Archive for 'Governance'
The defenсe of the arrested leader of the Vologda Yabloko Nikolai Yegorov challenged the conclusions of the odious forensic expert
Press Release, 29.05.2023 Photo: Nikolai Yegorov with his family / Photo from social media An investigation against the chairman of the Vologda regional branch of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Yegorov, is underway. The leader of the Bologda Yabloko is charged with “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 of the Criminal Code). According to the […]
Posted: June 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The European Court of Human Rights awarded compensation to a Yabloko member in Tatarstan for persecution due to his participation in a peaceful action
Press Release 26.05.2023 Photo: Activists at a peaceful rally against pension reform / Photo from social media In 2018, Yabloko member Nikita Khramov was detained in Kazan for stretching “No to the pension scam” slogan at a September rally against pension reform. Khramov was later fined 10,000 roubles under Article 20.2, Part 5 of the […]
Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Volgograd Region Court upheld the decision on a fine for Yabloko’s Alexander Yefimov under the article of “discrediting the army”
Press Release 25.05.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Volgograd Region Court upheld the decision on a fine for Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party, under the article of “discrediting the army”. Yefimov intends to appeal to a higher court.
Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko MP asks the Public Prosecutor General’s Office to stop the adoption by the State Duma of a bill permitting killing of homeless animals
Press Release, 18.05.2023 Photo: Artur Gaiduk / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Artur Gaiduk, MP of the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies from the Yabloko party, sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia, where he quoted the norms of federal laws and articles of the Constitution that or contrary to […]
Posted: May 18th, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The leader of Yabloko urged deputies of the State Duma to vote against the law stipulating killing of homeless animals and sent MPs a letter with the story of his dog taken from a shelter
Press Release, 12.05.2023 Chairman of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Rybakov, sent to deputies of the State Duma a postcard with a picture of his dog Morty and his history, as well as a urged MPs to vote against the law allowing killing of homeless animals. Each member of the State Duma will receive this postcard […]
Posted: May 12th, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment.
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The Yabloko party called on the authors of the bill on the killing of homeless animals to withdraw it from the State Duma
Press Release, 3.05.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter with a corresponding request to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the State Duma of Russia, where the bill is being discussed today. According to Yabloko, amendments to this bill will lead to mass […]
Posted: May 12th, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment.
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The St. Petersburg City Court sided with Yabloko: a complaint against the investigator who seized Yelena Osipova’s paintings from the Yabloko office will be considered on the merits
Press Release, 10.05.2023 Photo: Yelena Osipova at the opening of the exhibition in the office of the St. Petersburg Yabloko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The complaint of the lawyer of the St. Petersburg Yabloko Andrei Chertkov against the actions of the investigator, who seized the paintings of the artist Yelena Osipova, is […]
Posted: May 11th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko demands that the Moscow Mayor immediately lift the anti-COVID ban on public actions
Press Release, 10.05.2023 The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent a letter to the Mayor’s Office, signed by Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction. On 5 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end of the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted: May 11th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Yegorov, Chairman of the Vologda branch of Yabloko, detained
Press Release, 3.05.2023 Photo: Search in the apartment of Nikolai Yegorov / Photo from social media The apartment of Nikolai Yegorov, Chairman of the Vologda branch of Yabloko, was searched. Yegorov had been already twice brought to administrative responsibility for his posts calling for peace on the Vkontakte social media.
Posted: May 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the historical risks of Russia’s artificial estrangement from European civilisation
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March 2023 Published on 27.04.2023 Photo by Vladimir Sergeyev, RIA Novosti The Statute of the Council of Europe, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the European Charter of Local Self-Government, the European Social Charter, the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, the […]
Posted: April 28th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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The court declared unlawful the refusal of the local authorities to give a permission to Yabloko to hold a rally against electronic military draft papers
Press Release, 26.04.2023 The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St.Petersburg declared unlawful the refusal of the local administration of Murino (the Leningrad region) to approve a rally against electronic military draft papers, which the St. Petersburg Yabloko announced for 29 April. The local administration must reconsider the notice of Yabloko for holding a rally. The decision […]
Posted: April 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Maxim Kruglov on surveillance over Moscow conscripts: the Moscow Chief Military Enlistment Officer contradicts himself
Maxim Kruglov’s blog post, 26.04.2023 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Maxim Loktev, the Chief Military Enlistment Officer of Moscow, contradicted himself in his response to my deputy’s inquiry: Moscow military registration and enlistment offices do not use the city’s video surveillance system to spy on conscripts, he wrote to me, […]
Posted: April 26th, 2023 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko will host a screening of the film “The Space of Chernobyl” and hold a press conference dedicated to the anniversary of the tragedy at the nuclear power plant
Press Release, 24.04.2023 Photo by Yevgeny Pavlenko, Kommersant On 26 April, on the 37th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Yabloko party will host a press conference “Chernobyl: a Monument to Human Madness”, as well as a screening of the film “The Space of Chernobyl”. The events will be held […]
Posted: April 25th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko denied a permission for the demonstration under the slogans “For Peace” and “Against Electronic Military Draft Papers”
Press Release, 22.04.2023 Photo: Police accompanies demonstrators at the May Day demonstration in Novosibirsk, 2018 / Photo by the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko The Novosibirsk Mayor’s Office informed the regional branch of the Yabloko party about their refusal to give a permission for the declared May Day demonstration.
Posted: April 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On Russia and its citizens
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March 2023 Published on 21.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Mutual distrust and intolerance towards opponents have been deliberately imposed on people in modern Russia. Sanctions under “political articles” have appeared in the legislation and are being tightened; and political repressions are rapidly intensifying in […]
Posted: April 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Без рубрики.
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Deputies of the Yabloko faction of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly published their income declarations
Press Release, 20.04.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Yabloko faction of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Shishlov and Boris Vishnevsky submitted their income declarations in a personalised form. They did not hide their income from voters, despite the fact that the law […]
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko seeks to oblige the heads of municipalities and districts to publish their annual reports on the Internet
Press Release, 19.04.2023 Photo: The Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia submitted to the Assembly its legislative initiative to supplement the Law “On the General Principles of Organisation of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation” […]
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Governance, Human Rights, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov came to Abakan, Khakassia, to support journalist and Yabloko party member Mikhail Afanasyev in court
Press Release, 19.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today Yabloko Chairman Rybakov personally came to the hearings of the Abakan City Court of the Republic of Khakassia in a criminal case against Mikhail Afanasyev, Editor-in-Chief of the Novy Focus online media and a member of the Yabloko party.
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov: Digital technologies have finally come to the service of the authoritarian-repressive state
Maxim Kruglov’s blog post, 18.04.2023 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Maxim Loktev, the Chief Military Enlistment Officer of Moscow, openly stated that the Moscow video surveillance system had been actively used to determine the places of residence of conscripts, who were certainly, very much needed at present. In general, they […]
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The St.Petersburg Yabloko was denied approval for a rally against the law on electronic call-up papers under an absurd reason. Yabloko submitted a new application
Press Release, 17.04.2023 The administration of the city of Murino in the Leningrad region did not give a permission to Yabloko on holding of the first rally in Russia against electronic call-up papers for military service, which the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko planned to organise on Sunday, 23 April. The application in electronic form was […]
Posted: April 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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