Archive for 'Social Policies'
“Total Counteraction”: Anna Cherepanova on how the Mayor and Chairman of Veliky Novgorod’s Duma are blocking Yabloko’s work
Press Release, 19.01.2026 Anna Cherepanova, Yabloko Deputy Chair and MP from Yabloko in the Veliky Novgorod City Duma, has made a statement in which she described in detail how the Novgorod Mayor, Alexander Rozbaum, and the Chairman of the Novgorod Duma, Konstantin Somov, are sabotaging Yabloko’s work. According to Cherepanova, she has to fulfil her […]
Posted: January 20th, 2026 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko expresses support to lecturers, students and graduate students of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences
Press Release, 24.12.2025 Photo by Alexander Kazakov, Kommersant It was reported today that Rosobrnadzor [the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science] has suspended the licence of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, also known as Professor Teodor Shanin’s University. For the years since its foundation in 1995, the university has become […]
Posted: December 24th, 2025 under Education and Science, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The campaign against the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences is destroying humanities education in Russia
Statement by Yabloko Chairman, 23.12.2025 Rosobrnadzor [the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science] has suspended the licence of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences. Prior to this, the supervisory authorities had banned the university from admitting students. The campaign against Professor Shanin’s university has been going on for almost ten years: […]
Posted: December 23rd, 2025 under Education and Science, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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The Yabloko faction in Karelia’s Legislative Assembly walked out of budget debate in protest against the ruling party’s blocking of 20 amendments proposed by Yabloko
Press Release, 4 December 2025 Photo: Three factions – Yabloko, A Just Russia, and the CPRF, who left the regional parliament session in protest / Photo by Emilia Slabunova On 4 December, at a session of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia, the parliamentary majority consisting of the United Russia faction effectively blocked […]
Posted: December 5th, 2025 under Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In Veliky Novgorod, Yabloko demands resignation of the mayor, as the budget of the city designed in officials’ interests
Press Release, 27.11.2025 Photo: Anna Cherepanova (centre) / Photo by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko On 26 November, a session of the Veliky Novgorod Duma took place, where Yabloko faction leader Anna Cherepanova voted “against” the draft city budget for 2026. She explained the faction’s position by saying that the draft budget for Novgorod causes […]
Posted: November 27th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lecture by Sergei Popov, astrophysicist and Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, “Why do we need astronomy?”
Press Release, 17.11.2025 On 25 November, the Yabloko party’s central office in Moscow will host a lecture by Sergei Popov, astrophysicist and Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences: “Why do we need astronomy?”. The audience will be able not only to receive a detailed answer to the lecture’s key question, but also to participate […]
Posted: November 18th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Education and Science.
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No to compulsory medical insurance payments from non-working citizens!
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Bureau adopted on 14.10.2025, published on 31.10.2025 Photo by RIA Novosti, Taras Litvinenko At parliamentary hearings on the draft budget for 2026 and the planning period 2027–2028, Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matvienko proposed collecting fees to the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund from non-working able-bodied citizens in the amount of 45,000 […]
Posted: November 12th, 2025 under Governance, Healthcare, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko opposes doubling the salary of Veliky Novgorod’s mayor
Press Release, 21.10.2025 Photo: Veliky Novgorod Mayor Alexander Rozbaum and Duma Speaker Konstantin Somov / Photo by the Veliky Novgorod Duma Press Service On 24 October, the Veliky Novgorod Duma will consider the issue of record salary increases for local officials. Mayor Alexander Rozbaum is asking deputies to approve almost doubling his own salary — […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko party chairman Nikolai Rybakov travelled to the Pskov Region to support Yabloko candidates in the municipal elections
Press Release, 7.09.2025 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov with candidate for Pskov City Duma in district No. 3 Andrei Tsatsenko during door-to-door campaining in Pskov On 2 and 3 September, Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, together with head of the party Analytical Centre Ivan Bolshakov and head of the party staff Yevgenia Vlasova, visited the Pskov Region […]
Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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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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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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Yabloko has nominated incumbent deputy of the Kaluga City Duma Alexei Kolesnikov as a candidate for Kaluga City Duma elections
Press Release, 15.07.2025 Photo: Alexei Kolesnikov / Photo from the personal archive The former Chairman of Kaluga Yabloko will conduct an electoral campaign for Peace and Freedom in single-mandate constituency No. 24 of Kaluga.
