Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
State media of Tatarstan refused to publish the campaign material by the candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko because of his phrase about Vladimir Putin
Press Release, 15.09.2021 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin The state-owned newspapers “Respublika Tatarstan” and “Vatanym Tatarstan” refused to publish campaign material by Ruslan Zinatullin, candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko in constituency No.31 (the city of Kazan). The reason was the slogan of Zinatullin: “Against Putin, swindlers and thieves!”
Posted: September 15th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A court in Rostov-on-Don arrested Yabloko activist Bella Nasibyan for five days for Instagram stories
Press Release, 3.09.2021 Photo: Bella Nasibyan / Photo by the Press Service of the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko The Pervomaisky District Court of Rostov-on-Don imposed five days of administrative arrest for Bella Nasibyan, a Yabloko activist. The reason was the stories on Instagram, with accidental picturing of a sticker of a Alexei Navalny’s Smart Voting […]
Posted: September 3rd, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Deputy Chairman of the territorial electoral commission from the United Russia party interferes with campaigning of Dmitry Khorzov, Yabloko candidate for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 1.09.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Ivan Efimov, Deputy Chairman of Territorial Electoral Commission No. 27 from the ruling United Russia party, called the police to volunteer of the campaign of Dmitry Khorzov, Yabloko candidate for the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, and virtually broke up the campaigning. According to Efimov, the […]
Posted: September 1st, 2021 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko honoured the memory of those who died defending democracy in Russia during the coup d’etat in 1991
Press Release, 21.08.2021 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman Ivan Bolshakov and other party members laid flowers at the monument to the Defenders of Democracy in Russia at the intersection of the streets Novy Arbat and the Garden Ring in Moscow. Three young people – Dmitry Komar, Vladimir Usov and Ilya Krichevsky – died […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Investigate Alexei Navalny’s poisoning!
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 21.08.2021 Photo: Alexei Navalny is being taken to the plane by ambulance. / Photo by AP / Scanpix A year has passed since the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Neither those who ordered, nor those who actually committed the crime have been identified. Once again, it is important to declare: a comprehensive international […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Без рубрики.
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A court in Kazan recognised Ruslan Zinatullin, a Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, involved in an “extremist” organisation
Press Release, 20.08.2021 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Press Service of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko A judge of the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan recognised Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko and a candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko, involved in the activities of an “extremist” organisation Navalny […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court in Kazan recognised Yelena Izotova, Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, involved in the “extremist” organization and now she faces removal from elections
Press Release, 14.08.2021 Photo: Yelena Izotova/ Photo from the personal VKontakte page The court in Kazan recognised Yelena Izotova, Chair of the Yabloko Green Russia faction in Tatarstan and a Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, involved in the “extremist” organization. Thus Izotova will now face removal from elections According to Izotova, the court session […]
Posted: August 16th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan faces removal from the State Duma elections “for extremism”
Press Release, 13.08.2021 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Press Service of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Vakhitovsky district of Kazan appealed to the court with a demand to recognise Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko, the leader of the regional list of Yabloko candidates […]
Posted: August 16th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Saratov Regional Court confirmed that regional officials unlawfully disrupted Yabloko’s campaign to the State Duma
Press Release, 12.08.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Saratov branch of Yabloko The panel of judges of the Saratov Regional Court rejected the appeal of the Saratov administration, which challenged the victory of the Saratov branch of Yabloko in the Volzhsky District Court on two administrative claims after the administration’s unjustified refusal to […]
Posted: August 13th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg was removed from the State Duma elections in a single-mandate constituency. Statements by the leaders of Yabloko
Press Release, 9.08.2021 Photo: Lev Shlosberg. / Photo by the Yabloko party Press Service The Moscow City Court made a decision to cancel the registration of Lev Shlosberg as a candidate for State Duma elections in a single-mandate constituency. The decision was adopted on the administrative claim by Andrei Pangayev, a candidate for State Duma […]
Posted: August 10th, 2021 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Freedom in Russia and our human dignity are our responsibility. No one, including President Biden, will solve these problems for us
What to expect from the Geneva summit Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 16.06.2021 Joe Biden was “asked” at the G7 meeting and the NATO summit, to speak toughly with Putin. And so it will be: we will hear some new words about the “red lines” and about the price that the Kremlin will have to pay. […]
Posted: June 17th, 2021 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-US Relations.
