Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
Ksenia Cherepanova became the eleventh Yabloko member added to the register of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 28.03.2025 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from the personal archive The Ministry of Justice added Ksenia Cherepanova, the Chairwoman of the Veliky Novgorod city branch of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”. She became the eleventh party member to be added to the register.
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The arrest of journalist and municipal deputy from Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov extended for another two months
Press Release, 27.03.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Sovietsky District Court of Ryazan decided to extend the term of detention for Konstantin Smirnov, journalist and municipal deputy from Yabloko, for another two months. The court took such a decision despite the requests of Smirnov and his defence to change […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko continues its monthly actions in support of political prisoners in dozens of Russian cities
Press Release, 18.03.2025 Those who are unjustly deprived of their freedom have a very hard time in prisons and pretrial detention centres. This is confirmed by the alarming news about the health of Maria Ponomarenko and Lyudmila Razumova. The Moscow and Novgorod branches of our party started helping them. It is in our power to […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Moscow Yabloko asks the Public Prosecutor’s Office to initiate an immediate investigation into the detention conditions of journalist Maria Ponomarenko in a pretrial detention facility
Press Release, 18.03.2025 Photo: Maria Ponomarenko / Photo by RusNews Mass media have reported, citing a lawyer, that Maria Ponomarenko attempted suicide “due to constant bullying by the administration” of the detention facility and is currently on a dry hunger strike. Moscow Yabloko representative Maxim Kruglov is asking the Public Prosecutor of the Altiai Territory, […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On the 10th anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s murder, Yabloko in Moscow and the regions honours the memory of the politician
Press Release, 27.02.2025 Photo: Yabloko delegation on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge Today is the 10th anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s murder. In Moscow, Yabloko members came to the site of Boris Nemtsov’s murder on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge by the Kremlin and to his grave at the Troekurovsky Cemetery. In St. Petersburg, Yabloko members brought flowers […]
Posted: February 27th, 2025 under Condolences, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“It is important to remain human and be with those who share our position.” Yabloko hosted a discussion “Three Years Since 24.02.2022”
Press Release, 24.02.2025 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service The discussion took place behind closed doors without video cameras. The participants lit candles and held a minute of silence in memory of all those who fell victim to the terrible events of the past three years. This is how the event in the central office […]
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko hosted a screening of the film about writer and human rights defender Viktor Bulgakov
Press Release, 24.02.2025 Photo: Viktor Antonovich Bulgakov Past week, the central office of the Yabloko party hosted the premiere screening of the film “Songs of a Forgotten Mine” and also conducted a meeting with its main character, writer and human rights defender Viktor. The film, made during 2022-2024, focuses on the hardest episodes in the […]
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions invites all to its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 19.02.2025 Photo: The January action in the Yekaterinburg branch of Yabloko. / Photo by the regional branch of the party In the next two weeks, the offices of the Yabloko party in different cities of Russia will again host actions in support of political prisoners – our fellow citizens who suffered for their […]
Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov testified as a defence witness in the trial of Grigory Melkonyants, Co-Chair of the Golos election observers movement
Press Release, 10.02.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 10 February, the Сhairman of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Rybakov, testified at a session of the Basmanny Court of Moscow as a defenсe witness in the criminal case against the Сo-Сhairman of the Golos independent election observers movement, Grigory Melkonyants.
Posted: February 10th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an investigation into Konstantin Smirnov’s statement about violations of the procedure for merging rural settlements of the Ryazan area into a single district
Telegram channel “Ryazan. Vid Sboku”, 10.02.2025 Photo: Mass public hearings on the merger of rural settlements in Dubrovichi, Ryazan region, into a single district. Screenshot of the video on social networks The Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an investigation into the statement of Konstantin Smirnov, the arrested editor-in-chief of Vid Sboku (Side View) online media […]
Posted: February 10th, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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An administrative protocol was drawn up against Ruslan Zinatullin in Kazan for a poster in support of arrested journalist Konstantin Smirnov
Press Release, 6.02.2025 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin holding a poster in support of Konstantin Smirnov “Konstantin Smirnov is a journailst, not a criminal” at a picket permitted by the authorities, on 1 February, 2025. / Photo by Tatarstan Yabloko A protocol was drawn up against the Chairman of Tatarstan Yabloko Ruslan Zinatullin for repeated violation of […]
Posted: February 7th, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Supreme Court of Yakutia upheld the fine imposed on Yabloko’s Anatoly Nogovitsyn for attending an unpermitted event
Press Release, 5.02.2025 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Supreme Court of Yakutia rejected the appeal of the Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, against the decision of the city court on a fine for “violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a rally” (Article […]
Posted: February 5th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in the Novgorod region faces intimidation campaigns. The Novgorod regional branch of the party has applied to the police
Press Release, 3.02.2025 Photo: Activists of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko / Photo by the regional branch of the party On 27 and 28 of January, members of the Yabloko party in the Novgorod Region began receiving calls via WhatsApp and Telegram from people introducing themselves as a Mr Sokolovsky and a Mr Sobolev, “secretaries” […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tatarstan branch of Yabloko conducted an action “For Freedom of Speech and the Press” in Kazan
Press Release, 3.02.2025 The regional branch of the Yabloko party in Tatarstan conducted an action “For Freedom of Speech and the Press” in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, on 1 February. Activists and supporters of Yabloko spoke out against censorship in mass media and persecution of journalists. Ruslan Zinatullin, Chairman of the Yabloko regional branch […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court sent the leader of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov to a pretrial detention centre for two months
Press Release, 31.01.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov in the courtroom / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The court arrested Konstantin Smirnov, the leader of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko and deputy of the Dubrovichsky rural settlement, for two months. He has been sent to a pretrial detention centre until March. This was reported from the […]
Posted: January 31st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Konstantin Smirnov, leader of Ryazan Yabloko, detained in a criminal case. This is revenge for his fight against municipal reform
Press Release, 31.01.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Investigative Committee have detained Konstantin Smirnov, the leader of Ryazan Yabloko, journalist and municipal deputy, on charges of extortion. Yabloko is convinced that this is revenge for his active work as a municipal deputy and […]
Posted: January 31st, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party hosted a screening of the “Night and Fog” documentary dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust
Press Release, 30.01.2025 Photo: Grigory Grishin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 29 January, the central office of the Yabloko Party in Moscow hosted a screening of the documentary film by French director Alain Resnais “Night and Fog” (“Nuit et Brouillard”), dedicated to the topic of the Holocaust. The discussion was moderated by […]
Posted: January 31st, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, sentenced to two years in a penal colony for an anti-war post on social media
Press Release, 28.01.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Vladimir Yefimov, journalist and the leader of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony in the second criminal case against him on “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). According to […]
Posted: January 28th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A petition has been launched to install a memorial to Boris Nemtsov. Grigory Yavlinsky and Nikolai Rybakov are among the signatories
Press Release, 27.01.2025 Photo: A public memorial at the site of Boris Nemtsov’s death on the Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow / Photo by Vitaly Smolnikov, Kommersant On 27 February, the tenth anniversary of the politician’s murder, the petition will be sent to the Moscow City Duma as the Moscow parliament is authorized to decide on […]
Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Yabloko to screen the documentary “Night and Fog” to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Press Release, 27.01.2025 On 29 January, the central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow will screen the documentary “Night and Fog” (“Nuit et Brouillard”) by Alain Resnais to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January. Adolf Hitler’s directive “Night and Fog” of 7 December, 1941, authorised the kidnapping of anti-Nazi political activists throughout […]
Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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