Archive for 'Governance'
The Moscow City Duma is not going to return Muscovites their right to public discussions of construction projects. Yabloko’s deputy Mitrokhin spoke on the side of the citizens
Press Release, 21.02.2024 Photo: the Moscow City Duma / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today at a meeting of the Moscow City Duma, the parliamentary majority did not support the draft appeal of Yabloko deputy Sergei Mitrokhin to the head of the city demanding that authorities must return to Muscovites their right to public […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Alexander Shishlov, spoke about the need for a ceasefire and expressed condolences to Navalny’s relatives during a briefing for faction leaders
Press Release, 21.02.2024 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg At the traditional briefing of faction leaders, which is held after each meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the head of the Yabloko faction, Alexander Shishlov, spoke not about the agenda of the meeting, […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Police drew up a violation report against Yabloko Federal Bureau member Alexander Yefimov for “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 20.02.2024 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by Yabloko Press Service Alexander Yefimov is charged with giving an interview to the movement of independent election observers Golos, which authorities consider to be part of the international non-governmental organisation European Network of Election Monitoring Organisations (ENEMO). In 2021, the organisation was declared undesirable in Russia.
Posted: February 21st, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexei Navalny became a victim of political repression
Condolences by Grigory Yavlinsky, 16.02.2024 The death of Alexei Navalny is a great tragedy. Whatever its immediate cause, Alexei became a victim of political repression. Navalny was an opponent of the regime and ended up in the penal colony mainly for his political activities. The conditions of his detention, numerous imprisonments in the punitive isolation […]
Posted: February 16th, 2024 under Condolences, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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The Yabloko party expresses condolences to the family and friends of Alexei Navalny
Statement by the Yabloko party on the death of Alexei Navalny 16.02.2024 The Yabloko party expresses condolences to the family and friends of Alexei Navalny. Responsibility for Alexei Navalny’s death lies with the authorities of our country. His death occurred in penal colony conditions that were essentially torture. The death of Alexei Navalny must be […]
Posted: February 16th, 2024 under Condolences, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Yabloko supporter in Tatarstan Zulfiya Sitdikova will be tried for “justifying Nazism” and “discrediting the army”. She needs help
Press Release, 13.02.2024 Photo: Zulfiya Sitdikova / Photo from social media UPDATE: 13 February, 19:50 Moscow time. Fundraising for Zulfiya Sitdikova is closed! We thank everyone who helped the Yabloko activist. Yabloko activist Zulfiya Sitdikova from Kazan, Tatarstan, is accused of “rehabilitating Nazism” (Article 354.1, Part 3 of the Criminal Code) and “discrediting the army” […]
Posted: February 13th, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg about fines due to his “foreign agent” status: We have collected comprehensive evidence of my innocence
Press Release 6.02.2024 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov regional branch of Yabloko On 5 February, the Pskov City Court fined Lev Shlosberg, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, three times for distributing materials without a “foreign agency” tag ( Article 19.34, Part 4, of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian […]
Posted: February 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The court did not confirm the inaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which ignores the extremist statements made by MP Gurulyov about the “rotten” 20 per cent of population who disagree with Putin and must be destroyed
Press Release 6.02.2024 Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” On 5 February, the Izmailovsky Court of Moscow refused to recognise as illegal the inaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which did not find extremism in the calls of State Duma deputy, General Andrei Gurulyov about the “rotten” […]
Posted: February 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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The Tomsk City Duma supported Yabloko with a majority of votes: Yevgeny Kaverzin maintains his mandate
Press Release 6.02.2024 Photo: Yevgeny Kaverzin / Photo from social media Today, on 6 February, the Tomsk City Duma discussed at a closed meeting depriving Yevgeny Kaverzin, a deputy from Yabloko and a technologist at the Clean City waste recycling company, of his mandate. Such a measure against Kaverzin was proposed by the executive authorities.
