Archive for 'History'
On Yabloko’s appeals the Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered to remove military equipment from the monument to grieving mothers of WWII soldiers
Press Release, 12.11.2024 Photo: The Memory memorial in Chelyabinsk / Photo from open sources Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, achieved this by sending multiple appeals to the regional public prosecutor’s office. The city authorities will have to remove two decommissioned anti-aircraft missile systems S-75 they installed by the monument of mothers […]
Posted: November 12th, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Not any more! Yabloko honoured the memory of victims of political repression
Press Release, 30.10.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the Butovo shooting ground range, Moscow, 30 October, 2024 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service This week, Russia pays tribute to the victims of political repression. According to the Memorial Society, 4.5-4.8 million people were convicted for political reasons, of which 1.1 million were shot during the […]
Posted: October 31st, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“When the chaos ends, we must be ready.” Yabloko hosted a large discussion about the historical forks in the road in modern Russia and its prospects
Press Release, 27.10.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 25 October, on the anniversary of the creation of the Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin electoral bloc, which then turned into the Yabloko party, the Yabloko party office in Moscow hosted a screening and discussion of Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview for the documentary The Unfinished Time project. Young people, children […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Elections, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Lev Shlosberg: On Politics and Violence
Lev Shlosberg’s Telegram channel, 30.09.2024 Illustration: The Stoning of St. Stephen, a biblical story from The Acts of the Apostles. 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ЛЬВОМ МАРКОВИЧЕМ ШЛОСБЕРГОМ ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ЛЬВА МАРКОВИЧА ШЛОСБЕРГА 18+ THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) HAS BEEN PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVICH SHLOSBERG […]
Posted: September 30th, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Historians and politicians from Yabloko discussed the causes and consequences of World War I and drew parallels with the present
Press Release, 12.09.2024 A round table dedicated to the anniversary of the beginning of World War I was held in Yabloko with the participation of Russian historians Vladimir Buldakov, Vladislav Aksyonov, Boris Kolonitsky, Konstantin Morozov and Alexander Shubin, as well as politicians from the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov, Grigory Yavlinsky and Sergei Mitrokhin. The discussion […]
Posted: September 12th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites to the launch of the book by political scientist Nina Khrushcheva “Nikita Khrushchev: a Leader Outside the System”
Press Release, 11.09.2024 The new biography of Nikita Khrushchev was written by his great-granddaughter, a world-famous political scientist, professor at The New School in New York City.
Posted: September 12th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Estate Museum of Pyotr Tchaikovsky in Udmurtia will be renovated. The leader of the Udmurtian branch of Yabloko, Iya Boronina, has been seeking this since September 2023
Press Release, 28.08.2024 Photo: The Estate Museum of Pyotr Thaikovsky / Photo by Wikimedia Commons The funds for the renovation of the cultural site of federal significance were allocated by the Government of the Russian Federation: orders on the allocation of funds to Udmurtia and other regions were signed on 13 August, 2024. This happened […]
Posted: August 28th, 2024 under Governance, History, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to host a roundtable discussion dedicated to the anniversary of the outbreak of World War I
Press Release, 27.08.2024 Photo from open sources On 10 September, the Yabloko party office in Moscow will host a roundtable discussion dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. Historians, experts, and the Yabloko party leaders will take part in the discussion. Everyone is invited. The event will be streamlined on […]
Posted: August 27th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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“We are eternally indebted to them”. Yabloko honoured the memory of the defenders of democracy in 1991
Press Release, 21.08.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko Kirill Goncharov, Chair of the Yabloko Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva, and other party members laid flowers at the monument to “Defenders of Democracy in Russia” at the intersection of Novy Arbat and the Garden Ring […]
Posted: August 21st, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Moscow to honour the memory of the victims of the August 1991 coup
Press Release, 20.08.2024 Photo from open sources Members and supporters of Yabloko will meet at the intersection of Novy Arbat and the Garden Ring on August 21 at 11:45 so that to lay flowers at the monument to “Defenders of Democracy in Russia”.
