Archive for 'History'
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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Grigory Yavlinsky: The West’s Approach to Russia Should Have Been Much Smarter
Yavlinsky.ru, 23.05.2024 Grigory Yavlinsky, the Russian opposition Yabloko party’s leader, took part in the debates at Cambridge Union about the West’s Approach to Russia. The event took place on May 16, 2024. The other speakers were Dominic Grieve, the former UK Attorney General and Conservative MP, the former chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee […]
Posted: June 6th, 2024 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to host a screening and discussion of the film “Andrei Sakharov. On the other side of the window”
Press Release, 20.05.2024 On 21 May, the birthday of human rights defender and scientist Andrei Sakharov, the central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow will host a screening of the documentary film “Andrei Sakharov. On the other side of the window” (Russia, 2022). The film by Dmitry Zavilgelsky and Boris Altshuler focuses on the […]
Posted: May 21st, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights.
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“A Way to the Future” with Grigory Yavlinsky: A Different World
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 2.05.2024 Transcript April 2024 “What should be done to prevent a large-scale war? The very first steps to be taken to prevent a big war should include: a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and the signing of a respective agreement; the creation of a demilitarised zone on both sides of the fault […]
Posted: May 17th, 2024 under Economy, Education and Science, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Soviet dissidents about modern Russia: “The present period is completely different, much more terrible”
Press Release, 13.05.2024 Photo from left to right: Nikolai Ivlyushkin, Alexander Daniel, Svetlana Gannushkina, Valery Borshchyov, Vyacheslav Bakhmin, Vyacheslav Igrunov, Alexei Smirnov, and Alexander Podrabinek / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 12 May, a round table with the participation of Soviet dissidents was held at the Yabloko central office in Moscow. The participants […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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“We bow down before them, deepest gratitude.”
Press Release, 9.05.2024 On 9 May, the leaders and members of the Yabloko party honoured the memory of those killed in the Second World War at the Preobrazhenskoye cemetery in Moscow, where more than 10,000 soldiers and commanders of the Red Army are buried. The delegation laid flowers and a wreath at the War Memorial.
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under History, Human Rights.
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The St. Petersburg Yabloko laid flowers at the memorial at the Piskarevskoye cemetery
Press Release, 8.05.2024 On 8 May, on the eve of Victory Day, the day of the victory over the Nazi Germany in 1945, members of the St. Petersburg Yabloko laid a wreath and flowers at the Motherland monument at the Piskarevskoye memorial cemetery.
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko activists watched and discussed the feature film “The Eternal Road” about Stalin’s terror
Press Release, 3.05.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Moscow office of Yabloko hosted the final screening of the film “The Eternal Road” (2017) by the Finnish director Antti-Jussi Annila, the screening was held within the framework of the Another Look film festival. Participants watched the feature film based on the real fate of […]
Posted: May 14th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexei Arbatov on the US deployment of previously banned complexes in Asia: “This situation is fraught with a new missile arms race”
Kommersant, 22.04.2024 Photo: Alexei Arbatov / Photo from the personal archive Past week, the United States deployed medium-range ground-based missile systems in the Asia-Pacific region for the first time (see Kommersant on 16 April): army Typhon systems were deployed to the Philippines as part of the exercise. Previously, such weapons were prohibited under the Russian-American […]
Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Foreign policy, History, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to hold an all-Russian conference on nuclear risks on the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
Press Release, 19.04.2024 Photo from www.istockphoto.com On 24 April, Yabloko will hold an all-Russian conference “Nuclear Technologies and Nuclear Risks in the Modern World”. The event will take place online via Zoom.
Posted: April 19th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, History, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety, Без рубрики.
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“To pull people back from the abyss of the Russian rebellion.” Participants of the film festival “Another View” discussed a film about “anti-fascists” and “nationalists” in Russia at the beginning of the 2000s
Press Release, 16.04.2024 On 15 April, a screening and discussion of the film “The Key to a Clockwork Orange” (2014) was held at Yabloko. The documentary film by Grigory Grishin and Olga Yakovleva about the phenomenon of war between the youth movements of “anti-fascists” and “nationalists” on the streets of Russia in the 2000s provoked […]
Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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“Man is the measure of all things.” The teleplay “Sforza” was shown at Yabloko
Press Release, 15.04.2024 On 11 April, the television play “Sforza” was shown at Yabloko as part of the Another View” festival. The performance by Alexei Zherebtsov, based on the novel-play by Sasha Denisova, takes us to Milan in the 15th century. We find ourselves in the Middle Ages with all its attributes: a ruler behind […]
Posted: April 15th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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NEW WORLD DISORDER
On the collapse of the international order formed after the end of World War II and the risks of a major global conflict Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 12.04.2024 DISINTEGRATION PROCESSES International political developments today show that the previous world order is irreversibly paying its final bow in history. Against the backdrop of an increase in shocks […]
Posted: April 15th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko hosted a lecture by Alexander Verkhovsky on nationalism in post-Soviet Russia
Press Release, 5.04.2024 On 4 April, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “How Russian nationalism has changed over three post-Soviet decades” by Alexander Verkhovsky, a famous researcher of nationalism and extremism and head of the SOVA Research Centre.
Posted: April 8th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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“Philosopher of freedom and creativity.” Yabloko to host a lecture on Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev
Press Release, 22.03.2024 On 26 March, 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 YouTube channel. The lecture will be given by Anastasia Gacheva, a leading researcher at the Institute […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History.
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