Archive for 'Judiciary'
All candidates for municipal deputies from the St. Petersburg Yabloko were denied registration in the elections. Yabloko will challenge unlawful denials in registration in court
Press Release, 22.07.2024 Photo: Another stage of the St. Petersburg Yabloko Conference, at which some candidates for municipal deputies were nominated / Photo by the regional party branch Territorial electoral commissions of St. Petersburg refused to register 84 Yabloko candidates for municipal elections. Candidates were not registered territorial electoral commissions refused to recognise the Conference […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Ministry of Justice failed to explain on why it recognised Boris Vishnevsky as a “foreign agent”
Press Release, 19.07.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky by the court with his defence attorneys / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The Vasileostrovsky District Court in St.Petersburg held the first hearing on the merits in the lawsuit filed by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and MP of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, […]
Posted: July 19th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidate for the Moscow City Duma Maxim Kruglov denied registration as a candidate for elections
Press Release, 17.07.2024 Photo: Maxim Kruglov after a meeting of the district electoral commission / Photo by the candidate’s headquarters This decision was made today by the electoral commission for electoral district No. 13, despite objections filed by Maxim Kruglov’s headquarters to the protocol of verifying signatures. Yabloko is preparing a legal complaint. According to […]
Posted: July 18th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Electoral commissions are carrying out a political order to prevent Yabloko candidates from participating in municipal elections in St. Petersburg
Statement by the Bureau of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko party, 15.07.2024 Candidates for municipal deputies from the Yabloko party are being denied registration en masse. In the Admiralteysky, Central, Petrogradsky, Kirovsky and other districts of St. Petersburg, candidates are rejected registration on the same far-fetched grounds that do not correspond either to […]
Posted: July 15th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The construction of a tourist centre on the shores of Lake Onega in Karelia was stopped due to the efforts of Yabloko deputies and local residents
Press Release, 12.07.2024 Photo from social media The Karelian Interdistrict Environmental Public Prosecutor’s Office established that a plot of pine forest on the shore of Lake Onega with an area of over 6 hectares was transferred into private hands illegally. Forest lands, which include centuries-old pine forests, can be exclusively federal property. The public prosecutor […]
Posted: July 12th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“They are convicted for creativity. For not toeing the line. For making people think.” Yabloko leaders on the sentence to theatre director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk
Press Release, 8.07.2024 On 8 July, the Second Western District Military Court of Moscow sentenced theatre director Yevgenia (Zhenya) Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk to six years in a general regime penal colony each in the case of “justifying terrorism”.
Posted: July 10th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Court found Yabloko candidate in the Moscow City Duma elections Vladimir Kalinin guilty of “demonstrating extremist symbols”
Press Release, 5.07.2024 Yabloko candidate in the Moscow City Duma elections Vladimir Kalinin was found guilty of “demonstration of extremist symbols” for a post on social media in 2019 dedicated to the elections. He is fined 2,000 roubles and will not be allowed to participate in the elections. The decision was made by the Gagarinsky […]
Posted: July 5th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Write letters to political prisoners, they are like medicine to us.” Yabloko to host the actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners.
Press Release 19.06.2024 Photo by the Pskov regional branch of Yabloko Yabloko will once again host the actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners. The number of political prisoners in Russia is growing every week. It is important for those unjustly imprisoned to know that they are not forgotten.
