Archive for 'Freedom of Assembly'
Nikolai Rybakov elected Chairman of the Yabloko party for a second term
Press Release, 10.12.2023 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service According to the results of the secret ballot of the congress delegates, 59 delegates (55%) voted in favour of Nikolai Rybakov. Alexander Yefimov came second with 26 votes in favour. Anna Cherepanova and Maxim Kruglov received 12 and 10 votes, respectively.
Posted: December 10th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov about the forks of the past 30 years: “No one can convince us that there was no other way”
Press Release, 9.12.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov made a report at the 22nd Yabloko Party Congress. He spoke about the historical forks of the past 30 years and Yabloko’s proposals at each of them. Rybakov said that it was necessary to understand at what turns the wrong choice had […]
Posted: December 9th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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“If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.”
Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Ivan Bolshakov on how the party can exist in the current conditions Press Release, 9.12.2023 Photo: Ivan Bolshakov /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service “If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them,” Yabloko Deputy Chairman Ivan Bolshakov began […]
Posted: December 9th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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On participation in the 2024 Russian presidential elections
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 November, 2023, published on 7 December, 2023 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky at the televised debates during the 2018 presidential campaign / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The upcoming eighth presidential elections in Russia in March 2024 are radically different from those held in Russia since 1991. […]
Posted: December 8th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Interethnic and interreligious enmity is the way to the collapse of Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 November, 2023, published on 6 December, 2023 Photo: Anti-Semitic riots at Makhachkala airport on 29 October, 2023 / Photo from social networks The value of human life has been decreasing against the backdrop of the special military operation in Russia that has been going on for […]
Posted: December 6th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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On the threat of the recurrence of mass-scale political terror
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 November, 2023, published on 5 December, 2023 Photo: Yabloko Congress, 2019 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service After 24 February, 2022, repressions in Russia against those who disagree with the government’s policies sharply intensified. According to the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial”, there were […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Без рубрики.
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On the place and prospects of the Yabloko party
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko of 24 November, 2023, published on 1 December 2023 Russia is going through the stage of collapse of post-Soviet modernisation. The cause of the current crisis was the failure of misguided political and economic reforms. The main feature of the current historical moment is the boundless tragedy […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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“More human lives will be broken.” Nikolai Rybakov on the Supreme Court’s decision on LGBT
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 1.12.2023 Illustration: “Two Women Running on the Beach” by Pablo Picasso, 1922 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, recognised the LGBT movement as extremist and banned its activities in the country. The decision took effect immediately. The ideology and practices of […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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The Ministry of Justice upends common sense
Maxim Kruglov’s Telegram blog post, 1.12.2023 Vladimir Kara-Murza had a trial today: the Ministry of Justice believes that he, Vladimir Kara-Murza, should provide them with a special report on his activities as a “foreign agent” once a quarter. Straight from the punitive isolation ward: [he must] download a special form from the website, fill it […]
Posted: December 4th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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A court hearing on extending the preventive measure for Yabloko member Vasily Neustroyev to be held on 4 December
Press Release, 30.11.2023 Photo: Vasily Neustroyev / Photo from social media On Monday, 4 December, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow will hold a hearing on extending the preventive measure against Vasily Neustroyev, a Yabloko member. Neustroyev should take part in the hearing personally, so should be brought to court from the detention centre – […]
Posted: December 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on 2024 Russian presidential election
Press Release, 28.11.2023 Everyone knows that Russian elections are, to put it mildly, special. Especially in 2024. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Kremlin announced the result already in August of 2023: Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the President, said that Vladimir Putin would win the presidential elections in 2024 with a result of […]
Posted: November 28th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko invites all to participate in the party’s regular action of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Saratov On 22 November – 6 December Yabloko will hold its regular actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners. The actions will be conducted by the Yabloko branches in different Russian regions. nyone can take part in the actions of writing to political prisoners. Yabloko has developed an instruction (https://www.yabloko.ru/pisma-politzekam […]
Posted: November 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A Yabloko supporter fined for participating in a rally against the “special military operation”. He fears pressure on his loved ones. Fundraising announced
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Alexei Duplyakov / Photo from Alexei Duplyakov’s personal archive Civil activist Alexei Duplyakov received a fine for participating in a peaceful rally against the start of the so-called “special military operation”. The rally took place in Moscow on 27 February, 2022. Duplyakov had to leave Russia fearing persecution for his active […]
Posted: November 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A rally in memory of the victims of political repression and in support of current political prisoners held in Veliky Novgorod
Press Release, 31.10.2023 The Novgorod branch of Yabloko organised a rally on 30 October, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression. The rally participants read out loud the names of Novgorod residents who were shot during the years of Stalin’s terror, as well as excerpts from the letters of the current political prisoners.
Posted: October 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko held an online marathon in memory of the victims of political repression and actions throughout the country
Press Release, 31.10.2023 On the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression, Yabloko held an online marathon “People, Don’t Kill Each Other!”, during which hundreds of people read out loud the names of victims of Stalin’s repressions of 1930s-1940s, remembered their ancestors who died during the terror, and showed places of mass executions in […]
Posted: October 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On 30 October, the Novgorod branch Yabloko will hold a rally in memory of the victims of political repression. The public action has got a permission from the authorities
Press Release, 25.10.2023 Photo by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko The rally will take place in Veliky Novgorod at the memorial sign to victims of terror on Monday, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression, 30 October, from 14:30 to 17:30. Participants will remember the names of the victims of Stalin’s terror – […]
Posted: October 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to hold an all-Russian marathon “People, Don’t Kill Each Other!”, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of Victims of State Terror
Press Release, 24.10.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Members and supporters of the Yabloko party from more than 50 regions of the country will take part in the marathon reading out the names of the victims of Joseph Stalin’s repressions: people shot in the cities of our country during the years of state terror […]
Posted: October 25th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In Altai, Artyom Sakharov, a candidate Yabloko member, fined for reading poetry
Press Release, 17.10.2023 Photo: Artyom Sakharov / Photo from social media Artyom Sakharov, an 18-year-old civil activist and a candidate member of Yabloko, was fined 75,000 roubles for reading poetry which was regarded by the authorities as a “repeated violation of the established procedure for organising or holding a public event” (Article 20.2 Part 8 […]
Posted: October 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to conduct a three-day forum of deputies to exchange experiences
Press Release, 17.10.2023 On 17-19 October, Yabloko will conduct the Forum of Yabloko Deputies on the party’s online platform, 209 deputies from 23 regions of the country were invited to the event to exchange experiences and work on common cases. The speakers of the forum include current parliamentarians of regional legislative assemblies Boris Vishnevsky (the […]
Posted: October 17th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko turns 30!
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram post, 16.10.2023 30 years ago, on 16 October, 1993, a protocol on the establishment of an electoral bloc for elections to the State Duma was signed, the top three candidates included Grigory Yavlinsky, Yury Boldyrev and Vladimir Lukin. People immediately named the political association “YABLoko” [according to the first letters of the […]
Posted: October 17th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Greetings, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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