Archive for 'Human Rights'
Yabloko in the Moscow City Duma: we need a real, not a sham, dialogue between the authorities and citizens
Press Release, 11.12.2024 Today, Kirill Goncharov, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, voiced in the Moscow City Duma the need for authorities to conduct a dialogue with Muscovites on the merits instead of formally complying with the requirements of the law. Kirill Goncharov spoke in the Moscow parliament within the annual Moscow City […]
Posted: December 11th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Ivan Bolshakov: In times of turbulence we need not only to maintain our basis, but be flexible
Press Release, 10.12.2024 Photo: Ivan Bolshakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Speaking at the Federal Council of Yabloko on 30 November 2024, Ivan Bolshakov, member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, noted that Yabloko was facing a dilemma “either we act “here and now” or work for the future”. However, the position […]
Posted: December 11th, 2024 under Congresses, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The leader of Yabloko demanded that the State Duma withdraw the bill banning the admission of migrant children to schools without a Russian language test
Press Release, 10.12.2024 Photo by Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant The corresponding appeal was sent by the Сhairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov to the Сhairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. Rybakov stated in the letter that implementation of this initiative would significantly limit the opportunities for citizens of neighbouring states to integrate into Russian […]
Posted: December 10th, 2024 under Education and Science, Human Rights, Social Policies, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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A Ceasefire is the Only Path to Peace and Security
Resolution by the Federal Council of Yabloko, adopted by the Federal Council on 30.11.2024, published on 6.12.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The bloodiest and most dangerous armed conflict in central Europe since the end of World War II has been going on for over 1,000 days. During this time, the Yabloko Party’s demand […]
Posted: December 9th, 2024 under Congresses, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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On the substantive work of the Yabloko Party in the new conditions
Resolution by the Federal Council of Yabloko, adopted by the Federal Council on 30.11.2024, published on 6.12.2024 Photo: Meeting of the Federal Council on 30 November, 2024 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Federal Council of the party supports Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko No. 189, dated 21 November, 2024, […]
Posted: December 9th, 2024 under Congresses, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko will take part in the annual charity action to help the homeless in Moscow and St.Petersburg
Press Release, 4.12.2024 Photo from freepick.com Yabloko is once again joining the annual campaign from the Nochlezhka charity organisation helping homeless people, which, on New Year’s Eve, collects the most essential food-stuffs and necessities for homeless living in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The campaign will last from 4 December through to 20 December.
Posted: December 5th, 2024 under Charity, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov: “The head of the Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has discredited his post and must resign”
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 3.12.2024 Photo from social media The head of the Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has made an error once again. He gave the idea to remove the Solovetsky Stone [erected in memory of victims of Soviet political repression] from Lubyanka Square so as not to embarrass the people who work […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2024 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Boris Vishnevsky: Our task is to try to bring the dawn closer during the gathering darkness
Boris Vishnevsky’s speech at the Federal Council of Yabloko on 30.11.2024, published on 1.12.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Dear colleagues, The conditions in which we work today are like swimming against the current in sulfuric acid. This is exactly how the party of peace and humanism has to work […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2024 under Congresses, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: Preserving humanism in politics is our main objective today
Lev Shlosberg’s speech at the Federal Council of Yabloko on 30.11.2024, published on 1.12.2024 Photo: Lev Shlosberg at a meeting of the Federal Council of Yabloko on 30 November, 2024 / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov Yabloko The basis of the political position of the Yabloko party since its foundation has been […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2024 under Congresses, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is Yabloko’s main objective
Press Release, 30.11.2024 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky speaking to the Yabloko Federal Council on 30 November, 2024 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service At the opening of the Yabloko Federal Council meeting, attended by more than 100 representatives of 68 regional branches of the party, Grigory Yavlinsky stressed that reaching an agreement on a ceasefire […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2024 under Congresses, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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On the substantive work of the Yabloko Party in the new conditions
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024 Photo by Yevgeny Razumny, Kommersant The political mission and the objective of the Yabloko Party has always been the intention to form a modern, socially-oriented vector of development in Russia, based on human rights and freedoms, and democratic institutions. The party […]
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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The Political Committee of Yabloko: The first step towards peace could be to conclude an agreement to stop strikes deep into the territories of Russia and Ukraine
Press Release, 28.11.2024 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant The Yabloko Federal Political Committee once again called on the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine to conclude a ceasefire agreement, and the heads of the world’s leading countries to support this initiative. Yabloko also specified its proposals for implementation of the agreement:
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko Federal Political Committee: on the global crisis, nuclear threats and the policies of the future
Press Release, 28.11.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko Party Chairman, Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, and Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of the Federal Political Committee / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On the eve of the Federal Council of Yabloko, which will convene in Moscow on 30 November, a meeting of […]
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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On the Yabloko Party’s fundamental political position in the current conditions
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024 Photo: Yabloko’s poster “Changes Will Come!”, September 2021 elections / Photo by Vitaly Ankov, RIA Novosti The Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party considers it necessary to reiterate the most pressing key positions of the Party: – Ceasefire. Exchange of […]
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Federalism, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Без рубрики.
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On the situation in the world and Russia and the position of the Yabloko Party
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024 Photo by Ivan Vodopyanov, Kommersant The world is changing irreversibly and qualitatively. A large-scale institutional crisis is beginning, it is manifested in the systematic inoperability of many international institutions, as well as the crisis of political systems in the leading countries […]
Posted: November 28th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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On the critical need for an immediate ceasefire
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024 Photo: The Kursk region, August 2024 / Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant Even before the start of the “special military operation”, the Yabloko party warned of the catastrophic consequences of a military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. From the very beginning […]
Posted: November 28th, 2024 under Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Stop sliding into world war!
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2021, published on 27.11.2024 Photo: A bronze revolver with a knotted barrel – the sculpture “No to Violence” in front of the UN building in New York / Photo by Igor Mikhalev, RIA Novosti After World War II, all political thought in post-war Europe aimed […]
Posted: November 27th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko sent an appeal to the Moscow government to clarify the situation with the closure of the Gulag History Museum
Press Release, 27.11.2024 Photo: The Gulag History Museum on the day of its closure / Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant A letter signed by Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Maxim Kruglov was sent to the head of the Moscow Department of Culture Alexei Fursin. Kruglov asks the head of the department to list the […]
Posted: November 27th, 2024 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Police detained Valentina Komkova, Chair of the local Yabloko branch in Miass, the Chelyabinsk region, to prevent her from attending a court hearing
Press Release, 26.11.2024 Photo: Valentina Komkova / Photo from the personal archive Valentina Komkova was on her way to the Chelyabinsk Regional Court to give evidence on behalf of the defence in the case of a Miass resident who was accused of “demonstrating extremist symbols”. Komkova was stopped on the road by traffic police officers. […]
Posted: November 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Ceasefire: There are no other options and there have never been
Grigory Yavlinsky on the role of the United States in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Donald Trump’s second term, and the new world disorder Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview to Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 25.11.2024 If some may still think that what is happening between Russia and Ukraine is a regional conflict, then they are […]
Posted: November 26th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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