Archive for 'Freedom of Assembly'
On the police brutality on 21 April, 2021
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 22.04.2021 Photo by Ilya Pitalev / RIA Novosti April 21 again became the day of the triumph of police arbitrariness in Russia. Once again, mass-scale, unmotivated detentions of participants in peaceful actions with unjustified and disproportionate use of force took place throughout the country. We note the particularly brutal actions […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Без рубрики.
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The Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko demanded the release of Nizhny Novgorod residents detained on the threashold of the protest action on 21 April
Press Release, 21.04.2021 Photo: Oleg Rodin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Oleg Rodin, Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko, appealed to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Nizhny Novgorod region with a demand for the immediate release of Nizhny Novgorod residents detained on April 21, on the eve of the action […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The goal of Yabloko is to fight for freedom and the future of Russia
Statement by the 21st Congress of Yabloko dated 4.04.2021, published on 20.04.2021 Photo by Vitaly Timkiv / RIA Novosti The YABLOKO congress states that the situation in our country has qualitatively changed over the past year. On 1 July, 2020, there was a breakdown of the Russian statehood in the form in which it existed […]
Posted: April 20th, 2021 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Privatisation in Russia, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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Yabloko regional MPs demanded from Vladimir Putin to allow doctors to examine Alexei Navalny and release all political prisoners
Press Release, 18.04.2021 Yabloko deputies of regional legislative assemblies from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Karelia and the Pskov region appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a demand to immediately admit doctors to Alexei Navalny. The document was signed by Maxim Kruglov, Daria Besedina,Yevgeny Bunimovich and Sergei Mitrokhin (Moscow), Boris Vishnevsky (St. Petersburg), Emilia Slabunova (Karelia), […]
Posted: April 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Anna Cherepanova was summoned to the police under an administrative case after giving unsatisfactory assessment to the Governor’s performance
Press Release, 14.04.2021 Photo: Anna Cherepanova /Photo by the Press Service of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko The police handed a summon to Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and deputy of the Novgorod Duma. Cherepanova got a notification to come to the police department where an administrative protocol will be drawn […]
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stop repressions against representatives of civil society in the Republic of Ingushetia
Statement by the Yabloko party No 406, published on 8.04.2021 Adopted by the Yabloko Congress on 4 April 2021 Photo by master_18.mail.ru/depositphotos In the fall of 2018, peaceful protests began in the Republic of Ingushetia, caused by the transfer of part of the territory of the Republic of Ingushetia under the control of the authorities […]
Posted: April 8th, 2021 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ivanovo Regional Court canceled the fine for Yabloko member Ivan Krisanov, who organised a rally in support of political prisoners
Press Release, 6.04.2021 Photo: Ivan Krisanov / Photo by the Press Service of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko On 5 April, the Ivanovo Regional Court considered an appeal against the ruling of the Oktyabrsky District Court against Ivan Krisanov, a member of the Bureau of the Ivanovo regional branch of the Yabloko party. In February […]
Posted: April 8th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolay Rybakov: The reform of Yabloko will allow us to create strong, fair, respectful competition in the party
Press Release, 3.04.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Сhairman Nikolai Rybakov began his speech at the 21st party Congress by mentioning the victims of political repression, the number of which has increased significantly over the past year. According to the Memorial human rights society, 378 people in Russia are […]
Posted: April 7th, 2021 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Без рубрики.
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The key decisions of the Yabloko congress: the reform of Yabloko, the demand to release political prisoners and elections to the State Duma
Press Release, 6.04.2021 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The key points On 3-4 April, Yabloko held a new stage of the 21st Congress, which was attended by almost 120 delegates from several dozens of regions. The main topic of the Congress was the reform of Yabloko and the release of […]
Posted: April 6th, 2021 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform, Без рубрики.
