Archive for 'Social Policies'
Yabloko’s amendment exempts non-state universities in Moscow from property tax
This stimulates construction of new student dormitories Press Release, 24.11.2021 Photo: A student dormitory in Copenhagen / Photo by BOOKYOURSTUDY.BY The Moscow City Duma adopted an amendment submitted by the Yabloko faction envisaging exemption of non-state universities from an organization property tax. This measure will affect non-state universities with state accreditation that have student dormitories […]
Posted: November 25th, 2021 under Education and Science, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Stop destruction of federalism and local self-government in Russia
Decision by the Yabloko Bureau, 19.11.2021 Photo: The authors of the bill MP Pavel Krasheninnikov and Senator Andrei Klishas. / Photo by Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant The Yabloko party regards the Klishas-Krashennikov bill “On the general principles of organising public power in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation” as the final elimination of federalism and […]
Posted: November 19th, 2021 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Elections, Governance, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Artur Gaiduk: “Society resisted vaccination against dangerous diseases in the past too”
Press Release, 16.11.2021 Photo: Artur Gaiduk / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko Artur Gaiduk, a doctor and a deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko, commented to the Press Service of the regional branch of the Yabloko party on the proposed introduction of a system of QR codes […]
Posted: November 17th, 2021 under Healthcare, Social Policies, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Boris Vishnevsky demanded clarifications from the St.Petersburg government and the Russian Federal State Agency for Health and Consumer Rights after statements about mandatory vaccination of St. Petersburg residents over 60
Press Release, 10.11.2021 Photo by IgorVetushko/depositphotos Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, sent a number of questions to Oleg Ergashev, Vice-Governor of St.Petersburg, and Natalia Bashketova, head of the regional department of the Russian Federal State Agency for Health and Consumer Rights (Rospotrebnadzor), about […]
Posted: November 10th, 2021 under Elections, Healthcare, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Unlearned Lessons. Grigory Yavlinsky on Dmitry Medvedev’s article “Six Lessons of the Pandemic”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 5.11.2021 They invented a new role for Dmitry Medvedev, the current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation [and former President and Prime Minister of the RF] , – explaining the policies of the Kremlin and broadcasting unpleasant ideas. Thus, a month ago, the Kommersant [daily] published a provocative […]
Posted: November 10th, 2021 under Foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: “It is easy to manipulate a poor person, it is easier for the authorities to give political instructions to such a person”
Press Release, 6.11.2021 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in the office of the Ekho Moskvi in Pskov radio station / Photo by the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko According to the Russian Federal Statistical Service (Rosstat), in 2020 the poverty level in Russia symbolically decreased from 12.3% to 12.1%. At the same time, the […]
Posted: November 8th, 2021 under Economy, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture by Yevgeny Gontmakher on the social development of the Russian Federation in the COVID era
Press Release, 22.10.2021 To watch the lecture in English, please turn on the English subtitles in the video.
Posted: October 26th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Two million Moscow pensioners will receive an increase to their pension in 2022
Press Release, 20.10.2021 Photo: Vladimir Ryzhkov (centre) before handing the signatures in the Moscow Mayor’s Office The increase in the “Moscow allowance” to pensioners in Moscow [a regional allowance which is decided by regional authorities] was a key point in the electoral programme of Vladimir Ryzhkov, a recently elected Moscow City Duma deputy from Yabloko. […]
Posted: October 25th, 2021 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ryazan branch of Yabloko: construction permit granted by the authorities to developers in Yesenin street in Ryazan is a direct deception of residents in the interests of the oligarch Koskin
Press Release, 20.10.2021 Photo by the Ryazan branch of Yabloko Despite the numerous promises of the authorities to achieve a revision of the project for the development of the territory by the Bars shopping centre in Yesenina street in Ryazan, the developer was issued a building permit, and preparatory works began. The project was not […]
Posted: October 25th, 2021 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anatoly Golov: Vladimir Putin’s lost war
Anatoly Golov’s blog post, 20.10.2021 Photo by mike_laptev/depositphotos.com Recently, President Putin, speaking of the 13,000 fatalities on the roads of the country in 2020, compared this to losses “in military actions”. True. Russia is losing a lot of people in the war that our drivers are waging against Russian roads. However, there is another war, […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2021 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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A new term of the Yabloko Party University will open with a lecture by Yevgeny Gontmakher on the social development of the Russian Federation in the COVID era
Press Release, 14.10.2021 Photo: Yevgeny Gontmakher. Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 21 October, a new term of the Yabloko Party University will begin. It will be opened by a Zoom lecture by Yevgeny Gontmakher, Professor at the Higher School of Economics, head of research of the European Dialogue group, and a member of […]
Posted: October 14th, 2021 under Conferences and Seminars, Social Policies.
