Archive for 'Human Rights'
Nikolai Rybakov and Grigory Yavlinsky spoke at the international conference The Man Who Changed the World timed to coincide with Mikhail Gorbachev’s 90th birthday
Press Release, 5.03.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Olga Zdravomyslova, Executive Director of the Gorbachev Foundation, and Pavel Palazhchenko, head of the International Contacts and Press Service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko party Chairman, and Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, took part in the international […]
Posted: March 9th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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The Yabloko Party University will host Alexander Sungurov’s lecture on human rights
Press Release, 8.03.2021 On Friday, 12 March, the Yabloko Party University will host a Zoom lecture by Alexander Sungurov “Human Rights: Fundamentals of the Concept and Unresolved Problems”. The lecture will begin at 19:00. The lecture will cover the following issues:
Posted: March 9th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Human Rights.
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“The Soviet and the Russian woman: how have the roles changed?” Online conference of Yabloko’s Gender faction
Press Release, 4.03.2021 On Thursday, 4 March, Yabloko’s Gender held a Zoom conference “The Soviet and the Russian woman: how have the roles changed?” The conference was dedicated to the 8 of March International Women’s Day. Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of the faction, Olga Radayeva, First Deputy Chair of the faction, Tatiana Ovcharenko, Marina Karavayeva, Olga […]
Posted: March 9th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, History, Human Rights.
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Lev Shlosberg and Artur Gaiduk demand from the head of the Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case into the attempted murder of Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr.
Press Release, 5.03.2021 Photo: Deputies of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko Artur Gaiduk and Lev Shlosberg / Photo: Artyom Avanesov More than three weeks have passed since the publication of the investigation by Bellingcat and The Insider about the circumstances of the two attempts on murder on politician and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., but […]
Posted: March 5th, 2021 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
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Yabloko at the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Yabloko activists honoured the memory of the murdered politician throughout Russia Press Release, 1.03.2021 Photo: Nizhni Novgorod, the region where Boris Nemtsov was Governor in 1991-1997 On February 27, Yabloko members went to rallies, single pickets and other events in many regions of Russia so that to commemorate murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. In Moscow, […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: What threatens Putin and what threatens Russia
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 26.02.2021 423 agents of “foreign secret services” were identified in Russia in 2020, as Vladimir Putin said. At the meeting of the Board of the Federal Security Service, Putin spoke about the key, in his view, modern threats to Russia: spies, terrorists, hackers and opponents of the Sputnik V [vaccine against COVID]. These […]
Posted: March 1st, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Politics, Protests in Russia, Russia-Belarus Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Situation in Crimea, Social Policies, War in Syria, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov spoke at a permitted rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Barnaul
Press Release 1.03.2021 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov took part in a permitted rally in memory of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in Barnau, the Altai Territory. Barnaul became the only city out of 22 Russian cities, where the authorities satisfied Yabloko’s application for a mass action.
Posted: March 1st, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The murder of Boris Nemtsov is a bleeding wound on the body of Russian society”
Yabloko leaders laid flowers to the place of murder of Boris Nemtsov on the Nemtsov Bridge Press Release, 27.02.2021 Yabloko leaders Nikolai Rybakov and Grigory Yavlinsky laid flowers at the place of murder of Boris Nemtsov on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, which Muscovites have been calling the Nemtsov Bridge. The mourning action was also attended […]
Posted: March 1st, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“The Soviet and the Russian woman: how have the roles changed?” Online conference of Yabloko’s Gender faction
Press Release, 26.02.2021 On Thursday, 4 March, Yabloko’s Gender faction will hold a Zoom conference “The Soviet and the Russian woman: how have the roles changed?” The conference will begin at 19:00. The conference will be attended by Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of the faction, Olga Radayeva, First Deputy Chair of the faction, Tatiana Ovcharenko, Marina […]
Posted: February 26th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko was denied approval of the Boris Nemtsov Memorial March in 21 out of 22 regions
Press Release, 25.02.2021 Photo: Yabloko at the Moscow March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in 2017 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Regional authorities in 21 Russian regions refused to give permissions for Yabloko’s actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov. Opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, was shot six times […]
Posted: February 26th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A crime against everyone
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 23.02.2021 Today is the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland [in Russia]. A memorable day for all our multinational people, who defended our country shoulder to shoulder during the Second World War. I congratulate all those who today defend Russia from foes, diseases, poverty, arbitrariness and lawlessness. All those who […]
Posted: February 24th, 2021 under History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee adopted the position of Grigory Yavlinsky and approved the direction of the party’s reform
Press Release, 20.02.2021 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 19 February 19, a regular meeting of the Federal Political Committee (FPC) of the Yabloko Party took place. The meeting was attended by all 17 members of the FPC. The Federal Political Committee considered two issues: the statement “On systemic threats […]
Posted: February 20th, 2021 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Protests in Russia, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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The court did not uphold the claim of the Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov.
Party members will take part in a memory watch and a round table Press Release, 20.02.2021 Photo: Personal page of Maxim Petlin on Facebook On 20 February, the Leninsky district court of the city of Yekaterinburg refused to approve the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov and the memorial meeting. On February 19, the Sverdlovsk […]
Posted: February 20th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko will seek in court the approval for the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Maxim Petlin / Photo from personal page of Maxim Petlin in Facebook The Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region, asking to declare unlawful the refusal of the authorities to give a permission to the procession and rally in […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko will appeal against the refusal of the Mayor’s Office to give a permission on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Monument to the victims of political repression in Novgorod / Photo by the Press Service of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko Sergei Busurin, Mayor of Novgorod, refused to the Novgorod branch of Yabloko in holding a march and a rally in memory of the Russian politician Boris Nemtsov “For freedom and […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko filed an application on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in Nizhny Novgorod
Press Release, 19.02.2021 Photo: Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko applied to the Operational Headquarters for the implementation of measures to prevent and control the spread of coronavirus infection in Nizhny Novgorod asking to adopt a decision on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in Nizhny Novgorod. Opposition politician Boris […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The vertical of executioners
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 18.02.2021 Photo: Session of the Third Court of Cassation considering the case of Yuri Dmitriyev, 16 February, 2021 “Here, in the Sandarmokh area, a place of mass executions, over 7,000 innocent people were killed from 1934 to 1941 by the NKVD executioners: residents of Karelia, prisoners and special settlers of the White […]
Posted: February 19th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Administrative protocols were drawn up for the members of the Novgorod Yabloko after they applied for holding the March in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press Release, 18.02.2021 Photo: Anna Cherepanova and Ksenia Cherepanova / photo from Anna Cherepanova’s personal page on Facebook On 17 February, protocols of administrative offence were drawn against Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and deputy of the City Duma, as well as Ksenia Cherepanova, head of the regional branch of Yabloko’s […]
Posted: February 18th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko organises actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov in 22 cities
Press Release, 17.02.2021 Photo: The Boris Nemtsov March in Moscow in 2018 / Photo by the Press Service of the Yabloko party UPD. Applications for a rally have been submitted also in Tula, Cheboksary and Novosibirsk, thus, the number of cities where rallies can take place increased to 22. Actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov, […]
Posted: February 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The leaders of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko fined for the rally in the site specially designated for holding rallies without notifying the authorities
Press Release, 17.02.2021 In the photo: Ivan Krisanov / photo by the Press Service of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko On 17 February, the Oktyabrskiy District Court of Ivanovo found Ivan Krisanov, a Bureau member of the Ivanovo branch of Yabloko, guilty of committing an administrative offense under Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of […]
Posted: February 17th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protests in Russia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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