Archive for 'Human Rights'
Yevgeny Bunimovich brought to the Moscow Mayor’s Office signatures of Muscovites for preservation of the park and creation of a cultural centre in Khovrino
Press Release, 17.10.2019 Today, Yevgeny Bunimovich, Yabloko deputy of the Moscow City Duma and member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, and an initiative group of residents brought to the Moscow Mayor’s Office signatures of Muscovites for preservation of the park and creation of a cultural centre in Khovrino presenting Moscow with the goal […]
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Yevgeny Kurakin is transferred from jail under house arrest
Press Release, 15.10.2019 Today, the Moscow Region Court considered the appeal on the measure of restraint in the case of Yevgeny Kurakin, head of the branch of Yabloko in Reutov, the Moscow Region. The court ruled out to return the case to the preliminary hearing stage to the Reutov court (the court of the first […]
Posted: October 16th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Freedom to Konstantin Kotov!
Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 15.10.2019 Konstantin Kotov was sentenced to four years [in a penal colony]. The defender of the Constitution and the rights of citizens of Russia, who has not committed any crime, will be in prison. Yesterday, the Moscow City Court upheld this decision. Neither the arguments of twelve lawyers, nor guarantors, nor […]
Posted: October 15th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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4,000 people came to the rally organised by the Kalmyk branch of Yabloko against the appointment of the mayor of Elista
Press Release, 14.10.2019 About 4,000 residents of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, came to the rally against the appointment of Dmitry Trapeznikov (who used to be Chair of the Council of Ministers of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic in East Ukraine) acting the head of the administration of Elista. The Kalmyk branch of Yabloko was […]
Posted: October 14th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Six and a half years of a maximum security colony for a picket
Statement by the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, 10.10.2019 Two more prisoners of conscience appeared in Russia: in Rostov-on-Don 19-year-old Yan Sidorov and 22-year-old Vladislav Mordasov were sentenced was sentenced to six years and six months and six years and six months in a maximum security colony respectively. On November 5, 2017, they were detained at […]
Posted: October 14th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko supported pickets in defense of Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Vyacheslav Shashmin
Press Release, 10.10.2019 A series of one-person pickets (which require no permission from the authorities) in defense of political prisoners Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Vyacheslav Shashmin took place in Rostov-on-Don. Members of the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko and residents of the city in turn went out with posters into the street. Mothers of Yan […]
Posted: October 11th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Boris Nemtsov could have turned 60 now
9.10.2019 Today Boris Nemtsov could have turned 60. In February 2015, Boris was killed, shot right by the walls of the Kremlin… We have known each other since 1990. We worked together, were friends. Boris was a very sincere and very free person. In recent years, he openly, vividly and sharply opposed the authorities. And […]
Posted: October 11th, 2019 under Condolences, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko raised 220,000 roubles to help political prisoners at a charity auction in the office of the party
Press Release, 4.10.2019 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky On Thursday, October 3, an auction in support of political prisoners was held in the Moscow office of the Yabloko party. The main partner of the action was the portal delo212.ru of the initiative group Case 212, where you can find detailed information about the prisoners of the so-called […]
Posted: October 4th, 2019 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Statement by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko on the attack against Anna Cherepanova and the inadmissibility of dirty methods of political struggle
Statement by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, 1.10.2019 An unidentified person attacked Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko party and the deputy of the City Duma, at the entrance to Mayor’s Office, before the meeting of the Novgorod Duma on the morning of September 26. The man poured white powder […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yabloko supported the rally for the release of political prisoners in Moscow
Press Release, 29.09.2019 The Yabloko party supported the rally for the release of political prisoners, which was held in Sakharov Prospect in Moscow today. Grigory Yavlinsky took part in the action, and Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, addressed the rally from the stage.