Posted: June 19th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Tatarstan Yabloko, fined 50,000 roubles for “discrediting the army.” Yabloko announces fundraising
Press Release, 10.06.2024 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo from social media On 6 June, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan fined Ruslan Zinatullin, a member of the federal Bureau of Yabloko and Chairman of the regional branch of the party in Tatarstan, 50,000 roubles for “discrediting the army.” The Judge recognised the politician’s status in […]
Posted: June 11th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Ministry of Justice on the “foreign agent” status of Andrei Morev
Press Release, 5.06.2024 Photo: Andrei Morev (third from left) with his friends and colleagues by the Moscow City Court / Photo from Andrei Morev’s personal archive On 5 June, the Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow considered the complaint of Andrei Morev, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko and ex-head of the Yakimanka Municipal Council, against […]
Posted: June 6th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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An administrative protocol on “discrediting the army” drawn up against Yabloko Federal Bureau member Ruslan Zinatullin
Press Release, 4.06.2024 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service An administrative protocol on “discrediting the army” was drawn up against Ruslan Zinatullin, a member of the Yabloko Federal Bureau and Chairman of the regional branch of the party in Tatarstan. Zinatullin was detained near the Kazan party office on the evening […]
Posted: June 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Representatives of the Public Prosecutor’s Office did not appear at the trial on Boris Vishnevsky’s participation in the activities of an “undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 03.06.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 June, the Vasileostrovsky District Court began hearings on an absurd case against Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. Vishnevsky was accused of participating in the activities of an “undesirable organisation”. […]
Posted: June 6th, 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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The first court hearing on the lawsuit of Boris Vishnevsky who disputes recognition him as a “foreign agent” held in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 31.05.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko On 31 May, the Vasileostrovsky District Court held the first hearing in the lawsuit filed by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, against the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of […]
Posted: June 5th, 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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The Volgograd Regional Court overturned the decision of the court of the first instance in the case of Alexander Yefimov on “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”
Press Release, 15.05.2024 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Volgograd Regional Court sent for revision the administrative case of Alexander Yefimov, a Yabloko Federal Bureau member, for “participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”. On 4 April, the court of the city of Volzhsky fined Yefimov 15,000 roubles for […]
Posted: May 16th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A member of Yabloko in Tula fined for writing about the need for a ceasefire on a ballot paper
Press Release, 15.05.2024 Photo by Dmitry Chiginsky / Photo from social media Dmitry Chiginsky, a member of the Bureau of the Tula branch of Yabloko, was fined under the administrative article of “discrediting the army” for writing about the need to conclude a ceasefire agreement on a ballot paper. The Tula district court fined Chiginsky […]
Posted: May 15th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko regards the initiation of an administrative case against Boris Vishnevsky as another example of pressure
Press Release, 27.04.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko regards the initiation of an administrative case under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences against Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, for his online […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Leader of the Vologda branch of Yabloko Nikolai Yegorov fined in a criminal case for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 25.04.2024 Photo: Nikolai Yegorov with his family / Photo from the personal archive The judge of the Veliky Ustyug District Court of the Vologda Region made a decision on 25 April. Nikolai Yegorov, former deputy of the Vologda Legislative Assembly, father of six children and Chairman of the regional branch of the Yabloko […]
Posted: April 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko municipal deputies In Kostroma and Seversk illegally deprived of their mandates
Press Release, 19.04.2024 Photo: Vladimir Petrov and Nikolai Sorokin Two municipal deputies from Yabloko – Vladimir Petrov in Seversk, the Tomsk region, and Nikolai Sorokin in Kostroma – were deprived of their mandates. The formal reasons were the demand of the city public prosecutor’s office due to the verdict in a criminal case and “inaccuracies […]
Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites all to participate in the action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 19.04.2024 Photo: the Krasnoyarsk regional branch of the party Yabloko in Moscow and regional branches is preparing regular actions in support of political prisoners. We invite everyone who is not indifferent to the plight of those unjustly deprived of their freedom to join the actions. The organisers promise a friendly atmosphere and everything […]
Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Krasnoyarsk Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Altai Territory Federal Penitentiary Service: the rights of women prisoners in Siberian colonies are not violated
Press Release, 12.04.2024 Photo: Maria Ponomarenko / Photo from social media In March 2024, Anna Cherepanova, a Yabloko deputy in the Novgorod City Duma, appealed to Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev and Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova with a demand to deal with violations of women’s rights […]
Posted: April 12th, 2024 under Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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