Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
“More human lives will be broken.” Nikolai Rybakov on the Supreme Court’s decision on LGBT
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 1.12.2023 Illustration: “Two Women Running on the Beach” by Pablo Picasso, 1922 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, recognised the LGBT movement as extremist and banned its activities in the country. The decision took effect immediately. The ideology and practices of […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Police and Public Prosecutor’s Office informed Boris Vishnevsky that they found no violations in the calls of MP Gurulyov proposing extermination of 20% of Russia’s population who disagree with Vladimir Putin’s policies
Press Release, 4.12.2023 Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” The law enforcement agencies “did not identify any violations of the legislation on countering extremist activities” in a statement by State Duma deputy, Lieutenant General Andrei Gurulyov. Earlier, on the Rossiya TV channel, he said 20% of Russia’s population […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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The Ministry of Justice upends common sense
Maxim Kruglov’s Telegram blog post, 1.12.2023 Vladimir Kara-Murza had a trial today: the Ministry of Justice believes that he, Vladimir Kara-Murza, should provide them with a special report on his activities as a “foreign agent” once a quarter. Straight from the punitive isolation ward: [he must] download a special form from the website, fill it […]
Posted: December 4th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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A court hearing on extending the preventive measure for Yabloko member Vasily Neustroyev to be held on 4 December
Press Release, 30.11.2023 Photo: Vasily Neustroyev / Photo from social media On Monday, 4 December, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow will hold a hearing on extending the preventive measure against Vasily Neustroyev, a Yabloko member. Neustroyev should take part in the hearing personally, so should be brought to court from the detention centre – […]
Posted: December 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The administration of the VKontakte social media blocked the page of the Yabloko Federal Bureau member Alexander Yefimov by the decision of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office
Press Release, 29.11.2023 Photo: Alexander Yefimov’s page on VKontakte, if accessed without a VPN running “User blocked. This material; has been blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation by the decision of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office No 27-31-2023/Treb198-23 of 28.04.2023. Alexander Yefimov’s page on the VKontakte social media was blocked without warning from […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on 2024 Russian presidential election
Press Release, 28.11.2023 Everyone knows that Russian elections are, to put it mildly, special. Especially in 2024. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Kremlin announced the result already in August of 2023: Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the President, said that Vladimir Putin would win the presidential elections in 2024 with a result of […]
Posted: November 28th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko to host the “Live Forever” theatre piece based on an excerpt from Vasily Grossman’s novel “Life and Fate”
Press Release, 27.11.2023 On 4 December, the Yabloko party Moscow office will host the “Live Forever” theatre piece based on an excerpt from Vasily Grossman’s novel “Life and Fate”. The key idea of the play is as follows: one must remain human always and in any conditions and trials. The play is staged by the […]
Posted: November 27th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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The Qualification Commission of Judges of St. Petersburg did not find any violations of ethics in the actions of the judge who found artist Alexandra Skochilenko guilty
Press Release, 21.11.2023 Photo: Alexandra Skochilenko / Photo from open sources The Qualification Commission of Judges of St. Petersburg conducted an audit of the actions of Judge Oksana Demyasheva during the trial of the criminal case of Alexandra Skochilenko. No violations were found. Earlier, in October, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Boris Vishnevsky demanded […]
Posted: November 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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“Assessment of the personality of Joseph Stalin and the results of his leadership of the country is out of the competence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office” – a response to an inquiry from Arthur Gaiduk
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Monument to Joseph Stalin in Velikiye Luki / Photo from open sources The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Pskov region once again found no grounds for taking measures of prosecutorial response in connection with the unauthorised installation of a monument to Joseph Stalin in Velikiye Luki, the Pskov region, and reported […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leaders honoured the memory of politician Galina Starovoytova in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 20.11.2023 On the day of the 25th anniversary of the murder of State Duma MP and politician Galina Starovoytova, Chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko Alexander Shishlov, and Yury Shein, member of the Registrar Council of the Moscow Yabloko and General Director of the Regional Public Fund for Support of Science, […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2023 under Condolences, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko invites all to participate in the party’s regular action of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Saratov On 22 November – 6 December Yabloko will hold its regular actions of writing letters to Russian political prisoners. The actions will be conducted by the Yabloko branches in different Russian regions. nyone can take part in the actions of writing to political prisoners. Yabloko has developed an instruction (https://www.yabloko.ru/pisma-politzekam […]
