Archive for 'Regional policies and Local Self-Governing'
Yabloko programme for 14 September 2025 elections in the Novgorod region
Press Release, 14.08.2025 Novgorod Yabloko published its programme for the regional and local elections in the Novgorod Region due on 14 September 2025. The Novgorod branch of the party states that Yabloko is participating in the elections in order to achieve the following goals:
Posted: August 14th, 2025 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Materials revealed that led to Ksenia Cherepanova being recognised as “foreign agent”: among them news about repressions against Yabloko and criticism of local self-government reform
Press Release, 13.08.2025 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo: Novgorod Yabloko The Novgorod Region Ministry of Justice Department has drawn up an administrative protocol against member of the Novgorod Yabloko Bureau Ksenia Cherepanova for failing to self-report as a “foreign agent”. The protocol lists materials whose publication on Ksenia Cherepanova’s Telegram channel allegedly occurred with foreign […]
Posted: August 14th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov: Yabloko candidates at elections of any level conduct a political campaign on the key issue of the country’s development
RIA Tomsk, 24.07.2025 Interview by Valentina Ankudinova Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party has determined candidates for elections to the Tomsk City Duma, which will take place in September. On the eve, a pre-election conference took place in the city, attended by party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov. In an […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Political Parties, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Novgorod Yabloko calls its supporters to participate in the local elections together with the Yabloko team
Press Release, 3.06.2025 Photo: The Novgorod Yabloko team / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko In September, elections will be held to the Dumas of 15 districts of the Novgorod region: Borovichskaya, Valdaiskaya, Volotovskaya, Lyubytinskaya, Malovisherskaya, Marevskaya, Novgorodskaya, Okulovskaya, Parfinskaya, Poddorskaya, Soletskaya, Starorusskaya, Khvoyninskaya, Chudovskaya, and Shimskaya. Novgorod Yabloko calls on its supporters to […]
Posted: June 4th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Pskov Yabloko is forming a team of candidates for municipal and city elections
Press Release, 3.06.2025 In September, elections will be held to the district assemblies of Velikoluksky, Gdovsky, Dedovichsky, Kuninsky, Novosokolnichesky, Ostrovsky, Palkinsky, Pskovsky, Pustoshkinsky, Pushkinogorsky and Sebezhsky districts, as well as by-elections for a deputy of the Pskov City Duma in single-mandate district No. 3. Pskov Yabloko is forming a team of candidates and invites its […]
Posted: June 4th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court left the leader of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention for another two months
Press Release, 29.05.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Soviet Court of Ryazan left the journalist and Chairman of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention for another two months. Smirnov has been in custody for four months, since 31 January. He does not admit his guilt in the case of “extortion”. Smirnov’s […]
Posted: May 29th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko planted thirty young fruit trees and bushes in Ivanovo
Press Release, 27.05.2025 Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko As part of the traditional spring clean-up day, the regional branch of the Yabloko party planted thirty young fruit trees and bushes in a garden (Skver Energetikov) in Ivanovo. Residents of nearby houses helped plant the seedlings and thanked Yabloko for the initiative.
Posted: May 27th, 2025 under Charity, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Electoral Commission refused to register initiative groups for a local referendum in the Pskov District
Press Release, 1.05.2025 Photo by Wikimedia Commons This is already the fifth refusal to register initiative groups that residents of the Pskov Region have received from the regional Electoral Commission. Previously, residents of the Gdovsky, Sebezhsky, Ostrovsky and Pushkinogorsky Districts declared their legal right to determine the structure of local government in a referendum. The […]
Posted: May 6th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod District Duma rejects residents’ initiative to hold a local referendum
Press Release, 1.05.2025 Photo: The Novgorod District Duma meeting / Photo by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko Residents of the Novgorod District of the Novgorod Region proposed to restore, with the help of referendum, liquidated and preserve existing administrations in large settlements, establish the number of deputies at 40 people for broader representation and feedback, […]
Posted: May 6th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov Region Electoral Commission denies the right of residents of Sebezhsky and Pushkinogorsky districts to determine the method of electing districts heads in referendums
Press Release, 29.04.2025 Photo: The emblem of the Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region The Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region refused to register referendum initiative groups in Sebezhsky and Pushkinogorsky Districts considering that direct elections of the head of the municipality do not comply with regional legislation.
