Archive for 'Situation in Karelia'
Evgenia Sukhorukova, Karelian YABLOKO team member, faces imprisonment
Press Release, 29.09.2015 Evgenia Sukhorukova is Vice Mayor of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the Republic of Karelia, and member of the Karelian YABLOKO team.
Posted: September 30th, 2015 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Chair of Karelia branch of YABLOKO released from pretrial detention centre in Finland
Press release, 28.08.2015 Yesterday Chair of the Karelia branch of YABLOKO, party Political Committee member and entrepreneur Vasily Popov was detained by the police of Finland in Joensuu. According to the politician, the police arrived at his country house. Popov was taken to the pretrial detention centre in Joensuu where he spent the night. He […]
Posted: August 28th, 2015 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia.
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Chair of Karelia branch of YABLOKO arrested in Finland
Press release, 27.08.2015 Chair of the Karelia branch of YABLOKO and entrepreneur Vasily Popov was detained by the police of Finland in Joensuu. According to the politician, the police arrived at his country house. At the moment he is at the pre-trail detention centre in Joensuu. He was allowed to keep the phone.
Posted: August 28th, 2015 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia.
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Sergei Mitrokhin meets with representatives of the Danish Helsinki Committee
Press Release, 23.07.2015 Wednesday, July 22, YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin met in YABLOKO’s office with a group of human rights defenders from the Danish Helsinki Committee led by Carl Eric Foverskov. Olga Radayeva, YABLOKO International Secretary, also took part in the meeting.
Posted: July 24th, 2015 under Evgeny Vitishko case, Human Rights, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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Opposition collected 10 thousand signatures for resignation of Governor of Karelia
Press release, 24.06.2015 YABLOKO MP in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Emilia Slabunova brought ten thousand signatures for resignation of Governor of Karelia Alexander Khudilaynen to Presidental Administraion. The opposition accuse the governor of politically motivated persecution of his opponents and bad economic situation, that is why in April they founded a public committee demanding […]
Posted: June 24th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Sergei Mitrokhin discussed problems of Eastern partnership in the European Parliament
Press Release, 18.06.2015 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin took part in the round table on the problems of Eastern partnership conducted by the ALDE Group in the European Parliament.
Posted: June 19th, 2015 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Situation in Karelia.
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YABLOKO will run in elections independently
However, is ready to negotiate with RPR-PARNAS in single-mandate constituencies By Viktor Khamrayev, Kommersant, 2.06.2015 The YABLOKO party will run independently in the upcoming regional elections, however, it may nominate any nonpartisan candidates recognizing YABLOKO’s coalition principles to run on behalf of YABLOKO. This was announced by party leader Sergei Mitrokhin, who also added that […]
Posted: June 5th, 2015 under Elections, Regional elections 2015, Situation in Karelia.
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Petrozavodsk Mayor Galina Shirshina may be removed from office on June 3
Argumenty.ru, Valentina Karelova, 02.06.2015 Mayor of Petrozavodsk [the capital of the Republic of Karelia] Galina Shirshina doesn’t rule out that during the session of the City Council, which will take place on 3 June, deputies can go beyond giving low estimation to her work. Nevertheless, she is not going to rest on oars and is […]
Posted: June 2nd, 2015 under Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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ALDE: Release of political prisoners in Russia, Azerbaijan and Belarus
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party convening in Oslo, Norway on 9 May 2015 Note: · the systematic use of criminal justice against recognised and vocal political opponents in Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan which has recently lead to long-term imprisonment of civil society activists Rasul Jafarov, Intigam Aliyev and Musavat Vice-Chairman Faraj […]
Posted: May 14th, 2015 under Evgeny Vitishko case, Situation in Karelia, The ALDE party.
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Immediate release of the Yabloko activists
Vihreät De Gröna, 10.04.2015 Green Member of the European Parliament Heidi Hautala and Green Member of the Finnish Parliament Johanna Sumuvuori call for an immediate release of the two political detainees Olga Zaletskaya and Alexandra Kornilova in the Republic of Karelia.
Posted: April 10th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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Court in Karelia transfers Kornilova and Zaletskaya to house arrest
The ALDE party, 07/04/2015 Sergei Mitrokhin, leader of ALDE member party YABLOKO, welcomed the news that Alexandra Kornilova and Olga Zaletskaya have been transferred from custody to house arrest but vowed “We will continue to seek their final release and closing of the case”. European Liberal Democrats have also expressed their concerns over the case.
Posted: April 9th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia, The ALDE party, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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YABLOKO to conduct a rally for resignation of Karelian Governor
Announcement, 07.04.2015 On April 7 YABLOKO Bureau member Dmitry Rybakov will conduct a rally in Petrozavodsk demanding the resignation of the Karelian Governor Alexandr Khudilainen.
Posted: April 8th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Supreme court of Karelia transferred Olga Zaletskaya and Alexandra Korlnilova to house arrest
Press release, 06.04.2015 Today the Supreme court of the Republic of Karelia varied the restraint measure of Olga Zaletskaya and Alexandra Kornilova from pretrial detention to house arrest. The court attached to the case the signatures of 230 citizens and voters, 1922 signatures collected on the Internet as well as the bails by academician Vyacheslav […]
Posted: April 7th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Governor Khudilainen to dismissal!
Governor of Karelia must be dismissed for persecution of political opponents Statement by the YABLOKO party, 26.03.2015 Olga Zaletskaya, deputy of Pertozavodsk City Council and Alexandra Kornilova, director of the Lentorng trade network, were detained in Petrozavodsk yesterday.
Posted: March 26th, 2015 under Regional and Local Elections, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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