Posted: November 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A Yabloko supporter fined for participating in a rally against the “special military operation”. He fears pressure on his loved ones. Fundraising announced
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Alexei Duplyakov / Photo from Alexei Duplyakov’s personal archive Civil activist Alexei Duplyakov received a fine for participating in a peaceful rally against the start of the so-called “special military operation”. The rally took place in Moscow on 27 February, 2022. Duplyakov had to leave Russia fearing persecution for his active […]
Posted: November 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A ridiculous sentence for pacifism. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov on the sentence to artist Sasha Skochilenko
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram post, 16.11.2023 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service Artist Sasha Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years in prison. Not because she is a criminal and has caused immeasurable harm to someone. Such people, as you know, are now being pardoned. Sasha received such a ridiculous sentence for replacing several price tags in […]
Posted: November 16th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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A search conducted at the home of Yabloko deputy Olga Tuzhikova in Petrozavodsk, Karelia. Yet Tuzhikova has been in the status of a witness in a criminal case
Press Release, 10.11.2023 Photo: Olga Tuzhikova / Photo from Olga Tuzhikova’s personal archive On the morning of 10 November, a search was carried out in the apartment of Olga Tuzhikova, a Yabloko deputy of the Petrozavodsk City Council. Tuzhikova is a witness in the case initiated under the article on calls for activities directed against […]
Posted: November 11th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov on collecting signatures in support of the nomination of Grigory Yavlinsky as a candidate in the forthcoming presidential election
Nikolai Rybakov’s blog post, 9.11.2023 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Our party receives questions from citizens from different regions of Russia about collecting signatures for the nomination of Grigory Yavlinsky as a candidate in the forthcoming presidential election. In September, Grigory Yavlinsky said that he was ready to consider the […]
Posted: November 9th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yabloko candidates for Novosibirsk City Council were denied registration due to signatures in favour of their nomination
Press Release, 9.11.2023 Photo: Yabloko candidates Pyotr Kopylov and Maxim Novikov The territorial electoral commissions of the Central and Oktyabrsky districts on Novosibirsk refused to register Maxim Novikov and Pyotr Kopylov, candidates for deputies for by-elections to the Novosibirsk City Council, previously nominated by the Novosibirsk branch of the Yabloko party.
Posted: November 9th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow Public Prosecutor’s Office, at the request of Yabloko Deputy Chair Boris Vishnevsky, will check MP Gurulev’s statement about the extermination of Russian citizens who disagree with Vladimir Putin
Press Release, 2.11.2023 Photo: MP Gurulyov speaks on TV / Screenshot The Public Prosecutor General’s Office sent Boris Vishnevsky’s appeal for a legal assessment of the scandalous statements of State Duma deputy Andrei Gurulev for consideration to the Moscow Public Prosecutor’s Office. This is stated in the response of the Public Prosecutor General Office to […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky had his microphone turned off after speaking about the “special military operation” at the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 1.11.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Press Service of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly Speaking on October 31 at the meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, deputy Boris Vishnevsky explained why the Yabloko faction could not support the draft city budget of St.Petersurg for 2024. Vishnevsky said that the reasons […]
Posted: November 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A rally in memory of the victims of political repression and in support of current political prisoners held in Veliky Novgorod
Press Release, 31.10.2023 The Novgorod branch of Yabloko organised a rally on 30 October, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression. The rally participants read out loud the names of Novgorod residents who were shot during the years of Stalin’s terror, as well as excerpts from the letters of the current political prisoners.
Posted: October 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko held an online marathon in memory of the victims of political repression and actions throughout the country
Press Release, 31.10.2023 On the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression, Yabloko held an online marathon “People, Don’t Kill Each Other!”, during which hundreds of people read out loud the names of victims of Stalin’s repressions of 1930s-1940s, remembered their ancestors who died during the terror, and showed places of mass executions in […]
Posted: October 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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