Archive for 'History'
Lecture by Vladimir Ryzhkov “Constitutional reform: what will happen and how it should be?”
Press Release, 30.01.2020 The Yabloko Party University resumes its work. Speeches of famous politicians, political scientists, social scientists and economists (Igor Nikolayev, Grigory Amnuel, Yevgeny Gontmakher, Nikolai Petrov, Tatyana Vorozheykina and others) are planned in the curriculum. Classes will be held mainly on Wednesdays at 19.00.
Posted: January 30th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Soon!, Без рубрики.
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On the day of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad in the World War 2, leaders and activists of Yabloko laid flowers at the memorial to the victims of the siege in the Alexander Garden
Press Release, 27.01.2020 On 27 January, the anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad in the World War 2, Yabloko leaders and activists laid flowers at the memorial in the Alexander Garden, Moscow, and commemorate victims of the war. Photo: Nikolai Rybakov Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, said that 27 January was of particular […]
Posted: January 28th, 2020 under History.
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Public Constitutional Council on the alternative amendments to the Constitution
Press Release, 24.01.2020 The Public Constitutional Council has begun work on an alternative package of amendments to the Constitution. This was announced at a briefing in Moscow by its founders – Yegeny Gontmakher, Leonid Nikitinsky, Vladimir Ryzhkov and Grigory Yavlinsky. The Public Advisory Council, which will include Tamara Morshchakova and Mikhail Krasnov, authors of the […]
Posted: January 28th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Governance, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko celebrates the Russian Constitution Day with pickets for the struggle for human rights
Press Release, 12.12.2019 On 12 December, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko went on one-person pickets (that do not require a permission from the authorities) in four cities of the region as part of the Struggle for Human Rights campaign, dedicated to the Russian Constitution Day.
Posted: December 12th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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An academic conference on political reprisals in Russia was held at the Samara branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 29.11.2019 On 24 November, an academic conference on political reprisals in Russia was organised by the Samara regional branch of the Yabloko party. The reports were made by candidate of historical sciences Stanislav Repinetsky, members of the Yabloko party, candidates of historical sciences Igor Nefedov and Sergey Tselikov. At the end of the […]
Posted: November 29th, 2019 under History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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“We work for those people who want to live honestly for the benefit of the country.” Pskov Yabloko celebrates its 25th anniversary
Press Release, 16.11.2019 Today, a conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Pskov regional branch of Yabloko was held in Pushkinogorsky district of the Pskov region. Party Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Political Committee and head of Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, arrived in the region […]
Posted: November 18th, 2019 under Elections, Greetings, History, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018.
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“Nothing can be solved without politics.” Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina are visiting the Pskov region
Press Release, 15.11.2019 Today the three-day visit of Yabloko’s leaders to the Pskov region has begun. Party Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Political Committee and head of Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, arrived in the region for a conference on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Pskov branch […]
Posted: November 18th, 2019 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, History, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Regional and Local Elections 2018, Social Policies.
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Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina to visit the Pskov region for the 25th anniversary of the regional branch of the party
Press Release, 11.11.2019 On November 15 and 16, Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova and Yelena Dubrovina, member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee and head of the Yabloko’s Centre for Legislative Initiatives, will visit the Pskov region, where a conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Pskov branch of the party will be held.
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, History, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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On the anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917, Yabloko held an action in memory of the pupils of military schools who resisted the Bolsheviks
Press Release, 7.11.2019 On 7 November, the Moscow branch of Yabloko held its traditional action honouring the memory of officers and pupils of military schools who fought in the streets of Moscow against usurpation of power by the Bolsheviks in 1917. For the first time, an action in memory of those who with arms in […]
Posted: November 11th, 2019 under History, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Understanding Russia.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “This is a crime of the Stalin’s regime and the entire Bolshevik system”
Grigory Yavlinsky FB post, 30.10.2019 Lubyanka, 2019. Returning of the Names, an action in memory of victims of political repressions – millions of people were killed [in Stalin’s period]. This is a crime of the Stalin’s regime and the entire Bolshevik system. But the Russian authorities still refuse to give an official legal assessment to […]
Posted: October 30th, 2019 under History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko paid tribute to the memory of victims of political reprisals.
