Archive for 'YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power'
Negative Selection*
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 27.10.2021 (*Negative selection is a mechanism prioritising and ensuring selection of the worst. See, for example, here) The State Duma elections ended exactly one month ago. We approached these elections in a situation when the system had been consolidated and had started moving definitely and consciously to an aggressive-repressive model of relations with […]
Posted: October 27th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, Presidential Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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On the situation in Russia
Decision No 145 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo by Alexander Kazakov / Kommersant The situation in Russia, in almost all spheres, is currently determined by trends summarising the previous 25 years and set by the 2020 “constitutional reform” [Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Russian Constitution]. This […]
Posted: October 21st, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The situation and prospects of political struggle in Russia in 2021
Decision No 147 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Political Committee of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko believes that the assessments, forecasts and fears expressed in the article “No to Putinism and Populism” and the decision by the Political Committee […]
Posted: October 19th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Situation in Crimea, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, War in Syria, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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On the calls to vote of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Decision No 148 by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 14.10.2021, published on 18.10.2021 Photo: Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), bows to the bust of Stalin on 5 March 2021, the anniversary of Stalin’s death / Photo by Irina Buzhor / Kommersant The Political Committee […]
Posted: October 18th, 2021 under Elections, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The Yabloko Party presented 100 solutions to overcome corruption in Russia
Press Release, 15.09.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 15 September, the Yabloko party presented its anti-corruption programme, consisting of 100 items. Yabloko believes that corruption should be viewed as a violation of human rights. The presentation was attended by the leader of Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of the party Ivan Bolshakov, Yabloko […]
Posted: September 16th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Political Parties, Politics, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The communists want to remove Sergei Mitrokhin from the elections for the cosplay of the video of Reutov-TV
Press Release, 10.09.2021 Photo from Sergei Mitrokhin’s personal Facebook page Nina Ostanina, a candidate for State Duma from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the Central electoral district No. 208, appealed to the District Electoral Commission with a complaint against Sergei Mitrokhin, her rival in a single-mandate constituency from Yabloko.
Posted: September 10th, 2021 under Elections, Political Parties, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Do you say that the real opposition is the communists? Then expect new repressions, the Iron Curtain and a war”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 31.08.2021 Photo: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo by Alexander Miridonov /Kommersant Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov equated criticism of Joseph Stalin with an attack on the outcome of the Second World War. What for? It attracts communist voters to the [ruling] United Russia party and at the same time makes it […]
Posted: August 31st, 2021 under Elections, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea, 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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Three municipal deputies were injured in the explosion during a municipal council meeting in St.Petersburg
Press Release, 10.08.2021 Photo by Dmity Baltrukov On 4 August, an explosion occurred on the porch of the municipal council of the Smolninskoye municipality in St.Petersburg. The explosion happened during the council meeting. According to a number of media, Georgy Sklyadnev, an employee of the Smolninskoe municipal administration, told the Centre for Combating Extremism that […]
Posted: August 11th, 2021 under Elections, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg was removed from the State Duma elections in a single-mandate constituency. Statements by the leaders of Yabloko
Press Release, 9.08.2021 Photo: Lev Shlosberg. / Photo by the Yabloko party Press Service The Moscow City Court made a decision to cancel the registration of Lev Shlosberg as a candidate for State Duma elections in a single-mandate constituency. The decision was adopted on the administrative claim by Andrei Pangayev, a candidate for State Duma […]
Posted: August 10th, 2021 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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I am asking you to stop the use of unfair campaigning methods by members of your party.
