Archive for 'History'
Come to the rally “Free Elections for St.Petersburg!”
Press Release, 19.03.2019 On Sunday, 24 March, a rally “Free Elections for St.Petersburg!” will be held. The rally is marking the 30th anniversary of the first free elections to the Supreme Soviet [parliament] of the USSR. 30 years ago, on 26 March, 1989, the first for the entire Soviet history free elections of deputies were […]
Posted: March 19th, 2019 under Elections, History, Regional and Local Elections 2019.
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Yabloko introduced anti-Stalinist bill to the parliament of St. Petersburg United Russia, LDPR and the Communist Party refused to discuss the bill
Press Release, 6.03.2019 Deputies from United Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the LDPR party excluded from the agenda of the plenary session of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg consideration of the legislative initiative of Yabloko “On the prohibition of the memorialization of Stalin and introduction of amendments to certain legislative […]
Posted: March 7th, 2019 under History, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Emilia Slabunova on the trial over Yuri Dmitriyev, Chair of the Karelian branch of the human rights society Memorial
Emilia Slabunova’s Facebook page, 12.02.2019 While the state propaganda on the Russia-24 TV channel talks about the “so-called human rights activists”, without giving them a word, and the benefits of the expedition of the Russian Military-Historical Society to Sandarmokh [the place of shooting and burial of the victims of Stalin’s reprisals in Karelia], which causes […]
Posted: February 12th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Screening of a documentary dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Yabloko party
Press Release, 8.02.2019 On Tuesday, 12 February, a documentary film “The Optimists”, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Yabloko, will be shown in the conference hall of the Moscow office of the Yabloko party. Specially for the documentary, the filmmakers recorded about 60 interviews with the founders, leaders, activists and allies of the party.
Posted: February 11th, 2019 under History, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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“We have never betrayed our principles and have always stood firm”. Interview with Sergei Ivanenko, deputy head of the Yabloko party
Specially for Yabloko website by Svetlana Prokudina, 12.01.2019 Sergei Ivanenko, Yabloko Deputy Chair, has turned 60 on 12th January. Sergei Victorovich is one of Grigory Yavlinsky’s closest colleagues. He was actively involved in the foundation of the Yabloko party. Ivanenko played one of the key roles in the work of Yabloko’s faction in the State […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2019 under Elections, History, Human Rights, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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Russia is a peaceful country
Statement by the Federal Council No 56, 14.01.2019 Every day people in Russia and around the world fear more and more that there is a possibility of a big war with an enormous number of victims as new provocative resistance, conflicts, use and demonstration of military force, including the strategic weapons, emerge.
Posted: January 15th, 2019 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Through the party reform towards progress in the country
Statement by the Federal Council No 51, 28.12.2018 The Yabloko party is one of the most experienced political organisations in the country: We have been standing up for the vales of freedom, peace, responsibility, human dignity and respect for people for 25 years. These values make thousands of people come to us. We founded Yabloko […]
Posted: January 15th, 2019 under Elections, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russian Economy.
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Yabloko to launch a film dedicated to 25th anniversary of the party
Press release, 24.12.2018 The first showing of the film “The Optimists” dedicated to Yabloko’s 25th anniversary will take place at the Centre for Documentaries on 25th and 26th December. The shooting team interviews about 60 people – Yabloko founders, leaders, activists and supporters.
Posted: December 24th, 2018 under History.
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Boris Vishnevsky: Darkness is falling but we should bring on the sun rise
A speech by Boris Vishnevsky at the meeting of the Federal Council of Yabloko Press release, 17.12.2018 I see the current state of affairs as darkness before the sun rise. I can see that the darkness is falling but I hope that the sun will rise. It is our task to bring it on. We […]
Posted: December 19th, 2018 under Elections, History, Human Rights.
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Lev Shlosberg: We can hear you. We understand you. We will not give up. We will not betray you.
