Archive for 'Judiciary'
The Court of Cassation did not cancel the fine for Alexander Shishlov for “discrediting the army”. The court also imputed Shishlov the facts that had not taken place
Press Release, 30.05.2023 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Third Court of Cassation decided not to cancel the fine for “discrediting the army” to Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Chairman of the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko. Moreover, Deputy Chairman of […]
Posted: June 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The defenсe of the arrested leader of the Vologda Yabloko Nikolai Yegorov challenged the conclusions of the odious forensic expert
Press Release, 29.05.2023 Photo: Nikolai Yegorov with his family / Photo from social media An investigation against the chairman of the Vologda regional branch of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Yegorov, is underway. The leader of the Bologda Yabloko is charged with “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 of the Criminal Code). According to the […]
Posted: June 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The European Court of Human Rights awarded compensation to a Yabloko member in Tatarstan for persecution due to his participation in a peaceful action
Press Release 26.05.2023 Photo: Activists at a peaceful rally against pension reform / Photo from social media In 2018, Yabloko member Nikita Khramov was detained in Kazan for stretching “No to the pension scam” slogan at a September rally against pension reform. Khramov was later fined 10,000 roubles under Article 20.2, Part 5 of the […]
Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Volgograd Region Court upheld the decision on a fine for Yabloko’s Alexander Yefimov under the article of “discrediting the army”
Press Release 25.05.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Volgograd Region Court upheld the decision on a fine for Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party, under the article of “discrediting the army”. Yefimov intends to appeal to a higher court.
Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The St. Petersburg City Court sided with Yabloko: a complaint against the investigator who seized Yelena Osipova’s paintings from the Yabloko office will be considered on the merits
Press Release, 10.05.2023 Photo: Yelena Osipova at the opening of the exhibition in the office of the St. Petersburg Yabloko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The complaint of the lawyer of the St. Petersburg Yabloko Andrei Chertkov against the actions of the investigator, who seized the paintings of the artist Yelena Osipova, is […]
Posted: May 11th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Yegorov, Chairman of the Vologda branch of Yabloko, detained
Press Release, 3.05.2023 Photo: Search in the apartment of Nikolai Yegorov / Photo from social media The apartment of Nikolai Yegorov, Chairman of the Vologda branch of Yabloko, was searched. Yegorov had been already twice brought to administrative responsibility for his posts calling for peace on the Vkontakte social media.
Posted: May 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court declared unlawful the refusal of the local authorities to give a permission to Yabloko to hold a rally against electronic military draft papers
Press Release, 26.04.2023 The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St.Petersburg declared unlawful the refusal of the local administration of Murino (the Leningrad region) to approve a rally against electronic military draft papers, which the St. Petersburg Yabloko announced for 29 April. The local administration must reconsider the notice of Yabloko for holding a rally. The decision […]
Posted: April 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov came to Abakan, Khakassia, to support journalist and Yabloko party member Mikhail Afanasyev in court
Press Release, 19.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today Yabloko Chairman Rybakov personally came to the hearings of the Abakan City Court of the Republic of Khakassia in a criminal case against Mikhail Afanasyev, Editor-in-Chief of the Novy Focus online media and a member of the Yabloko party.
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Saratov branch of Yabloko seeks to vindicate its right to conduct a demonstration “For Peace and Freedom!”
Press Release, 12.04.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Saratov regional branch of the Yabloko party intends to appeal in court for the second time the refusal of the Saratov administration to give a permission for a demonstration in the city centre under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom!”.
Posted: April 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court will consider the claim by Andrei Talevlin to the Governor of the Chelyabinsk region on the establishment of a buffer zone around the Chelyabinsk pine wood
Press Release, 11.04.2023 Photo: A pine wood in the city of Chelyabinsk/ Wikimedia Commons On 3 May, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk will start considering the claim of Andrei Talevlin, an environmentalist and a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, to the Governor of the Chelyabinsk region on the establishment of […]
Posted: April 11th, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko launches a fundraising campaign to cover the services of a lawyer for the leader of the Kamchatka Yabloko, who became a defendant in a criminal case on military censorship
Press Release, 4.04.2023 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Past week, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court found Vladimir Yefimov, journalist and Chairman of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, guilty of “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1, of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The court imposed a fine of 200,000 […]
Posted: April 4th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The mind refuses to believe that all this is really happening.” A letter from journalist Mikhail Afanasyev from the pre-trial detention centre about the battle between common sense and abnormality
Press Release, 31.03.2023 Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of Yabloko and a journalist, has been in jail for a year already on the charges of spreading fake news about the army “using his official position”. On 29 March, new court hearings on the case of Mikhail Afanasyev began in Abakan, Khakassia. The investigators consider Afanasyev’s article […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, found guilty of “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 31.03.2023 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The journalist was sentenced to a fine of 200,000 roubles and a ban on publishing his materials on the Internet for two years. The decision will be appealed. Today, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court ruled out in a criminal case against Vladimir Yefimov, […]
Posted: March 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, found guilty of “discrediting the army” for publishing a UN report on victims in Ukraine
Press Release, 30.03.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo from the Yabloko Press Service Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, was found guilty of “discrediting the army” for publishing a UN report on victims in Ukraine on the VKontakte social media and fined 30,000 roubles. Alexander is going to appeal […]
Posted: March 30th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Vladimir Yefimov to make his last statement at the trial on 31 March. A decision on his criminal case can be made on the same day
Press Release, 29.03.2023 On 31 March, Vladimir Yefimov, a journalist and the leader of the regional branch of Yabloko, will make his las statement at the trial over him in the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court. The verdict can be pronounced on the same day. Vladimir Yefimov is accused of “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 […]
Posted: March 29th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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New court hearings on the case of Yabloko’s Mikhail Afanasyev begin
Press Release, 28.03.2023 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev with his wife Yelena and two younger children / Photo from the personal archive On 29 March, the Abakan City Court will launch hearings on the criminal case of “fakes about the army” against journalist Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of the Yabloko party and a laureate of the Andrei […]
Posted: March 28th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The City Court of St. Petersburg will consider the appeal of Yabloko against the decision on the court of the first instance, which refused to annul the results of the voting at polling station No. 177 with fake electoral commission members
Press Release, 27.03.2023 Photo: Elizaveta Metyolkina, a member of precinct electoral commission No. 177, according to the heads of electoral commission No. 177 and Territorial Electoral Commission No. 2, she was born in 1999 / Photo by Petersburg Yabloko On 28 March, the St. Petersburg City Court will consider the appeal of Dmitry Anisimov, a […]
Posted: March 28th, 2023 under Elections, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Shishlov: “A Stalinist state with its main feature – the priority of the state over the individual – is being reproduced in Russia”
Press Release, 24.03.2023 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A basis for Russia’s cardinal civilizational U-turn and the country’s leaving the mainstream development of human civilization is being created in Russia. Such a statement was made by Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg […]
Posted: March 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Anatoly Nogovitsyn fined 200,000 roubles for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 21.03.2023 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 21 March, the Yakutsk City Court found Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the leader of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, guilty of “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1, of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and imposed on him a fine of […]
Posted: March 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anatoly Nogovitsyn: “We need to live in such a way that we can look into each other’s eyes in the future.” On 21 March, the court will announce the decision on the case of Yabloko’s Anatoly Nogovitsyn
Press Release, 20.03.2023 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo from the personal archive On 20 March, a trial on the case of “discrediting the army” by Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the leader of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, was held in the Yakutsk City Court. The politician made his last appearance before the court. The decision will be […]
Posted: March 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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