Archive for 'Human Rights'
Exchange as a step towards ceasefire
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 28.05.2025 Photo: The Economist The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict has been completed. Against the backdrop of rising tensions – statements about the lifting of restrictions by several EU countries on the use of weapons supplied to Ukraine for strikes deep into Russia and […]
Posted: May 28th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Masked men raided the Yekaterinburg Yabloko office because of a denunciation
Press Release, 25.05.2025 Photo: The action of writing letters to political prisoners in Yekaterinburg Yabloko in April 2025 / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 25 May, Yabloko held its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners at the office of the party branch in Yekaterinburg. Masked men raided the Yekaterinburg Yabloko […]
Posted: May 26th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stalin’s defenders mock those who preserve the memory of his victims. Yabloko on the inclusion of Yan Rachinsky, C-Chair of the Memorial human rights society, in the “foreign agents” register
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 23.05.2025 Photo: Yan Rachinsky /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party considers the inclusion of Yan Rachinsky, Co-Chairman of the Memorial human rights society and Russian human rights defender, in the so-called “foreign agents” register to be an act of political repression aimed at destroying historical memory in […]
Posted: May 26th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Will they start burning undesirable books soon?
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 22.05.2025 Photo: The Podpisnye Izdaniya book store in St. Petersburg / Photo by Alexander Chizhenok, Kommersant Security officials came to search the book publishing houses Eksmo and Individuum, and book stores Falanster, Podpisnye Izdaniya, and Karta Mira. After the searches at the publishing houses, 11 people were interrogated and later […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky and other Yabloko leaders stand surety for imprisoned Konstantin Smirnov
Internet media VidSboku, 20.05.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The sureties to the Soviet District Court of Ryazan with a request to change the preventive measure for Konstantin Smirnov, Chairman of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko, deputy of the Council of Deputies of the Dubrovichi rural settlement of the Ryazan […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to the head of the Central Electoral Commission with Grigory Melkonyants’ final statement in court
Press Release, 21.05.2025 Photo: Ella Pamfilova, Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, and Grigory Melkonyants, Co-Chair of Golos independent election observers movement, at a roundtable on organising election observation as part of the All-Russian Civil Forum, 25 November, 2017 / Photo by Golos Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to Ella Pamfilova, Chairperson of […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Europe wants Ukraine to pay for their fear”
Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 20.04.2025 Use auto translate option to watch the video Putin and Trump had a “good” conversation. They announced this to the world. Who will actually benefit from this, and who will not, remains to be seen. No official announcements were made about discussing any draft decisions regarding the practical implementation of […]
Posted: May 22nd, 2025 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Voronezh Yabloko will participate in the elections to the Voronezh City Duma and asks its members and supporters for help
Press Release, 21.05.2025 Photo by Wikimedia Commons On 14 September, elections to the Voronezh City Duma will be held in Voronezh. The regional branch of the Yabloko party intends to participate in these elections. Yabloko is already preparing a democratic list of candidates who will present a real alternative in the city parliament.
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Moscow and Russian regions invites all to participate in its actions of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 20.05.2025 Photo: The action in the Kemerovo branch of Yabloko / Photo by the regional branch of the party With each passing month, the number of political prisoners continues to grow. According to the Memorial human rights organisation, there are currently 952 political prisoners in Russia. In total, the human rights organisation believes […]
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Professor from St. Petersburg State University and Honorary Professor of Ryazan State University requested Konstantin Smirnov’s release from pre-trial detention centre
Internet media VidSboku, 20.05.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov at one of the court hearings / Photo by internet media VidSboku Professor of the Department of Arabic Philology at St. Petersburg State University and Ryazan native Mikhail Suvorov has sent an appeal vouching for Vidsboku (Side View) editor-in-chief Konstantin Smirnov – he requests changing his preventive measure […]
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s web-site launches collection for dismantling Stalin bas-relief in Moscow metro
Press Release, 17.05.2025 Photo: Historian and human rights defender Yan Rachinsky signs the petition in the Moscow Yabloko office / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Immediately after it was reported on the plans of the Moscow Department of Transport to install a bas-relief with Joseph Stalin with the inscription “Gratitude of the people to […]
Posted: May 19th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Melkonyants sentenced to five years in prison in the “undesirable” organisation case. Commentaries by Yabloko leaders
Press Release, 14.05.2025 Photo: Grigory Melkonyants in the Basmanny Court, Moscow, at one of the hearings / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 May, the Basmanny Court of Moscow sentenced electoral expert Grigory Melkonyants, Сo-Сhairman of the Golos independent election observers movement, to five years of imprisonment under the article on the activities […]
Posted: May 14th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Moscow Yabloko protests against restoration of a bas-relief in a Moscow underground station depicting Joseph Stalin, and announces collection of signatures against this initiative
Press Release, 13.05.2025 Photo: A bas-relief “Gratitude of the People to the Leader-Commander” depicting Joseph Stalin at the Taganskaya underground station in Moscow, dismantled in 1965/ Photo by Glavarchiv, Moscow On 13 May, the Moscow branch of Yabloko sent an appeal to Maxim Liksutov, head of the Department of Transport and Development of Road and […]
Posted: May 13th, 2025 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko proposes to perpetuate the memory of Anatoly Marchenko, the last Soviet political prisoner who died in prison
Press Release, 13.05.2025 Photo: Anatoly Marchenko / Photo from open sources Thanks to Anatoly Marchenko, Academician Andrei Sakharov was returned from exile and a state decision was made to release all political prisoners in the Soviet Union. From Marchenko’s book “My Testimony” Soviet and European societies learned about the lives of Soviet political prisoners in […]
Posted: May 13th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On 9 May, the Yabloko Party honoured the memory of those killed in World War II
Press Release, 9.05.2025 Moscow The leaders and members of the Yabloko Party honoured the memory of those killed in World War II at the Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery in Moscow, the Piskarevskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg, as well as at memorials in other Russian cities.
Posted: May 12th, 2025 under History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, Yabloko honoured the memory of the victims of the war at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow
Press Release, 7.05.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov brought flowers from Yabloko to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. “Millions of people – soldiers and sailors, workers, front-line doctors and nurses, residents of besieged […]
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to honour the memory of those killed in World War II at the Preobrazhenskoye and Vvedenskoye cemeteries in Moscow
Press Release, 7.05.2025 On 9 May, members and supporters of Yabloko will honour the memory of those killed in World War II at the Eternal Flame at the Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery in Moscow. We invite all our members and supporters to join the memorial event.
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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On the future of Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 After three years of war, our main task remains to achieve a ceasefire and stop the daily killing of people. However, when this happens, the situation in the country will remain being extremely difficult, requiring responsible actions and an understanding of perspectives. […]
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Memory of Victory over fascism in World War II is the foundation of peace
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Victory over fascism is one of the key, meaningful events in the history of our country. We bow our heads and honour the memory of those who died in the struggle for life, for our country, against the state misanthropic ideology of […]
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Not to miss the chance for peace after three years of tragedy!
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Photo by Maxim Guchek, RIA Novosti A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, resolving contentious issues through negotiations is the basic position of the Yabloko party. A cessation of hostilities remains the most urgent task for our country and for our party. For […]
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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