Archive for 'Governance'
A Ceasefire is the Only Path to Peace and Security
Resolution by the Federal Council of Yabloko, adopted by the Federal Council on 30.11.2024, published on 6.12.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The bloodiest and most dangerous armed conflict in central Europe since the end of World War II has been going on for over 1,000 days. During this time, the Yabloko Party’s demand […]
Posted: December 9th, 2024 under Congresses, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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On the substantive work of the Yabloko Party in the new conditions
Resolution by the Federal Council of Yabloko, adopted by the Federal Council on 30.11.2024, published on 6.12.2024 Photo: Meeting of the Federal Council on 30 November, 2024 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Federal Council of the party supports Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko No. 189, dated 21 November, 2024, […]
Posted: December 9th, 2024 under Congresses, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Nikolai Rybakov: “The head of the Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has discredited his post and must resign”
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 3.12.2024 Photo from social media The head of the Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has made an error once again. He gave the idea to remove the Solovetsky Stone [erected in memory of victims of Soviet political repression] from Lubyanka Square so as not to embarrass the people who work […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2024 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Boris Vishnevsky: Our task is to try to bring the dawn closer during the gathering darkness
Boris Vishnevsky’s speech at the Federal Council of Yabloko on 30.11.2024, published on 1.12.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Dear colleagues, The conditions in which we work today are like swimming against the current in sulfuric acid. This is exactly how the party of peace and humanism has to work […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2024 under Congresses, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: Preserving humanism in politics is our main objective today
Lev Shlosberg’s speech at the Federal Council of Yabloko on 30.11.2024, published on 1.12.2024 Photo: Lev Shlosberg at a meeting of the Federal Council of Yabloko on 30 November, 2024 / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov Yabloko The basis of the political position of the Yabloko party since its foundation has been […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2024 under Congresses, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is Yabloko’s main objective
Press Release, 30.11.2024 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky speaking to the Yabloko Federal Council on 30 November, 2024 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service At the opening of the Yabloko Federal Council meeting, attended by more than 100 representatives of 68 regional branches of the party, Grigory Yavlinsky stressed that reaching an agreement on a ceasefire […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2024 under Congresses, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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The Political Committee of Yabloko: The first step towards peace could be to conclude an agreement to stop strikes deep into the territories of Russia and Ukraine
Press Release, 28.11.2024 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant The Yabloko Federal Political Committee once again called on the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine to conclude a ceasefire agreement, and the heads of the world’s leading countries to support this initiative. Yabloko also specified its proposals for implementation of the agreement:
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko Federal Political Committee: on the global crisis, nuclear threats and the policies of the future
Press Release, 28.11.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko Party Chairman, Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, and Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of the Federal Political Committee / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On the eve of the Federal Council of Yabloko, which will convene in Moscow on 30 November, a meeting of […]
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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On the Yabloko Party’s fundamental political position in the current conditions
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024 Photo: Yabloko’s poster “Changes Will Come!”, September 2021 elections / Photo by Vitaly Ankov, RIA Novosti The Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party considers it necessary to reiterate the most pressing key positions of the Party: – Ceasefire. Exchange of […]
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Federalism, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko sent an appeal to the Moscow government to clarify the situation with the closure of the Gulag History Museum
Press Release, 27.11.2024 Photo: The Gulag History Museum on the day of its closure / Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant A letter signed by Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Maxim Kruglov was sent to the head of the Moscow Department of Culture Alexei Fursin. Kruglov asks the head of the department to list the […]
Posted: November 27th, 2024 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Police detained Valentina Komkova, Chair of the local Yabloko branch in Miass, the Chelyabinsk region, to prevent her from attending a court hearing
Press Release, 26.11.2024 Photo: Valentina Komkova / Photo from the personal archive Valentina Komkova was on her way to the Chelyabinsk Regional Court to give evidence on behalf of the defence in the case of a Miass resident who was accused of “demonstrating extremist symbols”. Komkova was stopped on the road by traffic police officers. […]
Posted: November 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia Anatoly Nogovitsyn was taken to the police office immediately after holding a permitted rally against the cancellation of the mayoral elections in the capital of Yakutia
Press Release, 24.11.2024 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A protocol is being drawn up against Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, for “violating the established procedure for organising or holding a rally” (Article 20.2 Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The formal basis put forward […]
Posted: November 25th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg detained at the Pskov airport on his return from the Yabloko Federal Political Committee. Lev Shlosberg’s commentary
Press Release, 23.11.2024 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Lev Shlosberg was detained at the Pskov airport upon returning from Moscow today, at about 10 a.m. Shlosberg was taken to the linear police department on the airport territory. The police did not allow his […]
Posted: November 25th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The government of the Saratov Region supported the Yabloko initiative to expand the list of organisations where alternative civilian substitute service is possible
Press Release, 18.11.2024 Photo: an ID of a citizen undergoing alternative civilian non-military service / Photo from social media For many years, the Saratov region has been experiencing an acute shortage of specialists in socially significant areas, primarily in healthcare and education. The Saratov branch of Yabloko sent proposals to the Governor of the Saratov […]
Posted: November 18th, 2024 under Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to hold rally in Yakutia against cancellation of direct mayoral elections
Press Release, 18.11.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 November, a rally against the cancellation of the mayoral elections will be held in Yakutsk. Participants will gather at 14:30, the rally will begin at 15:00. The organiser of the event is the Yabloko branch in Yakutia. Yabloko has received a permission for the […]
Posted: November 18th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia did not support the budget of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. Deputy Emilia Slabunova innumerates the reasons
Press Release, 14.11.2024 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 November, the Legislative Assembly of Karelia considered the draft budget of the Republic of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. The Yabloko faction voted against adopting the document. The head of the faction Emilia Slabunova notes that only the […]
Posted: November 15th, 2024 under Education and Science, Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Analytical Centre on the ban for migrant children without knowledge of Russian to be admitted to schools: The initiative is even more harmful than foolish
Press Release, 13.11.2024 Photo by Alexander Miridonov/Kommersant State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced the preparation of a bill that would prohibit migrant children who do not know Russian from being admitted to schools. There is no doubt that this bill will be adopted: Vladimir Putin drew attention to the problem of migrant children’s poor knowledge […]
Posted: November 15th, 2024 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko municipal deputy in the Pskov region, Nikolai Kuzmin, stripped of powers due to “foreign agent” status
Press Release, 14.11.2024 Photo: Nikolai Kuzmin at the building of the Pskov City Court challenging his “foreign agent” status / Photo from social media On 14 November, the Assembly of Zavelichenskaya Volost of the Pskov District considered the early termination of the powers of deputy from Yabloko Nikolai Kuzmin due to the fact that he […]
Posted: November 14th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Smolensk branch of Yabloko asks the Federal Penitentiary Service to pay attention to the health condition of political prisoner Sergei Komandirov
Press Release, 5.11.2024 Photo: Sergei Komandirov / Photo from social media The Smolensk branch of Yabloko has contacted the central office of the Federal Penitentiary Service with a request to provide qualified medical care to political prisoner Sergei Komandirov, who is held in Penal Colony No 4 in the city of Torzhok. The mother of […]
Posted: November 5th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Boris Vishnevsky has become a symbol of the defence of his hometown. His expulsion from the St.Petersburg parliament means further destroying the country and its future”
Press Release, 30.10.2024 On 30 October, Boris Vishnevsky spoke before his colleagues in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg for the last time, as his deputy mandate had to be withdrawn due to his “foreign agent” status. He recalled that he became a deputy of the city parliament 13 years ago and was forced to […]
Posted: November 2nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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