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Vladimir Ryzhkov submitted 5,000 signatures to the Mayor’s Office for the increase of pensions in Moscow
Press Release, 15.09.2021 Photo by the Press Service of the Moscow branch of Yabloko On 14 September, Vladimir Ryzhkov handed over to the Moscow Government more than 5,000 signatures of Muscovites in support of his initiative to increase the “Moscow budget increment” to pensions to 10,000 roubles. For a month Vladimir Ryzhkov has been collecting […]
Posted: September 15th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2021, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform.
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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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Nikolai Rybakov in Voronezh: on charitable foundations, helping the homeless and preservation of historical buildings
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 01.09.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the DobroSvet charitable foundation for helping children We spent the day in Voronezh together with Tatyana Shkred, Chair of the regional branch of the party, candidate for elections Alexander Strelnikov and the team of the Voronezh branch of Yabloko.
Posted: September 3rd, 2021 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Healthcare, Politics, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko leader demanded from the Nizhny Novgorod Governor to allocate 1 billion roubles to fight the pandemic
Press Release, 27.08.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov in Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov will send an official letter to Gleb Nikitin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, demanding to allocate 1 billion roubles from the regional budget and provide support to the region’s healthcare. The address of the head of the Yabloko party to the […]
Posted: August 27th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory reallocate 1 billion roubles to fighting the pandemic
Press Release, 23.08.2021 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov in Krasnodar The Chairman of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Rybakov, sent an official letter to Veniamin Kondratyev, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, demanding to allocate funds of the regional budget and provide support to the regional healthcare.
Posted: August 25th, 2021 under Healthcare, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the Governor of the Leningrad Region reallocate 800 million roubles to fight the pandemic
Press Release, 14.08.2021 Photo: Governor Alexander Drozdenko / Photo by lenobl.ru Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov is going to send an official letter to Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of the Leningrad Region, with a demand to reallocate funds in the regional budget so that to support the regional healthcare. Nikolai Rybakov’s letter runs that the maintenance of […]
Posted: August 17th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov: the final working day in Eastern Siberia
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 10.08.2021 BURYATIA, THE IRKUTSK REGION The shore of Lake Baikal Yesterday was my final working day in Eastern Siberia. Photo by the Yabloko Press Service When I was going to Lake Baikal, I was convinced that the situation with the garbage on the shore had changed and garbage was no longer […]
Posted: August 12th, 2021 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies.
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A working day in the Irkutsk region, or how to get to the shore of Baikal and not be able to see Baikal
Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 8.08.2021 IRKUTSK Photo by the Yabloko Press Service In the morning Anna Shlomina, our candidate for the State Duma elections, the founder of the public organisation for the protection of animals “ZooZabota”, showed me the Centre for sterilisation of pets, which works in the city at discounted prices. The main problem […]
Posted: August 12th, 2021 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Healthcare, History, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolay Rybakov in Krasnoyarsk: about the “black sky”, the problems of the Yenisei and the underfunding of medicine
Today’s working day is in Krasnoyarsk. Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 6.08.2021 The nature of the region starts brining you joy already on the approach to the Dmitry Hvorostovsky airport. Endless taiga, hills, and the great Yenisei river. At the same time, it is hard to breathe in Krasnoyarsk – because of the large number of […]
Posted: August 10th, 2021 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Social Policies, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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