Archive for 'Politics'
Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO participated in an action in memory of Paris terrorist attack victims
Press release, 12.01.2015 The activists of the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO participated in an action to honour the memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Paris.
Posted: January 14th, 2015 under YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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YABLOKO activists laid flowers to the ambassy of France
Press release, 08.01.2015 YABLOKO activists laid flowers to the ambassay of France in memory of the victims of the attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Posted: January 11th, 2015 under Freedom of Speech, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Anti-civilization terrorism is a terrible threat both to Europe and Russia
07.01.2015 Grigory Yavlinsky sent to President of France Francois Hollande and Jean-Maurice Ripert, Ambassador of France to Russia, a telegramme of condolence in connection with the attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo:
Posted: January 7th, 2015 under YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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YABLOKO Federal Council to discuss Putin’s politics, economy and elections to the State Duma
Announcement, 11.12.2014 The meeting of YABLOKO Federal Council will take place in the Moskovsky city on December 13-14. Vladimir Putin’s political course, the state of Russia’s economy and preparation for the coming State Duma elections will be the main issues of the meeting.
Posted: December 12th, 2014 under Politics.
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Chief Federal Inspector on Mordovia threatens to take away children from Ukrainian refugees
Press Release, 02.12.2014 On December 2, 2014, Chief Federal Inspector on Mordovia Alexander Pykov visited the refugees from Ukraine in the Atma village, the Republic of Mordovia. Instead of providing aid to the refugees he threatened to take away their children.
Posted: December 7th, 2014 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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Sergei Mitrokhin proposed to Sergei Naryshkin to abandon construction of the Parliamentary Centre in a Moscow park
Press Release, 26.11.2014 Today, when participating in the Council of Non-Parliamentary Parties “Development of Entrepreneurship in Russia”, YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin proposed to Sergei Naryshkin, Speaker of the State Duma, to abandon the construction of the Parliamentary Center in Mnevnikovskaya floodplain nature protection territory.
Posted: November 28th, 2014 under Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO Federal Council to formulate tasks for the party for the coming two years
Press release, 12.11.2014 On December 13-14 the meeting of YABLOKO Federal Council will take place. YABLOKO Federal Council is YABLOKO’s representative body and comprises about 160 people who will discuss the situation in the country and work out the party political line for 2015-2016.
Posted: November 13th, 2014 under Politics.
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Sergei Mitrokhin demands to revoke the “Crimean law” envisaging seizure of private property in five days without any trial
Press Release, 29.09.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin has sent a letter to Yuri Chaika, Public Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, demanding to challenge in court the law of the Republic of Crimea “On the Specifics of Buyout of Property in the Republic of Crimea” which may lead to a situation when residents of Crimea […]
Posted: September 29th, 2014 under Human Rights, Situation in Crimea.
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YABLOKO to participate in Peace March
Press Release, 11.09.2014 The all-Russia Peace March will take place on September 21 in Moscow. The YABLOKO party is the co-organiser of the march. The march is authorized for 50 thousand people and will start from Pushkinskya metro station and proceed to Prospekt Akademika Sakharova.
Posted: September 12th, 2014 under Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea, Street Actions.
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Maxim Kruglov’s team collected over 6,000 signatures in favour of amendments to the law on capital repairs of residential housing
Press Release, 19.08.2014 YABLOKO candidate to the Moscow City Duma deputy Maxim Kruglov and his team have collected over 6,000 signatures of Moscow residents in favour of amendments to the law on capital repairs of residential housing.
Posted: August 20th, 2014 under Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Mitrokhin demanded resignation of Minister of Culture for offensive behavior
Press Release, 07.08.2014 Today YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin published an open letter to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev demanding to dismiss the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky. The reason for this is a number of offensive and unprofessional statements by Medinsky towards the citizens of Russia who suffered from the tourism industry crisis.
Posted: August 7th, 2014 under Understanding Russia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Rally in defense of Horse department in St.Petersburg
Announcement,23.07.2014 The St.Peterburg branch of YABLOKO will conduct a rally in defence of the Horse department. The unique stables which were constructed in Peter the Great’s time are under threat to be turned into an apartment hotel.
Posted: July 23rd, 2014 under History, Politics.
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Anatoly Golov: thousands of tourists ran out of money and cannot return home
Anatoly Golov’s blog, 17.07.2014 Many of you should know that a large travel agency “Neva” took the benefit of the bankrupt. Several thousand tourist from Russia who are the clients of the agency and are abroad at the moment have been reporting about accommodation problems in Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain for about a week.
Posted: July 21st, 2014 under YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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YABLOKO Anti-Corruption Centre caught Samara authorities in a “golden” car washing services order for municipal cars
Press Release, 19.06.2014 The Administration of Samara canceled a very expensive contract for car washing after an appeal of YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin to the Ministry of Social, Demographical and Family Policies of the Samara region and to head of the Ministry Marina Antimonova. YABLOKO received the official notification today.
Posted: June 19th, 2014 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Mitrokhin demands from Moscow Prosecutor’s office to punish those guilty of beating YABLOKO member
Press Release, 30.05.2014 A group of unidentified men dressed in black private security uniforms and the White Guard military uniforms beat member of the Regional council of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO, municipal deputy Nikolai Pinyasov on May 29. YABLOKO appealed to Moscow Prosecutor Sergei Kudeneyev with the demand to bring the guilty to responsibility […]
Posted: May 31st, 2014 under Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Sergei Mitrokhin to give a lecture for public activists how to fight against unlawful construction in the cities
Press Release, 23.05.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will give a lecture “Unlawful Construction: Its Causes, Beneficiaries and How to Fight Against It”. The lecture is organised by “The School of Resistance” which is an independent civil activists’ project.
Posted: May 27th, 2014 under Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO’s Moscow headquarters searched
By Natalia Zotova, Novaya Gazeta, 22.05.2014 For the first time since foundation of the party there was a search in the party Moscow headquarters – and in connection with the events taking place 18 months ago. In November 2012 Andrei Rudomakha, a well-known environmentalist in the Krasnodar Territory and YABLOKO activist, was arrested for several […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2014 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO’s Moscow headquarters searched
Press release, 22.05.2014 Investigators have just completed a search in the Moscow headquarters of the YABLOKO party and took away a personal computer. The search was conducted within a criminal case raised under Article 298.1 of the Criminal Code “Slander Against the Judge”. The case was initiated against the Andrei Rudomakha, ex-Chair of the Krasnodar […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2014 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO Bureau expelled Chair of Kirov branch of YABLOKO for support of Putin’s policy
Press Release, 16.05.2014 YABLOKO Bureau expelled Chair of the Kirov branch of YABLOKO Evgeny Kokoulin earlier today. The reason for this was his support of Putin’s policy and participation in the “Committee for the Russian spring in the Kirov region” which was founded to “support the people of Eastern Ukraine who carry national liberation struggle […]
Posted: May 17th, 2014 under Politics, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea, Understanding Russia.
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North Ossetia branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing against cancellation of suburban commuter trains
Press Release, 06.05.2014 YABLOKO’s Alan Alikov conducted a one-person picket against cancellation of suburban commuter trains in North Ossetia. The picket was held in Vladikavkaz on May 1.
Posted: May 7th, 2014 under Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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