February 21st, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to host a discussion “Why didn’t books help?”
Press Release, 19.02.2024 Picture: Francisco de Goya “Los caprichos”. The sleep of reason produces monsters. 1799. Prado Museum, Madrid We invite everyone to join our open discussion “Why didn’t books help?”, timed to coincide with the second anniversary of the start of the “special military operation” on the territory of Ukraine. Several invited guests will […]
Posted: February 19th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko supporter in Tatarstan Zulfiya Sitdikova will be tried for “justifying Nazism” and “discrediting the army”. She needs help
Press Release, 13.02.2024 Photo: Zulfiya Sitdikova / Photo from social media UPDATE: 13 February, 19:50 Moscow time. Fundraising for Zulfiya Sitdikova is closed! We thank everyone who helped the Yabloko activist. Yabloko activist Zulfiya Sitdikova from Kazan, Tatarstan, is accused of “rehabilitating Nazism” (Article 354.1, Part 3 of the Criminal Code) and “discrediting the army” […]
Posted: February 13th, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Vladimir Putin’s interview as a chance for dialogue
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 12.02.2024 In July 2021, Vladimir Putin published an article in which he made it absolutely clear to the whole world that Russia could start a military conflict with Ukraine at any moment. The article essentially denied Ukraine’s right to statehood and sovereignty and, correspondingly, made territorial claims. Such claims, expressed by the […]
Posted: February 12th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Viktor Kogan-Yasny: The OSCE is the most important civilisational achievement of the last quarter of the 20th century
Viktor Kogan-Yasny’s blog post, 12.02.2024 Photo: Viktor Kogan-Yasny / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service My job is to occasionally write about things that relate to limiting bloodshed now and eliminating it strategically in the future. I have to write in a dry language because it’s “work”. Political leaders, military leaders and military commanders say […]
Posted: February 12th, 2024 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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How we conducted New Year parties for children of refugees from Ukraine. Fundraising report
Press Release, 7.02.2024 On 23 and 25 December, charity Christmas parties were held at the central office of the Yabloko party for the children of Ukrainian refugees – wards of the Civic Assistance Committee and Lighthouse Charity Foundation. We are summing up the results of the charitable New Year parties.
Posted: February 7th, 2024 under Charity, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by Denis Volkov on the dynamics of changes in public opinion in relation to the “special operation”
Press Release, 5.02.2024 Photo: Denis Volkov / Photo from open sources On 19 February, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “Dynamics of Changes in Public Opinion.” The lecturer is Denis Volkov, sociologist, Director of the Levada Centre. Participants in the lecture, using materials from sociological surveys, will consider how the attitude of Russian […]
Posted: February 5th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Stop political repression! Freedom for political prisoners!
Resolution by the 22nd Yabloko Congress adopted on 10.12.2023, published on 25.01.2024 After the start of a special military operation and the adoption of laws punishing for “discrediting of the army” and “fake news” (essentially, the laws on military censorship), political repression against the dissent in Russia intensified.
Posted: January 25th, 2024 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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St.Petersburg Yabloko members received in St.Petersburg their Yabloko colleagues from Veliky Novgorod
Press Release, 22.01.2024 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service The head of the Yabloko faction in the Veliky Novgorod City Duma Anna Cherepanova, the head of the regional Centre for Anti-Corruption Policies Ksenia Cherepanova, and a member of the Bureau of the Novogorod branch of Yabloko Viktor Shalyakin came to St. Petersburg to meet their […]
Posted: January 25th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Moscow and Russian regions invites all to participate in the action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 22.01.2024 Photo: a drawing by political prisoner Pavel Krisevich At the beginning of 2024, action in support of political prisoners will again be held in the Yabloko offices in Moscow and Russian regions. We invite everyone who is not indifferent to the plight of those unjustly deprived of their freedom to join the […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Izmailovsky Court of Moscow accepted Boris Vishnevsky’s complaint against the Ministry of Internal Affairs because of their inaction to MP Gurulyov’s phrase about the “rotten” 20 per cent of population who disagree with Putin and therefore must be destroyed
Press Release, 19.01.2024 Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” The Izmailovsky Court of Moscow accepted for consideration the complaint of the Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, Boris Vishnevsky, about the inaction of the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which did not reveal violations of the law in […]
Posted: January 19th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Dialogue with Russia cannot be avoided
The Nation, 17.01.2024 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky at the Congress of the Yabloko party, Moscow, December 2023 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Grigory Yavlinsky is the founder of Russia’s leading and oldest democratic opposition party, Yabloko, which is the only party in Russia calling for a cease-fire. The interview was conducted by The Nation’s […]
Posted: January 19th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Belarus Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko fined for publishing and distributing the newspaper “I Am For Peace!”
Press Release, 15.01.2024 Photo: Police at the office of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko confiscate part of the circulation of the newspaper “I Am For Peace!”, August 2023 / Photo by the regional branch of the party The Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko was fined 200,000 roubles for publishing the newspaper “I Am For […]
Posted: January 16th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A Way to the Future: 2023 Analysis
Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky, 29.12.2023 The series of interviews with the politician and economist, Yabloko party’s leader Grigory Yavlinsky A Way to the Future. The final episode of 2023 series presents the analysis of the last year’s events, suggests conclusions and expectations from the next year.
Posted: January 10th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, who did not find extremism in the deputy Gurulyov’s statements on extermination of 20% of Russia’s population dissenting with Vladimir Putin’s policies
Press Release, 27.12.2023 Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, appealed in the Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which found […]
Posted: December 28th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Ceasefire is a strategy
YouTube channel Zhivoi Gvozd, 26.12.2023 The peculiarity of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is that the ceasefire is not a tactical respite, not a private episode and, most likely, not even a temporary first step solution. A ceasefire in this case is a strategy. In the current circumstances, this is the only possible political […]
Posted: December 26th, 2023 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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On the eve of the New Year Yabloko will hold actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions
Press Release, 19.12.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service In the last days of December, Yabloko will hold actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions. Not all post cards and letters will reach their recipients before the New Year. However, good wishes are always important for those deprived of freedom. […]
Posted: December 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko called on the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service to provide immediate medical assistance to imprisoned municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov
Press Release, 13.12.2023 Photo: Alexei Gorinov / Photo from open sources Chairman of Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov asks the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev to conduct a medical examination of Alexei Gorinov and monitor the provision of medical care to him in full. Alexei Gorinov, a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district of […]
Posted: December 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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