Archive for 'Governance'
Police detained Valentina Komkova, Chair of the local Yabloko branch in Miass, the Chelyabinsk region, to prevent her from attending a court hearing
Press Release, 26.11.2024 Photo: Valentina Komkova / Photo from the personal archive Valentina Komkova was on her way to the Chelyabinsk Regional Court to give evidence on behalf of the defence in the case of a Miass resident who was accused of “demonstrating extremist symbols”. Komkova was stopped on the road by traffic police officers. […]
Posted: November 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia Anatoly Nogovitsyn was taken to the police office immediately after holding a permitted rally against the cancellation of the mayoral elections in the capital of Yakutia
Press Release, 24.11.2024 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A protocol is being drawn up against Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, for “violating the established procedure for organising or holding a rally” (Article 20.2 Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The formal basis put forward […]
Posted: November 25th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg detained at the Pskov airport on his return from the Yabloko Federal Political Committee. Lev Shlosberg’s commentary
Press Release, 23.11.2024 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Lev Shlosberg was detained at the Pskov airport upon returning from Moscow today, at about 10 a.m. Shlosberg was taken to the linear police department on the airport territory. The police did not allow his […]
Posted: November 25th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The government of the Saratov Region supported the Yabloko initiative to expand the list of organisations where alternative civilian substitute service is possible
Press Release, 18.11.2024 Photo: an ID of a citizen undergoing alternative civilian non-military service / Photo from social media For many years, the Saratov region has been experiencing an acute shortage of specialists in socially significant areas, primarily in healthcare and education. The Saratov branch of Yabloko sent proposals to the Governor of the Saratov […]
Posted: November 18th, 2024 under Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to hold rally in Yakutia against cancellation of direct mayoral elections
Press Release, 18.11.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 November, a rally against the cancellation of the mayoral elections will be held in Yakutsk. Participants will gather at 14:30, the rally will begin at 15:00. The organiser of the event is the Yabloko branch in Yakutia. Yabloko has received a permission for the […]
Posted: November 18th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia did not support the budget of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. Deputy Emilia Slabunova innumerates the reasons
Press Release, 14.11.2024 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 November, the Legislative Assembly of Karelia considered the draft budget of the Republic of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. The Yabloko faction voted against adopting the document. The head of the faction Emilia Slabunova notes that only the […]
Posted: November 15th, 2024 under Education and Science, Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Analytical Centre on the ban for migrant children without knowledge of Russian to be admitted to schools: The initiative is even more harmful than foolish
Press Release, 13.11.2024 Photo by Alexander Miridonov/Kommersant State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced the preparation of a bill that would prohibit migrant children who do not know Russian from being admitted to schools. There is no doubt that this bill will be adopted: Vladimir Putin drew attention to the problem of migrant children’s poor knowledge […]
Posted: November 15th, 2024 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko municipal deputy in the Pskov region, Nikolai Kuzmin, stripped of powers due to “foreign agent” status
Press Release, 14.11.2024 Photo: Nikolai Kuzmin at the building of the Pskov City Court challenging his “foreign agent” status / Photo from social media On 14 November, the Assembly of Zavelichenskaya Volost of the Pskov District considered the early termination of the powers of deputy from Yabloko Nikolai Kuzmin due to the fact that he […]
Posted: November 14th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Smolensk branch of Yabloko asks the Federal Penitentiary Service to pay attention to the health condition of political prisoner Sergei Komandirov
Press Release, 5.11.2024 Photo: Sergei Komandirov / Photo from social media The Smolensk branch of Yabloko has contacted the central office of the Federal Penitentiary Service with a request to provide qualified medical care to political prisoner Sergei Komandirov, who is held in Penal Colony No 4 in the city of Torzhok. The mother of […]
Posted: November 5th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Boris Vishnevsky has become a symbol of the defence of his hometown. His expulsion from the St.Petersburg parliament means further destroying the country and its future”
Press Release, 30.10.2024 On 30 October, Boris Vishnevsky spoke before his colleagues in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg for the last time, as his deputy mandate had to be withdrawn due to his “foreign agent” status. He recalled that he became a deputy of the city parliament 13 years ago and was forced to […]
