Archive for 'History'
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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YABLOKO lit up 1,418 candles in memory of the Second World War
Press Release, 22.06.2014 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 at night from June 21 to June 22 (the day the USSR was attacked by Hitler’s troops).
Posted: June 22nd, 2014 under History, Street Actions.
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YABLOKO to light 1418 candles in memory of the Second World War
Announcement, June 16, 2014 In the night from June 21 to June 22 the YABLOKO party will hold its annual event “1418 Candles for Each Day of the War” to commemorate the anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s attack on the Soviet Union.
Posted: June 16th, 2014 under History, Human Rights.
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The participants of the rally on the anniversary of deportation of Crimean Tatars demanded to establish the Day of Deported Ethnic Groups
Press Release, 18.05.2014 A rally in memory of the deported ethnic groups on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of deportation of the Crimean Tatars took place in Moscow on May 18. The rally was organised by the Committee Against Xenophobia and the YABLOKO party. The participants of the action paid tribute to the memory […]
Posted: May 20th, 2014 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Udmurtia branch of YABLOKO laid lowers to the Eternal Flame to victims of the Second World War
Press Release, 12.05.2014 On the 9th of May, Victory Day, YABLOKO’s branch in Udmurtia laid flowers to the Eternal Flame in the Izhevsk city to commemorate victims of the Second World War.
Posted: May 12th, 2014 under History.
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The Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO laid flowers to the Eternal Flame to victims of the Second World War
Press Release, 10.05.2014 On Victory Day May 9 activists of the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO laid flowers to the Eternal Flame to victims of the Second World War.
Posted: May 12th, 2014 under History.
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The Perm branch of YABLOKO commemorated victims of the Second World War
Press Release, 12.05.2014 On May 8, 2014, Olga Kolokolova, Chair of the Perm branch of YABLOKO, and party activists laid flowers to the monument dedicated to the victory in the Second World War.
Posted: May 12th, 2014 under History.
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YABLOKO laid flowers to the Eternal Flame in Volgograd
Press Release, 12.05.2014 On the 9th of May, Victory Day, YABLOKO’s branch in Vlogograd laid flowers to the Eternal Flame in Volgograd (former Stalingrad) to commemorate victims of the Second World War.
Posted: May 12th, 2014 under History.
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YABLOKO paid tribute to the Second World War soldiers on Victory Day
Press Release, 09.05.2014 On the 69th 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 9th, 2014 under History, Street Actions.
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St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO commemorated defenders of Leningrad
Press Release, 08.05.2014 On May 8 activists of St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO and members of the YABLOKO faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly traditionally participated in the ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers at Piskaroyvskoye Memorial Cemetery – the world’s largest fraternal burial of victims of the Second World War.
Posted: May 9th, 2014 under History.
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YABLOKO paid tribute to the memory of the vicitms of the Second World War
Press Release, 08.05.2014 On the eve of the Victory Day, 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 9th, 2014 under History.
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YABLOKO to pay tribute to memory of victims of Second World War
Announcement, 30.04.2014 The leaders and activists of the YABLOKO party will pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the Second World War by laying a wreath to the Tomb of Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall on May 8 at 17:00.
Posted: April 30th, 2014 under History.
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First lecture on Russia’s political history conducted in YABLOKO
Press Release, November 27, 2013 The first lecture on Russia’s political history ” Problems and perspectives of Russia’s development before the World War I” was conducted in YABLOKO office in St. Petersburg on November 26, 2013.
Posted: November 26th, 2013 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, photographs, videos, 07.11.2013 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 – cadets and officers who conducted armed resistance to the Bolshevik coup of 1917.
Posted: November 9th, 2013 under History, Human Rights.
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The Krasnoyarsk branch of YABLOKO paid tribute to the victims of political reprisals
Press Release, 30.10.2013 Alexander Kotlov, Chair of the Krasnoyarsk branch of YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction, picketed the office of the Federal Security Department on the Memory Day of the Victims of Political Reprisals, October 30.
Posted: October 31st, 2013 under History, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO demanded to open a museum in the house where Stalin’s victims were shot
Press Release, October 30, 2013 On October 30, the Day of Political Prisoners, YABLOKO conducted a picket near the house where Stalin’s victims were shot demanding from the authorities to save the house and open a memorial museum there. The action was strictly controlled by six policemen, one of them had an assault rifle.
Posted: October 30th, 2013 under History, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO commemorated victims of the Great Terror
Press Release, October 29, 2013 YABLOKO leaders and activists participated in the memorial action organised by the Memorial human rights society commemorating the victims of political reprisals during Stalin’s period. The action took place by the FSB (former KGB) building at Lubyanka square.
Posted: October 29th, 2013 under History, Human Rights.
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