Archive for 'Education and Science'
The leader of Yabloko demanded that the State Duma withdraw the bill banning the admission of migrant children to schools without a Russian language test
Press Release, 10.12.2024 Photo by Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant The corresponding appeal was sent by the Сhairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov to the Сhairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. Rybakov stated in the letter that implementation of this initiative would significantly limit the opportunities for citizens of neighbouring states to integrate into Russian […]
Posted: December 10th, 2024 under Education and Science, Human Rights, Social Policies, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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On the Yabloko Party’s fundamental political position in the current conditions
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024 Photo: Yabloko’s poster “Changes Will Come!”, September 2021 elections / Photo by Vitaly Ankov, RIA Novosti The Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party considers it necessary to reiterate the most pressing key positions of the Party: – Ceasefire. Exchange of […]
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Federalism, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia did not support the budget of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. Deputy Emilia Slabunova innumerates the reasons
Press Release, 14.11.2024 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 November, the Legislative Assembly of Karelia considered the draft budget of the Republic of Karelia for 2025 in the first reading. The Yabloko faction voted against adopting the document. The head of the faction Emilia Slabunova notes that only the […]
Posted: November 15th, 2024 under Education and Science, Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Analytical Centre on the ban for migrant children without knowledge of Russian to be admitted to schools: The initiative is even more harmful than foolish
Press Release, 13.11.2024 Photo by Alexander Miridonov/Kommersant State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced the preparation of a bill that would prohibit migrant children who do not know Russian from being admitted to schools. There is no doubt that this bill will be adopted: Vladimir Putin drew attention to the problem of migrant children’s poor knowledge […]
Posted: November 15th, 2024 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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“A Way to the Future” with Grigory Yavlinsky: A Different World
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 2.05.2024 Transcript April 2024 “What should be done to prevent a large-scale war? The very first steps to be taken to prevent a big war should include: a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and the signing of a respective agreement; the creation of a demilitarised zone on both sides of the fault […]
Posted: May 17th, 2024 under Economy, Education and Science, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Emilia Slabunova: “I am categorically against the abolishing of the social studies course in the secondary school”
Press Release, 28.02.2024 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service “I categorically object to the plans of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation to abolish the social studies course for grades 6-8 at the level of basic general education and leave only one hour for its study in grade 9!” […]
Posted: February 28th, 2024 under Education and Science, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko to the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences: The shadow of repression, reminiscent of Stalin’s times, once again looms over science
Press Release, 9.02.2024 Photo: Akademgorodok (the “Academic Town”) in Novosibirsk /Photo from open sources On the Day of Russian Science and in honour of the 300th anniversary of the formation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Novosibirsk regional branch of the Yabloko party sent congratulatory letters to the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy […]
Posted: February 9th, 2024 under Education and Science, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Novgorod: basic military training classes in junior grades of city schools must be abolished
Press Release, 28.11.2023 Photo: Chairman of the local “Combat Brotherhood” Alexei Ivanov at a lesson in a junior class, in Gymnasium No. 4 / Photo by the Young Army Movement on VKontakte Anna Cherepanova, a deputy of the City Duma of Veliky Novgorod from Yabloko and Chair of the regional branch of the party, appealed […]
Posted: November 29th, 2023 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Schoolchildren in Dubrovichy, the Ryazan region, were provided with textbooks after Yabloko deputy Konstantin Smirnov intervened
Press Release, 8.09.2023 Photo: Emin Jafarov, Kommersant The Minister of Education of the Ryazan Region, Olga Shchetinkina, informed Konstantin Smirnov, a deputy of the Dubrovichy settlement from the Yabloko party and Editor-in-Chied of the online media Vid Sboku (Side View), that all the necessary textbooks, that had not been delivered to the school in the […]
Posted: September 8th, 2023 under Economy, Education and Science, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Do not allow for militarisation of the school! Yabloko’s appeal to deputies, senators and the Minister of Education
Appeal by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko of 15.12.2022, published on 16.12.2022 Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant Yabloko demands to put an end to the militarisation of the school: not to make elementary military training a compulsory subject, not to allow for politicised and paramilitary events to be held at schools, and stop forcing schoolchildren […]
Posted: December 20th, 2022 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Social Policies, Youth Policies.
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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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The Budget of St. Petersburg: expenses on the key problems of citizens are reduced, but new expenses on the special military operation emerged
Press Release, 23.11.2022 Photo: The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg / Photo by the Yaboko Press Service The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg adopted in the third reading the draft law of St. Petersburg “On the budget of St. Petersburg for 2023 and the planning period of 2024 and 2025”. The Yabloko faction voted against […]
Posted: November 23rd, 2022 under Economy, Education and Science, Healthcare, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko urges the Ministry of Education to abandon introduction Elementary Military Training lessons at schools
Press Release, 17.11.2022 Photo by Yevgeny Pereverzev, Kommersant Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, sent a corresponding letter to Russian Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov. Rybakov proposed to include additional hours for learning foreign languages in the educational standards instead of elementary military training.
Posted: November 17th, 2022 under Education and Science, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Social Policies, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to hold a round table on the problems of introduction of “lessons” at schools that condone the special military operation
Press Release, 23.09.2022 Photo by Konstantin Kokoshkin, Kommersant On 26 September, Yabloko will hold a round table on the problems of introduction of “lessons” at schools that condone the special military operation. “Raising of patriotism at school,” “conversations about the important”, raising the flag, history lessons. What does all this mean? How teachers and students […]
Posted: September 23rd, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Education and Science, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Acad. Alexei Arbatov comments on the election of President of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Official Telegram channel of the Russian Academy of Sciences Photo: Alexei Arbatov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Alexei Arbatov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, commented on Alexander Sergeyev’s (the current head of the Russian Academy of Sciences) withdrawal of his […]
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Education and Science, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko opposes self-isolating Russian universities from the outer world
Statement by the Yabloko party, 27.05.2022 Photo by Alexander Kozlov / Kommersant Recently a number of officials of the Government, the State Duma and the Security Council of Russia have made statements about their intention to withdraw from the Bologna process of a common European higher education area. These statements do not just uphold the […]
Posted: May 27th, 2022 under Education and Science, History, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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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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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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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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Nikolai Rybakov visited eight towns of the Maritime Territory in the Far East
Press Release, 3.08.2021 Photo: Sergei Poltorak, Marina Zheleznyakova and Nikolay Rybakov From 30 July to 1 August, Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov visited eight towns of the Maritime (Primorsky) Territory: Artyom, Bolshoy Kamen, Fokino, Nakhodka, Partizansk, Arsenyev, Ussuriysk, as well as the village of Shkotovo. Marina Zheleznyakova, who tops the regional list of candidates of […]
Posted: August 3rd, 2021 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, 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, Без рубрики.
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