Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
In Kirov, the home of members of the Yabloko party Denis Shadrin and Polina Kuskova was searched
Press Release, 17.08.2023 Photo: Denis Shadrin and Polina Kuskova / Photo from the personal archive On 17 August, at 6 a.m., three police officers in civilian clothes with two witnesses came to the apartment of members of the Yabloko party, spouses Denis Shadrin and Polina Kuskova. Laptops, phones, bank cards, cash, and passports were seized […]
Posted: August 21st, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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In Novgorod, police searched the home of Ksenia Cherepanova, a member of the Bureau of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and a Yabloko candidate in the elections to the Novgorod City Duma
Press Release, 17.08.2023 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from social networks According to Ksenia’s sister, Anna Cherepanova, who is Chair of the Novgorod Yabloko, armed men broke down the door of Ksenia’s flat early this morning, at 6 a.m., and started a search. The police took Kseniya Cherepanova away for interrogation. However, did not grant […]
Posted: August 21st, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tambov region became the 24th region of Russia visited by the Yabloko leader since the beginning of the year
Press Release, 27.07.2023 On 25-26 July, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, visited the Tambov region. Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the meeting with Olga Burkanova, Director of the Voroninsky nature reserve On the morning of 25 July, Rybakov together with the Chair of the Tambov branch of Yabloko Yana Zenkina and other party members, visited the office […]
Posted: July 28th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov to visit the Tambov region
Press Release, 24.07.2023 On 25-26 July, Yabloko Chairman Nikolay Rybakov will visit the Tambov Region. In Tambov, he will meet with Olga Burkanova, Director of the Voroninsky nature reserve, and Vladimir Sereda, with the former Chairman of the Tambov branch of the Memorial human rights organisation and the chief curator of the Sergei Denisov Literature […]
Posted: July 25th, 2023 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Ruslan Mutsolgov spoke in court on the “Ingush case” as a public defender of the convicts
Based on the materials from the Memorial Human Rights Centre, 22.07.2023 Photo: The defendants of the “Ingush case” / Photo by Daria Kornilova On 20 July, the Stavropol Regional Court in Pyatigorsk resumed the debate on the “Ingush case”. Ruslan Mutsolgov, the public defender of the convicts, the Chairman of the Ingush Yabloko, and a […]
Posted: July 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A Yabloko supporter from Tatarstan will be tried under a criminal article for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 22.07.2023 Photo: Zulfiya Sitdikova / Photo by the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan A criminal case was initiated against an activist of the Tatarstan branch of the Yabloko party under the article on “discrediting” the army. Yabloko announced a fundraiser to pay for the services of a lawyer, and in less than a day […]
Posted: July 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Valery Denisenko, a Yabloko candidate for municipal deputies in Moscow, arrested
Press Release, 20.07.2023 Photo: Valery Denisenko. Fragment of a campaign leaflet Early in the morning of 19 July, police broke into the apartment of Valery Denisenko, a candidate for deputy from the Yabloko party in the elections to the Council of Deputies of the Moskovskiy settlement, Moscow. He was detained and on the same day […]
Posted: July 20th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2023, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov Yabloko nominated 55 candidates to run in the local elections in 2023
Press Release, 17.07.2023 Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service The conference of the Pskov branch of Yabloko nominated 55 candidates for deputies in the elections to representative bodies of local self-government scheduled for 2023, including 41 candidates on party lists and 14 candidates in single-mandate constituencies.
Posted: July 19th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg challenges his “foreign agent” status in court
He filed a lawsuit with the Pskov City Court Press Release, 6.07.2023 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo from social media “Today, on 6 July, I personally filed a legal administrative claim with the Pskov City Court against the Russian Ministry of Justice so that to recognise unlawful their including me in the register of “foreign […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko urged Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin to initiate a criminal investigation into the attack on journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Chechnya
Statement by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, 5.07.2023 Photo: Yelena Milashina after the attack / Photo by Sergei Babinets, the Committee Against Torture The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party called on the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin to initiate a criminal investigation into the attack on journalist Yelena […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Police again carried out the “inspection of the premises” with seizure of all the equipment in the office of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, this time the police took away not only Yabloko’s equipment, but also personal gadgets
Press Release, 5.07.2023 Photo: Entrance to the Pskov Yabloko office / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 5 July, police came to the office of the Yabloko branch in Pskov. Policemen presented a decision to initiate administrative proceedings under Article 13.15 Part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation “Abuse […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko will take part in the elections of deputies of the Duma of Novgorod and the Council of Staraya Russa
Press Release, 10.07.2023 Photo by the Novgorod Yabloko On 8 July, the Novgorod branch of Yabloko nominated three lists of candidates for elections in the region: for the Duma of Novgorod in a single electoral district and in single-member districts, as well as for the Council of Deputies of Staraya Russa.
Posted: July 10th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko supports Boris Titov’s statement on the need for a ceasefire
Press Release, 27.06.2023 Photo: Boris Titov / Photo by Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant Yabloko supports the statement of Boris Titov, the leader of the Party of Growth, on the need for a ceasefire and is ready to join forces to achieve this, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov wrote on his Telegram channel. “We regard this statement in […]
Posted: June 28th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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“I would like to wish you strength and patience, you now need them in freedom no less than we here [in prison].” Yabloko urges Russian citizens to write letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 20.06.2023 Photo: Letter from political prisoner Andrei Pivovarov to Boris Vishnevsky Yabloko goes on conducting in its regional offices traditional actions in support of Russian political prisoners. Political prisoners do not have summer season or holidays. That is why it is so important not to stop supporting those behind bars. Yabloko has developed […]
Posted: June 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Lev Shlosberg about his “foreign agent” status: “There will be no changes in my public stand, there are no grounds for this”
Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 17.06.2023 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko Dear friends, I thank you all for your human responses to today’s decision of the authorities.
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ministry of Justice announced Yabloko’s Lev Shlosberg a “foreign agent”
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo: Lev Shlosberg “Russian citizens for freedom” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov commented on the decision of the Ministry of Justice to recognise Lev Shlosberg, a member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, a “foreign agent.”
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Sergei Mitrokhin decided not to participate in the elections of the Moscow Mayor because of the inability to campaign for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Sergei Mitrokhin decided not to participate in elections of the Moscow Mayor because of the inability to campaign for peace with Ukraine. He made this announcement at the conference of the Moscow branch of Yabloko. Mitrokhin also stressed that he had no […]
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko helped 15 people to pay fines imposed on them for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko The Pskov branch of Yabloko used the remainder of the charitable amount raised to pay the fine for Yelena Kuzmina, a Pskov resident accused of extremism and terrorism for her posts on VKontakte social media criticizing Vladimir Putin, so that to help to cover the […]
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The memorial plaque to renowned Russian poet Anna Akhmatova disappeared from the facade of the former prison. Boris Vishnevsky appealed to the Governor and the owner of the building
Press Release, 15.06.2023 Photo: The wall of the Kresty (Crosses) prison where a memorial plaque to Anna Akhmatova hung / Photo by Misha Burlatsky Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, appealed to the Governor Alexander Beglov and the general director of DOM.RF Vitaly Mutko asking them […]
Posted: June 15th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow Mayor’s Office explained the ban on street protests for the opposition by “long-term measures” of WHO
Earlier, Sobyanin promised to lift restrictions if the WHO announced the end of the pandemic. Press Release, 14.06.2023 Photo: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin / Photo by Vladimir Gerdo, TASS The head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Maxim Kruglov, demanded in his letter to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, dated 10 May, the […]
Posted: June 14th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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