Archive for 'Governance'
Trilogy of lawlessness: municipal filter destroys political alternative
Statement by the Bureau of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, 11.08.2025 Photo: Yabloko candidate Viktor Shalyakin / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko On 8 August 2025, the Electoral Commission of the Novgorod Region refused to register Yabloko Party candidate Viktor Shalyakin for the Governor elections under the pretext of “insufficient signatures from municipal deputies”. We consider […]
Posted: August 12th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2025, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg is accused of posting videos but the links lead to another person’s page, not his
Press Release, 8.08.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court / Photo by the regional branch of the party On 7 August, the 38th magistrate’s court in Pskov held another, already eighth hearing on the criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg for allegedly evading “fulfilment of foreign agent obligations”. The investigation believes that the politician […]
Posted: August 8th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on ex-Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Boris Dubrovsky being placed on wanted list: worked and ran away
Yaroslav Shcherbakov’s blog post, 7.08.2025 Photo: The plaques state that (1) Boris Dubrovsky, Governor of Chelyabinsk Region from 24.09.2014 – 19.03.2019, participated in a cartel agreement. The established damage amounts to over 20 billion roubles. (2) Mikhail Yurevich, Governor of Chelyabinsk Region from 22.04.2010 – 15.01.2014, accused of taking bribes. The established damage amounts to […]
Posted: August 7th, 2025 under Elections, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2025, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court keeps Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg under house arrest until 8 October
Press Release, 6.08.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court on 11 June 2025 / Photo by Stepan Baranov The decision to extend the preventive measure was made by a judge of the Pskov City Court. The hearing was held in a closed session. Journalists were asked to leave the courtroom before the court ruling was announced. […]
Posted: August 6th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Trump has no substantive position on Ukraine
Grigory Yavlinsky web-site, 30.07.2025 What is desperately needed now? Russia and Ukraine sign an agreement for an immediate ceasefire: troops stop at current positions and cease fire. After this, substantive negotiations are needed about the conditions and ways to achieve peaceful coexistence: about the new content of Russian-Ukrainian relations, European security architecture and its prospective […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2025 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov: Yabloko candidates at elections of any level conduct a political campaign on the key issue of the country’s development
RIA Tomsk, 24.07.2025 Interview by Valentina Ankudinova Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party has determined candidates for elections to the Tomsk City Duma, which will take place in September. On the eve, a pre-election conference took place in the city, attended by party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov. In an […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Political Parties, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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The trial on Lev Shlosberg’s another criminal case for evading “foreign agent” obligations will continue on the politician’s birthday
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 22 July, another hearing took place at the court of the first instance on the case of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg for violating “foreign agent” legislation. The proceedings lasted almost three hours and were postponed to 30 July due to the public […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Konstantin Smirnov’s detention in custody extended for another two months
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov in court / Photo by Ryazan Yabloko The Soviet District Court of Ryazan refused to change the preventive measure for Editor-in-Chief of internet media Vid Sboku (View from the Side) and Yabloko municipal deputy Konstantin Smirnov. The politician’s defence insisted on transferring the politician to house arrest, but the […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court will conduct a hearing on extending the arrest for Konstantin Smirnov
Press Release, 22.07.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 23 July, the Sovietsky District Court of Ryazan will consider the investigator’s petition to extend the arrest for Konstantin Smirnov, Editor-in-Chief of the Internet media Vid Sboku (Side View) and deputy of the Dubrovichy Council from Yabloko. The journalist and politician […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“They will classify everything live and free as extremism”
Press Release, 16.07.2025 Photo: Kirill Goncharov and Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yaboko Press Service The State Duma Committee on State Building has approved amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences, proposing fines of up to 5,000 roubles for the search for extremist materials on the Internet and gaining access to them.
