Archive for 'Social Policies'
Novosibirsk YABLOKO Youth conducted picketing against conscription
Press release, 04.04.2016 The Novosibirsk YABLOKO Youth conducted a picket against the conscription system in Russia. The activits claim that Russia must move to a professional army based on contract principles. The protest action took place in the city centre. The local party activits also participated in the event.
Posted: April 5th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, The Russian Army, Youth Policies.
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Stavropol YABLOKO Youth protests against conscription
Press release, 04.04.2016 On 3 April, the Stavropol branch of YABLOKO Youth conducted a one-person picket against the conscription system in Russia.
Posted: April 5th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, The Russian Army, Youth Policies.
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Moscow YABLOKO Youth conducted picketing against conscription
Press release, 04.04.2016 On 3 April, Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists conducted picketing against the conscription system in Russia and against the Kremlin’s aggressive foreign policy. The action was timed to the beginning of the spring draft.
Posted: April 5th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, The Russian Army, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO asks Prime Minister Medvedev to return state subsidies to socially-oriented non-profit organisations
Press Release, 31.03.2016 YABLOKO Chairperson Emilia Slabunova asks Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to save the country’s sole Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind and review the conditions for granting subsidies to socially-oriented non-profit organisations.
Posted: April 1st, 2016 under Social Policies.
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Tatarstan branch of YABLOKO participated in rally against transportation tariffs raise
Press release, 28.03.2016 On 26 March, the Tatarstan branch of YABLOKO participated in a rally against the transportation tarrifs raise in Kazan. Over 100 people took part in the action.
Posted: March 28th, 2016 under Social Policies, Street Actions.
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YABLOKO Youth demands that premises must be returned to Centre for Refugee Children
Press release, 20.02.2016 On 20 February, Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists conducted a series of one-person pickets demanding that the Moscow City Property Department must return the premises to the Centre for the Adaptation and Training of Refugee Children. The Centre was evicted from its premises on Thursday.
Posted: February 24th, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Youth Policies.
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Emilia Slabunova: The right to education must not depend on the region where a child lives
Press release, 16.02.2016 Today the State Duma Committee for Science and Education has considered the draft of the amendments to the Federal Law on Education submitted by Emilia Slabunova, YABLOKO Chairperson and Deputy Chair of the Committee for Education, Culture, Sports and Matters Concerning Young Persons of the Karelian Legislative Assembly.
Posted: February 17th, 2016 under Education and Science, Social Policies.
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Emilia Slabunova to submit amendments to the law on eduction to the State Duma
Press release, 16.02.2016 Tomorrow, on 16 February, YABLOKO Chairperson Emilia Slabunova will submit a draft of the amendments to the Federal Law on Education to the State Duma Committee for Science and Education. Slabunova’s proposal will guarantee the access to education according to the single state educational standard for every child regardless of the region […]
Posted: February 15th, 2016 under Education and Science, Social Policies.
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Pro-Putin activists tried to disrupt YABLOKO Youth’s action in support of Ildar Dadin
Press release, 12.02.2016 The activists of Moscow YABLOKO Youth conducted a one-person picket in support of Ildar Dadin, the political prisoner who had been charged with three years at a penal colony under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code for repeatedly breaking Russia’s protest laws. Dadin became the first politcal prisoner to be charged under […]
Posted: February 14th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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St.Petersburg YABLOKO Youth conducted action to draw attention to lawlessness in Chechnya
Press release, 05.02.2016 Activists of the St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO Youth Ilya Smirnov and Polina Dmitriyeva conducted a one-person picketing suggesting that the citizens should write a letter to Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Administration, with an apology. The action had a sarcastic implication and aimed at attracting attention to lawlessness in the Chechen […]
Posted: February 9th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO demands to investigate murder of 16-year-old girl
Press release, 01.02.2016 The Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO participated in a rally demanding to investigate the murder of Karina Zalesova, a 16-year-old girl, and bring her murderer to responsibility. According to the investigators, the murder was commited by the sun of a prominent businessman. However, he is trying to escape from punishment. Stanislav Zakharkin, Chair […]
Posted: January 30th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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Yabloko Youth showed Wakolda movie
Press release, 29.01.2016 On 28 January, the Moscow branch of Yabloko Youth showed a movie called Wakolda (The German Doctor) in YABLOKO’s main office.
Posted: January 29th, 2016 under YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO Youth in Stavropol conducted picketing against head of Chechnya
Press release, 26.01.2016 Today, on 26 January, the Stavropol branch of YABLOKO Youth conducted a one-person picket demanding to dismiss head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. Kirill Bobro and Ivan Tansky participated in the action.
Posted: January 27th, 2016 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Street Actions, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Youth Policies.
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Yabloko Youth to show Wakolda movie
Press Release, 25.01.2016 On 28 January, the Moscow branch of Yabloko Youth will show a movie called Wakolda (The German Doctor) in YABLOKO main office. The historic drama directed by Lucía Puenzo tells about the life of the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, infamous for performing human experiments in the Auschwitz concentration camp, after his […]
Posted: January 25th, 2016 under Youth Policies.
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Yabloko Youth protested against anti-gay bill
Press release, 18.01.2016 On 18 January, the Moscow branch of Yabloko Youth conducted a series of one-person picketing against the Communist Party’s (CPRF) bill prohibiting to come out as gay. The activists claim that the government must not interfere in the private life of people. They held picketing outside the Communist Party office with the picture […]
Posted: January 19th, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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YABLOKO’s Igor Artemyev proposes to considerably simplify the access of foreign pharmaceuticals to the Russian market
Press Release, 18.01.2016 Igor Artemyev, head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service and member of YABLOKO’s Political Party, forwarded a letter to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev informing Prime Minister about a catastrophic situation in Russian pharmaceuticals market.
Posted: January 18th, 2016 under Healthcare, Social Policies.
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YABLOKO Youth conducted a round table on juvenile justice
Press release, 08.12.2015 On December 8, Moscow YABLOKO Youth conducted a round table on the juvenile justice system. The aim of the event was to break the myths about the juvenile justice which are being spread by the lobbyists of traditional values and “a special way” of the development of Russia. The supporters of the […]
Posted: December 9th, 2015 under Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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Free Ildar Dadin!
Statement by the Moscow branch of YABLOKO Youth, 08.12.2015 On December 7, a precedent was set within the Russian legal system – the court passed the sentence against civil activist Ilgar Dadin for participating in four pickets, three of them were one-person pickets [according to the law, one-person picketing do not need authorisation]. On the […]
Posted: December 9th, 2015 under Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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Andrei Khomov spoke about “Big Petersburg. XXI century” concept at the conference on city logistics development
Press release, 30.11.2015 On November 27, YABLOKO’s Andrei Khomov, headmaster of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, participated in a conference called “Transport and logistic component of the cluster development in the field of motor industry and petrochemistry.”
Posted: December 2nd, 2015 under Education and Science, Social Policies.
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Launch of new books by Grigory Yavlinsky
Announcement, 28.10.2015 Novaya Gazeta Publishing House is proud to announce that it will present visitors at the Non Fiction book fair in Moscow with new books by Grigory Yavlinsky. You will have an opportunity to meet the author at the book fair on Saturday, 28 November.
Posted: November 27th, 2015 under Education and Science.
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