Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
A State Duma MP wrote a denunciation to the public prosecutor on the campaign of a candidate from Yabloko to the municipal council in St.Petersburg
Press Release, 9.09.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov’s leaflet running “Thou shalt not kill” / Photo from Alexander Makhankov’s personal page in the VK social media State Duma deputy from the government’s United Russia party – Vitaly Milonov – wrote an appeal to the Public Prosecutor of St. Petersburg with a request to “pay attention” to the […]
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky to launch his new book on the fundamental causes of what happened on February 24
Press Release, 8.09.2022 Photo: the cover of the book On Saturday, 10 September, the Moscow office of the Yabloko party (Pyatnitskaya 31/2) will host a launch of the book by Grigory Yavlinsky’s work “Underlying Causes. Why and How Did a Political System Appear, Which Has Resulted in the Events of 24 February, 2022?” now published […]
Posted: September 9th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Every fifth candidate from Yabloko was removed from the municipal elections in Moscow
Press Release, 9.09.2022 Photo: A team of Yabloko candidates in the Basmanny district in Moscow / Photo from social media The municipal election campaign in Moscow, unprecedented as of the number of deregistered Yabloko candidates, has reached the finish line. One day remains before the voting in September 9-11, and some candidates still continue to […]
Posted: September 8th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Honest journalism has been announced be a crime”. Yabloko leaders on the 22 years verdict to journalist Ivan Safronov and revocation of licence from Novaya Gazeta
Press Release, 6.09.2022 Photo: Ivan Safronov / Photo by Gleb Shchelkunov, Kommersant On 5 September, the Moscow City Court sentenced 32-year-old journalist Ivan Safronov to 22 years in a strict regime colony on the charges of “treason”. On the same day, the Moscow Basmanny District Court revoked the registration of the print version of Novaya […]
Posted: September 6th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The on-line conference Marathon in Memory of Mikhail Gorbachev organised by Yabloko brought together participants from different countries
Press Release, 3.09.2022 Full video of the conference The online conference Marathon in Memory of Mikhail Gorbachev, organised by the Yabloko party, lasted eight hours. The speeches of the participants were broadcast on the Yabloko YouTube channel. Politicians, statesmen and public figures, writers, journalists and human rights activists from Russia, the USA, Mexico and Italy […]
Posted: September 5th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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The pacifist campaign of the Yabloko candidate running in the municipal elections in St.Petersburg will be checked for “extremism”
Press Release, 3.09.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov’s campaign leaflet “I and Yabloko Stand for Peace!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Alexander Makhankov, a Yabloko candidate for deputies of the municipal council of the Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg, was warned that his campaign products were sent for examination on suspicion of the presence of “extremism” […]
Posted: September 5th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Moscow City Court upheld the removal of Maria Volokh from the municipal elections
Press Release, 2.09.2022 Photo: Maria Volokh / Photo from social media On 1 September, the Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Tverskoy District Court to remove Maria Volokh, a candidate for Moscow municipal deputies from Yabloko, from the elections. Earlier, District Judge sided with the Territorial Electoral Commission of the Tverskoy District in […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On 3 September, Yabloko to conduct on-line conference dedicated to Mikhail Gorbachev
Press Release, 2.09.2022 On 3 September, the day of funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yabloko will conduct on-line conference The Gorbachev Marathon dedicated to the President of the USSR. Politicians, public figures, and journalists will share their memories of the USSR President.
Posted: September 2nd, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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Actions in support of political prisoners were held in Yabloko regional branches.
Press Release and photo report, 1.09.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky, MP of the St.Petserburg Legislative Assembly and Deputy Chair of Yabloko, writing a letter / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 26 August, an action of writing letters to political prisoners was held at the offices of the regional branches of the Yabloko party. Yabloko […]
Posted: September 1st, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Another action of writing letters to political prisoners will be held in the Saratov branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 31.08.2022 Photo by the Saratov branch of Yabloko On 4 September, an action of writing letters and postcards to political prisoners will be held at the Saratov Yabloko office. The action will start at 18:00.
