Archive for 'Political Parties'
Yabloko held an expert discussion on the problem of overcoming Stalinism in modern Russia
Press Release 8.11.2024 Based on the discussion in the Yabloko Bureau on 31 October, 2024 On 31 October, Yabloko held an open meeting of the Federal Bureau of the party, timed to coincide with the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression. The topic of the large discussion was overcoming Stalinism. The following […]
Posted: November 8th, 2024 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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“There is always a place for a choice.” Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview for the documentary “The Unfinished Time”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 8.10.2024 Complete interview with English subtitles Since the late 1980s, Russia has repeatedly found itself at critical crossroads. There was a choice, there was an opportunity to fundamentally change the country’s future for the better and avoid another tragedy. In other words, over the past 35 years, Russia has repeatedly had a […]
Posted: October 11th, 2024 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Presidential Elections, Russian Economy, Understanding Russia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region: Governor Alexei Teksler’s course represents a dead end
Blog post by Yaroslav Shcherbakov, 6.09.2024 Photo: Placard “Alexei Teksler: to protect and help! / Photo by Yaroslav Shcherbakov Five years ago, Alexei Teksler defined people as a priority in his election programme. Today, his programme has other priorities: “First. Everything for Victory!” Meanwhile, the main strategic goals for the development of the Chelyabinsk Region […]
Posted: September 6th, 2024 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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These are elections without choice! On the position of the Chelyabinsk Yabloko in the elections of the governor and deputies of the Chelyabinsk City Duma
Statement by the Chelyabinsk Regional Council of Yabloko, 6.09.2024 Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko The Chelyabinsk Yabloko calls on the residents of the South Urals not to support any of the registered candidates for Governor of the Chelyabinsk region and candidates for deputies of the Chelyabinsk City Duma on the voting days of […]
Posted: September 6th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Regional and Local Elections 2024, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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St. Petersburg Yabloko calls not to vote for the current Governor Alexander Beglov and his sparring partners in the gubernatorial elections in September
Press Release, 5.09.2024 Photo: The Bureau of the St. Petersburg branch Yabloko calls not to vote for the current Governor Alexander Beglov and his sparring partners in the gubernatorial elections in September.
Posted: September 5th, 2024 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Judiciary, Social Policies, St.Petersburg Gubernatorial Elections 2014, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, 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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Yabloko will participate in gubernatorial elections in the Kaliningrad, Tula and Chelyabinsk regions
Press Release, 11.06.2024 Photo: Roman Morozov, Vladimir Dorokhov, and Yaroslav Shcherbakov The Presidium of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party confirmed the candidacies of Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Roman Morozov and Vladimir Dorokhov for the elections of governors of the Chelyabinsk, Kaliningrad and Tula regions, respectively. In the coming days, the candidates will be nominated at […]
Posted: June 11th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Izmailovsky Court of Moscow accepted Boris Vishnevsky’s complaint against the Ministry of Internal Affairs because of their inaction to MP Gurulyov’s phrase about the “rotten” 20 per cent of population who disagree with Putin and therefore must be destroyed
Press Release, 19.01.2024 Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” The Izmailovsky Court of Moscow accepted for consideration the complaint of the Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, Boris Vishnevsky, about the inaction of the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which did not reveal violations of the law in […]
Posted: January 19th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The 22nd Congress of Yabloko. The key points
Press Release, 11.12.2023 Photo: Igor Artemyev, a member of the Federal Political Committee, speaks at the Congress on 9 December / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Past weekend, the 22nd Yabloko Congress took place in Moscow. The Congress elected the party leaders and the executive bodies of the party for the next four years. […]
Posted: December 11th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov elected Chairman of the Yabloko party for a second term
Press Release, 10.12.2023 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service According to the results of the secret ballot of the congress delegates, 59 delegates (55%) voted in favour of Nikolai Rybakov. Alexander Yefimov came second with 26 votes in favour. Anna Cherepanova and Maxim Kruglov received 12 and 10 votes, respectively.