Posted: April 29th, 2025 under Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A meeting with the team of the Novgorod regional branch of the party was held in the central office of Yabloko
Press Release, 10.04.2025 The team of Novgorod Yabloko met with Yabloko members and activists in Moscow. The Novogord team of Yabloko was represented at the meeting by the Chair Anna Cherepanova, Ksenia Cherepanova, the leader of the Novgorod city Yabloko and the Centre for Anti-Corruption Policies of the party in the region, members of the […]
Posted: April 11th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to host Sergei Mitrokhin’s lecture on organization of civil society
Press Release, 10.04.2025 Photo from Sergei Mitrokhin’s Telegram channel On 17 April, Yabloko will host a lecture by the second Chairman of Yabloko Sergei Mitrokhin on “Organisation of Civil Society in Counteracting the Merger of Business and Power”. Sergei Mitrokhin will explain how the oligarchic system affects the rights of Moscow residents and will demonstrate […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Governance, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Ryazan District Duma approves decision on liquidation of rural settlements
Vid Sboku online media, 10.04.2025 Photo: People voting for preservation of their rural settlements at public hearings on liquidation of their settlements in Dubrovichi, the Ryazan region / Screenshot from the video published on social media The Ryazan District Duma approved a decision on transforming the Ryazan District into a municipal district, that is, for […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The rally of the Novgorod Yabloko in defence of the teacher of Russian language and literature Yelena Tulina did take place!
Press Release, 7.04.2025 Photo: Yelena Tulina / Photo by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko The rally participants unanimously voted for the resolution in defence of Yelena Tulina, a Yabloko member and teacher of Russian language and literature. The rally called for an immediate end to the pressure on Tulina, expressed no confidence in the Head […]
Posted: April 7th, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The arrest of journalist and municipal deputy from Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov extended for another two months
Press Release, 27.03.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Sovietsky District Court of Ryazan decided to extend the term of detention for Konstantin Smirnov, journalist and municipal deputy from Yabloko, for another two months. The court took such a decision despite the requests of Smirnov and his defence to change […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko appealed to Vladimir Putin asking to reject the law on the liquidation of local self-government
Press Release, 17.03.2025 Photo: The Constitution of the Russian Federation with amendments of 2020 /Photo by Pavel Lysitsin, RIA Novosti Today Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the President of Russia asking to reject the law on the liquidation of local self-government. Yabloko believes that the new law completely subordinates local self-government to […]
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Без рубрики.
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The regional electoral commission refused to register the referendum in the Gdov district due to the “large number of participants” in the initiative group
Press Release, 18.02.2025 The Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region refused to register the initiative group for the referendum on the issues of direct elections of the head the Gdov District and the preservation of rural administrations in the Gdov district. The reason for the refusal was the fact that the initiative group included 37 […]
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an investigation into Konstantin Smirnov’s statement about violations of the procedure for merging rural settlements of the Ryazan area into a single district
Telegram channel “Ryazan. Vid Sboku”, 10.02.2025 Photo: Mass public hearings on the merger of rural settlements in Dubrovichi, Ryazan region, into a single district. Screenshot of the video on social networks The Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an investigation into the statement of Konstantin Smirnov, the arrested editor-in-chief of Vid Sboku (Side View) online media […]
Posted: February 10th, 2025 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Konstantin Smirnov remains in pretrial detention until 30 March
Press Release, 7.02.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov at the hearing of the court selecting a preventive measure for him, 31 January/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Ryazan Regional Court today rejected the journalist’s defense’s appeal against the decision to place him in custody. The Smirnov’s lawyer insisted that Konstantin Smirnov should not be kept […]
Posted: February 7th, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Supreme Court of Yakutia upheld the fine imposed on Yabloko’s Anatoly Nogovitsyn for attending an unpermitted event
Press Release, 5.02.2025 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Supreme Court of Yakutia rejected the appeal of the Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, against the decision of the city court on a fine for “violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a rally” (Article […]
Posted: February 5th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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