Archive for 'History'
YABLOKO to commemorate the victims of the siege of Leningrad
Press Release, 25.01.2016 On 27 January, on the anniversary of the siege of Leningrad, leaders and activists of the YABLOKO party will lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Posted: January 26th, 2016 under History, Street Actions.
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Trial over Mitrokhin postponed until 29 December
Press release, 18.12.2015 Today, December 18, the Tverskoy District Court postponed the trial over Sergei Mitrokhin on his detention at an action in defence of the Russian Constitution. This way the court satisfied the motion of lawyer Boris Mamatov.
Posted: December 19th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, History.
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Mitrokhin: If democracy doesn’t win, Russia will lose
Press release, 21.08.2015 On August 22, the Russian flag day, a rally in memory to the events of the coup of 1991 took place. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and member of YABLOKO Policial Committee Victor Sheinis participated in the action. The demonstration started from the White House [parliament building] and ended by the monument to […]
Posted: August 26th, 2015 under History.
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YABLOKO commemorated memory of White House defenders
Press release, 21.08.2015 On August 21, YABLOKO activists participated in the memorial action dedicated to the defenders of the White House [parliament building] who had died during the coup of 1991. The action was organized by the participants of the coup: human rights defenders and civil activists.
Posted: August 25th, 2015 under History.
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Sergei Mitrokhin proposed to Russian President to withdraw the names and symbols of terrorists and revolution 1917 figures from the Russian cities toponymy
Press Release, 23.07.2015 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin sent an address to Russian President Vladimir Putin proposing to adopt complex measures for furter de-Bolshevisation of public areas and toponimic names of streets and cities in Russia.
Posted: July 24th, 2015 under History, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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YABLOKO lit up 1,418 candles in memory of the Second World War
Press Release, 22.06.2015 YABLOKO’s leaders, party activists and Moscow citizens took part in a memorial action “1,418 candles per every day of the war” commemorating the victims of the Second World War. The action was held in Moscow in the night from June 21 to June 22 (the day the USSR was attacked by Hitler’s […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2015 under History, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Street Actions.
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YABLOKO to light 1418 candles in memory of victims of the Second World War
Announcement, 17.06.2015 On 21 June, on the threshold of Adolf Hitler’s attack on the USSR, YABLOKO will light 1418 candles in memory of victims of Second World War.
Posted: June 19th, 2015 under History, Street Actions.
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YABLOKO honoured the memory of the Second World War heroes
Press release, 08.05.2015 On the 70th anniversary of the Victory over fascism YABLOKO leaders and supporters of the party paid tribute to the heroes of the Second World War by laying wreaths and flowers at the Eternal Flame at the mass grave at Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
Posted: May 13th, 2015 under History.
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YABLOKO paid tribute to memory of Second World War vicitms
Press Release, 06.05.2015 Today the leaders and activists of the YABLOKO party laid a wreath and flowers at the Eternal Flame and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin walls.
Posted: May 7th, 2015 under History, Street Actions, Understanding Russia.
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YABLOKO to honour the memory of the victims of the Second World War
Press Release, 28.04.2015 On 6 May YABLOKO leaders and party activists will lay wreaths and flowers to the Internal Flame and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Walls.
Posted: May 4th, 2015 under History.
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YABLOKO Political Committee honoured memory of Armenian Genocide victims
Press release, 24.04.2015 YABLOKO Political Committee started its meeting with a minute of silence in memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.
Posted: April 24th, 2015 under History.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the 15th anniversary since Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia
26.03.2015 Today is the 15th anniversary since Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia. YABLOKO founder Grigory Yavlinsky was Vladimir Putin’s competitor at the presidential elections in 2000… “… I am not going to fight for a “good” Putin. I am going to fight against Putin for the post of the President of Russia. I […]
Posted: March 26th, 2015 under History, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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YABLOKO to conduct a conference “War in Chechnya: political mistakes and war crimes”
Press release, 20.11.2014 On November 28, YABLOKO will conduct a conference called “War in Chechnya: political mistakes and war crimes” coincided with the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the First Chechen war and 15th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Chechen war. The conference will take place at YABLOKO main office.
Posted: November 20th, 2014 under History, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO launched book on history
Press release, 10.11.2014 On November 10, 2014, YABLOKO launched a book on history based on the conference-debate “Historical Knowledge as a Factor of Development” conducted by YABLOKO, the Memorial human rights group and the Sakharov Centre on December 16, 2013.
Posted: November 13th, 2014 under History.
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Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko launched a book on Bolshevism
Press release, 07.11.2014 The grandson of a well-known revolutionary, scientist, journalist, YABLOKO member Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko launched a book on Bolshevism called “Bolshevisks.1917” at Biblio-Globus book store. The author talked to the readers and answered their questions.
Posted: November 12th, 2014 under History.
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On the anniversary of the October Coup of 1917 the YABLOKO party honoured the memory of fighters against Bolsheviks
Press release, 07.11.2014 On November 7, the anniversary of the October Coup of 1917, the YABLOKO party conducted a memory action paying tribute to those who tried to defend democratic Russia in 1917 – junkers and officers who conducted armed resistance to the Bolshevik coup of 1917. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin also participated in the […]
Posted: November 10th, 2014 under History, Street Actions, Understanding Russia.
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Mitrokhin: The flag of Russia is the only thing left from democracy in our country
Press Release, 22.08.2014 On August 22 YABLOKO’s activists participated in a march and rally devoted to Russia’s National Flag Day and the win over GKChP (State Committee on the State of Emergency). The event was conducted by the For human rights group. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin also participated in the action.
Posted: August 24th, 2014 under History.
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Rally in defense of Horse department in St.Petersburg
Announcement,23.07.2014 The St.Peterburg branch of YABLOKO will conduct a rally in defence of the Horse department. The unique stables which were constructed in Peter the Great’s time are under threat to be turned into an apartment hotel.
Posted: July 23rd, 2014 under History, Politics.
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YABLOKO leader considers Valeria Novodvorskaya one of the most honest democrats in Russia
Interfax,12.07.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin considers the death of the dissident and politician Valeria Novodvorskaya a loss for Russia’s democratic movement. “The moral levels and criteria are degrading very intensively within the modern opposition movement. Valeria Ilyinichna had always been one of the guarantors of these criteria. Her death is a big loss for the […]
Posted: July 15th, 2014 under History.
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The toponymy of Moscow should be the panthen of heroes not the panopticon of villains
Statement by the Regional Council of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO, 11.07.2014 The Moscow branch of YABLOKO welcomes the decision of the Moscow Government to rename Ulitsa Podbelskogo metro station into Bulvar Rokossovskogo.
Posted: July 12th, 2014 under History, Understanding Russia.
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