Archive for 'Human Rights'
Yabloko demands from the Moscow Mayor and Public Prosecutor to cancel the order of the Moscow Department of Healthcare regarding installation of audio recording devices in doctors’ offices
Press Release, 12.01.2024 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant The Moscow Department of Healthcare ordered the installation of audio recording devices in the doctors’ offices in Moscow outpatient clinics. They even published the order that revealed that audio recording had been already introduced in two clinics as an experiment. The Department of Healthcare confirmed the issuance […]
Posted: January 12th, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The head of the Moscow Traffic Police stated that submitting biometrics should be an obligation for Russians, not a right. MP of the Moscow City Duma Maxim Kruglov reminds the policeman of the law
Press Release, 11.01.2024 Photo by Yekaterina Yakel, Kommersant A prototype of a traffic light with a facial recognition camera, which can record violations of traffic rules by pedestrians, was tested in Moscow. The media reported this with reference to the head of the Moscow Traffic Police Department, Alexander Bykov. The police official believes that providing […]
Posted: January 12th, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Restrictions on the reproductive rights of Russian women are unacceptable
Decision by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko of 29.12.2023, published on 9.01.2024 Photo by Oleg Kharseyev, Kommersant The shift in government policy towards archaic conservatism leads to restrictions on women’s reproductive rights. Under the guise of concern for demographic issues and raising of the birth rate, the state actually forces women to give birth to […]
Posted: January 11th, 2024 under Gender Faction, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko organised a New Year charity fair. Part of the funds will go to support political prisoners
Press Release, 31.12.2023 On 27 December, a New Year’s charity fair was held at the office of the Yabloko party in Moscow.
Posted: January 10th, 2024 under Charity, Human Rights.
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A Way to the Future: 2023 Analysis
Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky, 29.12.2023 The series of interviews with the politician and economist, Yabloko party’s leader Grigory Yavlinsky A Way to the Future. The final episode of 2023 series presents the analysis of the last year’s events, suggests conclusions and expectations from the next year.
Posted: January 10th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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The Moscow branch of Yabloko took part in the annual charity action to help the homeless
Press Release, 29.12.2023 Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko, Kirill Goncharov, took items and food collected by party members and supporters for homeless people to the Nochlezhka charity organisation as part of the annual “Tangerins and Canned Meat” charity campaign. Several boxes of canned meat, instant noodles, sugar, and personal hygiene items were sent to […]
Posted: January 10th, 2024 under Charity, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, who did not find extremism in the deputy Gurulyov’s statements on extermination of 20% of Russia’s population dissenting with Vladimir Putin’s policies
Press Release, 27.12.2023 Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, appealed in the Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which found […]
Posted: December 28th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Ceasefire is a strategy
YouTube channel Zhivoi Gvozd, 26.12.2023 The peculiarity of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is that the ceasefire is not a tactical respite, not a private episode and, most likely, not even a temporary first step solution. A ceasefire in this case is a strategy. In the current circumstances, this is the only possible political […]
Posted: December 26th, 2023 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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On the eve of the New Year Yabloko will hold actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions
Press Release, 19.12.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service In the last days of December, Yabloko will hold actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions. Not all post cards and letters will reach their recipients before the New Year. However, good wishes are always important for those deprived of freedom. […]
Posted: December 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko called on the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service to provide immediate medical assistance to imprisoned municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov
Press Release, 13.12.2023 Photo: Alexei Gorinov / Photo from open sources Chairman of Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov asks the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev to conduct a medical examination of Alexei Gorinov and monitor the provision of medical care to him in full. Alexei Gorinov, a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district of […]
Posted: December 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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To the 30th anniversary of voting for the Russian Constitution
Resolution by the Yabloko Congress, adopted on 10.12.2023, published on 12.12.2023 Photo by Yury Abramochkin, RIA Novosti Thirty years ago, a vote on the draft Constitution of Russia took place. The creation of the Constitution of post-Soviet Russia, its popular discussion and adoption procedure could have become key stages in the creation of a new […]
Posted: December 12th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The 22nd Congress of Yabloko. The key points
Press Release, 11.12.2023 Photo: Igor Artemyev, a member of the Federal Political Committee, speaks at the Congress on 9 December / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Past weekend, the 22nd Yabloko Congress took place in Moscow. The Congress elected the party leaders and the executive bodies of the party for the next four years. […]
Posted: December 11th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov elected Chairman of the Yabloko party for a second term
Press Release, 10.12.2023 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service According to the results of the secret ballot of the congress delegates, 59 delegates (55%) voted in favour of Nikolai Rybakov. Alexander Yefimov came second with 26 votes in favour. Anna Cherepanova and Maxim Kruglov received 12 and 10 votes, respectively.
Posted: December 10th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Yabloko must learn to talk to the people and try to become the party in power
Press Release, 9.12.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Grigory Yavlinsky made a political report at the Yabloko Сongress. He spoke about the need for a ceasefire in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, about political prisoners, the economic situation and the upcoming elections. A significant part of the report was devoted to the future of Yabloko in […]
Posted: December 9th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy.
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Nikolai Rybakov about the forks of the past 30 years: “No one can convince us that there was no other way”
Press Release, 9.12.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov made a report at the 22nd Yabloko Party Congress. He spoke about the historical forks of the past 30 years and Yabloko’s proposals at each of them. Rybakov said that it was necessary to understand at what turns the wrong choice had […]
Posted: December 9th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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“If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.”
Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Ivan Bolshakov on how the party can exist in the current conditions Press Release, 9.12.2023 Photo: Ivan Bolshakov /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service “If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them,” Yabloko Deputy Chairman Ivan Bolshakov began […]
Posted: December 9th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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On participation in the 2024 Russian presidential elections
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 November, 2023, published on 7 December, 2023 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky at the televised debates during the 2018 presidential campaign / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The upcoming eighth presidential elections in Russia in March 2024 are radically different from those held in Russia since 1991. […]
Posted: December 8th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Interethnic and interreligious enmity is the way to the collapse of Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 November, 2023, published on 6 December, 2023 Photo: Anti-Semitic riots at Makhachkala airport on 29 October, 2023 / Photo from social networks The value of human life has been decreasing against the backdrop of the special military operation in Russia that has been going on for […]
Posted: December 6th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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On the threat of the recurrence of mass-scale political terror
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 November, 2023, published on 5 December, 2023 Photo: Yabloko Congress, 2019 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service After 24 February, 2022, repressions in Russia against those who disagree with the government’s policies sharply intensified. According to the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial”, there were […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Без рубрики.
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On the place and prospects of the Yabloko party
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko of 24 November, 2023, published on 1 December 2023 Russia is going through the stage of collapse of post-Soviet modernisation. The cause of the current crisis was the failure of misguided political and economic reforms. The main feature of the current historical moment is the boundless tragedy […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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