Archive for 'Governance'
Nikolai Rybakov about the forks of the past 30 years: “No one can convince us that there was no other way”
Press Release, 9.12.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov made a report at the 22nd Yabloko Party Congress. He spoke about the historical forks of the past 30 years and Yabloko’s proposals at each of them. Rybakov said that it was necessary to understand at what turns the wrong choice had […]
Posted: December 9th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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On participation in the 2024 Russian presidential elections
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 November, 2023, published on 7 December, 2023 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky at the televised debates during the 2018 presidential campaign / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The upcoming eighth presidential elections in Russia in March 2024 are radically different from those held in Russia since 1991. […]
Posted: December 8th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Interethnic and interreligious enmity is the way to the collapse of Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 November, 2023, published on 6 December, 2023 Photo: Anti-Semitic riots at Makhachkala airport on 29 October, 2023 / Photo from social networks The value of human life has been decreasing against the backdrop of the special military operation in Russia that has been going on for […]
Posted: December 6th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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On the threat of the recurrence of mass-scale political terror
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 November, 2023, published on 5 December, 2023 Photo: Yabloko Congress, 2019 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service After 24 February, 2022, repressions in Russia against those who disagree with the government’s policies sharply intensified. According to the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial”, there were […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Без рубрики.
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On the place and prospects of the Yabloko party
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko of 24 November, 2023, published on 1 December 2023 Russia is going through the stage of collapse of post-Soviet modernisation. The cause of the current crisis was the failure of misguided political and economic reforms. The main feature of the current historical moment is the boundless tragedy […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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“More human lives will be broken.” Nikolai Rybakov on the Supreme Court’s decision on LGBT
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 1.12.2023 Illustration: “Two Women Running on the Beach” by Pablo Picasso, 1922 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, recognised the LGBT movement as extremist and banned its activities in the country. The decision took effect immediately. The ideology and practices of […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Police and Public Prosecutor’s Office informed Boris Vishnevsky that they found no violations in the calls of MP Gurulyov proposing extermination of 20% of Russia’s population who disagree with Vladimir Putin’s policies
Press Release, 4.12.2023 Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” The law enforcement agencies “did not identify any violations of the legislation on countering extremist activities” in a statement by State Duma deputy, Lieutenant General Andrei Gurulyov. Earlier, on the Rossiya TV channel, he said 20% of Russia’s population […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Karelia proposed that 2024 budget of Karelia must increase funding for healthcare, housing and utilities, resettlement from shabby housing and provision of water to residents
Press Release, 4.12.2023 Photo: The Legislative Assembly of Karelia / Photo by the Press Service of the parliament of Karelia The Yabloko faction of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia has made 20 amendments to the draft budget of Karelia for 2024. This was reported by Emilia Slabunova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative […]
Posted: December 4th, 2023 under Economy, Governance, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ministry of Justice upends common sense
Maxim Kruglov’s Telegram blog post, 1.12.2023 Vladimir Kara-Murza had a trial today: the Ministry of Justice believes that he, Vladimir Kara-Murza, should provide them with a special report on his activities as a “foreign agent” once a quarter. Straight from the punitive isolation ward: [he must] download a special form from the website, fill it […]
Posted: December 4th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Yabloko’s Arthur Gaiduk on the ban on abortion: It has never increased the birth rate
Press Release, 1.12.2023 Photo: Arthur Gaiduk / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko Artur Gaiduk, a doctor and deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko, commented on numerous proposals by Russian officials and clergy to limit women’s right to abortion, and also drew the attention of deputies to an […]
Posted: December 4th, 2023 under Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A court hearing on extending the preventive measure for Yabloko member Vasily Neustroyev to be held on 4 December
Press Release, 30.11.2023 Photo: Vasily Neustroyev / Photo from social media On Monday, 4 December, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow will hold a hearing on extending the preventive measure against Vasily Neustroyev, a Yabloko member. Neustroyev should take part in the hearing personally, so should be brought to court from the detention centre – […]
Posted: December 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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To abolish persecution of citizens with alternative sexual orientations and gender identities
Statement by the Yabloko Party Gender Faction, 29.11.2023 On 17 November, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court demanding that an “International LGBT Public Movement” be recognised as an extremist organization and banned. The Gender Faction of the Yabloko party believes that this lawsuit by the Ministry of Justice is a […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Gender Faction, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Yabloko in Novgorod: basic military training classes in junior grades of city schools must be abolished
Press Release, 28.11.2023 Photo: Chairman of the local “Combat Brotherhood” Alexei Ivanov at a lesson in a junior class, in Gymnasium No. 4 / Photo by the Young Army Movement on VKontakte Anna Cherepanova, a deputy of the City Duma of Veliky Novgorod from Yabloko and Chair of the regional branch of the party, appealed […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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The administration of the VKontakte social media blocked the page of the Yabloko Federal Bureau member Alexander Yefimov by the decision of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office
Press Release, 29.11.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov’s page on VKontakte, if accessed without a VPN running “User blocked. This material; has been blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation by the decision of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office No 27-31-2023/Treb198-23 of 28.04.2023. Alexander Yefimov’s page on the VKontakte social media was blocked without warning from […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on 2024 Russian presidential election
Press Release, 28.11.2023 Everyone knows that Russian elections are, to put it mildly, special. Especially in 2024. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Kremlin announced the result already in August of 2023: Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the President, said that Vladimir Putin would win the presidential elections in 2024 with a result of […]
Posted: November 28th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Udmurtia, together with the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, is challenging the permission given by the Izhevsk Mayor’s Office to developers for construction works near the Orlovka River as violating sanitary and safety norms
Press Release, 27.11.2023 Photo: A tent camp of civil activists opposing the construction of a road across the river / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Udmurtia joined in challenging the decision of the Izhevsk Mayor’s Office on the construction of a bridge across the Orlovka River. The supervisory […]
Posted: November 27th, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Qualification Commission of Judges of St. Petersburg did not find any violations of ethics in the actions of the judge who found artist Alexandra Skochilenko guilty
Press Release, 21.11.2023 Photo: Alexandra Skochilenko / Photo from open sources The Qualification Commission of Judges of St. Petersburg conducted an audit of the actions of Judge Oksana Demyasheva during the trial of the criminal case of Alexandra Skochilenko. No violations were found. Earlier, in October, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Boris Vishnevsky demanded […]
Posted: November 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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“Assessment of the personality of Joseph Stalin and the results of his leadership of the country is out of the competence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office” – a response to an inquiry from Arthur Gaiduk
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Monument to Joseph Stalin in Velikiye Luki / Photo from open sources The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Pskov region once again found no grounds for taking measures of prosecutorial response in connection with the unauthorised installation of a monument to Joseph Stalin in Velikiye Luki, the Pskov region, and reported […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites all to participate in the party’s regular action of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Saratov On 22 November – 6 December Yabloko will hold its regular actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners. The actions will be conducted by the Yabloko branches in different Russian regions. nyone can take part in the actions of writing to political prisoners. Yabloko has developed an instruction (https://www.yabloko.ru/pisma-politzekam […]
Posted: November 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A Yabloko supporter fined for participating in a rally against the “special military operation”. He fears pressure on his loved ones. Fundraising announced
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Alexei Duplyakov / Photo from Alexei Duplyakov’s personal archive Civil activist Alexei Duplyakov received a fine for participating in a peaceful rally against the start of the so-called “special military operation”. The rally took place in Moscow on 27 February, 2022. Duplyakov had to leave Russia fearing persecution for his active […]
Posted: November 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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