Archive for 'YABLOKO against Corruption'
After Yabloko’s release of the video about the Tula Regional Duma spending budget money on expensive cars, regional MPs decided to allocate money to buying ambulances
Press Release, 23.04.2020 The Tula Regional Duma refuses large purchases of expensive cars for the regional parliaments and allocates these 5 million roubles for the purchase of ambulances. Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula Yabloko, noted that this happened exactly 24 hours after Yabloko’s publication of the video about the purchase by the Tula Regional […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Regional and Local Elections, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands from the government to review the list of systemically important companies
Press Release, 11.04.2020 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with a demand to review the list of 646 systemically important organisations that should receive state support. The party believes that this list was compiled in a non-transparent manner and in violation of the basic principles of market competition.
Posted: April 13th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Vladimir Medinsky, ex Minister of Culture, and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin received the Golden Toilet Brush anti-award for embezzlement on public procurement. Yuri Chaika, ex Public Prosecutor General, won the Silver Prize
Press Release, 24.01.2020 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre drew up the results of a vote by the web-site visitors for awarding the Golden Toilet Brush 2019 anti-award to the most wasteful officials. Vladimir Medinsky, former Minister of Culture of Russia and currently President Putin’s aid, received most of the votes. He will receive the “golden toilet […]
Posted: January 27th, 2020 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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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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Grigory Yavlinsky: How much does the Crimean bridge cost?
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 25.12.2019 They built a bridge from Taman to Kerch. It turned out three times more expensive than same kind of bridges in the world. They built it on budget money, and in our state and in such cases part of this money will be stolen. Like was the case with the Vostochny […]
Posted: December 26th, 2019 under Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko nominated Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and Public Prosecutor General Yury Chaika for Golden Toilet Brush anti-award
The winner of the anti-award will be determined by Internet voting Press Release, 24.12.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre has identified nominees for the annual anti-award for “wasting the budget” via public procurement contracts. The list of nominees of 2019 includes the Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky for bidding on behalf of the Ministry […]
Posted: December 25th, 2019 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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The Yabloko faction in Moscow City Duma: Stop repressions against the Anti-Corruption Fund!
Statement by the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, 29.11.2019 Searches have been going on throughout the country at the offices of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) for several months already. The equipment and property of the organisation are seized, employees are summoned for endless interrogations. It is clear that such actions by the authorities […]
Posted: November 29th, 2019 under The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre to launch its branch in the Nizhny Novgorod region
Oleg Rodin will be coordinator of the branch Press Release, 13.11.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre opens its second branch – now in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. It will be headed by Oleg Rodin, Chair of the Yabloko branch in the region. At launching the branch Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre will reveal immediate plans and […]
Posted: November 13th, 2019 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma asks Putin to investigate the charges against Public Prosecutor of Moscow in corruption
Press Release, 12.11.2019 Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent a deputy request addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to initiate an investigation into corruption of Denis Popov, Moscow Public Prosecutor, who became the protagonist of the investigation of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The FBK investigation runs […]
Posted: November 13th, 2019 under The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Putinism” means lies, war and corruption
yavlinsky.ru, 17.10.2019 Question: What is “Putinism” and is it true that it is such a “political life hack”, as they write about it now? Grigory Yavlinsky: “Putinism” means contempt for a person and his/her dignity, suppression of freedom, instilling fear, corruption, ignoring international law and increasing confrontation with developed countries of the world.
Posted: October 17th, 2019 under Elections, Human Rights, Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Yevgeny Kurakin is transferred from jail under house arrest
Press Release, 15.10.2019 Today, the Moscow Region Court considered the appeal on the measure of restraint in the case of Yevgeny Kurakin, head of the branch of Yabloko in Reutov, the Moscow Region. The court ruled out to return the case to the preliminary hearing stage to the Reutov court (the court of the first […]
Posted: October 16th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre launched its report for 2018
The brochure contains investigations, analytics, and an account of the centre activities. Press Release, 17.09.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre party launched a report on its work in 2018. The brochure presents investigations, examinations and analytics prepared by the Centre.
Posted: September 18th, 2019 under Economy, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre: The fund that allocated money for the campaign of Valeria Kasamara, candidate to the Moscow City Duma, received a grant from the Mayor of Moscow
Press Release, 11.09.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre found out that the fund that rendered support to Valeria Kasamara, candidate to the Moscow City Duma, received a grant from the Mayor of Moscow.
Posted: September 16th, 2019 under Elections, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Emilia Slabunova: The residents of Novgorod will be proud of deputies from Yabloko
The politician visits Novgorod to support party candidates Press Release, 4.09.2019 Photo: Maxim Petrov, Emilia Slabunova and Anna Cherepanova Yabloko Chairperson Emilia Slabunova is on visit in Novgorod, north-west Russia, to support 76 party candidates in elections at different levels that are taking place in the region.
Posted: September 5th, 2019 under Elections, Healthcare, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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The Audit Chamber refused to check Igor Sechin’s flights to resorts at the expense of Rosneft
According to the auditor from United Russia, no such checks are envisaged by the Audit Chamber’s plan Press Release, 1.07.2019 The Audit Chamber of Russia will not check the flights of Igor Sechin, Rosneft Chief Executive Officer, to elite resorts on a company’s plane. There will be no checks of Rosneft, because it is not […]
Posted: July 2nd, 2019 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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We demand to immediately release detained journalist Golunov and check the legality of police actions
Statement by the Yabloko party, 7.06.2019 On the evening of Thursday, 6 June, Ivan Golunov, Meduza’s correspondent, was beaten and detained by police in Moscow. The police allegedly discovered prohibited substances on him when he went to meet with the source. On the same day, searches were conducted at Golunov’s home.
Posted: June 7th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Alexei Karnaukhov, head of Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre, to lanuch educational anti-corruption on-line seminars
Press Release, 14.05.2019 Alexei Karnaukhov, head of Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre, will launch the first educational anti-corruption course within the framework of the special project Academy. The project is initiated by Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre. The special project is devoted to the methodology of civil anti-corruption investigations from how to search for information to publication […]
Posted: May 14th, 2019 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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An Opponent’s View
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 30.04.2019 Grigory Yavlinsky’s book The Putin System has been published by Columbia University Press, New York. How power works in present-day Russia, how Vladimir Putin came to power and maintains his rule for over 20 years — these questions are often misunderstood and the answers remain opaque. In The Putin System, Russian […]
Posted: April 30th, 2019 under Economy, Elections, History, Human Rights, Politics, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Understanding Russia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Watch The Optimists in your language now
Press Release, 23.04.2019 Watch the documentary The Optimists dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Yabloko with English (or other) subtitiles now. Choose your language in the Settings of the video. The documentary covers the key periods in the history of the Russian Federation and the development of the Yabloko party.
Posted: April 25th, 2019 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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The Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko demanded from regional Public Prosecutor to investigate fraud with land in the city of Baltiysk
Press Release, 16.04.2019 Photo: Sergei Dustin at his one-person picket. Sergei Dustin, member of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko, picketed the Kaliningrad Oblast Public Prosecutor’s Office with a placard “Does Baltiysk need a blind Public Prosecutor?” The activist called on the supervisory authority to pay attention to the inaction of Dmitry Prokhorov, Public Prosecutor of […]
Posted: April 18th, 2019 under Freedom of Speech, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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