Archive for 'Governance'
An action of writing letters to Russian political prisoners was held in Moscow
Press Release, 27.01.2023 On 26 January , and action of writing letters to political prisoners was held at the central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow. This time 311 letters were written to 63 political prisoners. The actions lasted three hours. More than 60 people were present, they wrote words of support for political […]
Posted: January 27th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group means abandoning the priority of human rights in Russia”
Press Release, 27.01.2023 Photo: Valery Borshchyov, Co-Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group / Photo by Kristina Kormilitsyna, Kommersant The Moscow City Court, on false “grounds” made up by the Ministry of Justice, decided to liquidate the oldest human rights organisation in Russia – the Moscow Helsinki Group, established in 1976. Co-Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki […]
Posted: January 27th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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The Court of Cassation recognised that the Chelyabinsk Yabloko was right in a dispute with the Mayor’s Office about holding a rally “For Peace”
Press Release, 25.01.2023 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo from the personal archive On 25 January, the Seventh Court of Cassation dismissed the complaint of the Chelyabinsk Mayor’s Office against the decision of the regional court. The decision remains in force: the refusal of the city administration to the Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko […]
Posted: January 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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Yabloko raised 624,000 roubles for political prisoners at a charity auction
Press Release, 25.01.2023 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 January, the Yabloko party held a charity auction in support of eight Russian political prisoners: 31 lots from Russian politicians, journalists and cultural figures were put up for auction. The total amount of the funds raised, including redeemed lots and voluntary donations, amounted to […]
Posted: January 25th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“This is political persecution. The goal is very simple – to intimidate everyone. Deputy Сhairman of Yabloko on the trial of the artist Alexandra Skochilenko
Press Release, 20.01.2023 Photo: Alexandra Skochilenko at the trial with lawyers / Photo by Boris Vishnevsky The criminal case of the St. Petersburg artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who is accused of spreading “fake news” about the army, must be closed, and she should be acquitted. This was stated by the Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, […]
Posted: January 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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The Pskov Regional Court upheld the decision of the court of a lower instance, did not apply to the Constitutional Court and did not satisfy Svetlana Vasilkova’s complaint
Press Release, 20.01.2023 Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service On 20 January, the administrative board of the Pskov Regional Court considered the appeal of Svetlana Vasilkova, head of the Pustoshkinsky district elected from Yabloko, about the early termination of her powers by the district assembly of deputies. The deputies of […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Magnitogorsk branch of Yabloko struggles for the return of a free speech zone to the city
Press Release, 20.01.2023 Photo: The inscriptions run: Magnitogorsk. The right to a protest. Let’s return “hyde park” to the centre of the city. The Chelyabinsk Region Court accepted the claim of Kira Belaya, Chairwoman of the Magnitogorsk local branch of Yabloko, against the Government of the Chelyabinsk Region on the return of a “hyde park” […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Bow to the memory of these people and say it again: people, give up revenge”. Yabloko honoured the memory of the murdered lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova
Press Release, 19.01.2023 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service On 19 January, Yabloko leaders and activists in Moscow once again met at Prechistenka 3 to honour the memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were killed by neo-Nazis 14 years ago. Yabloko founder Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman Ivan […]
Posted: January 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko proposes to introduce criminal penalties for propaganda of nuclear war
Press Release, 18.01.2023 Photo: Gas masks at a school in Pripyat, an abandoned city in the Chernobyl zone / Photo by Alexander Vedernikov, Kommersant Yabloko MP Artur Gaiduk submitted to the Pskov Regional Assembly a draft federal law on criminal liability for public calls for the use of nuclear weapons and propaganda for their use. […]
Posted: January 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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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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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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Yabloko’s Svetlana Vasilkova appealed against the court refusal to recognise her dismissal from the post of head of the Pustoshkinsky district as illegal
Press Release, 10.01.2023 Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo from the Grazhdanin newspaper Svetlana Vasilkova appealed (https://eng.yabloko.ru/30000-2/ ) the decision of the Opochetsky District Court, which recognised her dismissal from the post of head of the Pustoshkinsky District as legal. On 9 January, the Pustoshkinsky District Court received her appeal.
Posted: January 11th, 2023 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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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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