Posted: November 2nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky on the forced termination of his parliamentary powers: I thank the people of St.Petersburg who trust me and continue to trust me
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post, 28.10.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky/ Photo by the Press Service of the St. Petersburg Yabloko My work in the Legislative Assembly terminates on 30 October. I thank the people of St. Petersburg who trust me and continue to trust me I categorically disagree with the decision of the Ministry of Justice to […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“When the chaos ends, we must be ready.” Yabloko hosted a large discussion about the historical forks in the road in modern Russia and its prospects
Press Release, 27.10.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 25 October, on the anniversary of the creation of the Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin electoral bloc, which then turned into the Yabloko party, the Yabloko party office in Moscow hosted a screening and discussion of Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview for the documentary The Unfinished Time project. Young people, children […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Elections, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Nikolai Kavkazsky, a Moscow Yabloko member and human rights activist, added to the list of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 25.10.2024 Photo: Nikolai Kavkazsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Nikolai Kavkazsky became the fourth representative of the Moscow branch of the party to be added to the repressive list of “foreign agents”. Previously, Svetlana Gannushkina, Chair of the Civil Assistance Committee, human rights defender and member of the Yabloko Federal Political […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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We demand to stop the repression against Lev Shlosberg!
Statement by the Regional Council of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, 19.10.2024 Photo: Conference of the Pskov regional branch of the Yabloko party on 19 October, 2024 /Photo by the Pskov branch of the party Five searches have already taken place within the framework of the criminal case opened on the so-called violation of the […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A search in the office of the Pskov Yabloko
Press Release, 18.10.2024 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in the office of the Pskov Yabloko, 2023 / Photo by the regional branch of the party On 18 October, police came to the office of the Pskov Yabloko for a search. The search was related to the criminal case on the violation of the law on “foreign agents”, […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the charges against Yabloko’s Vasily Neustroyev. He did not admit guilt
Press Release, 17.10.2024 Photo: Vasily Neustroyev / Photo by the United Press Service of the Courts of St. Petersburg Yabloko member and historian Vasily Neustroyev completely refused to admit his guilt on all the charges brought against him at the hearings of the St. Petersburg City Court, calling the criminal case political persecution, and everything […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko to host a meeting with former political prisoner Dmitry Skurikhin
Press Release, 16.10.2024 Photo: Dmitry Skurikhin by his store / Photo from social media An action of writing letters to Russian political prisoners will be held in Novgorod Yabloko on 25 October with the participation of Dmitry Skurikhin, an entrepreneur from the Leningrad Region who served an imprisonment term of 1.5 years for “discrediting the […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“There is always a place for a choice.” Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview for the documentary “The Unfinished Time”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 8.10.2024 Complete interview with English subtitles Since the late 1980s, Russia has repeatedly found itself at critical crossroads. There was a choice, there was an opportunity to fundamentally change the country’s future for the better and avoid another tragedy. In other words, over the past 35 years, Russia has repeatedly had a […]
Posted: October 11th, 2024 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Presidential Elections, Russian Economy, Understanding Russia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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“There will be no winners, everyone has lost.” Nikolai Rybakov on the NTV television channel about why it is necessary to stop the bloodshed now
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel, 8.10.2024 The fighting in Ukraine has been going on for two and a half years. Politicians continue talking about “victory”. But no one understands that when there are so many victims, no one has won, everyone has lost. Politicians have proven that they failed to do their job by allowing so […]
Posted: October 11th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: Thank you for your solidarity
From Lev Shlosberg’s Telegram channel, 2.10.2024 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ЛЬВОМ МАРКОВИЧЕМ ШЛОСБЕРГОМ ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ЛЬВА МАРКОВИЧА ШЛОСБЕРГА 18+ THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVICH SHLOSBERG OR CONCERNS ACTIVITIES RELATING TO FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVICH SHLOSBERG. [This capitalised section is a text […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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