Archive for 'Politics'
YABLOKO demands that the authorities must stop intimidating YABLOKO activists in Zhukovsky, the Moscow Region
Press Release, 28.09.2016 Today YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova, forwarded YABLOKO statement to the law enforcement and Public Prosecutor on persecution and intimidation of YABLOKO activists in Zhukovsky, the Moscow Region.
Posted: September 29th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The Supreme Court of Karelia dismissed YABLOKO’s appeal on withdrawal of the party list of candidates in the elections to the Petrozavodsk City Council
Press Release, 12.09.2016 Today the Supreme Court of Karelia dismissed YABLOKO’s appeal on withdrawal of the party list of candidates in the elections to the Petrozavodsk City Council.
Posted: September 13th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Situation in Karelia.
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“We have not forgotten how the state abandoned defenseless children and their mothers in Beslan”
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 03.09.2016 A terrorist attack taking the lives of 334 people, including 186 children, happened in Belsan, [North Ossetia], twelve year ago. We express our deepest sorrow and condolences to all the relatives and friends of the innocent victims. Terrorism and terrorists taking the lives of innocent people can not be […]
Posted: September 6th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Igor Artemyev: Prices on medicines maybe overstated by 160 times in Russia
RIA-Novosti, 27.08.2016 Prices on medicines containing the same substances, but sold in Russia under different trademarks, are in some cases overstated by 160 times, said Igor Artemyev, head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service and member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee.
Posted: August 29th, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the IOC decision and the necessity of changes in Russian sports
Specially for the website, 25.07.2016 The day before the IOC decided not to ban all Russian team from the Rio Olympics 2016. Chair of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee Grigory Yavlinsky told the journalists whether the IOC decision was political and what should one do to change the situation with Russian sports for the better.
Posted: July 26th, 2016 under Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Galina Shirshina tops YABLOKO list of candidates to the City Council of the capital of Karelia
Press Release, 25.07.2016 Galina Shirshina, ex-Mayor of Petrozavodsk and Advisor to YABLOKO Chair, has topped the list of the party in the elections to the Petrozavodsk City Council. Such decision has been adopted by the Regional Council of the Karelian YABLOKO today.
Posted: July 25th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Situation in Karelia.
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YABLOKO Anticorruption Policy Centre detected use of administrative resource by candidates from the ruling United Russia
Press Release, 21.07.2016 YABLOKO Anticorruption Policy Centre headed by Sergei Mitrokhin pointed out four cases of massive use of administrative resource by candidates from the ruling United Russia party in their parliamentary election campaign. Sergei Mitrokhin, member of the Federal Political Committee and head of Anti-Corruption Policy Centre, informed head of the Central Electoral Commission […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Ex Mayor of Petrozavodsk Galina Shirshina appealed her dismissal from the post of the Mayor in the Supreme Court of Russia
TASS, by Igor Lukyanov, 19.07.2016 Ex Mayor of Petrozavodsk Galina Shirshina appealed her dismissal [from the post of the Mayor] in the Supreme Court of Russia.
Posted: July 20th, 2016 under Situation in Karelia.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the doping scandal: There are lies in every cell of the system
Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 19.07.2016 The report which was published by the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday shows all the world what is really going on in Russia. Alexander Bortnikov [director of the FSB -Federal Security Service] has nothing to do with the doping test manipulations of the FSB officers … Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko […]
Posted: July 20th, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO leaders laid flowers to the Embassy of France
Press release, 15.07.2016 “International terrorism is sending us one challenge after another, and every time it is a sign and a signal to all the peoples, that we must join hands. We can stop this evil only by united efforts. One must stop sorting out relationship between the states, otherwise the evil will prevail over […]
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Moscow YABLOKO commemorated victims of terror attack in Nice
Press release, 15.07.2016 Sergei Mitrokhin, Federal Political Committee member, Chair of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO, laid flowers to the Embassy of France and made an entry in the book of condolence.
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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YABLOKO Youth commemorated Nice attack victims
Press release, 15.07. 2016 Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists laid flowers to the Embassy of France in Moscow.
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Condolences on the terror attack in Nice
YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova’s Facebook page, 15.07.2016 I express my deepest condolences to the people of France in connection with the barbarian terror attack in Nice.
Posted: July 15th, 2016 under YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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The government supported Sergei Mitrokhin’s initiative to ban rent of luxury cars for state officials
Press Release, 13.07.2016 The Finance Ministry proposes to prohibit for top state officials to rent expensive powerful cars. YABLOKO Anticorruption Policy Centre launched this initiative some time ago.
Posted: July 13th, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO’s registration may be revoked
Press release, 06.07.2016 Head of the Communists of Russia party Maxim Suraykin claims that YABLOKO’s registration must be revoked, Russian News Service reported yestersay. He forwarded an official enquiry to the Ministry of Justice and Prosecutor General’s Office demanding to check YABLOKO’s electoral programme for violation of Articles 280 and 280.1 of the Russian Criminal […]
Posted: July 6th, 2016 under Elections, Situation in Crimea.
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Opposition Party Yabloko Exposes Russia’s Crimea Dilemma
The Moscow Times, 04.07.2016 Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula in March 2014 set the scene for a new collision in Russian politics, as the Kremlin struggles to decide how to deal with those who disagree with the official line on the annexation. Continued on The Moscow Times website
Posted: July 4th, 2016 under Elections, Situation in Crimea, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Tragedy in Karelia
Condolences by Emilia Slabunova, 20.06.2016 A tragedy in a children’s camp in Karelia shocked everyone. We express our condolences to those who lost children, who was tormented by uncertainty about the fate of their next of kin. This tragedy demonstrated negligence and indifference, violations of laws, most importantly of human unwritten laws, that are so […]
Posted: June 21st, 2016 under Congratulations/Condolences, Human Rights, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Moscow YABLOKO supports residents defending Torfyanka park
Press release, 06.06.2016 Member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee and Chair of the Moscow party branch Sergei Mitrokhin arrived at the Torfyanka park in northeastern Moscow to support the local resident, who are protesting against the illegal attempts to construct an Orthodox church in the territory of the park.
Posted: June 7th, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yavlinsky: New book by Bunimovich is a reproach and a slap in the face for the elite who gave up their people and country
Press release, 03.06.2016 Evgeny Bunimovich, YABLOKO Federal Political Committee member and Children’s Rights Ombudsman in Moscow, has launched his new book titled “The Choice. The Sketches by a Sudden Deputy” today, 3 June. Grigory Yavlinsky, YABLOKO founder, attended the presentation which took place within a book festival on Red Square. The meeting with the readers […]
Posted: June 4th, 2016 under Human Rights, Politics, Yabloko's Views.
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An uncoupled coach
Grigory Yavlinsky web-site, 30.05.2016 A G7 summit – a meeting of leaders of the seven most industrialized countries of the world sharing common principles of international and domestic policies – was held in Japan past week. Russia was expelled from this community due to its aggression against Ukraine and establishment of a totalitarian order in […]
Posted: June 1st, 2016 under Politics.
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