Archive for 'Regional policies and Local Self-Governing'
Russia celebrates Local Government Day. Commentaries from Yabloko leaders
Press Release, 22.04.2024 On 21 April, Russia celebrates Local Government Day. The memorial date was established by President Vladimir Putin in 2012. On this day (2 May, as of the new style) in 1785, Catherine II of Russia issued a “Charter on the Rights and Benefits of the Cities of the Russian Empire”. The document […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2024 under Elections, Governance, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing.
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The Electoral Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region registered Yabloko’s initiative on a referendum on the return of elections of heads of cities and districts to the region
Press Release, 24.07.2023 Photo: Initiators the referendum Mikhail Popov and Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Chelyabinsk Yabloko The Electoral Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region registered the initiative of the Yabloko party on a referendum on the return of elections mayors and heads of districts in the Chelyabinsk Region. Direct elections of mayors were abolished […]
Posted: July 25th, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko will take part in the elections of deputies of the Duma of Novgorod and the Council of Staraya Russa
Press Release, 10.07.2023 Photo by the Novgorod Yabloko On 8 July, the Novgorod branch of Yabloko nominated three lists of candidates for elections in the region: for the Duma of Novgorod in a single electoral district and in single-member districts, as well as for the Council of Deputies of Staraya Russa.
Posted: July 10th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko seeks to oblige the heads of municipalities and districts to publish their annual reports on the Internet
Press Release, 19.04.2023 Photo: The Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia submitted to the Assembly its legislative initiative to supplement the Law “On the General Principles of Organisation of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation” […]
Posted: April 21st, 2023 under Governance, Human Rights, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Only local self-government can ensure that management decisions are in line with the interests of the population”. The leader of the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko spoke at the public hearings on the elimination of direct elections of the Mayor of Novosibirsk
Press Release, 11.04.2023 Photo: The building of the city administration in Novosibirsk / Photo from the official web-site of the city of Novosibirsk Natalya Chubykina, Chairperson of the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, spoke at the public hearings on amendments to the Charter of the city of Novosibirsk on the model of mayoral elections.
Posted: April 12th, 2023 under Political Parties, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko introduced amendments to the city’s charter retaining the direct election of the mayor and the mixed electoral system for the city elections
Press Release, 6.04.2023 Photo: The Council of Deputies of Novosibirsk / Photo by gorsovetnsk.ru The Novosibirsk regional branch of the Yabloko party submitted its initiatives to the organising committee of the Novosibirsk Council of Deputies within the frameworks of preparation for public hearings on the draft amendments to the city charter. Yabloko’s proposal is to […]
Posted: April 7th, 2023 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Sofya Pugachyova and Nikolai Barkhatov propose to hold a referendum on the transformation of the Novorzhevsky district into a municipal district
Press Release, 20.02.2023 Photo: Sofya Pugachyova and Nikolai Barkhatov The corresponding draft resolution was submitted to the regional Assembly of Deputies on 20 February by Sofya Pugachyova, head of the Novorzhevsky district, and Nikolai Barkhatov, a deputy of the Assembly from Yabloko.
Posted: February 21st, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Statement by the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko on the inadmissibility of the liquidation of local self-government in the Chelyabinsk region
Press Release, 09.02.2023 Photo: Miass / Photo by Alexei Petrov, Wikimedia Commons The regional council of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party addressed the Governor of the region and deputies of the Miass city about the inadmissibility of liquidating local self-government in the Chelyabinsk region.
Posted: February 10th, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Svetlana Vasilkova appealed against the court refusal to recognise her dismissal from the post of head of the Pustoshkinsky district as illegal
Press Release, 10.01.2023 Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo from the Grazhdanin newspaper Svetlana Vasilkova appealed (https://eng.yabloko.ru/30000-2/ ) the decision of the Opochetsky District Court, which recognised her dismissal from the post of head of the Pustoshkinsky District as legal. On 9 January, the Pustoshkinsky District Court received her appeal.
