Archive for 'Human Rights'
Valery Denisenko, a Yabloko candidate for municipal deputies in Moscow, arrested
Press Release, 20.07.2023 Photo: Valery Denisenko. Fragment of a campaign leaflet Early in the morning of 19 July, police broke into the apartment of Valery Denisenko, a candidate for deputy from the Yabloko party in the elections to the Council of Deputies of the Moskovskiy settlement, Moscow. He was detained and on the same day […]
Posted: July 20th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2023, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“This is not the preservation of values, but the inculcation of hatred.” Nikolai Rybakov about the law banning gender reassignment
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel, 19.07.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, the Federation Council unanimously adopted another anti-human law, for which the Duma had unanimously voted before – a law banning gender reassignment. Deputies and senators have found the most important problem in the country that requires their intervention – an exceptionally rare problem […]
Posted: July 20th, 2023 under Governance, Human Rights.
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The Pskov Yabloko nominated 55 candidates to run in the local elections in 2023
Press Release, 17.07.2023 Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service The conference of the Pskov branch of Yabloko nominated 55 candidates for deputies in the elections to representative bodies of local self-government scheduled for 2023, including 41 candidates on party lists and 14 candidates in single-mandate constituencies.
Posted: July 19th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Members of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policies: “No one should ever blackmail humanity with the threat of the use of nuclear weapons”
Web-site of the Council for Foreign and Defenсe Policies, 17.07.2023 Members of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policies issued an official statement condemning calls on the possible launching a nuclear war which were published in the media. Three members of the Yabloko party – Academician Alexei Arbatov, member of the Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, Major […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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L’oppositore Nikolaj Rybakov: «Non basta sperare nella fine di Putin, il sistema del regime gli sopravviverà»
THE INTERVIEW July 1, 2023 – 08:45 di Marco Imarisio DAL NOSTRO INVIATO MOSCA – Loro l’avevano detto. «Guardi qui, se non ci crede». Sul tavolo ci sono dépliant vecchi di cinque anni, che risalgono alle elezioni del 2018, e altri più recenti. In ogni documento si fa cenno al pericolo che corre lo Stato russo facendo […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg challenges his “foreign agent” status in court
He filed a lawsuit with the Pskov City Court Press Release, 6.07.2023 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo from social media “Today, on 6 July, I personally filed a legal administrative claim with the Pskov City Court against the Russian Ministry of Justice so that to recognise unlawful their including me in the register of “foreign […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko urged Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin to initiate a criminal investigation into the attack on journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Chechnya
Statement by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, 5.07.2023 Photo: Yelena Milashina after the attack / Photo by Sergei Babinets, the Committee Against Torture The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party called on the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin to initiate a criminal investigation into the attack on journalist Yelena […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Police again carried out the “inspection of the premises” with seizure of all the equipment in the office of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, this time the police took away not only Yabloko’s equipment, but also personal gadgets
Press Release, 5.07.2023 Photo: Entrance to the Pskov Yabloko office / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 5 July, police came to the office of the Yabloko branch in Pskov. Policemen presented a decision to initiate administrative proceedings under Article 13.15 Part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation “Abuse […]
Posted: July 17th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko will take part in the elections of deputies of the Duma of Novgorod and the Council of Staraya Russa
Press Release, 10.07.2023 Photo by the Novgorod Yabloko On 8 July, the Novgorod branch of Yabloko nominated three lists of candidates for elections in the region: for the Duma of Novgorod in a single electoral district and in single-member districts, as well as for the Council of Deputies of Staraya Russa.
Posted: July 10th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko supports Boris Titov’s statement on the need for a ceasefire
Press Release, 27.06.2023 Photo: Boris Titov / Photo by Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant Yabloko supports the statement of Boris Titov, the leader of the Party of Growth, on the need for a ceasefire and is ready to join forces to achieve this, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov wrote on his Telegram channel. “We regard this statement in […]
Posted: June 28th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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Yabloko deputy of the Novgorod City Duma Anna Cherepanova: I have called on the members of the Territorial Electoral Commission of Novgorod to conduct voting within one day
Anna Cherepanova’s blog post, 27.06.2023 I spoke at the meeting of the Territorial Electoral Commission of Novgorod proposing to conduct voting at the election of deputies of the Novgorod City Duma within one day, 10 September [rather than three envisaged by the recent laws]. The multi-day voting system does not have a single “pro”, only […]
Posted: June 27th, 2023 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko launched a documentary film about memories of the Second World War
Press Release, 23.06.2023 On June 22, the Moscow office of the Yabloko party hosted a screening of the documentary film Pogostiye (Burying Ground), based on the book Memories of War by Nikolai Nikulin. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov told about filming this documentary.
Posted: June 23rd, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “Why feminism is good”
Press Release, 22.06.2023 Photo: Galina Mikhaleva / Photo from social media On 3 July, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “Why feminism is good.” The lecture will be delivered by Galina Mikhaleva, Chairperson of the Yabloko Gender Faction, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the Russian State Humanitarian University.
Posted: June 22nd, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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“We will be grateful to them for our lives, our children and grandchildren”
Yabloko leaders honoured the memory of those who died in the Second World War Press Release, 22.06.2023 On the night of June 21-22, Yabloko held its traditional action “1418 Candles for Each Day of the War”. The action is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the Second World War. Yabloko leaders and […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2023 under History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Yabloko introduced a draft law on direct elections of the Mayor of Petrozavodsk. The incumbent Mayor is going to join the special military operation
Press Release, 21.06.2023 Photo: Emilia Slabunova, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko faction submitted to the Legislative Assembly of Karelia a bill on the return of direct mayoral elections in Karelia, including the Mayor of Petrozavodsk. The incumbent Mayor (city manager) of […]
Posted: June 21st, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“I would like to wish you strength and patience, you now need them in freedom no less than we here [in prison].” Yabloko urges Russian citizens to write letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 20.06.2023 Photo: Letter from political prisoner Andrei Pivovarov to Boris Vishnevsky Yabloko goes on conducting in its regional offices traditional actions in support of Russian political prisoners. Political prisoners do not have summer season or holidays. That is why it is so important not to stop supporting those behind bars. Yabloko has developed […]
Posted: June 20th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Lev Shlosberg about his “foreign agent” status: “There will be no changes in my public stand, there are no grounds for this”
Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 17.06.2023 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko Dear friends, I thank you all for your human responses to today’s decision of the authorities.
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ministry of Justice announced Yabloko’s Lev Shlosberg a “foreign agent”
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo: Lev Shlosberg “Russian citizens for freedom” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov commented on the decision of the Ministry of Justice to recognise Lev Shlosberg, a member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, a “foreign agent.”
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Sergei Mitrokhin decided not to participate in the elections of the Moscow Mayor because of the inability to campaign for peace with Ukraine
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Sergei Mitrokhin decided not to participate in elections of the Moscow Mayor because of the inability to campaign for peace with Ukraine. He made this announcement at the conference of the Moscow branch of Yabloko. Mitrokhin also stressed that he had no […]
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko helped 15 people to pay fines imposed on them for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 16.06.2023 Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko The Pskov branch of Yabloko used the remainder of the charitable amount raised to pay the fine for Yelena Kuzmina, a Pskov resident accused of extremism and terrorism for her posts on VKontakte social media criticizing Vladimir Putin, so that to help to cover the […]
Posted: June 19th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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