Archive for 'Politics'
YABLOKO launches Golden Toilet Brush 2016 Anti-Prize
Press Release, 19.05.2016 YABLOKO announced open public nomination for the Golden Toilet Brush 2016 Anti-Prize. The prize is made in the form of golden toilet brush and will be awarded to officials for the most absurd and wasteful purchase of the year.
Posted: May 19th, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Emilia Slabunova: criminal case against Svetlana Chechil is politically motivated
Press release, 16.05.2016 YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova and ex Mayor of Petrozavodsk Galina Shirshina have conducted a picket in support of Svetlana Chechil in Petrozavodsk,Karelia, today. Pickets in support of YABLOKO Federal Council member Svetlana Chechil also took place in Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Tula, Cherkessk, Kursk, Saratov and other cities.
Posted: May 18th, 2016 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia.
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All-Russia picket in support of Svetlana Chechil to take place on 16 May
Press release,12.05.2016 On 16 May, YABLOKO will conduct a street action in support of Svetlana Chechil, member of the party Federal Council.
Posted: May 15th, 2016 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “The fate of Europe depends on cooperation with Russia”
Interview by Grigory Yavlinsky, 6.05.2016 In his April interview to several Western media Grigory Yavlinsky told why the position of the present Russian President should weaken at the next election and how the Crimea problem should be solved, assessed the results of the Russian military operation in Syria, and explained why Europe needed cooperation with […]
Posted: May 13th, 2016 under Elections, Foreign policy, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO conducted a flashmob in support of Svetlana Chechil
Press release, 28.04.2016 YABLOKO leaders and activists conducted a flashmob in support of YABLOKO’s Federal Council Svetlana Chechil who was sentenced to 1.5 years in a penal colony. The placard says: “Svetlana Chechil is a new political victim in Karelia”.
Posted: April 29th, 2016 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia.
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YABLOKO conducted a picket in protest of the sentence to Svetlana Chechil
Press release, 28.04.2016 Today Deputy Chair of YABLOKO Nikolai Rybakov, First Deputy Chair of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO Galina Mikhaleva and party activists have conducted a series of one-person pickets in protest of the sentence to member of YABLOKO Federal Council Svetlana Chechil. The action took place outside the Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow.
Posted: April 29th, 2016 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia, Street Actions, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Svetlana Chechil must be released!
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 28.04.2016 The decision of the Petrozavodsk City Court to sentence Svetlana Chechil, member of YABLOKO’s Federal Council, to 1.5 years in a penal colony is a reprisal against political opponents of Governor of the Republic of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen.
Posted: April 29th, 2016 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Member of YABLOKO Federal Council convicted by Karelian court
Press Release, 28.04.2016 On 27 April, Petrozavodsk City Court sentenced Svetlana Chechil, member of YABLOKO’s Federal Council, to 1.5 years in a penal colony. Today, YABLOKO will hold pickets by the Public Prosecutor General’s Office protesting against such a decision. Nikolay Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of the party, and Galina Mikhaleva, Deputy Chair of the Moscow […]
Posted: April 28th, 2016 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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YABLOKO Bureau: it is necessary to conduct an investigation into the activities of the Russian officials indicated in the Panama Papers
Press Release, 22.04.2016 The Bureau of the YABLOKO party issued a statement demanding to conduct an investigation into the activities of all of the state officials mentioned in the Panama Papers.
Posted: April 22nd, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Smart Power and YABLOKO launched a website for control over budget expenses
Press release based on the article by ZakS.Ru, 20.04.2016 The Smart Power movement [founded by Grigory Yavlisnky and YABLOKO’s supporters] and deputies of YABLOKO faction in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg have lunched the Public Control online project which will allow the citizens of St.Petersburg to learn detailed information about the spending of budgetary funds […]
Posted: April 21st, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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The Moscow Spring festival turned into a cover for sharing budget funds by the Moscow city authorities
Press Release, 18.04.2016 The tender for public procurement for the Moscow Spring 2016 festival has been accompanied by numerous violations, and its only participant is connected with the Moscow authorities, says Sergei Mitrokhin, member of the Federal Political Committee of the YABLOKO party and head of YABLOKO’s Anti-Corruption Centre. Sergei Mitrokhin demands that the Public […]
Posted: April 19th, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Galina Shirshina to stand for State Duma elections as YABLOKO’s candidate
Press release, 18.04.2016 Former Mayor of Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia, will stand for the elections to the State Duma as YABLOKO’s candidate. She will also support Grigory Yavlinsky’s candidacy in the presidential elections.