Posted: January 11th, 2023 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Opochetsky District Court upheld the decision of pro-government deputies to arbitrarily dismiss Yabloko’s head of the district Svetlana Vasilkova basing on “their inner conviction”. The decision of the court will be appealed in the regional court.
Press Release, 22.12.2022 Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko On 21 December, the Opochetsky District Court announced the decision on the suit of Yabloko’s Svetlana Vasilkova to challenge her dismissal from the post of head of the Pustoshkinsky district of the Pskov region. As follows from the decision, Svetlana Vasilkova’s demands were “partially […]
Posted: December 23rd, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Svetlana Vasilkova appealed in court against the decision of the local deputies to remove her from the post of head of the Pustoshkinsky district of the Pskov region
Press Release, 13.12.2022 Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Svetlana Vasilkova, Deputy Chairman of the Pskov Yabloko, filed an application with the Opochetsky District Court to recognise the decision of the Assembly of Deputies of the Pustoshkinsky District of 24 November to remove her from her post of head of the […]
Posted: December 14th, 2022 under Economy, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov visited Astrakhan
Press Release, 5.12.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 December, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and his team came to Astrakhan to meet with Yabloko members and supporters and discuss the region’s problems with active citizens.
Posted: December 8th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Dmitry Kushpita, the of the Yabloko branch in the Vladimir region, spoke out against bringing back the course of the elementary military training to schools and advocated the return of direct elections of the Mayor of Vladimir
Based on Zebra-TV Internet media, 25.11.2022 Photo: Dmitry Kushpita / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Dmitry Kushpita, Chairman of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Vladimir region and director of School No. 40 in Vladimir, spoke to the deputies of the regional Legislative Assembly and called them not to introduce a […]
Posted: November 25th, 2022 under Education and Science, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Ukraine relations, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies.
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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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The districts of the Pskov region where local authorities are headed by Yabloko members are among the best in the field of financial management
Press Release, 9.11.2022 Photo: Sofia Pugachyova and Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service The Novorzhevsky and Pustoshkinsky districts of the Pskov region, which are headed by Sofia Pugacheva and Svetlana Vasilkova, members of the Yabloko party elected heads of the districts in 2019, were among the best in the region in […]
Posted: November 9th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the future of Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee No 161 of 20 October 2022, published on 1.11.2022 Photo: Flags of Russia and the European Union / Photo by Vladimir Sergeyev, RIA Novosti The mission of our party today and its main task is to overcome Bolshevism, the oligarchic nature of the state, the irremovability of power […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Committee Decisions, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Без рубрики.
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The majority in the Moscow City Duma will be able to deprive Moscow MPs of their deputy mandates in violation of the Constitution
Press Release, 26.10.2022 Today, the Moscow City Duma amended the law “On the status of a deputy of the Moscow City Duma” by a majority vote of pro-government MPs. According to the amendments, a deputy can be deprived of his/her mandate for violations of anti-corruption legislation by a decision of the majority in the Moscow […]
Posted: October 27th, 2022 under Political Parties, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Forum of Municipal Candidates “After the Elections” was held in Yabloko
Press Release, 23.09.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 22 September, the Forum of Municipal Candidates “After the Elections” was held in the Yabloko office in Moscow. Candidates for deputies, members of the electoral headquarters, campaign volunteers and party supporters gathered in the hall to discuss the campaign and the results of the elections, […]
Posted: September 27th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Anna Cherepanova to participate in the competition for the post of Novgorod Mayor on 21 September
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova’s programme On 21 September, the day of the birth of Russian statehood, a competition for the post of Mayor will be held in Novgorod. Anna Cherepanova, Chairwoman of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party, will take part in it.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko has published a list of its registered candidates for Moscow municipal elections
Press Release, 19.08.2022 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A complete list of registered candidates for Moscow municipal elections from Yabloko has been published on the party web-site. The list includes 151 candidates who will run in 43 municipal districts of Moscow.
Posted: August 19th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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