Archive for 'Human Rights'
Dmitry Kushpita, the of the Yabloko branch in the Vladimir region, spoke out against bringing back the course of the elementary military training to schools and advocated the return of direct elections of the Mayor of Vladimir
Based on Zebra-TV Internet media, 25.11.2022 Photo: Dmitry Kushpita / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Dmitry Kushpita, Chairman of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Vladimir region and director of School No. 40 in Vladimir, spoke to the deputies of the regional Legislative Assembly and called them not to introduce a […]
Posted: November 25th, 2022 under Education and Science, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Ukraine relations, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies.
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Statement by the Yabloko party in connection with the dismissal of Yabloko’s Svetlana Vasilkova, head of the Pustoshkinsky district in the Pskov region
Statement by the Yabloko party, 25.11.2022 Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Grazhdanin newspaper On 24 November, deputies of the Assembly of Deputies of the Pustoshkinsky District of the Pskov Region, by a majority of votes, prematurely terminated the powers of Svetlana Vasilkova, head of the Pustoshkinsky District and a member of the Yabloko […]
Posted: November 25th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Do not harbor malice”. Yabloko hosted a screening of the film “The Solovki Power. Evidence and Documents” about the prisoners of one of the largest concentration camps during the Stalin’s period
Press Release, 24.11.2022 On 22 November 22, Yabloko held in its Moscow office a screening and discussion of Marina Goldovskaya’s 1988 documentary film “The Solovki Power. Evidence and Documents” devoted to the prisoners of the Solovki concentration camp, the archipelago where political prisoners – “enemies of the people” – were exiled to forced labour camps […]
Posted: November 25th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in the Moscow City Duma proposed to other deputies to sign an appeal to the President of Russia to issue a decree on the official end of mobilisation
Press Release, 23.11.2022 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko party faction in the Moscow City Duma, following the example of the Yabloko deputies in the Karelian parliament, was one of the initiators of the appeal of the Moscow City Duma deputies to President Vladimir Putin […]
Posted: November 24th, 2022 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Civic activist Maria Volokh arrested for 20 days for an action against escalation of nuclear conflict
Press Release, 23.11.2022 Photo: Maria Volokh/ Photo from social media The Presnensky District Court of Moscow found Maria Volokh, a former candidate for municipal deputies of Moscow from the Yabloko party, guilty of a repeated violation of the established procedure for organising or holding a public event and appointed her 20 days of administrative arrest […]
Posted: November 24th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko demands from the regional Legislative Assembly to return the possibility of holding a discussion when approving the budget
Press Release, 23.11.2022 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party, sent a proposal to each deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Chelyabinsk region to amend the Regulations of the Legislative Assembly so that to eliminate violations that prevent public […]
Posted: November 24th, 2022 under Economy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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An action of writing letters to women political prisoners will be held at the Yabloko office in Novgorod
Press Release, 23.11.2022 Photo: Drawings by artist Ad’u On 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, an action of writing letters to women political prisoners will be held at the Yabloko office in Novgorod. In Russia, violence on behalf of the state has taken on a monstrous scale: women are […]
Posted: November 23rd, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Gender Faction, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko insists that the President of Russia must issue a decree on the end of mobilisation. A letter was sent to the President of Russia
Press Release, 22.11.2022 Photo by Tatiana Gord, Kommersant The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia sent an appeal to the President of Russia with a request to issue a decree on the completion of partial mobilisation, announced by Decree No. 647 of 21 September, 2022.
