Archive for 'Healthcare'
After Yabloko’s release of the video about the Tula Regional Duma spending budget money on expensive cars, regional MPs decided to allocate money to buying ambulances
Press Release, 23.04.2020 The Tula Regional Duma refuses large purchases of expensive cars for the regional parliaments and allocates these 5 million roubles for the purchase of ambulances. Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula Yabloko, noted that this happened exactly 24 hours after Yabloko’s publication of the video about the purchase by the Tula Regional […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Regional and Local Elections, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko proposes a programme of measures to fight domestic violence upsurging during quarantine
Press Release, 23.04.2020 The Yabloko party insists that the government should take immediate measures to prevent the upsurge of domestic violence. Such measures include immediate reaction of the police to reports of violence, provision of a sufficient number of shelters for victims, hotel rooms inclusive, and cancellation of liability for violation of the isolation regime […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Gender Faction, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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Yabloko Deputy Chairman Boris Vishnevsky organised collection of aid for St. Petersburg doctors
Press Release, 23.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and leader of the party’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, together with members of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko, organised fundraising for the purchase of personal protective equipment for doctors working in St. Petersburg medical institutions.
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Healthcare, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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We demand to adopt measures for reduction of domestic violence
Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 23.04.2020 In the context of the coronavirus pandemic and self-isolation, the number of cases of domestic violence against women, children and the elderly has significantly increased, whereas women are the first to become victims. This applies to all countries, emphasised UN Secretary General António Guterres. In Russia, the situation is […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Gender Faction, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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Yabloko calls on the government to pay 12,000 roubles to students and 50,000 roubles to university professors
Press Release, 22.04.2020 The Yabloko party has proposed to the Russian government a set of measures to support students and university professors in the situation of the coronavirus epidemic: cash payments to students (12,000 roubles) and university professors (50,000 roubles); transfer of students who have lost their jobs to state-financed places; interest-free loans for the […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2020 under Economy, Education and Science, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yalvinsky: They are preparing Russia for digital slavery
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 6.04.2020 We could observe the first results of the introduction of electronic passes in Moscow in [overcrowded] metro yesterday [due to the authorities total check of all the passengers for their passes]. To allow such a crowd in the subway at the midst of the epidemic and quarantine means to demonstrate a […]
Posted: April 17th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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We demand to abolish the ban on the imports of medical devices, personal protective equipment and restrictions on the purchase of medicines
Statement by Yabloko Bureau, 17.04.2020 In the situation of the coronavirus epidemic, the Yabloko Party demands to immediately lift the ban on the import of medical devices, personal protective equipment and restrictions on the purchase of medicines. Meanwhile, the ban imposed by the Government of Russia (Decree No. 813 of June 26, 2019) included, for […]
Posted: April 17th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Municipal deputies from Yabloko in Ryazan demanded to stop the forced collection of money from state employees to fight against coronavirus
Press Release, 17.04.2020 Yabloko municipal deputies of the Ryazan region appealed to Governor Nikolai Lyubimov, Ivan Panchenko, regional Public Prosecutor, and Igor Grekov, Vice Governor and head of the coronavirus task force, in connection with the forced collection of money from state employees to fight against coronavirus. Deputies Konstantin Smirnov and Anatoly Kivva insist on […]
Posted: April 17th, 2020 under Economy, Education and Science, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies.
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Yabloko calls on the President and Government to expand the list of supported non-profit organisations
Press Release, 16.04.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov appealed to President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to provide support to the entire sector of non-profit organisations, regardless of their type of activity and sources of funding. At the moment, the government is ordered to implement support measures only for non-profit organisations providing aid to […]
Posted: April 16th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Emilia Slabunova: Additional financial aid to teachers will increase the effectiveness of distance learning
Based on Gubernia Daily, 16.04.2020 Emilia Slabunova, MP of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, member of the Yabloko party’s Federal Political Committee and Honored Teacher of Russia, criticised the education system for failing to organiae distance learning for pupils in self-isolation. The parliamentarian called on officials and deputies of the regional parliament to recognise the […]
Posted: April 16th, 2020 under Education and Science, Healthcare, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia.
