Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
The Pskov branch of Yabloko initiated a rally for 1,000 people
Press Release, 3.03.2022 Photo: Artur Gaiduk, Nikolai Kuzmin and Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Press Service of the Yabloko party Deputies from Yabloko Artur Gaiduk (the Pskov Regional Assembly), Nikolai Kuzmin (the Assembly of Deputies of the Zavelichenskaya Volost of the Pskov District) and Lev Shlosberg, Chairman of the Pskov regional branch of the […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Unidentified people destroyed the office of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko, where Yabloko was collecting signatures for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 2.03.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Unidentified persons broke into the office of the Nizhny Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko party at Bolshaya Pokrovskaya 7, on 2 March, at about 3:00 p.m. Eight people neutralised the security guard of the building, locked themselves in the office of the party along with […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Federal Security Service and the Chief Department for Countering Extremism searched the flat of Marina Zheleznyakova, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko branch in the Maritime Territory
Press Release, 2.03.2022 Today at 6:30 in the morning, the Federal Security Service and the Chief Department for Countering Extremism searched the flat of Marina Zheleznyakova, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko branch in the Maritime Territory. At that moment, in addition to Zheleznyakova, there were her son and his wife, and her young grandson in […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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80,000 Russians signed Yabloko’s petition for peace
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook post, 1.03.2022 80,000 Russian citizens have signed the Yabloko anti-war petition, one of the first Russian petitions against the war. Probably, yet this number exceeds the number of victims that the war has already brought: civilians and military on both sides. However, if the war continues, it will lead to even greater […]
Posted: March 1st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko notified the Moscow Mayor’s Office of holding a demonstration in Moscow for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 1.03.2022 Photo: Maxim Kruglov and Andrei Morev co-applicants of the action and deputy chairmen of the Moscow branch of Yabloko in the Moscow Mayor’s Office Yabloko filed a notification with the Moscow Mayor’s Office that an anti-war march would be held in Moscow (from Strastnoy Boulevard to the intersection of Academician Sakharov Prospect […]
Posted: March 1st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Police go on detaining Yabloko activists due to their anti-war stance
Press Release, 1.03.2022 Over the past three days, police have detained at least 19 Yabloko members in Moscow, the Chelyabinsk, the Sverdlovsk, the Saratov and the Samara regions and the Republic of Bashkortostan for their anti-war stance, including Chairpersons of the Bashkirian and Samara regional branches of Yabloko Kristina Abramicheva and Anton Rubin, and Yabloko […]
Posted: March 1st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In St. Petersburg Yabloko was denied approval for a rally for peace
Press Release, 28.02.2022 Photo: Lenin Square in St.Petersburg, a specially designated site for holding public actions without any permissions from the authorities / Photo from topspb.tv The administration of the Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg banned a rally for peace with Ukraine referring to the anti-COVID decree of the city government, which prohibits holding public […]
Posted: March 1st, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The police are persecuting Yabloko members across Russia for their actions for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 27.02.2022 Photo: Alexander Kudelkin (left) and Maxim Petlin (centre) in a police wagon / Photo from social networks The persecution of members and activists of the Yabloko party continues throughout the country. The reason for the persecution is the tough stance for peace with Ukraine, which the party consistently defends. The pretext for […]
Posted: February 28th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Across Russia Yabloko activists take part in rallies for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 27.02.2022 Photo: Saratov/Photo from social networks Activists of the Yabloko party are participating in pickets for peace with Ukraine in those cities where public actions are not prohibited by anti-COVID restrictions [that imply criminal punishment even for single pickets]. Single pickets were held in Ivanovo, Saratov, Krasnodar, Yeysk, Miass, Chelyabinsk, Pskov, Vladivostok, Ufa, […]
Posted: February 28th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the anniversary of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko organises an anti-war rally “Struggle for Peace”
Press Release, 22.02.2022 Photo: Boris Nemtsov commemorative march in Moscow in 2019. Source: Press Service of the Yabloko Party On 27 February, the day of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko together with PARNAS will hold a commemorative rally against the war with Ukraine in Gagarin Park in Chelyabinsk. The action […]
Posted: February 24th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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NO TO WAR! Collection of signatures against the war with Ukraine