Posted: February 6th, 2024 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko again defends in court the city forest from developers
Press Release, 1.02.2024 Photo: The Chelyabinsk City Forest / Photo by Alexander Sapozhnikov, Wikimedia The Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk began considering the claim of the regional branch of the Yabloko party against the administration of Chelyabinsk. Yabloko is represented in court by Andrei Talevlin, environmentalist, Deputy Chairman of the Chelyabinsk Yabloko and member of […]
Posted: February 1st, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office found no violations in the installation of a stele in the place of mass burial in Sandarmokh with an inscription distorting history. MP Slabunova appealed to the Investigative Committee
Press Release, 30.01.2024 Photo: The inscription on the stele runs “To the victims of repression of 1937-1939 and to the victims of the Finnish occupation during the Great Patriotic War” / Photo by Emilia Slabunova At the end of December 2023, it was reported that the authorities plan to install a stele in memory not […]
Posted: January 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stop creeping re-Stalinization
Resolution by the 22nd Yabloko Congress adopted on 10.12.2023, published on 26.01.2024 Photo by Yevgeny Odinokov, RIA Novosti The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko is worried and draws attention to the campaign unfolding in Russia to justify the Great Terror and its inspirer, Joseph Stalin. Against the background of the ongoing loss of human lives […]
Posted: January 26th, 2024 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Stop political repression! Freedom for political prisoners!
Resolution by the 22nd Yabloko Congress adopted on 10.12.2023, published on 25.01.2024 After the start of a special military operation and the adoption of laws punishing for “discrediting of the army” and “fake news” (essentially, the laws on military censorship), political repression against the dissent in Russia intensified.
Posted: January 25th, 2024 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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The court declared illegal the “raider takeover” of the St. Petersburg branch of the All-Russian Society for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage. Yabloko lawyers represented the interests of society in court
Press Release, 15.01.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky (centre) / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg declared illegal the “raider takeover” of the regional branch of VOOPIiK (All-Russian Society for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage). The court challenging the legality of the “conference”, which “elected” the current management […]
Posted: January 18th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko fined for publishing and distributing the newspaper “I Am For Peace!”
Press Release, 15.01.2024 Photo: Police at the office of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko confiscate part of the circulation of the newspaper “I Am For Peace!”, August 2023 / Photo by the regional branch of the party The Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko was fined 200,000 roubles for publishing the newspaper “I Am For […]
Posted: January 16th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko demands from the Moscow Mayor and Public Prosecutor to cancel the order of the Moscow Department of Healthcare regarding installation of audio recording devices in doctors’ offices
Press Release, 12.01.2024 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant The Moscow Department of Healthcare ordered the installation of audio recording devices in the doctors’ offices in Moscow outpatient clinics. They even published the order that revealed that audio recording had been already introduced in two clinics as an experiment. The Department of Healthcare confirmed the issuance […]
Posted: January 12th, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The head of the Moscow Traffic Police stated that submitting biometrics should be an obligation for Russians, not a right. MP of the Moscow City Duma Maxim Kruglov reminds the policeman of the law
Press Release, 11.01.2024 Photo by Yekaterina Yakel, Kommersant A prototype of a traffic light with a facial recognition camera, which can record violations of traffic rules by pedestrians, was tested in Moscow. The media reported this with reference to the head of the Moscow Traffic Police Department, Alexander Bykov. The police official believes that providing […]
Posted: January 12th, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Restrictions on the reproductive rights of Russian women are unacceptable
Decision by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko of 29.12.2023, published on 9.01.2024 Photo by Oleg Kharseyev, Kommersant The shift in government policy towards archaic conservatism leads to restrictions on women’s reproductive rights. Under the guise of concern for demographic issues and raising of the birth rate, the state actually forces women to give birth to […]
Posted: January 11th, 2024 under Gender Faction, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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A Way to the Future: 2023 Analysis
Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky, 29.12.2023 The series of interviews with the politician and economist, Yabloko party’s leader Grigory Yavlinsky A Way to the Future. The final episode of 2023 series presents the analysis of the last year’s events, suggests conclusions and expectations from the next year.
Posted: January 10th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, who did not find extremism in the deputy Gurulyov’s statements on extermination of 20% of Russia’s population dissenting with Vladimir Putin’s policies
Press Release, 27.12.2023 Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, appealed in the Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which found […]
Posted: December 28th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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