Archive for 'Governance'
Boris Vishnevsky’s page on the VKontakte social media had been blocked for his quoting Stanisław Jerzy Lec. This came out only after many months of trial with the Russian media regulator and the Public Prosecutor General’s Office
Press Release, 13.02.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The reason for blocking the page of Boris Vishnevsky, an MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg from Yabloko and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, was his post in where he wrote about the pioneers movement, Moskvich brand cars and […]
Posted: February 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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Statement by the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko on the inadmissibility of the liquidation of local self-government in the Chelyabinsk region
Press Release, 09.02.2023 Photo: Miass / Photo by Alexei Petrov, Wikimedia Commons The regional council of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party addressed the Governor of the region and deputies of the Miass city about the inadmissibility of liquidating local self-government in the Chelyabinsk region.
Posted: February 10th, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University will host the third lecture by Sergei Mitrokhin on why Russia has not become a law-governed state
Press Release, 09.02.2023 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 13 February, Sergei Mitrokhin, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, am MP of the Moscow City Duma and candidate of political sciences, will deliver the third lecture at the Yabloko Party University “Truth Instead of Law”. […]
Posted: February 10th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Elections, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Alexander Shishlov filed a cassation appeal against his fine for discrediting the Russian army
Press Release, 08.02.2023 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Andrei Chertkov, the lawyer of the head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Shishlov, filed a complaint with the Third Court of Cassation. He is challenging the decision of the Petrogradsky District Court to find Alexander […]
Posted: February 8th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, 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 court serves a handful of persons who leave the people alone with propaganda”
Dmitry Muratov and Nikolai Rybakov on the decision of the Moscow City Court to revoke the license from Novaya Gazeta Press Release, 07.02.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Moscow City Court, on absurd grounds, deprived Novaya Gazeta and Novaya Rasskaz-Gazeta of media registration certificates. The judge dismissed the editorial board’s complaint against the […]
Posted: February 7th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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We managed to raise 450,000 roubles to cover the fine to Mikhail Afanasyev. Yabloko expresses gratitude to all donors!
Press Release, 06.02.2023 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev, his wife Yelena and son / Photo from social media Yabloko closes the collection of donations to cover the fine for Mikhail Afanasyev, a journalist from Khakassia, Editor-in-Chief of the Novy Focus media and a Yabloko party member. On 5 February, his wife Yelena Afanasyeva announced the collection of […]
Posted: February 7th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko demanded from the police to return the illegally seized paintings by Yelena Osipova
Press Release, 06.02.2023 Photo: Yelena Osipova at the opening of her exhibition in the St. Petersburg Yabloko on 31 January, 2023 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Shishlov, sent inquiries to the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry […]
Posted: February 6th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, 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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Victor Kogan-Yasny: Decades and a year
Special for the Yabloko web-site, 04.02.2023 After Belovezh Accords of 1991 [when the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus secretly gathered in Belarus and declared that the Soviet Union had ceased to exist and established the Commonwealth of Independent States in its place as a successor entity], an authoritarian regime began to take shape in the […]
Posted: February 6th, 2023 under Economy, Elections, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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No one has fallen ill with plague or cholera in St. Petersburg, despite the Russian consumer safety watchdog justifying the ban on rallies by the danger of contamination with these diseases
Press Release, 03.02.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Russian consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor demanded a ban on public events in St. Petersburg due to the threat of the spread of not only COVID-19, but also cholera and plague. To date, however, not a single case of such contamination has been identified. This follows […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko MP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Emilia Slabunova fined 30,000 roubles for “discrediting the army”. The court decision will be appealed
Press Release, 02.02.2023 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today the Petrozavodsk City Court was examining, for four and a half hours, the case of an administrative offense by Emilia Slabunova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, a member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Sergei Balabayev, a member of the Bureau of the Yaroslavl Yabloko, is recommended for the post of Commissioner for Human Rights in the Yaroslavl region
Press Release, 02.02.2023 Photo: Sergei Balabayev / Photo from social media In April of this year, the term of service of the current Commissioner for Human Rights for the Yaroslavl region expires. Sergei Balabayev, a member of the Yaroslavl Yabloko Bureau, has been listed among the three contenders for the post of Ombudsman for Yaroslavl. […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anna Cherepanova, a deputy of the Novgorod City Duma, demanded that the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ombudsperson respect the rights of political prisoner Andrei Pivovarov
Press Release, 01.02.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Anna Cherepanova, a deputy of the Duma of Novgorod from Yabloko, sent inquiries to the Public Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov, the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev and the Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova in defence of political […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The state to compensate moral damage for unlawful persecution to Viktor Shalyakin, the leader of the local branch of Yabloko in Novgorod
Press Release, 01.02.2023 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 30 January, the Novgorod District Court satisfied the claims Viktor Shalyakin, head of the local branch of the Yabloko party in Novgorod, against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Finance of Russia for compensation of his expenses connected […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“I beg you to write to me! It helps me a lot…” Actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners were held at Yabloko
Press Release, 01.02.2022 Photo: Cheboksary / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners were held at the central and regional offices of the Yabloko party past week and at the beginning of this week. Several hundred postcards and envelopes will go to penal colonies and pre-trial detention centres […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Petrozavodsk City Court will consider the case of “discrediting the army” against Yabloko deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Emilia Slabunova
Press Release, 01.02.2023 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 2 February, the Petrozavodsk City Court will hold a hearing on the case of an administrative offense allegedly committed by Emilia Slabunova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and a member of the Federal Political Committee […]
Posted: February 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, 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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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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