Lev Shlosberg’s speech at the meeting of Yabloko Federal Council Press release, 17.12.2018 Dear colleagues, supporters of our party and citizens of Russia! Millions of people in our country categorically disapprove of what is going on in our Russia now. Tens of millions of people do not believe that there is a way to change […]
Posted: December 18th, 2018 under History, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Why modern Russia needs Yabloko
Press release, 15.12.2018 “Yabloko should become the party of the real future of Russia: the party of peace, moral choice and values,” Grigory Yavlinsky, Chair of Yabloko Federal Political Committee, said at the meeting of the Federal Council of the Yabloko party. “It is our responsibility. Our mission is the moral and professional choice in […]
Posted: December 15th, 2018 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights.
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Yabloko is the party of a moral choice
Decision by Yabloko Federal Political Committee, 25.10.2018 Yabloko is the party of the European values. Yabloko has abided by democratic principles and employed lawful methods to gain power and political influence since the time the party was founded 25 years ago. We are the party of public affairs, we participate in elections and use parliamentary […]
Posted: November 7th, 2018 under History, Human Rights, Politics, Understanding Russia, Yabloko's Views.
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Emilia Slabunova visits Yekaterinburg
Emilia Slabunova’s twitter, 28.08.2018 https://twitter.com/YablokoParty/status/1034440810660618240 YABLOKO Party @YablokoParty YABLOKO Party retwitted Emilia Slabunova: Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova starts her visit in Yekterinburg, the Urals, by laying flowers to the memorial to vicitms of political reprisals. This is a mournful page in Russia’s history. This should never happen again.
Posted: August 28th, 2018 under History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Yabloko Deputy Chair Alexander Gnezdilov: “Democracy is an exam that society is taking every day”
Press Release, 24.08.2018 Archive photo by RIA Novosti/ Yuri Abramochkin A rally dedicated to the anniversary of the victory over the reactionary forces of the State Emergency Committee was held in the Krasnopresnensky park, Moscow, behind the Russian ‘White House’ on 22 August, on the Day of the Flag of Russia. The rally was […]
Posted: August 28th, 2018 under History, Street Actions, Understanding Russia, Без рубрики.
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YABLOKO to light 1418 candles per each day of the war to commemorate Second World War victims
Press Release, 20.06.2018 YABLOKO will light 1418 candles to commemorate the victims of the Second World War on the eve of Adolf Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, 21 June. Yabloko leaders will take part in the action.
Posted: June 20th, 2018 under History.
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Yabloko leaders and activists paid tribute to the victims of the Second World War
Press Release, 04.05.2018 On 4 May, the leaders and activists of the Yabloko party laid wreaths and flowers to the Eternal Flame and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden by the Kremlin wall and honoured the memory of those killed in the Second World War by a minute of silence. Yabloko […]
Posted: May 16th, 2018 under History.
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Yabloko to honour the memory of the victims of the Second World War
Memorable actions will be held on the 4th and 9th of May Press Release, 27.04.2017 On 4 May, the leaders and activists of the Yabloko party will lay wreaths and flowers to the Eternal Flame and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden by the Kremlin wall. The participants will gather by […]
Posted: April 27th, 2018 under Activities, History, Без рубрики.
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Ryazan branch of Yabloko opened an exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of the Great Terror and 100th anniversary of the revolution
Press release, 20.12.2017 The Ryazan branch of Yabloko opened an exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of the Great Terror of 1937. According to the organizers of the exhibition, the tragedy of the soviet repressions is rooted in the developments of the October revolution of 1917.
Posted: December 21st, 2017 under History.
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Ryazan branch of Yabloko to open an exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of the Great Terror and 100th anniversary of the revolution
Press release, 18.12.2017 On December 19, the Ryazan branch of Yabloko will open an exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of the Great Terror of 1937. According to the organizers of the exhibition, the tragedy of soviet repressions is rooted in developments of the October revolution on 1917.
Posted: December 19th, 2017 under History.
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Yabloko commemorates officers who resisted the Bolshevik coup
Press release, 07.11.2017 On November 7, the 100th anniversary of the October Coup of 1917, the Yabloko party commemorated the officers who defended democracy in Russia by resisting the Bolshevik coup in 1917. The activists brought flowers to the former building of Alexandrovsky college, the headquarters of the armed resistance to the Bolsheviks.
Posted: November 9th, 2017 under History.
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