Archive for 'YABLOKO against Corruption'
“It is impossible to forget such events.” Yabloko honoured the memory of Larisa Yudina murdered 25 years ago
Press Release, 7.06.2023 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service 25 years ago, Larisa Yudina, Co-Chair of the Yabloko branch in Kalmykia, was murdered. Her whole life was connected with journalism. In 1991, Yudina headed the newspaper Sovietskaya Kalmykia. The paper was well-known for fight against corruption and criticism of the President of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, […]
Posted: June 9th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, The Murder of Larissa Yudina, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko raised 71.000 roubles at the auction in support of those persecuted for political reasons
Press Release, 13.03.2023 Photo by the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko On 11 March, the Chelyabinsk branch of the Yabloko party together with the “You Are Not Alone 74” project, held a charity auction in support of those persecuted for political reasons in the South Urals. During the auction, 49 lots were sold for a total […]
Posted: March 13th, 2023 under Charity, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Director of the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre: Recognition of Transparency International as an “undesirable organisation” in Russia maintains the trend towards repression against civil society
Press Release, 7.03.2023 Photo: Yelena Panfilova, founder of Transparency International – Russia, and Anton Pominov, ex-Director of the organisation / Photo by Gennady Gulyaev, Kommersant The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party expresses its unconditional support for colleagues from Transparency International – Russia and protests against the recognition of the international movement Transparency International […]
Posted: March 10th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Director of the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre on the implications of Russia’s withdrawing from the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
Special for the Yabloko web-site, 26.12.2022 Photo: Alexei Karnaukhov, Director of the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Russian government proposed to the President to withdraw from the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. Such a withdrawal maintains the line towards the break with European legal standards and will throw […]
Posted: December 26th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Current and former Moscow municipal deputies opened public receptions to help Muscovites
Press Release, 28.11.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 26 November Yabloko launched the Public Reception “Our Moscow” project. Yabloko party deputies of different convocations of the Moscow City Duma and municipal councils of Moscow districts, as well as candidates for deputies from Yabloko and civil activists. According to the results of the September […]
Posted: November 29th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Russian Economy, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the Novgorod City Duma voted against the city budget for 2023
Press Release, 28.11.2022 Photo: A session of the Novgorod City Duma / Photo by duma.nov.ru On 25 November, the Novgorod City Duma considered in the first reading the draft city budget for 2023 and for the planning period of 2024 and 2025. The total amount of planned budget revenues for 2023 will amount to 6.867 […]
Posted: November 28th, 2022 under Economy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Statement by the Yabloko party in connection with the dismissal of Yabloko’s Svetlana Vasilkova, head of the Pustoshkinsky district in the Pskov region
Statement by the Yabloko party, 25.11.2022 Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Grazhdanin newspaper On 24 November, deputies of the Assembly of Deputies of the Pustoshkinsky District of the Pskov Region, by a majority of votes, prematurely terminated the powers of Svetlana Vasilkova, head of the Pustoshkinsky District and a member of the Yabloko […]
Posted: November 25th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Voting has begun on candidates for the 2021 Golden Toilet Brush anti-award, recognising the most wasteful spenders in government
Among the candidates are head of the Russian Guard, Minister of Culture, head of the Central Electoral Commission and the governors of Chelyabinsk and Novgorod Regions. Press Release, 8.02.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre has opened voting (https://www.yabloko.ru/lp/brush/ ) for this year’s “Zolotoy Yorshik” (Golden Toilet Brush) Anti-Award. The […]
Posted: February 11th, 2022 under Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Sergei Mitrokhin launched an investigation into how State Duma MP Alexei Tkachyov took away the Kolomna Dairy Plant from its owner
Press Release, 8.02.2022 Sergei Mitrokhin, Yabloko deputy of the Moscow City Duma, investigated the takeover of the Kolomna Dairy Plant from by Alexei Tkachyov, a State Duma deputy from the ruling United Russia party. Police helped Tkachyov in taking away the plant from its owner. “Reacting to the appeals of my Moscow voters (during the […]
Posted: February 9th, 2022 under The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko challenges the Public Prosecutor General’s Office recognising housing subsidies to officials already owning apartments as legal
Press Release, 31.01.2022 The Public Prosecutor General’s Office in its answer to the inquiry by the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre recognised housing subsidies to officials already owning apartments as legal. The Government Decree made an exception in the rules for high-ranking officials, the Public Prosecutor General’s Office stressed. The experts of the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy […]
Posted: February 1st, 2022 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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After the application of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko to the Federal Antimonopoly Service an audit will be conducted in connection with the purchase of a car for 7 million roubles for the Mayor’s Office of Magnitogorsk
Press Release, 17.12.2021 Photo from the official web-site of the Governor of the Chelyabinsk region The Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the Chelyabinsk Region has suspended the auction of the Magnitogrosk Mayor’s Office for the purchase of an expensive car for the needs of officials. Earlier, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch […]
Posted: December 20th, 2021 under YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre asked the police to check the apartments seized by former State Duma deputies without permission
Press Release, 18.11.2021 Photo by Igor Ivanko / Kommersant The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party asked the Moscow police to check the apartments where former deputies of the State Duma have been living unlawfully a month after the end of their MP term. In addition, the transfer of 17 apartments for use to […]
Posted: November 19th, 2021 under Elections, Political Parties, Politics, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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The secret life of the Ministry of Defence
Alexei Chumakov on the trends and consequences of imposing secrecy on information Special for the Yabloko web-site, 16.11.2021 Photo: Sergei Shoigu, Russian Defence Minister / Photo from Kremlin.ru The protagonists of the animated film The Secret Life of Pets – Chloe the cat, Max the terrier and Gijit the Spitz – face different adventures. Their […]
Posted: November 17th, 2021 under YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre demanded from the Public Prosecutor General’s Office to check the “needy” ministers. Over 650 officials received subsidies for apartments, whereas some of them already had housing
Press Release, 16.11.2021 Photo: Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov (in the centre, wearing a mask) received a housing subsidy amounting to 16.6 million rubles. At that time, he owned five apartments totalling 313.5 square meters and a country house of 73.6 square meters / Photo by Roman Yarovitsyn / Kommersant The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of […]
Posted: November 17th, 2021 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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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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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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