Archive for 'Governance'
President makes a move to g1
Emilia Slabunova on the key amendment to the Constitution Novaya Gazeta, 22.01.2020 The most intriguing thing in the draft amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, introduced by the President to the State Duma, the most intriguing thing is the paragraph “g.1” proposed by him to Article 83, which defines the powers of the […]
Posted: January 22nd, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Yabloko to form a council on the development of alternative amendments to the Constitution and seek their consideration in a referendum
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, 19.01.2020 President Vladimir Putin has decided to make urgent changes to the Constitution. The proposals made by him in his [annual] Address [to the Federal Assembly] are vague and incomprehensible from a legal point of view. It is proposed to isolate Russia from […]
Posted: January 21st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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“There are no changes, there is a cementing of power”
Nikolai Rybakov on Radio Free Europe 17.01.2020 On January 16, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov took part in the Facing the Event programme hosted by Yelena Rykovtseva. The guests of the studio – Sergey Obukhov, former State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Fishman, journalist from the Dozhd television channel, and […]
Posted: January 21st, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Putin’s proposals mean masking of the conservation of the system
Statement by Yabloko Chairman, 16.01.2020 The initiatives contained in the annual Address of President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly do not cause illusions. No significant changes or democratisation of the system is expected. The declared initiatives are targeted at strengthening the political system that has developed over the past 20 years and maintaining Putin […]
Posted: January 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights.
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“Putin is preparing a new public post for himself.” Yabloko leaders on the President’s Address to the Federal Assembly
Press Release, 15.01.2020 I his annual Address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed amending the Russian Constitution, apparently aimed at preserving him at the top of state power even after 2024, when his presidential term expires. Much was said about overcoming poverty in the country, which he has been leading for more […]
Posted: January 16th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov on the Address of Vladimir Putin to the Russian palriament
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 15.01.2020 Today’s Presidential Address [to the parliament] has finally returned us to the Leonid Brezhnev [stagnation] period [in the USSR]: slow reading of the text written on paper, silent audience but bursting into applause at the right moments. Certainly, the directors of the event counted on resounding success of the promises […]
Posted: January 16th, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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President’s Address to the nation: the conclusions
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 15.01.2020 Vladimir Putin has spoken with an Address to the Federal Assembly. People want change, the President said. And he proposed to amend the Constitution. So that no international courts, no international law would any longer interfere with the Construction of an isolated authoritarian (that is, sovereign, as Putin thinks) state. So […]
Posted: January 15th, 2020 under Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: Putin has submitted proposals aimed at maintaining his system of power
Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 15.01.2020 The main thing in Putin’s proposals today: First. Isolation of Russia from the system of international law, that is, the impossibility of protecting the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens on the basis of international law. This virtually means Russia’s withdrawal from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human […]
Posted: January 15th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Yelena Dubrovina presented Yabloko’s proposals on electoral reform at the Ural Forum of Constitutional Law Experts
Press Release, 17.10.2019 Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, head of the Centre for Legislative Initiatives of the Yabloko party, honored lawyer of Russia, candidate of legal sciences and member of the Central Electoral Commission of Russia in 1999-2017, took part in the Ural Forum of Constitutional Law Experts, […]
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Memorandum of Political Alternative
Decision No 109 of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, 12.03.2019 The Federal Political Committee of the party adopted a new version of the “Memorandum of Political Alternative” at its meeting on 1 March. This document is mandatory for signing by party candidates in elections of all levels.
Posted: March 13th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Memorandum of Political Alternative, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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Yavlinsky on Medvedev’s plans to reform the public administration system
Video, 22.04.2016 Dmitri Medvedev is going to reform the system of public administration. For this purpose he wants to appoint a commission. Vladimir Putin supports the idea. It would look as if the Prime Minister is going to pull himself out of a mire by his own hair like Baron Munchausen.
Posted: April 26th, 2016 under Elections, Governance.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: sentence to Nadezhda Savchenko is part of the war
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 22.03.2016 The sentence passed today on Nadezhda Savchenko is inseparable from the military, political and media campaign launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine two years ago. Unlawful actions of the Russian authorities against Ukraine also include the trial on Savchenko. And this sentence – like a shot from a gun – […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2016 under Foreign policy, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The tragedies in the Moscow metro continue but their causes aren’t investigated
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 15.07.2014 On behalf of the YABLOKO party I express deep condolences to the relatives of those who who died in the Moscow metro today. I wish a quick recovery to the casualties.
Posted: July 15th, 2014 under Governance, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the merger of the Supreme Arbitration Court into the Supreme Court
Press Release, December 26, 2013 The merger of the Supreme Arbitration Court into the Supreme Court would result in impeding citizens’ access to justice and do irreparable damage to status of the judge, said Grigory Yavlinsky, head of the YABLOKO faction in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg. However most of the deputies of the St.Petersburg […]
Posted: December 27th, 2013 under Governance, Judiciary.
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