Archive for 'Human Rights'
The Yabloko Analytical Centre on the ban for migrant children without knowledge of Russian to be admitted to schools: The initiative is even more harmful than foolish
Press Release, 13.11.2024 Photo by Alexander Miridonov/Kommersant State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced the preparation of a bill that would prohibit migrant children who do not know Russian from being admitted to schools. There is no doubt that this bill will be adopted: Vladimir Putin drew attention to the problem of migrant children’s poor knowledge […]
Posted: November 15th, 2024 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko municipal deputy in the Pskov region, Nikolai Kuzmin, stripped of powers due to “foreign agent” status
Press Release, 14.11.2024 Photo: Nikolai Kuzmin at the building of the Pskov City Court challenging his “foreign agent” status / Photo from social media On 14 November, the Assembly of Zavelichenskaya Volost of the Pskov District considered the early termination of the powers of deputy from Yabloko Nikolai Kuzmin due to the fact that he […]
Posted: November 14th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg: All wars are cursed from their inception
Lev Shlosberg ‘s Telegram blog post, 10.11.2024 Photo from social media 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ЛЬВОМ МАРКОВИЧЕМ ШЛОСБЕРГОМ ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ЛЬВА МАРКОВИЧА ШЛОСБЕРГА 18+ THE PRESENT MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVITCH SHLOSBERG OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVITCH […]
Posted: November 14th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Chelyabinsk Yabloko organised a lecture on political prisoners “The Last Route”
Press Release, 13.11.2024 Photo: the Zolotaya Gora memorial cemetery in the village of Shershni / Source: Chelyabinsk Yabloko To commemorate the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko organised a lecture on “The Last Route” of Stalin’s political prisoners. On 3 November, the listeners of the lecture, together […]
Posted: November 13th, 2024 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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St. Petersburg Yabloko honored the memory of anti-fascist Timur Kacharava, killed by neo-Nazis 19 years ago
Press Release, 13.11.2024 Photo: Olga Tsepilova, Ivan Levchenko and Dmitry Anisimov on Ligovsky Prospekt, 12 November, 2024. / Photo by the Press Service of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko On November 12, on the eve of the anniversary of the murder of St. Petersburg anti-fascist Timur Kacharava, the Chair of St. Petersburg Yabloko Olga […]
Posted: November 13th, 2024 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moscow Yabloko demands to open a criminal case on the attack on environmental activist Ivan Shchekin in the Moscow region
Press Release, 13.11.2024 Photo: Ivan Shchekin after the attack on him in the Romashkinsky forest / Photo by Sergei Utrishsky The Regional Bureau of Moscow Yabloko sent an appeal to the chief of the Moscow region police Viktor Ishchenko. The appeal was signed by Maxim Kruglov, Deputy Chair of the Moscow Yabloko. On 5 November, […]
Posted: November 13th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On Yabloko’s appeals the Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered to remove military equipment from the monument to grieving mothers of WWII soldiers
Press Release, 12.11.2024 Photo: The Memory memorial in Chelyabinsk / Photo from open sources Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, achieved this by sending multiple appeals to the regional public prosecutor’s office. The city authorities will have to remove two decommissioned anti-aircraft missile systems S-75 they installed by the monument of mothers […]
Posted: November 12th, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko held an expert discussion on the problem of overcoming Stalinism in modern Russia
Press Release 8.11.2024 Based on the discussion in the Yabloko Bureau on 31 October, 2024 On 31 October, Yabloko held an open meeting of the Federal Bureau of the party, timed to coincide with the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression. The topic of the large discussion was overcoming Stalinism. The following […]
Posted: November 8th, 2024 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Donald Trump has won. What will happen next? Nikolai Rybakov on the prospects of the policies of the 47th US President
Telegram blog post by Nikolai Rybakov, 6.11.2024 Photo from social media Donald Trump has become the 47th President of the United States. Well, such a president, it is ok… Before the 2016 elections, he pays to a porn star for keeping silence about their affair. And where does he pay it from? From the presidential […]
Posted: November 8th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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The Smolensk branch of Yabloko asks the Federal Penitentiary Service to pay attention to the health condition of political prisoner Sergei Komandirov
Press Release, 5.11.2024 Photo: Sergei Komandirov / Photo from social media The Smolensk branch of Yabloko has contacted the central office of the Federal Penitentiary Service with a request to provide qualified medical care to political prisoner Sergei Komandirov, who is held in Penal Colony No 4 in the city of Torzhok. The mother of […]
Posted: November 5th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: A state without memory
What is happening around the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 4.11.2024 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ЛЬВОМ МАРКОВИЧЕМ ШЛОСБЕРГОМ ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ЛЬВА МАРКОВИЧА ШЛОСБЕРГА 18+ THE PRESENT MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVITCH SHLOSBERG OR […]
Posted: November 4th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The 8th All-Russian Conference “Yablokov Readings” in memory of Acad. Alexei Yablokov, scientist, politician and founder of the Yabloko Green Russia faction, was held in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 31.10.2024 The 8th All-Russian Conference “Yablokov Readings” in memory of Acad. Alexei Yablokov, scientist, politician and founder of the Yabloko Green Russia faction, was held in St. Petersburg. Reports were delivered by scientists, journalists, leaders and activists of environmental non-governmental organisations, and leaders and activists of the Yabloko party.