Posted: December 10th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the place and prospects of the Yabloko party
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko of 24 November, 2023, published on 1 December 2023 Russia is going through the stage of collapse of post-Soviet modernisation. The cause of the current crisis was the failure of misguided political and economic reforms. The main feature of the current historical moment is the boundless tragedy […]
Posted: December 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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“Assessment of the personality of Joseph Stalin and the results of his leadership of the country is out of the competence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office” – a response to an inquiry from Arthur Gaiduk
Press Release, 20.11.2023 Photo: Monument to Joseph Stalin in Velikiye Luki / Photo from open sources The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Pskov region once again found no grounds for taking measures of prosecutorial response in connection with the unauthorised installation of a monument to Joseph Stalin in Velikiye Luki, the Pskov region, and reported […]
Posted: November 22nd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Alexei Yablokov Day at the Darwin Museum. Acad.Yablokov’s legacy and modern environmental problems were discussed by scientists, politicians and public activists
Press Release, 14.11.2023 On 13 November, a conference and public forum The Alexei Yablokov Day were held at the Darwin Museum in Moscow as part of the events dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Acad.Alexei Yablokov (1933-2017), a renowned Russian ecologist and founder of the Green Russia Faction of the Yabloko party. In 2006, Alexei […]
Posted: November 15th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov on collecting signatures in support of the nomination of Grigory Yavlinsky as a candidate in the forthcoming presidential election
Nikolai Rybakov’s blog post, 9.11.2023 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Our party receives questions from citizens from different regions of Russia about collecting signatures for the nomination of Grigory Yavlinsky as a candidate in the forthcoming presidential election. In September, Grigory Yavlinsky said that he was ready to consider the […]
Posted: November 9th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yabloko’s Boris Vishnevsky had his microphone turned off after speaking about the “special military operation” at the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 1.11.2023 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Press Service of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly Speaking on October 31 at the meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, deputy Boris Vishnevsky explained why the Yabloko faction could not support the draft city budget of St.Petersurg for 2024. Vishnevsky said that the reasons […]
Posted: November 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko leader in Tatarstan Ruslan Zinatullin at the State Council: “Militaristic practices are passed off as patriotism”
Press Release, 20.10.2023 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 19 October, the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan adopted in the first reading the bill “On the Patriotic Education of Citizens in the Republic of Tatarstan,” which was developed so that to determine a “unified approach” to patriotic education […]
Posted: October 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies.
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St. Petersburg Yabloko asks the Ministry of Culture to issue a distribution certificate for the film “The Fairy Tale” by Alexander Sokurov
Press Release, 17.10.2023 Photo: A still from Alexander Sokurov’s film “The Fairy Tale” Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent an appeal to the Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova with a request to reconsider the Ministry of Culture’s decision refusing to issue a distribution certificate for Alexander […]
Posted: October 18th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, 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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Yabloko turns 30!
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram post, 16.10.2023 30 years ago, on 16 October, 1993, a protocol on the establishment of an electoral bloc for elections to the State Duma was signed, the top three candidates included Grigory Yavlinsky, Yury Boldyrev and Vladimir Lukin. People immediately named the political association “YABLoko” [according to the first letters of the […]
Posted: October 17th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Greetings, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Don’t push the planet towards a nuclear disaster
Statement by the Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, 13.10.2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on 5 October that Moscow may withdraw ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). A week later, on 12 October, it was reported that the relevant State Duma committee had prepared a bill to revoke ratification. Its consideration […]
Posted: October 13th, 2023 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-China Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yabloko will participate in the by-election of deputies of the Novosibirsk City Council
Press Release, 9.10.2023 Photo: Pyotr Kopylov and Maxim Novikov Two candidates for deputies were nominated by the Novosibirsk branch of the Yabloko party at a meeting of the regional bureau held on Sunday. By-elections for the electoral districts Nos 40 and 49 will be held on 15-17 December, 2023.
Posted: October 11th, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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