Posted: July 15th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A voice for Peace and Freedom will be heard in Kostroma City Duma elections
Press Release, 15.07.2025 Photo: Alexander Lazutin / Photo from the personal archive Yabloko has nominated Alexander Lazutin, Chairman of the Kostroma regional branch of Yabloko and General Director of the agricultural enterprise Shunga, as a candidate for the Kostroma City Duma elections. The candidate has three days left to collect 50 signatures in support of […]
Posted: July 15th, 2025 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The voice for Peace and Freedom will be heard in the municipal elections in the Ryazan region
Press Release, 10.07.2025 Photo: Maria Rakcheyeva / Photo by the regional branch of the party The current deputy of the Kriushinsky rural settlement of the Klepikovsky district of the Ryazan region from the Yabloko party, Maria Rakcheyeva, will take part in the elections of deputies of the Klepikovsky municipal council. Electoral district No. 1, in […]
Posted: July 11th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A unique mosaic panel in a sports facility building destroyed in Udmurtia. Yabloko has filed a complaint with the public prosecutor’s office about the sports minister’s inaction
Press Release, 30.06.2025 Photo: Mosaic panel in the Izhstal Ice Palace building / Photo from social media One of the rare monuments of 1970s mosaic art – a mosaic panel possessing artistic and historical value – was situated in the foyer of the Izhstal Ice Palace building in Izhevsk, Udmurtia. Despite assurances from Udmurtia’s Minister […]
Posted: June 30th, 2025 under Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Judiciary, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies.
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Yabloko in Karelia proposed exempting outpatient clinics and hospitals from property tax. The ruling party rejected the initiative, but later passed it off as their own
Press Release, 30.06.2025 Photo: The Legislative Assembly of Karelia / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly The Yabloko party faction in the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia prepared a bill to exempt state medical institutions from paying property tax. Such a measure would help direct more budget money towards improving […]
Posted: June 30th, 2025 under Education and Science, Governance, Healthcare, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov on the proposal of the head of the Presidential Human Rights Council to expel foreign families from the country: “The head of the Human Rights Council has apparently forgotten what his job is”
Press Release, 27.06.2025 Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant The head of the Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev called for expelling migrant families from Russia if their children do not go to school. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are almost 786,000 minor foreigners in Russia. At the same time, the number of […]
Posted: June 27th, 2025 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Novgorod Yabloko nominated Viktor Shalyakin as a candidate for the post of Governor of Novgorod Region
Press Release, 20.06.2025 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo: by the Novgorod Region branch of Yabloko The Novgorod branch of Yabloko nominated Viktor Shalyakin as a candidate for the post of Governor of Novgorod Region in the forthcoming elections. The conference delegates decided to nominate Viktor Shalyakin, a former military man, for the early elections of […]
Posted: June 20th, 2025 under Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2025, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Ukraine relations, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“A law laying a mine of extremism”. Maxim Kruglov on the first results of the educational filter for foreign children
Press Release, 9.06.2025 Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant Only 4% of children of immigrants to Russia have been admitted to comprehensive schools after passing the entrance filter introduced for them – a mandatory exam in the Russian language. State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote about this figure with some pride on his Telegram channel. According […]
Posted: June 10th, 2025 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Prohibition on education for migrant children leads only to criminalisation
Decision by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko, adopted on 10.04.2025, published on 24.04.2025 Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant On 1 April, a law came into force prohibiting Russian schools from accepting migrant children who do not know the Russian language. The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party notes that this law not only contradicts the […]
Posted: April 25th, 2025 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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