Archive for 'Situation in Crimea'
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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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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Grigory Yavlinsky: What threatens Putin and what threatens Russia
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 26.02.2021 423 agents of “foreign secret services” were identified in Russia in 2020, as Vladimir Putin said. At the meeting of the Board of the Federal Security Service, Putin spoke about the key, in his view, modern threats to Russia: spies, terrorists, hackers and opponents of the Sputnik V [vaccine against COVID]. These […]
Posted: March 1st, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Politics, Protests in Russia, Russia-Belarus Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Situation in Crimea, Social Policies, War in Syria, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Без рубрики.
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MPs from the ruling United Russia party introduced a bill on the liquidation of the Yabloko party
Press Release, 17.01.2020 State Duma deputies from the ruling United Russia Gadzhemet Safaraliyev, Yevgeny Marchenko and Valentin Subbot introduced amendments to the law on political parties to the lower house of the Russian parliament to liquidate the Yabloko party for “diminishing the authority of the state in the international arena”. The explanatory note to the […]
Posted: January 17th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Political Parties, Politics, Situation in Crimea, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against Terrorism, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Без рубрики.
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On the lost time and the “sovereign armored train”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 30.04.2019 Vladimir Putin said that the decree on the simplified procedure for issuing Russian passports to residents of certain regions of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine was “a humanitarian measure”. That is, it is like taking care of people who are suffering. In fact, in order to alleviate the suffering […]
Posted: April 30th, 2019 under Economy, Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Situation in Crimea, Understanding Russia.
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Memorandum of Political Alternative
Decision No 109 of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, 12.03.2019 The Federal Political Committee of the party adopted a new version of the “Memorandum of Political Alternative” at its meeting on 1 March. This document is mandatory for signing by party candidates in elections of all levels.
Posted: March 13th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Memorandum of Political Alternative, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Sanctions and Prospects
The leader of Yabloko about that neither of the sides in the war between the Kremlin and Washington will have mercy on Russian citizens Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 27.08.2018 Sanctions have already been imposed on Russia: personal sanctions , those against certain companies and products, sectoral sanctions against the military-industrial complex and oil and gas enterprises, […]
Posted: August 29th, 2018 under Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Situation in Crimea, War in Syria, Без рубрики.
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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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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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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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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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Mitrokhin demands from Public Prosecutor General to let leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzemilev to Crimea
Press Release, 05.05.2014 Today YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin forwarded an appeal to Public Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika demanding to protect the right of Mustafa Dzemilov, leader of the Crimean Tatars and famous human rights activist, to enter the territory of Crimea.
Posted: May 5th, 2014 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Situation in Crimea.
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