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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko campaigns for peace and life in the elections
Press Release, 29.08.2023 The Novgorod branch of Yabloko published its programme for the elections of deputies of the City Duma of Novgorod. The key slogan of the Yabloko election camapaign is “I Vote for Peace!”. “The 24th of February shocked everyone. A disaster happened. For many years, and especially for the past eight years, we […]
Posted: August 30th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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It was an honour for me to listen in court the final statement of Mikhail Afanasyev, a Khakassian journalist and my colleague at Yabloko
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 29.08.2023 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov visited the trial of Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of Yabloko and a journalist, in Abakan, Khakassia, so that to support Afanasyev who made his final statement in court today. The public prosecutor asked for six years in prison for Mikhail Afanasyev. Afanasyev had been kept in […]
Posted: August 29th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko MP of the Pskov Region Assembly of Deputies, Artur Gaiduk, appealed to the Public Prosecutor General’s Office with a demand to remove the monument to Joseph Stalin erected in Velikiye Luki
Telegram Channel of the Pskov region branch of Yabloko, 22.08.2023 Photo: The Pskov regional branch of Yabloko Artur Gaiduk, Yabloko MP of the Pskov Region Assembly of Deputies, writes in his appeal addressed to Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov and sent on 22 August, that it is reported that the monument, opened on the territory […]
Posted: August 29th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk Yabloko obtained in court a permission to picket for direct election of the mayor. The police canceled the event
Press Release, 27.08.2023 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chair of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko (right), and members of the referendum initiative group at the campaign cube / Photo by the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko On 26 August, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court declared unlawful the actions of the Chelyabinsk Mayor’s Office to refuse Yabloko in holding a […]
Posted: August 27th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on the return of “Hyde Parks” as specially designated free speech zones where no permissions from authorities for rallies are required to the centre of Magnitogorsk: Yabloko’s victory in court over the government and the governor of the region
Yaroslav Shcherbakov’s blog post, 25.08.2023 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov and Kira Belaya / Photo by Yaroslav Shcherbakov Today, the Second Court of Appeal in St. Petersburg canceled the decision of the Chelyabinsk Regional Court, which dismissed the case on the return of “Hyde Parks” [specially designated free speech zones where no permissions from authorities for rallies […]
Posted: August 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Public prosecutor asked for six years in prison for journalist and Yabloko member Mikhail Afanasyev
Press Release, 22.08.2023 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev in court / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The public prosecutor asked for six years in prison for Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of Yabloko and a journalist from Abakan. He has been kept in a pre-trial detention centre for the second year already on the charges of spreading […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The leader of Yabloko appealed to the Central Electoral Commission, the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the Higher Judges’ Qualifications Board in connection with the removal of seven lists of Yabloko candidates in the Pskov region
Press Release, 22.08.2023 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent appeals to the Central Electoral Commission, the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the Higher Judges’ Qualifications Board in connection with the situation in the Pskov region, where the courts supported by the regional electoral commission and the public […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A blow to election observers is a blow to the entire institution of elections. Chairman of Yabloko on the arrest of Grigory Melkonyants
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 18.08.2023 Photo: Grigory Melkonyants / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Grigory Melkonyants, the head of Golos [a movement of election observers], has been arrested. The authorities do not even try to hide that this is a political case, a way of settling scores with the wrong people. Vasily Piskaryov, […]
Posted: August 22nd, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Moscow Municipal Elections 2023, Presidential Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, State Duma Elections, Без рубрики.
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164 Yabloko candidates are participating in the elections under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom!”