Leaders and activists of Yabloko took part in the Returning of the Names action Press Release, 30.10.2019 On 29 October, on the eve of the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Reprisals, Yabloko leaders and activists took part in the action Returning of the Names organised by the Memorial human rights society. Thousands of […]
Posted: October 30th, 2019 under History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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20 years of Putin and the future
by Grigory Yavlinsky, 20.09.2019 In August 1999 the young director of the Federal Security Service Vladimir Putin was appointed chairman of the Russian Government. By the end of the same year after the early resignation of Russia’s first President Boris Yeltsin, he started assuming his duties. Putin’s longstanding opponent Grigory Yavlinsky discusses the phenomenon of […]
Posted: September 30th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Slabunova applies to court against Public Prosecutor General’s Office for refusal to check the excavations of the graves of Stalin’s victims in Sandarmokh by the Russian Military Historical Society
Press Release, 16.09.2019 The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow will consider the lawsuit of Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova against the Public Prosecutor General and the Prosecutor General’s Office of Karelia for their refusal to examine on merit the excavations of the graves of the victims of Stalin’s reprisals by the Russian Military Historical Society in […]
Posted: September 17th, 2019 under History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Yabloko leaders will meet with visitors of the Moscow Book Fair
Press Release, 2.09.2019 The stand of the Yabloko party (R-6) will function at the Moscow International Book Fair which will be held in Pavilion No. 75 of VDNKh exhibition (Exhibition of Economic Achievements) from September 4 through to September 8.
Posted: September 2nd, 2019 under Elections, Gender Faction, History, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Regional and Local Elections.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: A Catcher in the Lie
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 3.06.2019 The Internet has been discussing the new series Chernobyl. They write that this is one of the most significant films not only about the catastrophe, but also about the USSR in general. As a contemporary of these events, I can say that all my friends and acquaintances who had at least […]
Posted: June 6th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Rostov branch of Yabloko honoured the memory of the victims of a peaceful demonstration shot in Novocherkassk in 1962
Press Release, 3.06.2019 On 2 June, activists of the Rostov branch of Yabloko traditionally came to the place of shooting of a peaceful demonstration of workers in the city of Novocherkassk in 1962, in order to honour the memory of the victims of the crime of the Soviet authorities.
Posted: June 4th, 2019 under History.
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The history of Russia and its gears for Russia’s future. Lecture by historian Andrei Kosmynin
Press Release, 4.06.2019 On Tuesday, 11 June, Andrei Kosmynin, historian and adviser to Grigory Yavlinsky, will deliver a lecture “The History of Russia and its gears for Russia’s future”. The lecture be held in the Moscow office of the Yabloko party (Pyatnitskaya, 31 bldg 2). The lecture will begin at 19:00.
Posted: June 4th, 2019 under History.
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Emilia Slabunova visited a charitable event in support of imprisoned Yuri Dmitriyev, head of the Karelian branch of the Memorial human rights society
Press Release, 30.05.2019 On 29 May, Yabloko Chairperson Emilia Slabunova took part in a charitable event in support of Yuri Dmitriyev, historian, head of the Karelian branch of the Memorial human rights society, and one of the founders of the Sandarmokh and Krasny Bor memorial complexes where victims of Stalin’s reprisals are buried. Expeditions led […]
Posted: May 30th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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“War is not guns, tanks and airplanes. War is mud, hunger and suffering of people.”
On Victory Day, activists and leaders of the Yabloko party traditionally came to the Preobrazhanskoye Cemetery in Moscow Press Release, 9.05.2019 On Victory Day, activists and leaders of the Yabloko party traditionally came to the Preobrazhanskoye Cemetery – the largest military burial in Moscow. The war should never happen again – that was the leitmotif […]
Posted: May 13th, 2019 under History.
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The delegation of the Yabloko party laid a wreath and flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow
Press Release, 7.05.2019 The delegation of the Yabloko party laid a wreath and flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden in Moscow. Photo: Alexander Gnezdilov, Grigory Yavlinsky, Boris Misnik, Nikolay Rybakov, Sergei Mitrokhin and Anatoly Golov.
Posted: May 13th, 2019 under History.
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