An open letter by Emilia Slabunova to Dmitry Medvedev, leader of the United Russia party, 5.08.2021 Photo from Emilia Slabunova’s FP page: Banners placed by United Russia in Petrozavodsk run: “United Russia means a renovated Petrozavodsk airport. Departures and returns in comfort. To: Dmitry A. Medvedev, Chairman of the All-Russian political party UNITED RUSSIA Dear […]
Posted: August 5th, 2021 under Elections, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will not keep silent about COVID-19
Press Release, 29.07.2021. Photo by Igor Ivanko/ Kommersant The Yabloko party refused to sign an agreement proposed by the pro-government United Russia party on holding elections amid the coronavirus pandemic. The reason is the fourth paragraph of the document, which provides for the refusal of the political parties participating in the parliamentary elections to discuss […]
Posted: July 29th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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Alexei Chumakov: Ketchup for wunderkinds
In Kirov, winners and prize-winners of the All-Russian Academic Olympics for Schoolchildren were awarded memorable ketchup and mayonnaise. Alexei Chumakov’s blog post, 7.06.2021 Photo from the official web-site of the Kirov administration In Kirov, winners and prize-winners of the All-Russian Academic Olympics for Schoolchildren were awarded memorable ketchup and mayonnaise. The head of the Kirov […]
Posted: June 7th, 2021 under Political Parties, Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Nikolai Rybakov: This is a law against the list of Yabloko candidates
Facebook page by Nikolai Rybakov, 4.06.2021 Photo by Natalia Seliverstova /RIA Novosti Today Vladimir Putin has signed a law prohibiting citizens associated with “extremist” organisations from being elected as deputies. The content of this law is absurd in the best traditions of the adoption of insane laws by the State Duma, and allows absolutely any […]
Posted: June 7th, 2021 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The Ivanovo branch of Yabloko demands resignation of the deputy head of the Yuzhsky district. The official organises campaigning for the pro-goverments United Russia party
Press Release, 01.04.2021 Photo: Svetlana Lelyukhina / Photo from the official website of the Yuzhsky municipal district of the Ivanovo region The Ivanovo branch of Yabloko intends to appeal to the Public Prosecutor’s office of the Ivanovo region with a demand to remove from office Svetlana Lelyukhina, acting the head of the Yuzhsky district of […]
Posted: April 1st, 2021 under Elections, Political Parties, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexei Karnaukhov: The State Duma hides inquiries under the carpet
How the pro-government United Russia party stole Yabloko’s initiative and passed it off as its own Press Release, 4.03.2021 Since June, the State Duma was supposed to publish parliamentary inquiries on the website. It is a surprisingly good initiative: this way you can track whose interests the deputies are promoting and disclose the use of […]
Posted: March 5th, 2021 under Political Parties, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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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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Maxim Kruglov: Moscow Mayor’s Office has cut the powers of the City Parliament and municipalities
Maxim Kruglov’s blog post, 18.02.2021 Photo: Maxim Kruglov, leader of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma Today, the Moscow authorities have finally revealed their strategy for the coming years. Instead of building modern, flexible, horizontal management structures, the Mayor’s Office and [the government’s] United Russia [party], on the contrary, concentrate all powers in […]
Posted: February 18th, 2021 under Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Political Parties, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre demanded to deprive “golden MP” Sergei Sopchuk of his mandate
Earlier, the Public Prosecutor General’s Office revealed his undeclared business worth over 38 billion roubles Press Release, 1.02.2021 Photo: Sergei Sopchuk, photo from the official website of the Legislative Assembly of the Maritime Territory Alexei Karnaukhov, Director of the Yabloko party Anti-Corruption Policy Сentre, appealed to the Chairman of the State Duma with a demand […]
Posted: February 1st, 2021 under Political Parties, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The government of St. Petersburg does not rule out checking of financial statements of 19 United Russia party municipal deputies after Yabloko’s inquiry
Press Release, 13.01.2021 The government of St. Petersburg does not rule out that Alexander Beglov, Governor of the city, initiates an inspection of 19 out of 22 municipal deputies from the United Russia party, who did not declare their families’ property in their financial statements. This follows from the answer of Alexander Belsky, Vice Governor […]
Posted: January 13th, 2021 under Elections, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, St.Petersburg gubernatorial elections 2019, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg: We get an electoral system that looks like a black cat in a dark room
Press Release, 29.12.2020 Photo: Lev Shlosberg, MP of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko Pskov parliamentarians adopted amendments to the Electoral Code of the Pskov Region. All parties, except for the ruling United Russia party, opposed multi-day voting in the elections, as well as voting in the yards and other similar changes, as they make […]
Posted: December 29th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Elections, Governance, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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