Archive for 'Human Rights'
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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Federal bill on killing animals is being considered by the parliaments in Russian regions. Yabloko appeals to deputies with a request not to support cruelty
Press Release, 17.03.2025 Photo by zastavkin/depositphotos In late February, a bill “On Responsible Treatment of Animals” was introduced to the State Duma. It gives the right to the Russian regions to independently set the time limits for keeping homeless animals in shelters, after which cats and dogs will be euthanised. The State Duma will make […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, 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 to host a launch of the book “Stalinism: Lessons of History and Modernity” by Mikhail Solovyov
Press Release, 19.02.2025 On 5 March, the anniversary of Joseph Stalin’s death, the Yabloko party office in Moscow will host a launch of the two-volume work by historian and social scientist Mikhail Solovyov “Stalinism: Lessons of History and Modernity”. Using historical materials, the author reveals the essence of Stalinism, its totalitarian nature. The book describes […]
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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The regional electoral commission refused to register the referendum in the Gdov district due to the “large number of participants” in the initiative group
Press Release, 18.02.2025 The Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region refused to register the initiative group for the referendum on the issues of direct elections of the head the Gdov District and the preservation of rural administrations in the Gdov district. The reason for the refusal was the fact that the initiative group included 37 […]
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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An alternative plan for constructing a road in the Moscow region, developed by Yabloko’s Kirill Yankov, has been sent to the Russian government
Press Release, 18.02.2025 Photo: Kirill Yankov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service An alternative plan for a new entrance to the city of Korolyov, developed by Kirill Yankov, a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and a member of the Party Arbitration of the Yabloko party, […]
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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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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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Peace negotiations are yet not possible”
RTVi, 11.02.2025 Even Donald Trump is already saying this openly: it is necessary to stop the killing of people in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a ceasefire is necessary, and only then should future negotiations be conducted on this basis.
Posted: February 13th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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A launch of a new documentary about a prisoner of Soviet camps “Viktor Bulgakov. Songs of a Forgotten Mine” will take place in Yabloko
Press Release, 13.02.2024 Viktor Bulgakov was arrested on 5 March, 1953. The seventeen-year-old student of the journalism department of Moscow State University, who wrote poetry and played music, was accused of creating a terrorist organisation. If Bulgakov had been eighteen, he would have been shot, but as it was, he was given 25 years of […]
Posted: February 13th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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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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Yabloko Gender Faction launches the anthology Znak Ravenstva (The Equality Sign)
Press Release, 10.02.2025 On 13 February, the Yabloko party office in Moscow will host a launch of a collection of articles, discussions and round tables of the Gender faction Znak Ravenstva (The Equality Sign). All those interested are invited to join the event.
Posted: February 10th, 2025 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Konstantin Smirnov remains in pretrial detention until 30 March
Press Release, 7.02.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov at the hearing of the court selecting a preventive measure for him, 31 January/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Ryazan Regional Court today rejected the journalist’s defense’s appeal against the decision to place him in custody. The Smirnov’s lawyer insisted that Konstantin Smirnov should not be kept […]
Posted: February 7th, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, 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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How we held the third charity New Year matinees for refugee children
Press Release, 6.02.2025 At the end of December, the central office of the Yabloko party hosted charity New Year matineess for the children of Ukrainian refugees – wards of the Civic Assistance Committee and the Dom s Mayakom charity foundation (Lighthouse Charity Foundation). This is the third series of events since 2022 that we have […]
Posted: February 7th, 2025 under Charity, Human Rights.
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