Archive for 'Politics'
“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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The Estate Museum of Pyotr Tchaikovsky in Udmurtia will be renovated. The leader of the Udmurtian branch of Yabloko, Iya Boronina, has been seeking this since September 2023
Press Release, 28.08.2024 Photo: The Estate Museum of Pyotr Thaikovsky / Photo by Wikimedia Commons The funds for the renovation of the cultural site of federal significance were allocated by the Government of the Russian Federation: orders on the allocation of funds to Udmurtia and other regions were signed on 13 August, 2024. This happened […]
Posted: August 28th, 2024 under Governance, History, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Investigative Committee, at the request of Yabloko’s Arthur Gaiduk, opened a case of fraud in the projects running under the state programme for the development of rural areas in the Pskov region
Press Release, 25.07.2024 Photo: Centre for Cultural Development in Lyady, April 2024/ Photo from the community “Citizens of the Plussky District” The Pskov Interdistrict Investigative Department of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Pskov region, after an appeal from Yabloko deputy Artur Gaiduk to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the […]
Posted: July 25th, 2024 under YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko appealed to the Public Prosecutor General’s Office due to poor quality works on a military memorial in Staraya Russa dedicated to the victims of the World War II
Press Release, 16.07.2024 Photo: Plastic signs at the Simonovskoye cemetery in Staraya Russa / Photo by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko The Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko party sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor General’s Office regarding the failure of the authorities to complete works to create a memorial in Staraya Russa to […]
Posted: July 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“That was the case when I couldn’t help but come.” Nikolai Rybakov took part in mourning ceremonies after the acts of terror in Dagestan
Telegram post by Nikolai Rybakov, 27.06.2024 Photos by the Yabloko Press Service Yesterday I was in Dagestan – in Makhachkala and Derbent. That was case when I couldn’t help but come. You all understand the tragic reason. I will return (https://eng.yabloko.ru/yabokos-statement-on-the-situation-in-dagestan ) to the substantive side of the problem more than once in the future. […]
Posted: June 28th, 2024 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Без рубрики.
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Yaboko’s statement on the situation in Dagestan
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 26.06.2024 Photo by Ganzhevi Gadzhibalaev/TASS The Yabloko party expresses its sincere condolences to the families and friends of those killed in the terrorist attack in Dagestan, including Orthodox Archpriest Nikolai Kotelnikov, who worked there for more than 40 years, civilians and a large number of law enforcement officers. May their […]
Posted: June 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov handed over to the State Duma and the Federation Council more than a thousand signatures of citizens in favour of disclosing the incomes of deputies
Press Release, 23.04.2024 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov submitted more than a thousand signatures, as well as individual appeals to each deputy and senator of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation demanding that income and property declarations for 2023 be disclosed and made public. Similar appeals […]
Posted: April 24th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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The court fined an official of the Ministry of Education of Udmurtia for ignoring an inquiry on anti-terrorist measures
Press Release, 15.04.2024 Photo by Iya Boronina A court in Izhevsk fined an official of the Ministry of Education of Udmurtia for ignoring an official inquiry from the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina. Boronina’s inquiry to the ministry concerned ensuring anti-terrorist and security measures in schools.
Posted: April 16th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Moscow and Russian regions paid tribute to the memory of those killed in the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall
Press Release, 28.03.2024 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and members of the Yabloko Bureau, Moscow. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A week has passed since the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall, in Krasnogorsk near Moscow. The Yabloko delegation, consisting of party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and members of the Federal Bureau, paid tribute to […]
Posted: March 28th, 2024 under Condolences, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s deputy of a rural settlement in the Ryazan region Konstantin Smirnov to the governor: I ask you to order the liquidation of the illegal landfill in Dubrovichi
Press Release, 27.03.2024 Photo: The landfill in Dubrovichi / Photo by Konstantin Smirnov Konstantin Smirnov, a deputy of the Dubrovichi rural settlement from the Yabloko party and Editor-in-Chief of the Internet web-site Vidsboku, sent an appeal to Governor of the Ryazan Region Pavel Malkov regarding liquidation of an illegal landfill on the territory of the […]
Posted: March 27th, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Black Swan from the Crocus City Hall
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 25.03.2024 Photo by Alexei Nazarov, Kommersant The terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall is an absolutely monstrous and brutal crime that has no justification. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and a speedy recovery to the wounded. As of the evening of 24 March, 2024, questions […]
Posted: March 25th, 2024 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko expresses condolences to the next-of-kin and friends of those killed in the act of terror in the Crocus concert hall in Moscow
Statement by the Yabloko party, 22.03.2024 Photo from social media The Yabloko party expresses condolences to the next-of-kin and friends of those killed in a monstrous act of terror in the Crocus concert hall in Moscow. Their grief is immeasurable, and we are mourning with them. We wish a speedy recovery to those injured during […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2024 under Condolences, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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The Minister of Culture of Udmurtia fined for ignoring the request of the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmutia, Iya Boronina
Press Release, 2.02.2024 Photo: Magistrate of the Court District No. 3 of Oktyabrsky District of Izhevsk, Alyona Dresvyannikova / Photo by Iya Boronina The Minister of Culture of Udmurtia, Vladimir Solovyov, was fined for violating the procedure for considering the appeal of the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina. The leader of […]
Posted: February 5th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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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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Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre announces enrollment of students for an advanced course on anti-corruption policy
Press Release, 29.11.2023 Photo: Heads of the Anti-Corruption Policy Centre Alexei Karnaukhov and Alexei Chumakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party launches the “Theory and Practice of Anti-Corruption” training course, which will take place from February to June 2024. The course developers are experts from the […]
Posted: November 30th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the State Duma and the Federation Council check the co-authors of the bill on cutting down forests in the Lake Baikal area for corruption
The Yabloko Party’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre indicated that six deputies and senators may have vested interests in the adoption of the law Press Release, 18.10.2023 Photo by unsplash.com Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the State Duma and the Federation Council conduct a conflict of interest check on the co-authors of the […]
Posted: October 19th, 2023 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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To rescue hostages and curb terror
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky, 11.10.2023 War has come to Israel. Terror, which seemed to have been more or less minimised for two decades with the help of a sound military doctrine and the efforts of professional intelligence services and diplomats, broke out with unexpected force and in an absolutely ugly form. It turned out that […]
Posted: October 11th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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There are no justifications for medieval barbarism and terrorism
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 10.10.2023 Photo by i24news It is with alarm and pain that we, together with the entire world, observe the unfolding tragedy in Israel and Palestine. A monstrous massacre carried out by fanatics. A new war, another burning fire on our small planet. We sincerely sympathise with all the victims and […]
Posted: October 11th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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We must start over without repeating the mistakes
Yabloko Deputy Chairman writes on why the Russian authorities prefer not to recall the text of the Declaration of the State Sovereignty adopted on June 12, which became Russia Day Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post, 12.06.2023 Photo by Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant Celebrating today’s holiday – Russia Day – the top officials make pompous statements, but […]
Posted: June 13th, 2023 under Constitutional Amendments, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Politics, Без рубрики.
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