Press Release, 21.08.2023 Photo: Yabloko’s banner running “10 September, 2023. Yabloko. Your Vote for Peace and Freedom!” 162 Yabloko candidates have been registered for the upcoming municipal elections. Two more candidates are participating in the by-elections of State Duma deputies in constituencies in Karachayevo-Cherkessia and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In total, representatives of Yabloko campaign in […]
Posted: August 22nd, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2023, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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In Kirov, the home of members of the Yabloko party Denis Shadrin and Polina Kuskova was searched
Press Release, 17.08.2023 Photo: Denis Shadrin and Polina Kuskova / Photo from the personal archive On 17 August, at 6 a.m., three police officers in civilian clothes with two witnesses came to the apartment of members of the Yabloko party, spouses Denis Shadrin and Polina Kuskova. Laptops, phones, bank cards, cash, and passports were seized […]
Posted: August 21st, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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In Novgorod, police searched the home of Ksenia Cherepanova, a member of the Bureau of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and a Yabloko candidate in the elections to the Novgorod City Duma
Press Release, 17.08.2023 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from social networks According to Ksenia’s sister, Anna Cherepanova, who is Chair of the Novgorod Yabloko, armed men broke down the door of Ksenia’s flat early this morning, at 6 a.m., and started a search. The police took Kseniya Cherepanova away for interrogation. However, did not grant […]
Posted: August 21st, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tambov region became the 24th region of Russia visited by the Yabloko leader since the beginning of the year
Press Release, 27.07.2023 On 25-26 July, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, visited the Tambov region. Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the meeting with Olga Burkanova, Director of the Voroninsky nature reserve On the morning of 25 July, Rybakov together with the Chair of the Tambov branch of Yabloko Yana Zenkina and other party members, visited the office […]
Posted: July 28th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Electoral Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region registered Yabloko’s initiative on a referendum on the return of elections of heads of cities and districts to the region
Press Release, 24.07.2023 Photo: Initiators the referendum Mikhail Popov and Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Chelyabinsk Yabloko The Electoral Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region registered the initiative of the Yabloko party on a referendum on the return of elections mayors and heads of districts in the Chelyabinsk Region. Direct elections of mayors were abolished […]
Posted: July 25th, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Ruslan Mutsolgov spoke in court on the “Ingush case” as a public defender of the convicts
Based on the materials from the Memorial Human Rights Centre, 22.07.2023 Photo: The defendants of the “Ingush case” / Photo by Daria Kornilova On 20 July, the Stavropol Regional Court in Pyatigorsk resumed the debate on the “Ingush case”. Ruslan Mutsolgov, the public defender of the convicts, the Chairman of the Ingush Yabloko, and a […]
Posted: July 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A Yabloko supporter from Tatarstan will be tried under a criminal article for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 22.07.2023 Photo: Zulfiya Sitdikova / Photo by the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan A criminal case was initiated against an activist of the Tatarstan branch of the Yabloko party under the article on “discrediting” the army. Yabloko announced a fundraiser to pay for the services of a lawyer, and in less than a day […]
Posted: July 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“This is not the preservation of values, but the inculcation of hatred.” Nikolai Rybakov about the law banning gender reassignment
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel, 19.07.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, the Federation Council unanimously adopted another anti-human law, for which the Duma had unanimously voted before – a law banning gender reassignment. Deputies and senators have found the most important problem in the country that requires their intervention – an exceptionally rare problem […]
Posted: July 20th, 2023 under Governance, Human Rights.
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Yabloko urged Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin to initiate a criminal investigation into the attack on journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Chechnya
Statement by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, 5.07.2023 Photo: Yelena Milashina after the attack / Photo by Sergei Babinets, the Committee Against Torture The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party called on the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin to initiate a criminal investigation into the attack on journalist Yelena […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Police again carried out the “inspection of the premises” with seizure of all the equipment in the office of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, this time the police took away not only Yabloko’s equipment, but also personal gadgets
Press Release, 5.07.2023 Photo: Entrance to the Pskov Yabloko office / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 5 July, police came to the office of the Yabloko branch in Pskov. Policemen presented a decision to initiate administrative proceedings under Article 13.15 Part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation “Abuse […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko introduced a draft law on direct elections of the Mayor of Petrozavodsk. The incumbent Mayor is going to join the special military operation
Press Release, 21.06.2023 Photo: Emilia Slabunova, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko faction submitted to the Legislative Assembly of Karelia a bill on the return of direct mayoral elections in Karelia, including the Mayor of Petrozavodsk. The incumbent Mayor (city manager) of […]
Posted: June 21st, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“I would like to wish you strength and patience, you now need them in freedom no less than we here [in prison].” Yabloko urges Russian citizens to write letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 20.06.2023 Photo: Letter from political prisoner Andrei Pivovarov to Boris Vishnevsky Yabloko goes on conducting in its regional offices traditional actions in support of Russian political prisoners. Political prisoners do not have summer season or holidays. That is why it is so important not to stop supporting those behind bars. Yabloko has developed […]
Posted: June 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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