Archive for 'Human Rights'
Ksenia Cherepanova, a candidate for deputy of the Novgorod Regional Duma from Yabloko, will appeal in court the status of a candidate “affiliated with a foreign agent”
Press Release, 30.07.2024 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Electoral Commission has decided label once again Yabloko’s Ksenia Cherepanova as a candidate “affiliated with a foreign agent”. The Ministry of Justice provided such information to the electoral commission in connection with the Ksenia’s participation in the unregistered movement of independent […]
Posted: July 31st, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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District courts in St.Petersburg rejected Yabloko candidates’ appeals against electoral commissions’ denials of their registration in municipal elections
Press Release, 29.07.2024 Photo: Yabloko’s placard “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire agreement!” The Kirovsky District Court of St.Petersburg considered the complaint of Yabloko candidates for the Narva District Municipal Council against the decision of Territorial Electoral Commission No 41 (candidates Ivan Zlobin, Eduard Nikolayev, Marina Peslyak, Pavel Samsonov, Elizaveta Balakina, Alexei Bogdanov, Anna […]
Posted: July 31st, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidate for the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Olga Yurkevich is denied registration. Yabloko will appeal in court the decision of the electoral commission
Press Release, 30.07.2024 Photo: Olga Yurkevich / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko According to the draft decision of Territorial Electoral Commission No. 6 of St.Petersburg, the reason for refusing to register Olga Yurkevich, a pediatric anesthesiologist and Yabloko candidate in electoral district No. 18, was that Yabloko allegedly failed to notify the St. […]
Posted: July 31st, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Five Yabloko candidates registered for municipal elections in Leningrad region
Press Release, 29.07.2024 Photo: The Vyborg Castle / Photo from Wikimedia Commons The electoral commissions of the Vyborg and Boksitogorsk districts of Leningrad region have registered five candidates from the Yabloko party for municipal elections. The Yabloko candidates are campaigning under the general party slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”. Public figures […]
Posted: July 30th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidate Yevgeny Vasiliyev registered in the elections of the head of the Gdov District in the Pskov region
Press Release, 29.07.2024 The Territorial Electoral Commission of the Gdov District registered Yevgeny Vasiliyev as a candidate for the post of head of the Gdov District from the Yabloko party. Yevgeny Vasiliyev was presented with a registration resolution and a candidate certificate.
Posted: July 29th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Maxim Kruglov filed a lawsuit demanding that he must be registered as a candidate in the Moscow City Duma elections
Press Release, 26.07.2024 Photo: Maxim Kruglov outside the Moscow City Court on 26 July, 2024 / Photo from Maxim Kruglov’s personal archive Maxim Kruglov is challenging in court the refusal of the electoral commission to register him in the Moscow City Duma elections. Today, the Yabloko candidate in electoral district No. 13 filed a lawsuit […]
Posted: July 29th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov: “The idea of restricting YouTube in Russia represents another step into the dark past”
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram blog post, 25.07.2024 Photo from social media The State Duma promised to reduce the download speed of YouTube by 70% in the next two weeks. On stationary computers, the download speed may decrease to 40% by the end of this week, and to 70% by the end of next week. At the […]
Posted: July 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Viktor Zagorodnikov submitted voters’ signatures for his registration as a Yabloko candidate in the by-elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
Press Release, 25.07.2024 Photo: Viktor Zagorodnikov at the District Electoral Commission / Photo from social media On 24 July, Viktor Zagorodnikov, a candidate in the by-election for a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in single-mandate electoral district No. 10, submitted 3,007 signatures of district residents to the electoral commission in support […]
Posted: July 25th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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We need such meetings no less than those who are behind the bars. We invite all to our action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 23.07.2024 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service In the coming weeks, action of writing letters to political prisoners will be held at Yabloko offices all over Russia. Traditionally, everyone is invited to attend. “Over the past month, we have seen and heard a lot – the verdict to Yevgenia Berkovich and Svetlana Petriychuk, […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Yefimov registered as a candidate for by-elections to the State Duma
Press Release, 22.07.2024 Photo: Alexander Yefimov at the electoral commission of the Rostov region / Photo from the regional electoral commission’s Telegram channel Today, the electoral commission of the Rostov region registered a member of the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, entrepreneur Alexander Yefimov, as a candidate in the by-elections to the State Duma. The Southern […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko candidate for Governor of the Kaliningrad region Roman Morozov failed to overcome the municipal filter