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Sergei Dustin continues single pickets for the reduction of unreasonably high heating tariffs in Baltiysk
Press Release, 29.03.2021 Photo: Sergei Dustin / Photo by the Press Service of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko On 25 March, Sergei Dustin, a human rights activist and head of the local branch of the Yabloko party in Baltiysk, was detained during his single picket (single pickets do not require any permissions from authorities) outside […]
Posted: March 29th, 2021 under Economy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky urged Governor Beglov to return Lenin Square to the list of zones where no permissions are required for rallies and to increase the number of such zones in the centre of St. Petersburg
Press Release, 25.03.2021 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by Olga Gryaznova Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly and Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, urged Governor Beglov to increase the number of zones (the so-called “Hyde Parks”) in the centre of St. Petersburg where no permissions are required for rallies.
Posted: March 26th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On solidarity with Ingush political prisoners
Statement by regional branches of the Yabloko party in the South of Russia, 25.03.2021 In the fall of 2018, a peaceful protest began in the Republic of Ingushetia, dozens of thousands residents of the region participated in it. The reason for such events was the signing of the clandestine border agreement with the Chechen Republic […]
Posted: March 25th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko deputies in the Moscow State Duma demand from the Moscow police to investigate the chemical attack on the office of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper
Press Release, 16.03.2021 Photo: The Yabloko faction of the Moscow City Duma, from left to right: Sergei Mitrokhin, Daria Besedina, Yevgeny Bunimovich and Maxim Kruglov. Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent an appeal to the head of the Moscow police, Oleg Baranov, with a proposal to prove the […]
Posted: March 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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For every man, there’s a law to convict him under
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 15.03.2021 Photo: Participants of the Municipal Forum in a police van. Photo by Avtozak Live Police detained over 170 municipal deputies in Moscow. This is how the authorities are fighting the pandemic and “undesirable organisations” [the Russian law “on undesirable organisations” gives prosecutors the power to extrajudicially declare foreign and international organisations […]
Posted: March 16th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Protests in Russia, Timur Kuashev's case, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov demanded to open a criminal case on the fact of extrajudicial killings in Chechnya
Press Release, 16.03.2021 Photo: The law enforcement forces in Grozny, Chechnya. Photo by Said Tsarnayev / RIA Novosti On 15 March, Novaya Gazeta published another part of the investigation into extrajudicial killings of Russian citizens living in the Chechen Republic. With reference to the publication, this was also reported by other media, in particular, RBC. […]
Posted: March 16th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Statement by Yabloko deputies of the Moscow parliament on political terror on behalf of the Moscow police
Statement by the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, 15.03.2021 Photo: Detention of Sergei Mitorkhin These days, the whole country has been witnessing a new round of a systemic campaign aimed at suppressing opposition politics in Russia. Past week, Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow police, presented to the Moscow City Duma his […]
Posted: March 15th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko deputies in the Moscow City Duma ask the Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case on the possible fact of the poisoning of Vladimir Kara-Murza by the Federal Security Service
Press Release, 9.03.2021 Four deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma signed an appeal to Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, with a request to open a criminal case on the fact of media reports about the possible poisoning of Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. by officers of the Federal Security […]
Posted: March 10th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Yabloko at the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Yabloko activists honoured the memory of the murdered politician throughout Russia Press Release, 1.03.2021 Photo: Nizhni Novgorod, the region where Boris Nemtsov was Governor in 1991-1997 On February 27, Yabloko members went to rallies, single pickets and other events in many regions of Russia so that to commemorate murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. In Moscow, […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: What threatens Putin and what threatens Russia
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 26.02.2021 423 agents of “foreign secret services” were identified in Russia in 2020, as Vladimir Putin said. At the meeting of the Board of the Federal Security Service, Putin spoke about the key, in his view, modern threats to Russia: spies, terrorists, hackers and opponents of the Sputnik V [vaccine against COVID]. These […]
Posted: March 1st, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Politics, Protests in Russia, Russia-Belarus Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Situation in Crimea, Social Policies, War in Syria, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov spoke at a permitted rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Barnaul
Press Release 1.03.2021 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov took part in a permitted rally in memory of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in Barnau, the Altai Territory. Barnaul became the only city out of 22 Russian cities, where the authorities satisfied Yabloko’s application for a mass action.
Posted: March 1st, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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