Archive for 'Governance'
Russia has no objections to compensating for damage from corruption
The Russian Ministry of Justice responded positively to the proposal of Yabloko Press Release, 9.12.2020 Photo: Picture by Transparency International The Russian Ministry of Justice plans to agree with all the authorities Russia’s accession to the convention on civil liability for corruption. Such a response came from the Ministry to Yabloko’s proposal to guarantee everyone […]
Posted: December 10th, 2020 under Economy, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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The European Court of Human Rights declared the verdict of the Russian court on the case of physicist Danilov unjust
Statement by the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, 9.12.2020 Photo: Physicist Valentin Danilov in the office of the Novosibirsk regional branch of the Yabloko party in January 2018 The European Court of Human Rights ruled out that Russia violated the right of physicist Valentin Danilov to a fair trial. Four of the twelve jurors were linked […]
Posted: December 9th, 2020 under Governance, Greetings, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the Political Systems of the New Age
POLITICAL ENTROPY (Chapter 2) Digital technologies and the globalisation of disorder As a series of events sent shockwaves globally, a large-scale process proceeded in the background imperceptibly, with the creation of new forms and methods to manage social phenomena, to all intents and purposes representing the birth of a new type of political system. It […]
Posted: December 4th, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Belarus Relations, Russia-China Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Political Entropy. Digital Technologies and the Globalisation of Disorder
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 1.12.2020 Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That’s how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is […]
Posted: December 1st, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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After Yabloko’s appeal, 26 regions lifted restrictions on street actions
Press Release, 26.11.2020 Photo: Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula branch of Yabloko, at a picket against the amendments to the Constitution, on 23 June, 2020 A year after Yabloko’s appeal to the Public Prosecutor’s Offices of 43 Russian Federation subjects with a demand to bring regional laws on rallies in line with the Constitution, […]
Posted: November 26th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Professionalism Versus Insanity
Statement on the resumption of the activities of the Public Constitutional Council Novaya Gazeta, 25.11.2020 The Public Constitutional Council, which we established in January 2020 in response to the President’s initiative to amend the Constitution of the Russian Federation, warned at the same time that the adoption of the proposed amendments to the Basic Law […]
Posted: November 26th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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The Saratov branch of Yabloko initiated a collective statement on the inadmissibility of canceling the mixed system in municipal elections
Press Release, 20.11.2020 The Saratov branch of Yabloko held a round table and invited to it all the registered political parties of the Saratov region. Following the meeting, which was attended by representatives of the parties A Just Russia, Parnas, Russian National Union, as well as the all-Russian movement #Changes, a statement was adopted demanding […]
Posted: November 21st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov on the adoption of the bill on the immunity guarantees to the President
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook post, 18.11.2020 Today in the State Duma was adopting, in the first reading, a bill on guarantees of immunity to the President after his leaving office and members of his family. The main argument was that the President should have a free hand… (!!!)
Posted: November 19th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2021.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov: a Lamborghini worth only 100,000 roubles – now it will become a reality, but not for everyone.
Igor Artemyev was dismissed from the post of the head of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service yesterday Yaroslav Shcherbakov’s blog post, 12.11.2020 Photo: Igor Artemyev A Lamborghini worth only 100,000 roubles – now it will become a reality, but not for everyone! (from the experience of selling confiscated goods in Russia) Yesterday Igor Artemyev, head […]
Posted: November 13th, 2020 under Governance, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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How to get rid of Putin?
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 26.10.2020 Will Mr.Putin remain President after 2024, they ask him at the Valdai Club meeting. My colleagues ask me about the same on a Yabloko party stream. Vladimir Putin compares himself to Saint Francis and says that “this must certainly end some day”. However, in Belarus, for example, the people decided that […]
Posted: November 4th, 2020 under Elections, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Programme documents, Russia-Belarus Relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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A third of the Moscow City Duma supported the Yabloko bill on the responsibility of the President and the Government to Parliament
Press Release, 28.10.2020 Photo: The results of voting on the bill submitted by Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma More than a third of the Moscow City Duma deputies supported the Yabloko bill on responsibility and accountability of the President and the Government of Russia to Parliament.