Posted: October 2nd, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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20 years of Putin and the future
by Grigory Yavlinsky, 20.09.2019 In August 1999 the young director of the Federal Security Service Vladimir Putin was appointed chairman of the Russian Government. By the end of the same year after the early resignation of Russia’s first President Boris Yeltsin, he started assuming his duties. Putin’s longstanding opponent Grigory Yavlinsky discusses the phenomenon of […]
Posted: September 30th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Tatarstan branch of Yabloko supported the political prionsers and defendants of the “Moscow riots” case
Press Release, 23.09.2019 Activists of the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko conducted a series of one-person pickets, that do not require a permission from the authorities, in support of defendants in politically motivated criminal cases instituted as part of the so-called the “Moscow riots” case when people protested against non-registration of opposition candidates in the Moscow […]
Posted: September 23rd, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019.
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The Public Prosecutor General’s Office refuses to give answers on the lawsuit of Yabloko about excavations in the memorial of Stalin’s victims in Sandarmokh
Press Release, 19.09.2019 Photo: Boris Misnik, Jan Raczynski and Emilia Slabunova Today, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow decided not to consider the claim of the Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova against the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the Karelian Public Prosecutor’s Office on checking the legality of the excavations of the graves of the victims […]
Posted: September 20th, 2019 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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MP of the Moscow City Duma from Yabloko demanded resignation of the head of the Moscow Electoral Commission during taking the oath
Press Release, 17.09.2019 Maxim Kruglov, deputy of the Moscow City Duma from the Yabloko party, addressed Valentin Gorbunov, head of the Moscow Electoral Commission, during taking the oath. Kruglov blamed Gorbunov on the reprisals against those protesting in the streets for fair elections and said that the Yabloko faction would seek his resignation.
Posted: September 18th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Slabunova applies to court against Public Prosecutor General’s Office for refusal to check the excavations of the graves of Stalin’s victims in Sandarmokh by the Russian Military Historical Society
Press Release, 16.09.2019 The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow will consider the lawsuit of Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova against the Public Prosecutor General and the Prosecutor General’s Office of Karelia for their refusal to examine on merit the excavations of the graves of the victims of Stalin’s reprisals by the Russian Military Historical Society in […]
Posted: September 17th, 2019 under History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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The rectitude of the protest
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 06.09.2019 Yesterday, Konstantin Kotov, 34-year-old programmer, was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. At the absence of corpus delicti. He was sentenced for publicly protesting against the actions of the authorities.
Posted: September 6th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Без рубрики.
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The Investigative Committee: Yabloko’s Valery Kostenok is innocent. He may be released today
Press Release, 3.09.2019 Photo: Karina Gradusova / Yabloko Press Service The Investigative Committee has stopped the criminal prosecution of Yabloko activist Valery Kostenok and four other defendants accused of participation in the “riots” in Moscow on 27 July. As follows from the message on the website of the Investigative Committee, “the decision was made by […]
Posted: September 4th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Без рубрики.
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Leaders of the Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko vouched for Vladislav Barabanov
Press Release, 27.08.2019 Photo: Vladislav Barabanov, photo by Vlad Dokshin, Novaya Gazeta The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko collects personal guarantees to change the measure of restraint to Vladislav Barabanov charged under the “Moscow riots” case.
Posted: September 3rd, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leaders will meet with visitors of the Moscow Book Fair
Press Release, 2.09.2019 The stand of the Yabloko party (R-6) will function at the Moscow International Book Fair which will be held in Pavilion No. 75 of VDNKh exhibition (Exhibition of Economic Achievements) from September 4 through to September 8.
Posted: September 2nd, 2019 under Elections, Gender Faction, History, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Regional and Local Elections.
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The Tatarstan branch of Yabloko held an action under the slogan “I Want Changes”
Based on Idel.Realii publication, 15.08.2019 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin On 15 August, activists of the Tatarstan branch of the Yabloko party held an action “I Want Changes” in the centrer of Kazan. Yabloko members and supporters conducted a series of one-person pickets that do not require a permission from the authorities. The action was timed to the […]
Posted: August 16th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections.
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