13.02.2022 The Yabloko party launches collection of signatures against the war with Ukraine. We will collect signatures not only on the Internet, but also in our offices across the country. Wherever we can, and where covid sanitary restrictions allow, we will conduct picketing. The list of collection points will be published soon. Please share the […]
Posted: February 14th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko launches collection of signatures against the war with Ukraine
Press Release, 13.02.2022 The Yabloko party launches collection of signatures against the war with Ukraine. Signatures under a petition to the Russian government will be collected not only on the Internet, but also in the offices of Yabloko across the country. Yabloko activists will go on pickets in the regions where covid sanitary restrictions allow. […]
Posted: February 14th, 2022 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The offices of the ex-candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko Oleg Mandrykin were searched
Press Release, 9.02.2022 Photo: Oleg Mandrykin and Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov (left). / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service All the offices of the real estate agency Variant in Severodvinsk, the Arkhangelsk region, headed by Oleg Mandrykin, one of the leaders of the STOP-SHIES coalition [a public movement against organisation of a giant landfill instead […]
Posted: February 11th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional and Local Elections 2022, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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Boris Vishnevsky urged to check the dismissal of a teacher from a St. Petersburg school for reсiting verses by poets repressed in the Stalin’s period and labelled “enemies of the people”
Press Release, 7.02.2022 Photo by wikimapia.org Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and an MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent an appeal to Natalia Putilovskaya, Chair of the St.Petersburg Committee on Education, with a request to conduct a check into the actions of Svetlana Lebedeva, Principal of School No. 168, who, according […]
Posted: February 11th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky called on the Public Prosecutor General to launch prosecutor’s investigation into the threats of Chechen politicians and security officials to the family of a retired judge and journalists
Press Release, 4.02.2022Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo from the website of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky, a member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and deputy chairman of Yabloko, sent an appeal to Igor Krasnov, Public Prosecutor General of Russia, with a request to launch prosecutor’s investigation into for signs of […]
Posted: February 8th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov demanded that Vladimir Putin stop the violation of the rights of citizens in Chechnya
Press Release, 3.02.2022 Photo by Dmitry Azarov/Kommersant On 3 February, Nikolai Rybakov demanded from Vladimir Putin to restore the rights of Russian citizens living in the Chechen Republic.
Posted: February 3rd, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Artur Gaiduk: Legislation on “foreign agents” is an instrument of pressure and repression
Press Release, 31.01.2022 Photo: Artur Gaiduk, deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko At the January session, deputies of the Pskov Regional Assembly rejected Yabloko’s initiative to introduce a federal bill envisaging the exclusion of the concept of “foreign agents” and the related norms from Russian legislation. The bill was developed by lawyers of […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The authorities banned Sergei Mitrokhin, Yabloko Moscow City Duma deputy, from traveling abroad and arrested his accounts
Press Release, 28.01.2022 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The authorities banned Sergei Mitrokhin, Yabloko Moscow City Duma deputy and ex Chairman of Yabloko, from traveling abroad and arrested his accounts. Such measures were taken as part of the enforcement proceedings on administrative cases of offenses in connection with Mitrokhin’s participation […]
Posted: February 1st, 2022 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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Provocateurs come to the Yabloko office in Moscow outraged by Yabloko’s support of the Memorial human rights society recently liquidated by court
Facebook post by Igor Yakovlev, Press Secretary of the Yabloko party, 11.01.2022 Photo by Igor Yakovlev Thugs from the SERB group [a nationalistic pro-Kremlin group acting in Russia and Ukraine known for their provocations against opposition] have come to our office. They express their indignation for the camera (in the hands of Tarasevich) that we […]
Posted: January 11th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Lev Shlosberg: “The responsibility for political emigration always lies on the authorities”
Press Release, 29.12.2021 Photo: Lev Shlosberg (left) and journalist Konstantin Kalichenko / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko Lev Shlosberg, Chairman of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, spoke to the Ekho Moskvi in Pskov radio station about the reasons that force opposition-minded people to leave Russia, and named those […]
Posted: December 29th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Protests in Russia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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