Posted: April 18th, 2016 under Elections, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018, Situation in Karelia, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO representatives visited Gerhart Baum’s public lecture in Yekaterinburg
Press release, 13.04.2016 On 12 April, former Minister of the Interior of Germany Gerhart Baum gave a public lecture on freedom and security in the Boris Yeltsin Centre in the city of Yekaterinburg (the capital of the Sverdlovsk Region, the Urals). Leader of YABLOKO’s regional branch Yuri Pereverzev and party activist Elena Krasulina attended the […]
Posted: April 15th, 2016 under Education and Science, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Politics, Russia-Eu relations.
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Ex Commissioner for Human Rights Ella Pamfilova regards stripping of powers of YABLOKO regional MP Lev Shlosberg and Petorzavodsk Mayor Galina Shirshina as an attempt of the authorities to get rid of the competitors
Press Release, 29.03.2016 Ella Pamfilova in her final report on the post of the Commissioner for Human Rights addressing the State Duma of the Russian Federation called deprivation of YABLOKO’s Lev Shlosberg of his deputy’s mandate by the Legislative Assembly of the Pskov Region and removal of Galina Shirshina from the post of Mayor of […]
Posted: March 30th, 2016 under Attack on Lev Shlosberg, Human Rights, Situation in Karelia.
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St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO commemorated victims of terrorist attacks in Brussels
Press release, 28.03.2016 Chair of the St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO Mikhail Amosov, member of Bureau of the Regional Council Kirill Strakhov and Regional Council member Pavel Nebeznya laid flowers to the Consulate of Belgium in St.Petersburg to commemorate the victims of terrorist attacks in Brussels.
Posted: March 28th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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YABLOKO paid tribute to the victims of acts of terror in Burssels
Press Release, 23.03.2016 YABLOKO leaders and activists brought flowers to the building of the Embassy of Belgium in Moscow. Emilia Slabunova and Grigory Yavlinsky left records in the book of condolences, and also met with the staff of the diplomatic mission to say the words of sympathy and support.
Posted: March 23rd, 2016 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Street Actions, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Condolences on the terrorist attacks in Brussels
// from Emilia Slabunova and Grigory Yavlinsky, 22.03.2016 On behalf of all YABLOKO members I am expressing my deep condolences to the victims of the acts of terror in Brussels. Innocent people die because of inhuman ideas of criminals about the law and order in the world. But this is crime, not politics! Europe and […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2016 under Congratulations/Condolences, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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YABLOKO demands that Moscow Metro Chief must be dismissed
Press release, 15.03.2016 The activists of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO conduted a picket demanding to dismiss Dmitry Pegov, Moscow Metro Chief. Deputy Chairs of Moscow YABLOKO Galina Mikhaleva and Grigory Semyonov participated in the action.
Posted: March 17th, 2016 under Street Actions, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO demands from Public Prosecutor General to stop political persecution of party members in Karelia
Press Release, 29.02.2016 The YABLOKO party demands from Yury Chaika, Prosecutor General of Russia, that he makes a query to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Karelia so that to get the files on the criminal case raised against YABLOKO members in Karelia, examine the validity of the charges and take steps to […]
Posted: March 1st, 2016 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia.
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Supreme Court of Finland made a decision on the possibility of extradition of one of Karelia YABLOKO leaders Vasily Popov
19.02.2016 A criminal case has been filed against him in Russia. “The party will apply every effort to ensure Popov’s safety and will prove that the prosecution against him is politically motivated,” Emilia Slabunova commented.
Posted: February 19th, 2016 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia.
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