Archive for 'Governance'
The Ryazan branch of Yabloko calls on the City Duma to dismiss head of the city Yulia Rokotyanskaya, who went on vacation during the fight against the pandemic
Press Release, 2.04.2020 The regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Ryazan region considers vacation of Yulia Rokotyanskaya, head of the municipality – the city of Ryazan and Chair of the Ryazan City Duma, during an active struggle against coronavirus be blatant cynicism.
Posted: April 2nd, 2020 under Governance, Healthcare, Social Policies.
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Yabloko sends its emergency programme to combat COVID-19 pandemic to the Russian President, government and parliament
Press Release, 31.03.2020 Chairman of Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov sent the authorities a programme of socio-economic and political measures developed by the party to overcome the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The document was sent to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, members of both houses of parliament, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, as well as to the […]
Posted: March 31st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Russian Army, War in Syria, Без рубрики.
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Supporter of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko fined 150,000 roubles for bringing posters for a picket against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution
The court hearing was held as video conferencing Press Release, 27.03.2020 On 27 March, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, assigned a fine of 150,000 roubles to Marina Shoetova, supporter of the Tatrstan branch of Yabloko. The court hearing was held in a video conferencing regime. The law enforcement and the […]
Posted: March 30th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko proposed a programme of urgent measures to support citizens and business people during the COVID-19 pandemic
Press Release, 28.03.2020 According to Yabloko, the Russian authorities should provide all possible support to citizens facing the threat of not only becoming infected with coronavirus, but also losing their means of subsistence, as well as private businesses. The party has developed a programme of urgent measures, consisting of 20 points of a socio-economic measures […]
Posted: March 30th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Russian Army, War in Syria, Без рубрики.
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We demand abolition of the “all-Russian vote”. Statement of the Public Constitutional Council
Novaya Gazeta, 25.03.2020 The so-called all-Russian vote will not give legitimacy to the document, which, in bypassing of the procedures established in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, was composed and unanimously approved by the President, [both] the chambers of the Federal Assembly, all subjects of the Federation and the Constitutional Court. The main [Constitutional] […]
Posted: March 25th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Human Rights.
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Yabloko proposes to give Russians a constitutional right to a share from the mineral and energy resources exports and a pension at 60
Press Release, 16.03.2020 Deputies of the Yabloko party in the legislative assemblies of six regions – Moscow, St. Petersburg, Karelia, the Pskov and Astrakhan regions and the Khabarovsk Territory – introduce a new package of amendments to the Constitution. It is dedicated to improving the guarantees of human and civil rights and freedoms. The text […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko continues actions against Vladimir Putin’s eternal rule
Party members rallied and picketed in several regions Press Release, 23.03.2020 Yabloko activists continue holding one-person pickets (these pickets do not require any permissions from the authorities) and rallies against Putin’s constitutional amendments resetting the count on his presidential terms to zero and other Putin’s amendments to the Constitution. On March 21-22, rallies and pickets […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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A truly social state should be built in Russia
Emilia Slabunova introduced to the Karelian parliament Yabloko’s amendments to the Constitution Press Release, 20.03.2020 Emilia Slabunova, member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, presented to the regional parliament of Karelia a package of amendments of the Yabloko party, the adoption of which guarantees […]
Posted: March 20th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments.
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Resetting the law. Resetting of the Constitution. Resetting of the Constitutional Court
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 19.03.2020 The situation with coronavirus is certainly serious. But there is no doubt that the mankind and all of us will cope with the pandemic. However, one cannot fail to notice that right now the events that will decisively determine our future are taking place in our country. There were no illusions […]
Posted: March 19th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Без рубрики.
