Archive for 'Politics'
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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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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Yabloko launches its anti-corruption programme
Press Release, 14.09.2021 Photo by depositphotos.com /user @fuzzbones On 15 September 15, Yabloko will launch its anti-corruption programme “A State Free from Corruption”. The event will start at 12:00. The programme includes 100 detailed solutions to tackle corruption in Russia. The programme will be presented by Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov.
Posted: September 15th, 2021 under Elections, Politics, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov: the development of startups implies freedom
Press Release, 9.09.2021 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 9 September, Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov met with young entrepreneurs in Moscow. The theme of the event was “Startups. Hope for the Future”. The speakers were Efim Kolodkin, the founder and CEO of the Uprising Agency (the web design and development agency) and the startup […]
Posted: September 9th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the State Duma will give up parliamentary privileges and send 75% of the salaries to charity
Press Release, 7.09.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The future deputies from the Yabloko party in the new convocation of the State Duma will give up all their privileges and transfer over 75% of their salaries to orphanages and charitable foundations. This was stated by Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko Chairman and […]
Posted: September 8th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Russian Economy, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Social Сontract between the Yabloko party and the citizens of Russia
7.09.2021 Signed by candidates from the Yabloko party to the State Duma of the Russian Federation September 07, 2021 Signed by citizens of the Russian Federation during voting at polling stations September 19, 2021 DEPUTIES WITHOUT BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES We, the candidates for deputies of the State Duma of Russia, nominated by the Yabloko […]
Posted: September 7th, 2021 under Elections, Human Rights, Politics, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov in Voronezh: on charitable foundations, helping the homeless and preservation of historical buildings
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 01.09.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the DobroSvet charitable foundation for helping children We spent the day in Voronezh together with Tatyana Shkred, Chair of the regional branch of the party, candidate for elections Alexander Strelnikov and the team of the Voronezh branch of Yabloko.
Posted: September 3rd, 2021 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Healthcare, Politics, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Violations during the purchase of a gas supply project in Chebarkul discovered due to the appeal of the Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 1.09.2021 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo from personal archive of Yaroslav Shcherbakov As a result of an unscheduled inspection initiated by Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, the administration of the city of Chebarkul in the Chelyabinsk region discovered violations by the housing and utilities services department when purchasing a […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2021 under Economy, Housing and Utilities Reform, Politics, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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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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Yabloko has published its election programme for the State Duma elections
Press Release, 29.07.2021. Photo: Nikolai Rybakov (in the centre), Yabloko Chairman and leader of the party list for the 2021 parliamentary elections. / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The final version of the election programme of the Yabloko party “Freedom and Law. Hope for the Future” has been published. The programme has five sections. […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics, Programme documents, Protection of Environment, Russia-Belarus Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Situation in Crimea, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Russian Army, War in Syria, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform, Без рубрики.
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Geneva 2021: What Is Russia Left With?
“I am leaving the same way I came” Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 18.06.2021 The Geneva summit ended as expected without any significant breakthroughs. Ambassadors will be able to return to their places of work in Moscow and Washington, consultations will continue, mass media will find out who “won” in the negotiations, both sides will deal with […]
Posted: June 21st, 2021 under Foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Situation in Crimea, Social Policies, War in Syria, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, Без рубрики.
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After the publication by the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, the Public Prosecutor’s Office will conduct an audit of the luxurious business trip of Chelyabinsk officials to Dubai
Press Release, 18.06.2021 The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Chelyabinsk Region initiated an audit of the validity of budgetary spending of the Mayor of Chelyabinsk Natalya Kotova and the Minister of the Regional Ministry of Economic Development Natalia Lugacheva on flights and accommodation in the five-star Hilton Hotel in Dubai in May – June 2021. […]
Posted: June 18th, 2021 under Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Exposing corruption and openly criticising the government is regarded as extremism now
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 10.06.2021 Photo by Anton Denisov / RIA Novosti The Yabloko party considers the decision of the Moscow City Court to recognise Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and related organisations as extremist to be politically motivated. This is another step targeted at banning the activities of public organisations that expose corruption […]
Posted: June 10th, 2021 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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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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Boris Vishnevsky: This is not a Davos. This is a “vanity fair” for domestic use
Boris Vishnevsky’s blog post at the Ekho Moskvi web-site, 4.06.2021 Photo from the official web-site of the President of Russia/ http://www.kremlin.ru The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is a depressing sight. Not only because there are many respectable men in expensive suits, traveling in expensive cars in the centre of the city (I saw myself […]
Posted: June 4th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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The Public Prosecutor General’s Office read the investigation about the business of the sons of the ex Public Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, but did not investigate the cases for corruption
Press Release, 3.06.2021 Photo: Businessman Igor Chaika. /Photo by Ramil Sitdikov, RIA Novosti The Public Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia got acquainted with the investigation of the “garbage business” of the sons of ex Public Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, but did not find any facts of violation of the law, follows from the answer of […]
Posted: June 4th, 2021 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Alexei Chumakov: Those who do not have a million will not… go to the St.Petersburg Economic Forum
Alexei Chumakov’s blog post, 31.05.2021 Photo: GrinPhoto/depositphotos Many have already heard about the fees for participation in the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021. The topic became relevant after Anastasia Tatulova, Ombudsperson on Small Business, was invited to speak at the forum for 960,000 roubles. This is the cost of a ticket (even for small businesses), […]
Posted: May 31st, 2021 under Russian Economy, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre: the Public Prosecutor General’s Office will check the head of Komi for his inaction in the event of an oil spill
Press Release, 27.05.2021 Photo: Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Uyba. /Photo by kremlin.ru Alexei Karnaukhov, head of the Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party, appealed to the Public Prosecutor General of Russia with a demand to check the legality of actions in the recent event of an oil spill and the ambiguous statements of Vladimir […]
Posted: May 28th, 2021 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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President Putin did not give a single answer to Russians’ pressing questions. Yabloko Bureau on the President’s message to the Federal Assembly
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 22.04.2021 The Bureau of the Yabloko party notes that the presidential address of Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly did not contain a single answer to the most pressing issues for [Russian] citizens (such as drop of incomes, price rise and stagnation of the economy), neither did it contain a […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Politics, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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The goal of Yabloko is to fight for freedom and the future of Russia
Statement by the 21st Congress of Yabloko dated 4.04.2021, published on 20.04.2021 Photo by Vitaly Timkiv / RIA Novosti The YABLOKO congress states that the situation in our country has qualitatively changed over the past year. On 1 July, 2020, there was a breakdown of the Russian statehood in the form in which it existed […]
Posted: April 20th, 2021 under 21st Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Privatisation in Russia, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021.
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