Posted: October 28th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Chairman called on the Russian President and Chairpersons of both the chambers of the Russian parliament to submit Yabloko’s bill envisaging abolishing the laws on foreign agents and undesirable organisations
Press Release, 28.10.2020 Photo: Action in memory of journalist Irina Slavina who committed self-immolation. Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov called on Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the upper and lower chambers of parliament Valentina Matviyenko and Vyacheslav Volodin to introduce the bill developed by the Yabloko party and envisaging abolishing of the […]
Posted: October 28th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Everyone should have the right to compensation for damage from corruption
Statement of the Yabloko Party, 26.10.2020 DECISION # 2488 Moscow, October 16, 2020 Having discussed the information on the state of affairs with ensuring in Russia the right of citizens to compensation for harm from corruption, presented by Alexei Karnaukhov, head of the Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the YABLOKO Party, and Anton Pominov, Director General […]
Posted: October 26th, 2020 under Governance, Human Rights, Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Nikolai Rybakov: “The State Duma, which is unable to utter a word against the President and the security forces, must be driven away in the 2021 elections”
Nikolai Rybakov’s FB page, 22.10.2020 A couple of years ago, it seemed that Russia simply did not have a more helpless, incompetent and antipopular parliament than the State Duma of the past, the sixth convocation, which was justly nicknamed “the mad printer” [for the speed of stamping laws]. But looks like the current parliamentary corps […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Governance, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2021.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko demands to declare the competition for the post of Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod void
Press Release, 22.10.2020 On 21 October, Oleg Rodin, Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko, sent an appeal to the City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod with a demand to declare the competition for the post of Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod void. The competition commission made a decision to conduct interviews with candidates via video-conferencing, […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2020 under Elections, Governance, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Emilia Slabunova: It is unacceptable to drive observers into regional cages and introduce serfdom observation rights
Based on the publication in 7×7, 19.10.2020 On 15 October, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia adopted, in the first reading and by a majority of votes, several bills that deprive citizens of the right to observe regional and local elections of citizens from other regions. In the near future, such initiatives will be […]
Posted: October 19th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Regional and Local Elections, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The parliamentary majority of the Moscow City Duma rejected Yabloko’s amendments to the Constitution, prohibiting torture and introducing a contract-based army
Press Release, 15.10.2020 The Moscow City Duma rejected two bills with amendments to the Constitution submitted by the Yabloko faction. The bills were proposed to be adopted as a legislative initiative and sent to the federal parliament – the State Duma. The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma submitted a package of nine bills […]
Posted: October 15th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, The Russian Army, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Supreme Court chose not to stop the violation of the law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights” by the Central Electoral Commission
Press Release, 1.10.2020 The Board of Appeals of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the lower court’s decision not to consider Yabloko’s claim challenging the decision of the Central Electoral Commission on three-day early voting. “The Supreme Court confirmed the reluctance of the judiciary to delve into the violations of the Central Electoral […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2020 under Elections, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections 2020, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2020, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will again try to challenge in the Supreme Court the resolution of the Central Electoral Commission on a three-day voting
Press Release, 30.09.2020 On October 1, the Board of Appeals of the Supreme Court of Russia will consider the complaint of Yabloko about the refusal of the Supreme Court to consider the party’s claim against the Central Electoral Commission which had issued a resolution on a three-day voting in elections.
Posted: October 1st, 2020 under Elections, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2020.
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Stavropol Yabloko activist was attacked with a knife and threatened with murder because of his protest activities
Press Release, 17.09.2020 Ronald Ayrapetyan, Yabloko activist from Kislovodsk, told the media that he was threatened with murder if he continued to take action against Putin and United Russia. According to Ayrapetyan, on the evening of 12 September, he was returning home after a walk with a friend. An unidentified masked man with a knife […]
Posted: September 17th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2020.
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