Posted: July 17th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Yabloko supporter in Tatarstan Zulfiya Sitdikova fined 80,000 roubles for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 7.07.2025 Photo: Zulfiya Sitdikova during one of her arrests / Photo from social networks The Vakhitovsky District Court in Kazan imposed a large fine of 80,000 roubles on Yabloko supporter in Tatarstan Zulfiya Sitdikova for “discrediting the army”. According to the court, Zulfiya Sitdikova allegedly photographed a man with a poster “There is […]
Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko demands compensation for removal of party lists from 2023 elections following Constitutional Court ruling
Press Release, 7.07.2025 Photo: Pskov Yabloko team / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko Pskov Yabloko demands compensation from the state for removal of party lists from 2023 elections following the ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (of 18 March, 2025) which confirmed the removal of Pskov Yabloko lists of candidates […]
Posted: July 7th, 2025 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko hosted a lecture by Sergei Shklyudov “The Experience of Electronic Voting in Estonia: Myths and Reality”
Press Release, 1.07.2025 Electronic voting is an extremely controversial tool. It has many supporters and many opponents. Some countries have tried to introduce electronic voting in their elections, but then inevitably returned to paper. Today, only the experience of Estonia is virtually the only example of the successful introduction of electronic voting into the electoral […]
Posted: July 1st, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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A unique mosaic panel in a sports facility building destroyed in Udmurtia. Yabloko has filed a complaint with the public prosecutor’s office about the sports minister’s inaction
Press Release, 30.06.2025 Photo: Mosaic panel in the Izhstal Ice Palace building / Photo from social media One of the rare monuments of 1970s mosaic art – a mosaic panel possessing artistic and historical value – was situated in the foyer of the Izhstal Ice Palace building in Izhevsk, Udmurtia. Despite assurances from Udmurtia’s Minister […]
Posted: June 30th, 2025 under Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Judiciary, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies.
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Yabloko in Karelia proposed exempting outpatient clinics and hospitals from property tax. The ruling party rejected the initiative, but later passed it off as their own
Press Release, 30.06.2025 Photo: The Legislative Assembly of Karelia / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly The Yabloko party faction in the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia prepared a bill to exempt state medical institutions from paying property tax. Such a measure would help direct more budget money towards improving […]
Posted: June 30th, 2025 under Education and Science, Governance, Healthcare, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov on the proposal of the head of the Presidential Human Rights Council to expel foreign families from the country: “The head of the Human Rights Council has apparently forgotten what his job is”
Press Release, 27.06.2025 Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant The head of the Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev called for expelling migrant families from Russia if their children do not go to school. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are almost 786,000 minor foreigners in Russia. At the same time, the number of […]
Posted: June 27th, 2025 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Regional Court leaves Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko Party Lev Shlosberg under house arrest
Press Release, 26.06.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg /Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 11 June, the Pskov City Court ruled that Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko Party Lev Shlosberg should be arrested until 8 August. Shlosberg is at home, under house arrest, deprived of access to a telephone, mail, and the Internet, he is also restricted in […]
Posted: June 26th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moscow’s Chief Sanitary Doctor will assess, at Yabloko’s request, the coronavirus threat cited by the Moscow authorities when banning protest actions
Press Release, 26.06.2025 Photo: A mass sporting event at one of Moscow’s stadiums during the period of “coronavirus restrictions” / Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant The letter to Yelena Andreyeva, Chief Sanitary Doctor of Moscow, was sent by the applicants of the pickets for the dismantling of the bas-relief depicting Joseph Stalin as the “father […]
Posted: June 26th, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Once again Yabloko in the St.Petersburg parliament proposes taking the first step toward free elections by returning the voting rights to “foreign agents”
Press Release, 25.06.2025 Photo: Alexander Shishlov at the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg /Photo by the Press Service of the St.Petersburg parliament The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg has once again submitted to the St.Petersburg parliament its initiative to return the passive electoral right (the right to be elected) to citizens recognised […]
Posted: June 25th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow authorities refused to allow Yabloko to hold pickets for the dismantling of a bas-relief with Joseph Stalin in the Moscow metro. Yabloko is going to appeal the refusal in court
Press Release, 24.06.2025 Photo by Yevgeny Biyatov, RIA Novosti The formal reason for the refusal of the Prefecture of Central Administrative District of Moscow to approve Yabloko pickets was the “current epidemiological situation”. The authorities continue to refer to the decree of the Mayor of Moscow dated 8 June, 2020, which maintains the previously introduced […]
Posted: June 24th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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