Posted: September 1st, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky: Yabloko has always advocated peace and saving people’s lives
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post, 30.08.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service After Grigory Yavlinsky recalled, on 24 August, the priority steps proposed by the Yabloko party back in February to prevent deaths in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the need to conclude a ceasefire agreement, a stream of accusations fell upon Yabloko […]
Posted: September 1st, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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We are publishing the list of Yabloko registered candidates for municipal deputies of the Pskov region
Press Release, 30.08.2022 Photo: The conference of the regional branch of Yabloko in the Pskov Region. / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service Yabloko web-site has published a list of registered candidates from Yabloko in the municipal elections in the Pskov region. The Pskov branch of Yabloko will compete for 244 mandates in 24 representative […]
Posted: August 30th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Our unity is impressive”
Yabloko activists fined for “discrediting the army” thank those who responded to the Yabloko action “Let’s Help Those Who Are Not Silent” Press Release, 29.08.2022 In early July, the Yabloko party launched the campaign “Let’s Help Those Who Are Not Silent” so that to help pay large fines for the activists and party members who […]
Posted: August 30th, 2022 under Charity, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikita Arkin, Yabloko candidate in Moscow municipal elections, arrested for five days under the charges leading to a ban on participation in elections
Press Release, 27.08.2022 Photo: Police van which took Nikita Arkin to court / Photo by Nikolai Kavkazsky The Basmanny Court of Moscow sent Nikita Arkin, a candidate for municipal deputies from Yabloko in the Basmanny district, under arrest. Arkin was accused of “demonstrating extremist symbols” (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses which leads to […]
Posted: August 29th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Another Yabloko candidate for Moscow municipal deputies detained by police
Press Release, 26.08.2022 Photo: Nikita Arkin / Photo from the social media Another Yabloko candidate for municipal deputies, Nikita Arkin, who was nominated by Yabloko to run in the Basmanny district of Moscow, was detained today. The police came to the office where Nikita works so that to detain him. Yulia Tregubova, a lawyer from […]
Posted: August 27th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Three more Yabloko candidates for Moscow municipal deputies may be removed from the elections
Press Release, 26.08.2022 Photo: Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno, Nikolai Kasyan and Tatyana Kasimova Candidates for Moscow municipal deputies Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno (the Yakimanka district), Nikolai Kasyan and Tatyana Kasimova (both in the Khamovniki district) were convicted under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which deprives them of the opportunity to be elected.
Posted: August 26th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The development of neo-Stalinism must be prevented
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 25.08.2022 Photo: Zakhar Prilepin / Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant On 3 August, “an introductory meeting of the working group on the investigation of anti-state activities in culture (GRAD)” was held in the State Duma, under the chairmanship of Zakhar Prilepin, Co-Chairman of the A Just Russia – For Truth […]
Posted: August 25th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Anna Cherepanova participates in the competition for the post of the Novgorod Mayor
Press Release, 25.08.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova / Photo from social media Anna Cherepanova, deputy of the Novgorod City Duma and Chair of the regional branch of Yabloko, submitted documents to participate in the competition for the post of the Novgorod Mayor.
Posted: August 25th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial elections 2022, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Police detained Yabloko candidates for municipal deputies Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno, Nikolai Kasyan, and Tatyana Kasimova, and Yabloko supporter Maria Volokh
Press Release, 24.08.2022 Photo by Alexander Meridonov / Kommersant Police detained Yabloko candidates for municipal deputies Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno (Yakimanka municipal district of Moscow), Nikolai Kasyan (Khamovniki), and Tatyana Kasimova (Khamovniki), and Yabloko supporter Maria Volokh, who had been nominated to run in the Tverskoy municipal district of Moscow and had previously been withdrawn from the […]
Posted: August 25th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Prosecutor General’s Office explained to Yabloko why it is impossible to call the “special operation” a war
Press Release, 24.08.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, received a response to his appeal to the Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, where he asked to explain the principles of the new laws on “discrediting the […]
Posted: August 24th, 2022 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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