Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
Police failed to find and refused to initiate a criminal case against the telephone terrorist who had reported “a bomb” in the St. Petersburg office of Yabloko when an anti-war exhibition was held there
Press Release, 20.02.2023 Photo: Yelena Osipova at the opening of her exhibition in the St. Petersburg Yabloko on 31 January, 2023 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The St. Petersburg police refused to open a criminal case against a telephone terrorist who reported about “a bomb threat” in the office of the Yabloko party […]
Posted: February 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Altai branch of Yabloko will hold a rally in memory of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 20.02.2023 Photo by the Altai branch of Yabloko On 26 February, the Yabloko branch in the Altai Territory, will hold in Barnaul a commemorative rally in memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov who was murdered in Moscow on 28 February, 2015. The rally will be held in Svoboda (Freedom) Square and will begin […]
Posted: February 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Committee on Legislation of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly refused to put Yabloko’s initiative on repealing the laws on “fakes” and “discrediting the army” in the agenda of the Assembly. But our faction will do it
Press Release, 17.02.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Committee on Legislation of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly will not put the initiative of the Yabloko faction on repealing the laws on “fakes” and “discrediting the RF Armed Forces” in […]
Posted: February 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Witnesses from the prosecution side in the criminal case of the leader of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia confessed that the police forced them to sign documents in the Nogovitsyn case
Press Release, 17.02.2023 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yakutsk City Court has just completed hearings on the testimony of witnesses within the framework of prosecution of Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia. The criminal case against Nogovitsyn was filed for his alleged “discrediting the army”. The […]
Posted: February 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko invites all to participate in the online marathon “Say Yes to Peace!”
Press Release, 17.02.2023 On 23 February, Yabloko will hold an online marathon “Say Yes to Peace!” dedicated to the events of the past year. We invite everyone to join the action by recording a video. Tell us how you lived this year, what you thought, what you felt and what has been helping you to […]
Posted: February 17th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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The Governor of the Pskov region on the calls for nuclear war: “A call to commit legal actions cannot be a crime”
Press Release, 16.02.2023 Photo: The Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies / Photo by sobranie.pskov.ru The Pskov Region Governor Mikhail Vedernikov informs, in his conclusion to the Yabloko bill on criminal liability for propaganda of nuclear war which was submitted to the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies, that “a call to commit legal actions cannot be […]
Posted: February 16th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, 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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The Party of Peace against the Party of War and the Party Baying for Blood
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 15.02.2023 Photo: City views of Mariupol during the so-called “special operation” / Photo by Alexander Chernykh, Kommersant Throughout its political history, YABLOKO has been a party of peace, since the war in Chechnya, when in December 1994 [when the RF authorities started a war in Chechnya], a group of State […]
Posted: February 15th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky’s page on the VKontakte social media had been blocked for his quoting Stanisław Jerzy Lec. This came out only after many months of trial with the Russian media regulator and the Public Prosecutor General’s Office
Press Release, 13.02.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The reason for blocking the page of Boris Vishnevsky, an MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg from Yabloko and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, was his post in where he wrote about the pioneers movement, Moskvich brand cars and […]
Posted: February 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Shishlov filed a cassation appeal against his fine for discrediting the Russian army
Press Release, 08.02.2023 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Andrei Chertkov, the lawyer of the head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Shishlov, filed a complaint with the Third Court of Cassation. He is challenging the decision of the Petrogradsky District Court to find Alexander […]
Posted: February 8th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“The court serves a handful of persons who leave the people alone with propaganda”
Dmitry Muratov and Nikolai Rybakov on the decision of the Moscow City Court to revoke the license from Novaya Gazeta Press Release, 07.02.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Moscow City Court, on absurd grounds, deprived Novaya Gazeta and Novaya Rasskaz-Gazeta of media registration certificates. The judge dismissed the editorial board’s complaint against the […]
Posted: February 7th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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We managed to raise 450,000 roubles to cover the fine to Mikhail Afanasyev. Yabloko expresses gratitude to all donors!
Press Release, 06.02.2023 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev, his wife Yelena and son / Photo from social media Yabloko closes the collection of donations to cover the fine for Mikhail Afanasyev, a journalist from Khakassia, Editor-in-Chief of the Novy Focus media and a Yabloko party member. On 5 February, his wife Yelena Afanasyeva announced the collection of […]
Posted: February 7th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko participated in a picket against the ban on abortion
Press Release, 06.02.2023 On 5 February, a picket (which managed to obtain the permission of the authorities) against the ban on abortion was held in Kolyushchenko Square in Chelyabinsk. Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the regional branch of Yabloko, as well as party members and supporters, came to the action to speak out against the ban […]
Posted: February 7th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Gender Faction, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko demanded from the police to return the illegally seized paintings by Yelena Osipova
Press Release, 06.02.2023 Photo: Yelena Osipova at the opening of her exhibition in the St. Petersburg Yabloko on 31 January, 2023 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Shishlov, sent inquiries to the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry […]
Posted: February 6th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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No one has fallen ill with plague or cholera in St. Petersburg, despite the Russian consumer safety watchdog justifying the ban on rallies by the danger of contamination with these diseases
Press Release, 03.02.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Russian consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor demanded a ban on public events in St. Petersburg due to the threat of the spread of not only COVID-19, but also cholera and plague. To date, however, not a single case of such contamination has been identified. This follows […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The main unlearned lesson of the WWII is that war should never happen again.” Yabloko honoured the memory of the heroes and victims of the Battle of Stalingrad of the WWII
Press Release, 02.02.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov and Yabloko activists in Volgograd / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On the 80th anniversary of the victory over the Hitler’s army in the Battle of the Volga, leaders and activists of the Yabloko party paid tribute to the memory of the heroes and victims of the Second […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko MP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Emilia Slabunova fined 30,000 roubles for “discrediting the army”. The court decision will be appealed
Press Release, 02.02.2023 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today the Petrozavodsk City Court was examining, for four and a half hours, the case of an administrative offense by Emilia Slabunova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, a member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Anna Cherepanova, a deputy of the Novgorod City Duma, demanded that the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ombudsperson respect the rights of political prisoner Andrei Pivovarov
Press Release, 01.02.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Anna Cherepanova, a deputy of the Duma of Novgorod from Yabloko, sent inquiries to the Public Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov, the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev and the Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova in defence of political […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The state to compensate moral damage for unlawful persecution to Viktor Shalyakin, the leader of the local branch of Yabloko in Novgorod
Press Release, 01.02.2023 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 30 January, the Novgorod District Court satisfied the claims Viktor Shalyakin, head of the local branch of the Yabloko party in Novgorod, against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Finance of Russia for compensation of his expenses connected […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“I beg you to write to me! It helps me a lot…” Actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners were held at Yabloko
Press Release, 01.02.2022 Photo: Cheboksary / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners were held at the central and regional offices of the Yabloko party past week and at the beginning of this week. Several hundred postcards and envelopes will go to penal colonies and pre-trial detention centres […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The police seized 19 Yelena Osipova’s paintings about peace from the office of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 01.02.2023 Photo: The Exhibition / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The police seized 19 paintings about peace by artist and activist Yelena Osipova. The paintings were exhibited at the office of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko at Spalernaya 13. On Wednesday, 1 February, police officers came to the Yabloko office, cordoned […]
Posted: February 1st, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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