Posted: August 20th, 2024 under Condolences, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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“We are guarding the memory of the place where almost 7,000 people found their last refuge.” Yabloko delegation visited Sandarmokh, the place of mass executions and burials during the Soviet period
Press Release, 5.08.2024 Photo: Anatoly Razumov, head of the Centre for Returned Names at the Russian National Library, and Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov A delegation of the Yabloko party, led by party leader Nikolai Rybakov and head of the party faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Emilia Slabunova, visited the Sandarmokh – the site […]
Posted: August 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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110 years since Russia entered World War I. Yabloko honoured the memory of the victims
Press Release, 1.08.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service 110 years ago, on 1 August, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia and our country entered World War I. More than 10 million servicemen from all sides fell victim to it, over 22 million were wounded. Russia’s losses in the war amounted to over three million […]
Posted: August 1st, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko appealed to the Public Prosecutor General’s Office due to poor quality works on a military memorial in Staraya Russa dedicated to the victims of the World War II
Press Release, 16.07.2024 Photo: Plastic signs at the Simonovskoye cemetery in Staraya Russa / Photo by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko The Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko party sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor General’s Office regarding the failure of the authorities to complete works to create a memorial in Staraya Russa to […]
Posted: July 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to honour the memory of the victims of Stalin’s political repression in Sandarmokh, Karelia, and invites all the party supporters to participate
Press Release, 08.07.2024 Photo: A monument at the place of mass burial with an inscription “People, don’t kill each other!” On the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Terror, on 5 August, the Yabloko delegation will go to the Sandarmokh, Karelia, the place of mass burial of victims of Stalin’s political […]
Posted: July 8th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Yabloko’s Yaroslav Shcherbakov: “The militarisation of memory is inappropriate and unlawful”
At the request of Shcherbakov, the Chelyabinsk Public Prosecutor’s Office issued an action order to the Mayor’s Office about the improper maintenance of the Fraternal Cemetery of Soldiers Press Release, 26.06.2024 Photo: The Memory Memorial at the Fraternal Cemetery of Warriors with decommissioned S-75 anti-aircraft missile systems installed by the monument / Photo by the […]
Posted: June 27th, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko Youth.
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“A philosopher of freedom and creativity”. Yabloko hosted a lecture about Nikolai Berdyaev
Press Release, 26.06.2024 A lecture dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the philosopher and sociologist Nikolai Berdyaev was held at Yabloko. The lecture was given by Anastasia Gacheva, a leading researcher at the Gorgy Institute of World Literature of the Academy of Sciences and Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences.
Posted: June 26th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights.
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Yabloko leaders honoured the memory of those killed in the Second World War
Press Release, 22.06.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On the night of 21-22 June, when 83 years ago Hitler invaded the USSR, Nikolai Rybakov, Grigory Yavlinsky and other party members lit candles and laid flowers at the Requiem 1941 monument in the centre of Moscow. This is a traditional Yabloko’s anti-war action that has […]
Posted: June 25th, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to light 1418 candles to commemorate victims of the Second World War
Press release, 20.06.2024 UPD: We have to cancel our traditional “1418 Candles Per Each Day of War” action, since access to the “1941” memorial plaque, where we usually gather, will be limited due to preparations for the opening of the “Candle of Memory” campaign organised by the authorities. Yabloko will light 1418 candles to commemorate […]
Posted: June 20th, 2024 under History, Human Rights.
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The Versailles Trap
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 13.06.2024 A peace treaty was signed 105 years ago in June 1919 in Versailles, a Parisian suburb, marking the end of World War I. However, the Treaty of Versailles only delivered peace to Europe for a brief moment, before setting the wheels in motion for the start of the even more destructive […]
Posted: June 14th, 2024 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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“Philosopher of freedom and creativity.” Yabloko to host a lecture on Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev
Press Release, 11.06.2024 On 20 June, a lecture dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Russian philosopher and sociologist Nikolai Berdyaev will be held at the Yabloko party’s central office in Moscow and will be also streamed on the Yabloko YouTube channel. The lecture will be given by Anastasia Gacheva, a leading researcher at the […]
Posted: June 11th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights.
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