Press Release, 22.07.2024 Photo: Roman Morozov / Photo by the regional party branch Roman Morozov, a human rights defender and a candidate for Governor of the Kaliningrad region from Yabloko, failed to pass the municipal filter to register for the elections. Last Friday, he submitted documents to the regional electoral commission without the mandatory signatures […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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All candidates for municipal deputies from the St. Petersburg Yabloko were denied registration in the elections. Yabloko will challenge unlawful denials in registration in court
Press Release, 22.07.2024 Photo: Another stage of the St. Petersburg Yabloko Conference, at which some candidates for municipal deputies were nominated / Photo by the regional party branch Territorial electoral commissions of St. Petersburg refused to register 84 Yabloko candidates for municipal elections. Candidates were not registered territorial electoral commissions refused to recognise the Conference […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Four candidates from Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko submitted signatures in support of their nomination
Press Release, 22.07.2024 The required number of signatures for participation in the elections of deputies of the Chelyabinsk City Duma were submitted by the Chairman of the Chelyabinsk Yabloko and lawyer Yaroslav Shcherbakov (district No. 2, Kalininsky district), teacher of Russian language and literature Olga Sazonova (district No. 4, Kalininsky district), Chair of the Gender […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Zagainov is registered as a candidate from Yabloko for municipal deputies in Krasnoyarsk
Press Release, 22.07.2024 The electoral commission of the Berezovsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory decided to register Alexander Zagainov, a candidate from the Yabloko party for the district council in single-mandate electoral district No. 10 of Krasnoyarsk. The current deputy of the Esaul Village Council is running in the villages of Ermolaevo, Esaulovka, Terentyevo, the […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Ksenia Cherepanova is a registered candidate for deputy of the Novgorod Regional Duma from Yabloko
Press Release, 19.07.2024 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova Members of the Soletsk District Electoral Commission unanimously decided to register Ksenia Cherepanova, a candidate from the Yabloko party in the by-elections of deputies of the Novgorod Regional Duma in the Soletsk single-mandate electoral district. Ksenia Cherepanova, the Chair of the local branch of the Yabloko party in Veliky […]
Posted: July 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tula regional branch of Yabloko is collecting signatures to participate in the elections of deputies to the regional and the city parliament
Press Release, 19.07.2024 The Tula regional branch of Yabloko nominated two lists of candidates for the regional and city Dumas (parliaments). The Yabloko team is running in the elections under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom!” and asks for the help of all residents of the region who share the party’s positions and want Yabloko […]
Posted: July 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko is running for the Chelyabinsk City Duma and asks its voters and supporters to help with collection of signatures
Press Release, 19.07.2024 The Chelyabinsk regional branch of Yabloko nominated candidates for elections to the Chelyabinsk City Duma as a party list and in single-mandate constituencies. Yabloko candidates are campaigning under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom!” To be registered in the elections, candidates must collect 5,000 signatures from residents from all over the city […]
Posted: July 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Ten candidates from Yabloko are registered for elections in the Novgorod region
Press Release, 19.07.2024 The Territorial Electoral Commission in the Novgorod region registered ten candidates from Yabloko. In total, the regional branch of the party nominated 13 candidates. Registration was denied to Valery Kochnev, and Oksana Sergeyeva will soon be denied registration as well, they were found guilty last year of “demonstrating extremist symbols”. Registration of […]
Posted: July 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: The Moscow City Duma is not a place for deputies
Sergei Mitrokhin’s blog post, 19.07.2024 Photo: Maxim Kruglov and Sergei Mitrokhin at their meeting with Muscovites / Photo from social media The refusal [of the electoral commission] to register Maxim Kruglov for elections to the Moscow City Duma was expected. The barrier of [mandatory] collection of voters’ signatures [in favour of a candidate’s nomination] was […]
Posted: July 19th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, Regional and Local Elections 2024, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Ministry of Justice failed to explain on why it recognised Boris Vishnevsky as a “foreign agent”
Press Release, 19.07.2024 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky by the court with his defence attorneys / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The Vasileostrovsky District Court in St.Petersburg held the first hearing on the merits in the lawsuit filed by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and MP of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, […]
Posted: July 19th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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