Archive for 'Governance'
A criminal case for repeated “discrediting of the army” filed against Lev Shlosberg. Shlosberg arrested, the trial will determine a preventive measure
Press Release, 10.06.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko A criminal case has been filed against Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Lev Shlosberg for repeated “discrediting of the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) due to his debate with historian Yuri Pivovarov, […]
Posted: June 11th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“A law laying a mine of extremism”. Maxim Kruglov on the first results of the educational filter for foreign children
Press Release, 9.06.2025 Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant Only 4% of children of immigrants to Russia have been admitted to comprehensive schools after passing the entrance filter introduced for them – a mandatory exam in the Russian language. State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote about this figure with some pride on his Telegram channel. According […]
Posted: June 10th, 2025 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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A search was conducted at the home of Roman Morozov, a member of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko and lawyer for political prisoner Igor Baryshnikov
Press Release, 29.05.2025 Photo: Roman Morozov / Photo by the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko The so-called “inspection of the premises” in Roman Morozov’s apartment was conducted by decision of the Chairman of the Regional Court. The ruling, which Morozov was given to read, stated that he was a “partner” of lawyer Maria Bontsler. According to […]
Posted: May 29th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court left the leader of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention for another two months
Press Release, 29.05.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Soviet Court of Ryazan left the journalist and Chairman of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention for another two months. Smirnov has been in custody for four months, since 31 January. He does not admit his guilt in the case of “extortion”. Smirnov’s […]
Posted: May 29th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Masked men raided the Yekaterinburg Yabloko office because of a denunciation
Press Release, 25.05.2025 Photo: The action of writing letters to political prisoners in Yekaterinburg Yabloko in April 2025 / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 25 May, Yabloko held its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners at the office of the party branch in Yekaterinburg. Masked men raided the Yekaterinburg Yabloko […]
Posted: May 26th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stalin’s defenders mock those who preserve the memory of his victims. Yabloko on the inclusion of Yan Rachinsky, C-Chair of the Memorial human rights society, in the “foreign agents” register
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 23.05.2025 Photo: Yan Rachinsky /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party considers the inclusion of Yan Rachinsky, Co-Chairman of the Memorial human rights society and Russian human rights defender, in the so-called “foreign agents” register to be an act of political repression aimed at destroying historical memory in […]
Posted: May 26th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky and other Yabloko leaders stand surety for imprisoned Konstantin Smirnov
Internet media VidSboku, 20.05.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The sureties to the Soviet District Court of Ryazan with a request to change the preventive measure for Konstantin Smirnov, Chairman of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko, deputy of the Council of Deputies of the Dubrovichi rural settlement of the Ryazan […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to the head of the Central Electoral Commission with Grigory Melkonyants’ final statement in court
Press Release, 21.05.2025 Photo: Ella Pamfilova, Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, and Grigory Melkonyants, Co-Chair of Golos independent election observers movement, at a roundtable on organising election observation as part of the All-Russian Civil Forum, 25 November, 2017 / Photo by Golos Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to Ella Pamfilova, Chairperson of […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Melkonyants sentenced to five years in prison in the “undesirable” organisation case. Commentaries by Yabloko leaders
Press Release, 14.05.2025 Photo: Grigory Melkonyants in the Basmanny Court, Moscow, at one of the hearings / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 May, the Basmanny Court of Moscow sentenced electoral expert Grigory Melkonyants, Сo-Сhairman of the Golos independent election observers movement, to five years of imprisonment under the article on the activities […]
Posted: May 14th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Moscow Yabloko protests against restoration of a bas-relief in a Moscow underground station depicting Joseph Stalin, and announces collection of signatures against this initiative
Press Release, 13.05.2025 Photo: A bas-relief “Gratitude of the People to the Leader-Commander” depicting Joseph Stalin at the Taganskaya underground station in Moscow, dismantled in 1965/ Photo by Glavarchiv, Moscow On 13 May, the Moscow branch of Yabloko sent an appeal to Maxim Liksutov, head of the Department of Transport and Development of Road and […]
Posted: May 13th, 2025 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko proposes to perpetuate the memory of Anatoly Marchenko, the last Soviet political prisoner who died in prison
Press Release, 13.05.2025 Photo: Anatoly Marchenko / Photo from open sources Thanks to Anatoly Marchenko, Academician Andrei Sakharov was returned from exile and a state decision was made to release all political prisoners in the Soviet Union. From Marchenko’s book “My Testimony” Soviet and European societies learned about the lives of Soviet political prisoners in […]
Posted: May 13th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the future of Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 After three years of war, our main task remains to achieve a ceasefire and stop the daily killing of people. However, when this happens, the situation in the country will remain being extremely difficult, requiring responsible actions and an understanding of perspectives. […]
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Memory of Victory over fascism in World War II is the foundation of peace
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Victory over fascism is one of the key, meaningful events in the history of our country. We bow our heads and honour the memory of those who died in the struggle for life, for our country, against the state misanthropic ideology of […]
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Not to miss the chance for peace after three years of tragedy!
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Photo by Maxim Guchek, RIA Novosti A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, resolving contentious issues through negotiations is the basic position of the Yabloko party. A cessation of hostilities remains the most urgent task for our country and for our party. For […]
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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80 years of Victory in World War II: prevent another world war
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Photo by Yevgeny Razumny, Kommersant 80 years of Victory in World War II is a special anniversary. Almost all the veterans who survived the war and understood, unlike the current generation of politicians, the full horror of war, have passed away. The […]
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko is against replacing the memory of the Victory in the WWII with the praise of a tyrant
Statement by the Yabloko party, 1.05.2025 Photo by Kirill Braga, RIA Novosti On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, the topic of renaming Volgograd to Stalingrad [commemorating the name of Joseph Stalin] is being proposed again. President Vladimir Putin, who had previously signed a decree on assigning the […]
Posted: May 6th, 2025 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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“A woman is not an incubator”: Yabloko in St. Petersburg voted against the bill on “banning inducement to abortion”
Press Release, 1.05.2025 Photo: Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg / Photo by the Press Service of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly The Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly did not support the bill, which introduces administrative liability for “committing actions with the purpose of forcing a pregnant woman to artificially terminate a pregnancy by […]
Posted: May 6th, 2025 under Gender Faction, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko introduces federal initiative to open access to files of non-exonerated victims of political repression in the USSR
Press Release, 30.04.2025 Photo by Yuri Martyanov, Kommersant Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg have introduced a federal legislative initiative that should open access for relatives and researchers to archival files of non-exonerated victims of political repression in the USSR.
Posted: April 30th, 2025 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky answered questions from the viewers of the Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel about the past, present and future of Russia
Press Release, 29.04.2025 Over the past 120 years, Russia has experienced many tragedies and catastrophes: revolutions, coups d’etat, destructive and bloody wars, and large-scale political repressions. Even the state disappeared twice: in 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed, and in 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart.
Posted: April 29th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Kamchatka Yabloko leader Vladimir Yefimov faces unlawful transfer to a penal colony in a different region. Flight poses a deadly threat for him due to his cardio disease
Press Release, 28.04.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo from social media The Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (UFSIN) for Kamchatka Krai is sending journalist Vladimir Yefimov to serve his sentence for “discrediting the army” in a penal colony in the Primorye region instead of Kamchatka. The Penitentiary Service claims there are no available places in the […]
Posted: April 28th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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