Archive for 'Human Rights'
Acad. Alexei Arbatov comments on the election of President of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Official Telegram channel of the Russian Academy of Sciences Photo: Alexei Arbatov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Alexei Arbatov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, commented on Alexander Sergeyev’s (the current head of the Russian Academy of Sciences) withdrawal of his […]
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Education and Science, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to hold a forum of municipal candidates “After the Elections”
Press Release, 19.09.2022 This Thursday, 22 September, Yabloko will hold a forum of municipal candidates “After the Elections”. The Forum will be held in the Yabloko office in Moscow. The Forum participants will sum up the results of the election campaign and discuss plans for the future.
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky about the causes of the “special operation”, the Kremlin’s new goals, and the prospects for Russia
Zhivoi Gvozd Youtube channel, 19.09.2022 The broadcast is in Russian How did Russia come to 24 February and what are the main causes of the special military operation? Why is a ceasefire agreement necessary and what are the Kremlin’s new goals? What is in store for Russia in the near future and what is the […]
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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State Duma candidate Yelena Izotova, who was not admitted to the parliamentary elections in 2021, disputes in the Supreme Court “involvement in an extremist organisation”
Press Release, 19.09.2022 Photo: Yelena Izotova (left) and Gulnaz Ravilova / Photo from social media Yelena Izotova, a member of the Council of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Tatarstan and a Yabloko candidate for deputy of the State Duma in 2021, filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation […]
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Activists of the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko organise an event of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 19.09.2022 Photo: Postcards made by Yabloko “Freedom to Mikhail Afanasyev!” On 23 September, the regional branch of the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko will hold an event of writing letters to political prisoners. We publish here an abstract from a letter by Mikhail Afanasyev, a political prisoner and a member of the Yabloko branch […]
Posted: September 19th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov: “16% of Muscovites voted for Yabloko”
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma and head of the Moscow campaign headquarters of Yabloko, wrote on his Telegram channel that 16% of Muscovites voted for Yabloko in the Moscow municipal elections past weekend.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The City Court in Miass refused to punish a teacher for “discrediting the army” under two protocols out of three
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo by chikennnsem@gmail.com/depositphotos The City Court of Miass, the Chelyabinsk region, dismissed two administrative cases of “discrediting the armed forces” against school teacher Tatyana Merzlyakova. This information comes from Valentina Komkova, Chair of the Miass branch of Yabloko, who acted as a defender of the teacher in court.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anna Cherepanova to participate in the competition for the post of Novgorod Mayor on 21 September
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova’s programme On 21 September, the day of the birth of Russian statehood, a competition for the post of Mayor will be held in Novgorod. Anna Cherepanova, Chairwoman of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party, will take part in it.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s elected deputies will stand for peace and freedom
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Yabloko campaign leaflets “For Peace!” and “For Peace and Freedom!” Elections were held in a number of Russian regions on 11 September. 462 Yabloko candidates took part in election campaigns in 12 regions. 2,167,203 voters had the opportunity to vote for peace, against the policy pursued by the current Russian authorities, […]
Posted: September 15th, 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.
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The pro-government majority in the St.Petersburg parliament did not dare to support Yabloko’s parliamentary request on the sources of funding for battalions bearing toponymic names of the region
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg refused to forward a deputies’ inquiry to the Governor of St.Petersburg on the amount and sources of budgetary expenditures for the formation of bearing toponymic names of the region. The inquiry was submitted by […]
Posted: September 14th, 2022 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court ordered the Russian communications watchdog to name Emilia Slabunova’s publications containing “false information of the special military operation in Ukraine” that led to blocking of her page on a popular social media
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 13 September, the Petrozavodsk City Court held a hearing to consider the complaint of Emilia Slabunova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and ex Chair of Yabloko, about the inaction of the Federal Service for Supervision […]
Posted: September 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko stood for peace in the elections conducted during a special military operation regime
Statement by the Yabloko party, 12.09.2022 Photo from left to right: Andrei Morev, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko Chairman, and Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko election headquarters in Moscow, at the briefing on 11 September. The slogan on the placards runs “Yabloko Stands for Peace!” / Photo by […]
Posted: September 12th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial elections 2022, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky launched his book about the causes of what happened on 24 February
Press Release, 10.09.2022 On Saturday, 10 September, Grigory Yavlinsky launched his book “Underlying Causes. Why and How Did a Political System Appear, Which Has Resulted in the Events of 24 February, 2022?” the Moscow office of the Yabloko party.
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Без рубрики.
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A State Duma MP wrote a denunciation to the public prosecutor on the campaign of a candidate from Yabloko to the municipal council in St.Petersburg
Press Release, 9.09.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov’s leaflet running “Thou shalt not kill” / Photo from Alexander Makhankov’s personal page in the VK social media State Duma deputy from the government’s United Russia party – Vitaly Milonov – wrote an appeal to the Public Prosecutor of St. Petersburg with a request to “pay attention” to the […]
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky to launch his new book on the fundamental causes of what happened on February 24
Press Release, 8.09.2022 Photo: the cover of the book On Saturday, 10 September, the Moscow office of the Yabloko party (Pyatnitskaya 31/2) will host a launch of the book by Grigory Yavlinsky’s work “Underlying Causes. Why and How Did a Political System Appear, Which Has Resulted in the Events of 24 February, 2022?” now published […]
Posted: September 9th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Every fifth candidate from Yabloko was removed from the municipal elections in Moscow
Press Release, 9.09.2022 Photo: A team of Yabloko candidates in the Basmanny district in Moscow / Photo from social media The municipal election campaign in Moscow, unprecedented as of the number of deregistered Yabloko candidates, has reached the finish line. One day remains before the voting in September 9-11, and some candidates still continue to […]
Posted: September 8th, 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.
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“Honest journalism has been announced be a crime”. Yabloko leaders on the 22 years verdict to journalist Ivan Safronov and revocation of licence from Novaya Gazeta
Press Release, 6.09.2022 Photo: Ivan Safronov / Photo by Gleb Shchelkunov, Kommersant On 5 September, the Moscow City Court sentenced 32-year-old journalist Ivan Safronov to 22 years in a strict regime colony on the charges of “treason”. On the same day, the Moscow Basmanny District Court revoked the registration of the print version of Novaya […]
Posted: September 6th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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The on-line conference Marathon in Memory of Mikhail Gorbachev organised by Yabloko brought together participants from different countries
Press Release, 3.09.2022 Full video of the conference The online conference Marathon in Memory of Mikhail Gorbachev, organised by the Yabloko party, lasted eight hours. The speeches of the participants were broadcast on the Yabloko YouTube channel. Politicians, statesmen and public figures, writers, journalists and human rights activists from Russia, the USA, Mexico and Italy […]
Posted: September 5th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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The pacifist campaign of the Yabloko candidate running in the municipal elections in St.Petersburg will be checked for “extremism”
Press Release, 3.09.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov’s campaign leaflet “I and Yabloko Stand for Peace!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Alexander Makhankov, a Yabloko candidate for deputies of the municipal council of the Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg, was warned that his campaign products were sent for examination on suspicion of the presence of “extremism” […]
Posted: September 5th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Moscow City Court upheld the removal of Maria Volokh from the municipal elections
Press Release, 2.09.2022 Photo: Maria Volokh / Photo from social media On 1 September, the Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Tverskoy District Court to remove Maria Volokh, a candidate for Moscow municipal deputies from Yabloko, from the elections. Earlier, District Judge sided with the Territorial Electoral Commission of the Tverskoy District in […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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