Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
Nikolai Rybakov testified as a defence witness in the trial of Grigory Melkonyants, Co-Chair of the Golos election observers movement
Press Release, 10.02.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 10 February, the Сhairman of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Rybakov, testified at a session of the Basmanny Court of Moscow as a defenсe witness in the criminal case against the Сo-Сhairman of the Golos independent election observers movement, Grigory Melkonyants.
Posted: February 10th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an investigation into Konstantin Smirnov’s statement about violations of the procedure for merging rural settlements of the Ryazan area into a single district
Telegram channel “Ryazan. Vid Sboku”, 10.02.2025 Photo: Mass public hearings on the merger of rural settlements in Dubrovichi, Ryazan region, into a single district. Screenshot of the video on social networks The Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an investigation into the statement of Konstantin Smirnov, the arrested editor-in-chief of Vid Sboku (Side View) online media […]
Posted: February 10th, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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An administrative protocol was drawn up against Ruslan Zinatullin in Kazan for a poster in support of arrested journalist Konstantin Smirnov
Press Release, 6.02.2025 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin holding a poster in support of Konstantin Smirnov “Konstantin Smirnov is a journailst, not a criminal” at a picket permitted by the authorities, on 1 February, 2025. / Photo by Tatarstan Yabloko A protocol was drawn up against the Chairman of Tatarstan Yabloko Ruslan Zinatullin for repeated violation of […]
Posted: February 7th, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Supreme Court of Yakutia upheld the fine imposed on Yabloko’s Anatoly Nogovitsyn for attending an unpermitted event
Press Release, 5.02.2025 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Supreme Court of Yakutia rejected the appeal of the Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, against the decision of the city court on a fine for “violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a rally” (Article […]
Posted: February 5th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in the Novgorod region faces intimidation campaigns. The Novgorod regional branch of the party has applied to the police
Press Release, 3.02.2025 Photo: Activists of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko / Photo by the regional branch of the party On 27 and 28 of January, members of the Yabloko party in the Novgorod Region began receiving calls via WhatsApp and Telegram from people introducing themselves as a Mr Sokolovsky and a Mr Sobolev, “secretaries” […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tatarstan branch of Yabloko conducted an action “For Freedom of Speech and the Press” in Kazan
Press Release, 3.02.2025 The regional branch of the Yabloko party in Tatarstan conducted an action “For Freedom of Speech and the Press” in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, on 1 February. Activists and supporters of Yabloko spoke out against censorship in mass media and persecution of journalists. Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Yabloko regional branch […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court sent the leader of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov to a pretrial detention centre for two months
Press Release, 31.01.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov in the courtroom / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The court arrested Konstantin Smirnov, the leader of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko and deputy of the Dubrovichsky rural settlement, for two months. He has been sent to a pretrial detention centre until March. This was reported from the […]
Posted: January 31st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Konstantin Smirnov, leader of Ryazan Yabloko, detained in a criminal case. This is revenge for his fight against municipal reform
Press Release, 31.01.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Investigative Committee have detained Konstantin Smirnov, the leader of Ryazan Yabloko, journalist and municipal deputy, on charges of extortion. Yabloko is convinced that this is revenge for his active work as a municipal deputy and […]
Posted: January 31st, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party hosted a screening of the “Night and Fog” documentary dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust
Press Release, 30.01.2025 Photo: Grigory Grishin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 29 January, the central office of the Yabloko Party in Moscow hosted a screening of the documentary film by French director Alain Resnais “Night and Fog” (“Nuit et Brouillard”), dedicated to the topic of the Holocaust. The discussion was moderated by […]
Posted: January 31st, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, sentenced to two years in a penal colony for an anti-war post on social media
Press Release, 28.01.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Vladimir Yefimov, journalist and the leader of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony in the second criminal case against him on “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). According to […]
Posted: January 28th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A petition has been launched to install a memorial to Boris Nemtsov. Grigory Yavlinsky and Nikolai Rybakov are among the signatories
Press Release, 27.01.2025 Photo: A public memorial at the site of Boris Nemtsov’s death on the Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow / Photo by Vitaly Smolnikov, Kommersant On 27 February, the tenth anniversary of the politician’s murder, the petition will be sent to the Moscow City Duma as the Moscow parliament is authorized to decide on […]
Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Yabloko to screen the documentary “Night and Fog” to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Press Release, 27.01.2025 On 29 January, the central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow will screen the documentary “Night and Fog” (“Nuit et Brouillard”) by Alain Resnais to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January. Adolf Hitler’s directive “Night and Fog” of 7 December, 1941, authorised the kidnapping of anti-Nazi political activists throughout […]
Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions conducts its regular actions in support of political prisoners
Press Release, 24.01.2025 Photo: “Freedom to All Political Prisoners”. Yabloko Party Congress, 2019 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions continues its actions of writing letters to political prisoners. Anyone can take part in the actions of writing letters to political prisoners. Participation in Yabloko actions of writing […]
Posted: January 24th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yekaterinburg Mayor’s Office to Yabloko: Memorial to victims of political repression to be repaired in 2025-2026
Press Release, 24.01.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko branch in the Sverdlovsk region received a response from the Yekaterinburg administration to the Yabloko request signed by the regional party branch chairman Maxim Petlin about the condition of the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression on the 12th kilometer of the Moscow Highway. […]
Posted: January 24th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Kazan to hold a permitted picket “For Freedom of Speech and the Press”
Press Release, 24.01.2025 The Executive Committee of Kazan has given an consent to the activists of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko to hold a picket on 1 February dedicated to the protection of freedom of speech and the press. Yabloko members suggest using the opportunity to declare the inalienable right to truth and free dissemination […]
Posted: January 24th, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs to facilitate access to files of repressed persons in its archives
Press Release, 21.01.2025 Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, has achieved a change in the inner instruction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which limited citizens’ access to archival documents related to their relatives repressed during Joseph Stalin’s period.
Posted: January 21st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko honoured the memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova killed by neo-Nazis
Press Release, 21.01.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Members and supporters of the Yabloko party honoгred the memory of journalist Anastasia Baburova and lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who were murdered by neo-Nazis sixteen years ago, on 19 January, 2009. Yabloko members brought flowers to the site of the murder at No 3 Prechistenka Street in […]
Posted: January 21st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg charged in a case of failure to perform duties of a “foreign agent”. Commentary by Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg
Lev Shlosberg’s Telegram channel, 17.01.2025 The adventures of the lost “foreign agent signs” in the Pskov region continue. The major case investigator of the Investigative Committee Department for the Pskov region, Andrei Semyonov, invited me to a meeting and issued a writ this morning to bring me in as an accused in a case of […]
Posted: January 17th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to honour the memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, killed by neo-Nazis, on the anniversary of their murder
Press Release, 16.01.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 20 January, the leaders and activists of the Yabloko party will lay flowers at the site of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova at 3 Prechistenka Street in Moscow. Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova were shot by neo-Nazis from the Combat […]
Posted: January 16th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko asks the Moscow Department of Culture to explain the reason for dismissal of the Director of the GULAG History Museum
Press Release, 15.01.2025 Photo: Roman Romanov, the dismissed Director of the GULAG History Museum / Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Maxim Kruglov sent an appeal to the head of the Moscow Department of Culture Alexei Fursin with a request to explain the reasons for the dismissal of Roman Romanov […]
Posted: January 15th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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