Posted: November 22nd, 2022 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko will hold actions of writing letters to political prisoners at its regional offices across Russia
Press Release, 22.11.2022 This week, actions in support of political prisoners will be held in the offices of the Yabloko party across Russia. Yabloko invites all, who would like to support politicians and civil activists who were unjustly convicted or under investigation, to take part in the actions. Participants of the actions can sign postcards […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on Russia’s thirty year long journey: “There has always been a choice. It remains even today”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 21.11.2022 Speaking about the reasons for what happened to Russia in February 2022, analysing the path traveled over three decades and looking for answers to the question of how to find a future for our country, it is extremely important to understand that everything that happened was not inevitable. Over the past […]
Posted: November 21st, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will host a screening of the film “The Solovki Power. Evidence and Documents” about the prisoners of one of the largest concentration camps during the Stalin’s regime
Press Release, 18.11.2022 Photo: Poster for the film “The Solovki Power. Evidence and Documents” (USSR, 1988) On 22 November 22, Yabloko will hold in its Moscow office a screening and discussion of Marina Goldovskaya’s 1988 documentary film “The Solovki Power. Evidence and Documents” devoted to the prisoners of the Solovki concentration camp, the archipelago where […]
Posted: November 18th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko urges the Ministry of Education to abandon introduction Elementary Military Training lessons at schools
Press Release, 17.11.2022 Photo by Yevgeny Pereverzev, Kommersant Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, sent a corresponding letter to Russian Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov. Rybakov proposed to include additional hours for learning foreign languages in the educational standards instead of elementary military training.
Posted: November 17th, 2022 under Education and Science, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Social Policies, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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The court in Abakan returned to the Public Prosecutor’s Office the criminal case of Mikhail Afanasyev on “fakes about the army”
Press Release, 17.11.2022 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev / Photo from social media The Abakan City Court returned to the Public Prosecutor’s Office the case of Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of the Yabloko party and editor-in-chief of the Novy Focus online media, who was charged with spreading “fakes about the army” under Article 207.3 Part 2 of […]
Posted: November 17th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow Yabloko collected 50 boxes of humanitarian aid for refugees from Ukraine
Press Release, 16.11.2022 Photo: Boxes with collected humanitarian aid prepared to be sent to the Civic Assistance Committee / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 November, activists of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party delivered 50 boxes of humanitarian aid to the office of the Civic Assistance Committee. Clothes and food-stuffs were […]
Posted: November 17th, 2022 under Charity, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko demands from the Investigative Committee to open a criminal case on the fact of the brutal murder of a prisoner recruited for the “special military operation”
Press Release, 15.11.2022 Photo: Yevgeny Prigozhin (left) / Photo by Artyom Krasnov, Kommersant The Yabloko factions in the Moscow City Duma and the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg sent appeals to Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, demanding to conduct an investigation and initiate a criminal case into the brutal murder (according […]
Posted: November 16th, 2022 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The St. Petersburg City Court refused to cancel the fine to Alexander Shishlov for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 15.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Shishlov and his lawyer Andrei Chertkov / Photo by Dinar Idrisov A judge of the St. Petersburg City Court upheld the decision on the fine in the case of “discrediting the army” against Alexander Shishlov, the leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and the […]
Posted: November 16th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The court dismissed the case of “discrediting the army” against Alexander Makhankov, head of a Yabloko district branch in St.Petersburg
Press Release, 15.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov / Photo from social media The Pushkinsky District Court decided not to prosecute Alexander Makhankovm Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg. The hearings took place on Tuesday, 15 November.
Posted: November 15th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Shishlov spoke out in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg against the repressive federal law on the deprivation of filmmakers of state funding
Press Release, 15.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, spoke out against the draft amendment to the federal law “On State Support for Cinematography”, initiated by the deputies from A Just Russia faction in the State Duma.
Posted: November 15th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Moral Choice
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 14.11.2022 Photo: Ditches across the road dug by Russian soldiers near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Ukraine, 7 April 2022 // REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich Grigory Yavlinsky on war and peace, the future of Russia, as well as the role of the political party at a time of military actions which are precipitating the […]
Posted: November 15th, 2022 under Economy, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Без рубрики.
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko will conduct an action of writing letters to Russian political prisoners
Press Release, 11.11.2022 Photo by the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko On 19 November the Rostov-on-Don regional branch of the Yabloko party will conduct an action of writing letters to Russian political prisoners. Yabloko invites all interested Russian citizens to participate. The action will start at 17:00.
Posted: November 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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