Archive for 'Human Rights'
The leader of the Zabaykalsky Krai branch of the Yabloko party spoke at the regional Legislative Assembly against the return of Stalinist practices
Press Release, 24.12.2024 Photo: Viktor Kurochkin / Photo by Oleg Fyodorov, CHITA.RU The Chairman of the Transbaikal regional branch of the Yabloko party, Viktor Kurochkin, spoke at a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of the Zabaikalsky Krai (Transbaikal Territory) on 20 December. In his speech, he noted that many specific features of the Stalinist era […]
Posted: December 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko demands that Vladimir Putin introduce a federal emergency regime due to the environmental disaster in the Krasnodar Territory
Press Release, 23.12.2024 The corresponding appeal to the President of Russia was sent by Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, referring to the Federal Law No. 68-FZ “On the Protection of the Population and Territories from Emergencies of Natural and Man-Made Nature” dated 21.12.1994. “According to the law, it must be introduced in situations […]
Posted: December 26th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko hosted a second meeting with political scientist Nina Khrushcheva
Press Release, 17.12.2024 Photo: Nina Khrushcheva / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko hosted a second meeting with Nina Khrushcheva, political scientist and professor at the New School in New York, and great granddaughter of USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev. Nina Khrushcheva spoke about her new book “Nikita Khrushchev. A Leader Outside the System”, and […]
Posted: December 25th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Novgorod Yabloko appealed to the police and the Investigative Committee regarding the destruction of four memorials to prisoners of war and internees in the Borovichi district of the Novgorod region
Press Release, 16.12.2024 Photo: The basement of the memorial at the cemetery in the Borovichi district was destroyed with the use of construction equipment / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko In the Novgorod region, unidentified persons destroyed four memorials at the burial sites of prisoners of war from the Second World War. In the village of […]
Posted: December 25th, 2024 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Moscow Mayor’s Office on the GULAG Museum: After the violations are amended, the Museum will be allowed to receive visitors again
Press Release, 16.12.2024 Photo: An exhibit of the GULAG History Museum / Photo by Ivan Vodopyanov, Kommersant Yabloko received a response from the Moscow Department of Culture to the appeal by the Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Maxim Kruglov about the reasons for the closure of the GULAG History Museum. The Moscow Mayor’s Office listed the […]
Posted: December 25th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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After two years of litigation, the seizure of the St.Petersburg branch of the society for the protection of of architectural heritage was declared illegal. One of the plaintiffs was Yabloko Deputy Chair Boris Vishnevsky
Press Release, 16.12.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky by the VOOPIK office / Photo by the St.Petersbrug branch of Yabloko The City Court of St. Petersburg upheld the decision of the Oktyabrsky District Court on the illegal holding of a conference of the St.Petersburg branch of VOOPIK (All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments). […]
Posted: December 24th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Tatarstan honoured the memory of journalists killed for their professional activities
Press Release, 16.12.2024 Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 15 December, the Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty, Yabloko in Tatarstan honoured the memory of journalists of the new Russia killed for their work. The event took place in front of the Idel-Press building in Kazan. Dozens of Russian […]
Posted: December 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, The Murder of Larissa Yudina, The Murder of Natalya Estemirova, Timur Kuashev's case, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko launches collection of signatures against the abolition of direct elections of the mayor of Yakutsk
Press Release, 16.12.2024 Photo: Collection of signatures in the Yakutsk office of Yabloko / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The regional branch of the Yabloko party in Yakutia announces a collection of signatures against the abolition of the direct elections of the head of Yakutsk, the capital of Yakutia. A bill on replacing […]
Posted: December 24th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions to hold the action of writing letters to political prisoners which will be the last in 2024
Press Release, 13.12.2024 Photo by the Voronezh branch of Yabloko Traditionally we invite everyone who is ready to help with care and a kind words to those deprived of freedom for their words and beliefs to the events in support of political prisoners. Come to our offices and other meeting places, sign New Year’s cards […]
Posted: December 13th, 2024 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to host a second meeting with Nina Khrushcheva and discussion of her book “Nikita Khrushchev: a Leader Outside the System”
Press Release, 13.12.2024 Photo: Nina Khrushcheva in the Yabloko office on 17 September, 2024. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 16 December, the Moscow office of the Yabloko party will host a second meeting with political scientist Nina Khrushcheva, timed to coincide with the release of her book “Nikita Khrushchev: a Leader Outside […]
Posted: December 13th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko calls on the State Duma to declare an amnesty on the eve of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War
Press Release, 12.12.2024 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant A letter signed by the Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov was sent to the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and State Duma deputies. At a meeting of the Yabloko Federal Council on 30 November, Yabloko called on the authorities to release from custody and drop […]
Posted: December 12th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko calls for the release of all those convicted under “anti-war” articles!
Resolution by the Federal Council of Yabloko, adopted by the Federal Council on 30.11.2024, published on 11.12.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the Yabloko Congress in 2023 /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, there are about a thousand prisoners in Russian prisons, persecuted by the state for their political views and positions. The use of […]
Posted: December 12th, 2024 under Congresses, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights represented a response to the horrors and crimes committed during World War II
Nikolai Rybakov’s blog post, 10.12.2024 Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt with the English version of the Declaration of Human Rights Today is International Human Rights Day: 76 years ago, on 10 December, 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration represented a response to the horrors and crimes committed during World […]
Posted: December 11th, 2024 under Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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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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