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The Saratov branch of Yabloko calls on the regional Ombudsman to respond to massive violations of citizens’ rights during protest actions
Press Release, 11.06.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Saratov branch of Yabloko Deputy Chairman of the Saratov branch of Yabloko Fyodor Demyanchuk sent an open letter to the Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Saratov Region. Demyanchuk called on the regional Ombudsman to prepare a special report on massive violations of citizens’ rights […]
Posted: June 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko demands to initiate a criminal case into the poisoning of writer Dmitry Bykov
Press Release, 11.06.2021 Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin and Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov open a criminal case into the poisoning of the writer Dmitry Bykov with an organophosphate nerve agent. Rybakov refers to an investigation by Bellingcat and The Insider (https://theins.ru/politika/242567 ), which convincingly proved […]
Posted: June 11th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
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The Ivanovo branch of Yabloko goes on campaigning for legal protection of the participants of the rally of 21 April
Press Release, 10.06.2021 Trials of the participants of the April 21 rally in support of political prisoners continue in the Ivanovo region. Five sessions of the courts of first instance have taken place by today. In all the cases, the hearings were postponed at the request of the defence to establish additional circumstances and motions […]
Posted: June 10th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Exposing corruption and openly criticising the government is regarded as extremism now
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 10.06.2021 Photo by Anton Denisov / RIA Novosti The Yabloko party considers the decision of the Moscow City Court to recognise Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and related organisations as extremist to be politically motivated. This is another step targeted at banning the activities of public organisations that expose corruption […]
Posted: June 10th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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On the persecution of journalist Arseniy Vesnin
Statement by Nikolai Rybakov and Boris Vishnevsky, 8.06.2021 Photo: Arseny Vesnin / Photo from Arseny Vesnin’s Facebook page The Yabloko party is outraged by the persecution of Arseny Vesnin, a well-known St. Petersburg journalist, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Ekho Moskvi radio station in St. Petersburg, whom the Investigative Committee is trying to accuse of “libel […]
Posted: June 8th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov congratulated the residents of Ingushetia on the Republic Day
Congratulations from the Yabloko party Chairman, 4.06.2021 Dear residents of Ingushetia, I would like to send you our greetings on the 29th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Ingushetia and wish prosperity to your Republic and its people. During the years of ordeals, showing wisdom and strong will, the residents of Ingushetia fought […]
Posted: June 8th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Greetings, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“The authorities are striving to destroy the very possibility to legally engage in politics in the country”
Press Release, 1.06.2021 Photo: Dmitry Gudkov at the Yabloko congress. /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko leaders expressed solidarity with Dmitry Gudkov, Andrei Pivovarov and other opposition figures whose houses are being searched today. NIKOLAI RYBAKOV, CHAIRMAN OF THE YABLOKO PARTY: – On the eve of the elections to the State Duma, the […]
Posted: June 1st, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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Yabloko’s Alexander Kobrinsky about defending those detained at rallies in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 26.05.2021 Photo: Alexander Kobrinsky / Photo from the personal archive During unpermitted rallies on 23 and 31 January, the majority of those detained were in St. Petersburg. St.Petersburg police not only dispersed peaceful people with inexplicable cruelty, but also drove them into police vans by hundreds, so that to draw up protocols of […]
Posted: May 27th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko members Viktor Shalyakin and Vitaly Bovar, detained at the municipal deputies congress, received fines
Press Release, 25.05.2021 Photo: Vitaly Bovar (right) / Photo from Vitaly Bavar’s Facebook page Late in the evening of 24 May, the Novgorod District Court imposed fines on Viktor Shalyakin, the Chairman of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, and Vitaly Bovar, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Deputies of the St. Petersburg municipality Vladimirsky […]
Posted: May 26th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2020, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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