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He lied again
Boris Vishnevsky’s commentary on Vladimir Putin’s statement that the middle class in Russia is 70% of the population Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post at the Ekho Moskvi web-site, 19.03.2020 While discussing the coronavirus and Putin’s decree on appointing, despite everything, of a “nationwide vote” on amendments to the Constitution, in the evening I noticed something else, […]
Posted: March 19th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Yabloko in the Altai Republic rallied against the “reset” of Vladimir Putin’s presidential term
Press Release, 18.03.2020 On March 15, a rally against amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation was held in Gorno-Altaysk. The actions was organised by Maria Demina, MP of the State Assembly – El Kurultai of the Altai Republic and the head of the Defend Altai public movement. The event was supported by representatives […]
Posted: March 18th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko continues to protest against the constitutional coup
Press Release, 17.03.2020 On March 15, Yabloko members in Novosibirsk went on a series of one-person pickets [that do not require any permissions from the authorities] against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The action took place in the centre of Novosibirsk.
Posted: March 18th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Kemerovo branch of Yabloko held a series of one-person pickets against the reset of Vladimir Putin presidential terms
Press Release, 17.03.2020 Members of the Yabloko party and the Golos movement held a series of one-person pickets [that do not require any permission from the authorities] in the centre of Kemerovo against amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation on resetting of the presidential terms for Vladimir Putin and unlawful amendments to the […]
Posted: March 17th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Supreme Court did not accept Yabloko’s lawsuit against Putin on voting on his constitutional amendments on April 22. The party appealed this decision
Press Release, 17.03.2020 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation refused to accept the Yabloko’s lawsuit against President Vladimir Putin on the cancellation of his order to conduct an all-Russian vote on constitutional amendments. Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov challenged this decision at the Board of Appeals of the Supreme Court.
Posted: March 17th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments.
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Nikolai Rybakov to Interior Minister: Immediately stop unlawful detention of citizens
Statement by Yabloko Chairman, 14.03.2020 To: Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation I demand that those detained during one-person pickets [these pickets do not require any permission from the authorities] in Moscow be immediately released and that you order to stop unlawful practices of detentions at one-person pickets.
Posted: March 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Putin’s amendments and “resetting” of the presidential terms are out of the law
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 11.03.2020 Apparently, the Kremlin’s special operation with respect to the Constitution has come to the finish line. With the help of the amendment proposed by the deputy-cosmonaut [Valentina Tereshkova], all the terms of the incumbent President are proposed to be “nullified” [or “reset”] so that Putin could remain in power for at […]
Posted: March 13th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Human Rights.
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Yabloko proposes to fix in the Constitution that one party in the State Duma cannot have more than 40% of the mandates
Press Release, 13.03.2020 The Yabloko party proposes to supplement the Constitution of the Russian Federation with a chapter on the electoral system, political parties and the rights of the opposition. Regional MPs from Yabloko introduced the corresponding bill to the legislative assemblies of six constituent entities of the Russian Federation – Moscow, St. Petersburg, the […]
Posted: March 13th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The irremovability of power will lead to the collapse of the country. What Yabloko’s regional MPs were telling to the regional parliaments when considering Vladimir Putin’s constitutional amendments
Press Release, 13.03.2020 Yabloko deputies voted against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution during their consideration in the legislative assemblies of the regions. In Karelia, the Khabarovsk Territory and the Pskov Region, votes against were cast only by Yabloko’s MPs. In the Moscow City Duma, the Yabloko faction was the only faction which did not support […]
Posted: March 13th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Putin’s irremovability represents usurpation of power
Statement by the Public Constitutional Council Novaya Gazeta, 11.03.2020 The decision on Putin’s irremovability as President of the Russian Federation, adopted at his proposal by the State Duma today, represents usurpation of power. This decision is unconstitutional. The cancellation of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin, that is, allowing Putin to be in the post […]
Posted: March 12th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Yabloko is picketing against Vladimir Putin’s lifelong rule in more than 50 Russian regions
Press Release, 12.03.2020 Photo: Alexander Gontcharenko picketing the Altai Territory Legislative Assembly in Barnaul On Thursday, March 12, members of the Yabloko party are conducting one-person pickets (that do not require any permission from the authorities) against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. The […]
Posted: March 12th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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