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Liberal International on Twitter
@liberalinternat on twitter, 15.04.2020 Russian economist, politician & co-founder of @yabloko, @yavlinsky alerts us to the seriousness of the #COVID19 situation which requires honesty from the country’s leadership above all else… This is #WhatLiberalsThink on #WednesdayWisdom? Source
Posted: April 15th, 2020 under Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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Yabloko continues to urge governors to redirect funds allocated to campaign for Putin’s amendments to the Constitution to the fight against COVID-19
Press Release, 15.04.2020 Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov continues forwarding appeals to the heads of Russian regions. He calls for redirecting the funds allocated in the regional budgets for campaigning in the all-Russian voting for Vladimir Putin’s constitutional amendments to needs of healthcare and assistance to citizens in difficult life situations.
Posted: April 15th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Yabloko MPs of the Moscow City Duma demand from the Moscow authorities to proceed from the presumption of innocence of citizens and check digital passes introduced during COVID-19 epidemic selectively
Press Release, 15.04.2020 The Yabloko faction in Moscow City Duma appealed to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Oleg Baranov, head of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate, in connection with large queues of passengers to enter metro stations and traffic jams at entrances to Moscow that emerged on April 15 after the introduction of digital […]
Posted: April 15th, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Police came to Deputy Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko. He published a post on how a girl was infected with a coronavirus in a hospital
Press Release, 15.04.2020 Policemen came to Alexei Sadomovsky, Deputy Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko. The policemen tried to give a warning about the inadmissibility of dissemination of fake information. Earlier, Alexei Sadomovsky published a post on social networks about how a girl was infected with a coronavirus in a hospital. On the […]
Posted: April 15th, 2020 under Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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“Not border stones, but masks”. Yabloko: Moscow Mayor must change the priorities of city budget in favour of support to citizens
Press Release, 11.04.2020 The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma made a package of proposals to the Moscow government aimed at providing socio-economic support to residents of Moscow in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. The document proposes to redistribute the funds envisaged in the budget for 2020 from long-term infrastructure and entertainment projects to […]
Posted: April 15th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Boris Vishnevsky asked St.Petersburg Governor to give a clear definition of the term “self-isolation” in order to end the arbitrariness of law enforcement
Press Release, 14.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, asked St.Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov to give a clear definition of the term “self-isolation” in order to end the arbitrariness of law enforcement. The term is mentioned in the decree of the Government of St. Petersburg “On measures […]
Posted: April 14th, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Boris Vishnevsky called on the police to provide social assistance to elderly residents of St.Petersburg sent to “self-isolation”
Press Release, 13.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, called on Roman Pugin, head of the St. Petersburg police, to consider the possibility of involving police officers in providing social assistance to elderly residents of St. Petersburg who are forcibly sent to “self-isolation” and are deprived of […]
Posted: April 13th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands from the government to review the list of systemically important companies
Press Release, 11.04.2020 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with a demand to review the list of 646 systemically important organisations that should receive state support. The party believes that this list was compiled in a non-transparent manner and in violation of the basic principles of market competition.
Posted: April 13th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Yabloko’s Andrei Babushkin, member of the Presidential Human Rights Council, demands that the Federal Penitentiary Service allow the Ombudsman and independent human rights activists to enter the Irkutsk penal colony
Press Release, 11.04.2020 Andrei Babushkin, member of the Presidential Human Rights Council and the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, demands that the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service urgently provide access to the Ombudsman, independent human rights activists, and journalists to the Irkutsk colony, where there was a riot, and then a fire. Babishkin […]
Posted: April 13th, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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Yabloko asked Prime Minister Mishustin to protect couriers and volunteers
Press Release, 10.04.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asking him to adopt a decree on the protection of delivery service employees and volunteers of social services. According to the head of the party, this document is needed against the background of increasing risks that these categories of citizens […]
Posted: April 10th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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