Posted: November 2nd, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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“Boris Vishnevsky has become a symbol of the defence of his hometown. His expulsion from the St.Petersburg parliament means further destroying the country and its future”
Press Release, 30.10.2024 On 30 October, Boris Vishnevsky spoke before his colleagues in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg for the last time, as his deputy mandate had to be withdrawn due to his “foreign agent” status. He recalled that he became a deputy of the city parliament 13 years ago and was forced to […]
Posted: November 2nd, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: I am ashamed of the Pskov city authorities
Lev Shlosberg’s Telegram blog post, 31.10.2024 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ЛЬВОМ МАРКОВИЧЕМ ШЛОСБЕРГОМ ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ЛЬВА МАРКОВИЧА ШЛОСБЕРГА 18+ THE PRESENT MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVITCH SHLOSBERG OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT LEV MARKOVITCH SHLOSBERG In 2007, a foundation […]
Posted: November 1st, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Not any more! Yabloko honoured the memory of victims of political repression
Press Release, 30.10.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the Butovo shooting ground range, Moscow, 30 October, 2024 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service This week, Russia pays tribute to the victims of political repression. According to the Memorial Society, 4.5-4.8 million people were convicted for political reasons, of which 1.1 million were shot during the […]
Posted: October 31st, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky on the forced termination of his parliamentary powers: I thank the people of St.Petersburg who trust me and continue to trust me
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post, 28.10.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky/ Photo by the Press Service of the St. Petersburg Yabloko My work in the Legislative Assembly terminates on 30 October. I thank the people of St. Petersburg who trust me and continue to trust me I categorically disagree with the decision of the Ministry of Justice to […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly 2021, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“When the chaos ends, we must be ready.” Yabloko hosted a large discussion about the historical forks in the road in modern Russia and its prospects
Press Release, 27.10.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 25 October, on the anniversary of the creation of the Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin electoral bloc, which then turned into the Yabloko party, the Yabloko party office in Moscow hosted a screening and discussion of Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview for the documentary The Unfinished Time project. Young people, children […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Elections, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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Nikolai Kavkazsky, a Moscow Yabloko member and human rights activist, added to the list of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 25.10.2024 Photo: Nikolai Kavkazsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Nikolai Kavkazsky became the fourth representative of the Moscow branch of the party to be added to the repressive list of “foreign agents”. Previously, Svetlana Gannushkina, Chair of the Civil Assistance Committee, human rights defender and member of the Yabloko Federal Political […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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We demand to stop the repression against Lev Shlosberg!
Statement by the Regional Council of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, 19.10.2024 Photo: Conference of the Pskov regional branch of the Yabloko party on 19 October, 2024 /Photo by the Pskov branch of the party Five searches have already taken place within the framework of the criminal case opened on the so-called violation of the […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A search in the office of the Pskov Yabloko
Press Release, 18.10.2024 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in the office of the Pskov Yabloko, 2023 / Photo by the regional branch of the party On 18 October, police came to the office of the Pskov Yabloko for a search. The search was related to the criminal case on the violation of the law on “foreign agents”, […]
Posted: October 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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