Archive for 'Governance'
On the future of Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee No 161 of 20 October 2022, published on 1.11.2022 Photo: Flags of Russia and the European Union / Photo by Vladimir Sergeyev, RIA Novosti The mission of our party today and its main task is to overcome Bolshevism, the oligarchic nature of the state, the irremovability of power […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Committee Decisions, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Без рубрики.
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The role and mission of Yabloko
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee No 160 of 20 October 2022, published on 1.11.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko is the only socio-political institution left in Russia that opposes war, totalitarian transformation of the state, and disintegration of society. Over the three decades of post-Soviet Russia, we have many times offered […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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Sergei Mitrokhin held a lecture “Truth Instead of Law” in the Yabloko Party University
Press Release, 28.10.2022 On 25 October, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “Truth Instead of Law” by Sergei Mitrokhin, a member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, MP of the Moscow City Duma and Candidate of Political Sciences. Has capitalism come to Russia? What is Russia’s “special path”? Is our country a separate […]
Posted: October 31st, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Maxim Petlin: “The European Court of Human Rights satisfied my complaint against the Russian Federation”
Blog post by Maxim Petlin, 28.10.2022 Photo: Maxim Petlin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights satisfied my complaint against the Russian Federation and declared the Resolution of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court dated 16.11.2010 unlawful and violating Article 8 of the European Convention. In November 2010, the regional […]
Posted: October 28th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A district court in Kazan for the third time will consider the legality of the search at Ruslan Zinatullin’s home
Press Release, 26.10.2022 Photo Ruslan Zinalullin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, the Sixth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Samara overturned the decision of the Sovetsky District Court of Kazan, which declared the search at the home of Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko, unlawful. The Sovetsky District […]
Posted: October 27th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Emilia Slabunova found out which posts caused blocking of her page in the Vkontakte social media
Press Release, 21.10.2022 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Emilia Slabunova, a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia from the Yabloko party, was able to find out which posts on her personal page on the VKontakte social media caused blocking of her page by the decision of […]
Posted: October 21st, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko party Press Secretary fined on charges of participating in an anti-war action during which he and his wife were at a performance in the theatre
Press Release, 20.10.2022 Photo: Igor Yakovlev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow fined Igor Yakovlev, head of the Press Service of the Yabloko party, 15,000 roubles on charges of participating in an anti-war action, during which Yakovlev and his wife were at a performance in the theater. On […]
Posted: October 21st, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Psychiatric examination of Anatoly Nogovitsyn, leader of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, repeated the questions of the investigation
Press Release, 15.10.2022 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 October, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, leader of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, underwent a forensic psychiatric examination, which an investigator of the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Sakha […]
Posted: October 17th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“An unlawful and politically motivated decision.” Alexander Shishlov on his fine for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 7.10.2022 Photo: lawyer Leonid Krikun and Alexander Shishlov / Photo by Konstantin Lenkov, Zaks.ru “I regard today’s decision as legally unfounded, unlawful and politically motivated.” This is how Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko, assessed the […]
Posted: October 10th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Nikolai Rybakov “Politics in the Z-Era”
Press Release, 28.09.2022 On 27 September, Yabloko Chairman Nikolay Rybakov held an open lecture at the Yabloko Party University on the topic “Politics in the Z-Era.”
Posted: September 29th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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State Duma candidate Yelena Izotova, who was not admitted to the parliamentary elections in 2021, disputes in the Supreme Court “involvement in an extremist organisation”
Press Release, 19.09.2022 Photo: Yelena Izotova (left) and Gulnaz Ravilova / Photo from social media Yelena Izotova, a member of the Council of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Tatarstan and a Yabloko candidate for deputy of the State Duma in 2021, filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation […]
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anna Cherepanova to participate in the competition for the post of Novgorod Mayor on 21 September
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova’s programme On 21 September, the day of the birth of Russian statehood, a competition for the post of Mayor will be held in Novgorod. Anna Cherepanova, Chairwoman of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party, will take part in it.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The pro-government majority in the St.Petersburg parliament did not dare to support Yabloko’s parliamentary request on the sources of funding for battalions bearing toponymic names of the region
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg refused to forward a deputies’ inquiry to the Governor of St.Petersburg on the amount and sources of budgetary expenditures for the formation of bearing toponymic names of the region. The inquiry was submitted by […]
Posted: September 14th, 2022 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky launched his book about the causes of what happened on 24 February
Press Release, 10.09.2022 On Saturday, 10 September, Grigory Yavlinsky launched his book “Underlying Causes. Why and How Did a Political System Appear, Which Has Resulted in the Events of 24 February, 2022?” the Moscow office of the Yabloko party.
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky to launch his new book on the fundamental causes of what happened on February 24
Press Release, 8.09.2022 Photo: the cover of the book On Saturday, 10 September, the Moscow office of the Yabloko party (Pyatnitskaya 31/2) will host a launch of the book by Grigory Yavlinsky’s work “Underlying Causes. Why and How Did a Political System Appear, Which Has Resulted in the Events of 24 February, 2022?” now published […]
Posted: September 9th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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“Honest journalism has been announced be a crime”. Yabloko leaders on the 22 years verdict to journalist Ivan Safronov and revocation of licence from Novaya Gazeta
Press Release, 6.09.2022 Photo: Ivan Safronov / Photo by Gleb Shchelkunov, Kommersant On 5 September, the Moscow City Court sentenced 32-year-old journalist Ivan Safronov to 22 years in a strict regime colony on the charges of “treason”. On the same day, the Moscow Basmanny District Court revoked the registration of the print version of Novaya […]
Posted: September 6th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The court did not recongnise as evidence the expertise in the case of “Alexander Shishlov discreding the army”, and appointed a new expertise
Press Release, 19.08.2022 Photo: Lawyers Andrei Chertkov and Leonid Krikun, and Alexander Shishlov (from left to right) / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Petrogradsky District Court in St.Petersburg held the first hearing in an administrative case initiated against Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, under […]
Posted: August 22nd, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Protests fail to affect politics not only in Russia, but also in the world”
Corriere Della Sera, 22.07.2022 Photo: Peace March in Moscow in 2014 / Photo by Yevgeny Nadalinsky, Kommersant On 16 July, the influential Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera published an interview with Grigory Yavlinsky on the situation in connection with the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. Unfortunately, there are fragments in the Corriere Della Sera publication […]
Posted: July 25th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, War in Syria, Без рубрики.
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The Chairman of the local branch of Yabloko in Novgorod found guilty of “spreading fakes” about the “special operation”
Press Release, 12.07.2022 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo from social media On 11 July, the Novgorod District Court fined Viktor Shalyakin, Chairman of the local branch of the Yabloko party in Novgorod, 30,000 roubles for “spreading false information” about the “special operation” on the VKontakte social network (Article 13.15 Part 9 of the Code of […]
Posted: July 13th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, 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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Russia-2022: Underlying Causes
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 2.06.2022 The most important specific of Russian national disasters is that they can all be attributed to the inadequate capability documented in culture to respond adequately to the challenges of history. Alexander Akhiezer1 In order to understand what has happened in Russia and before we even attempt to contemplate what comes next, […]
Posted: July 4th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Understanding Russia, Без рубрики.
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