Archive for 'Social Policies'
Murmansk branch of YABLOKO suggest canceling gratuities for officials
Press release, 20.07.2015 The Murmansk branch of YABLOKO suggest making alterations to the laws and canceling gratuities for governor of the Murmansk region, chair and deputies of the regional Duma, employees of governmental bodies and other officials. YABLOKO suggest spending the savings on social travel allowance for veterans and pensioners.
Posted: July 20th, 2015 under Social Policies.
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Nikolai Kavkazsky elected Chairman of Moscow Youth Yabloko
Press release, 13.07.2015 On July 12 an election meeting of the Moscow branch of Youth Yabloko took place. Nikolai Kavkazsky, ex political prisoner, was elected new Chairman. Maria Yefimova was elected deputy Chair. Nikita Arkin and Yuri Slinko were elected to the regional council.
Posted: July 13th, 2015 under Youth Policies.
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Activists conducted picketing demanding to preserve retirement public transport benefits
Press release, 09.07.2015 On July 9, an action demanding to preserve the retirement public transport benefits took place outside the Moscow Regional Duma. Chair of the Moscow region branch of YABLOKO Alexander Gunko, representatives of the Klin branch of YABLOKO and party activists participated in the action. The activists held placards comparing budget expenditures for […]
Posted: July 9th, 2015 under Social Policies.
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Teachers of Udmurtia protest against salary reduction
Press release, 23.06.2015 Activists of the Udmurtia Teachers’ trade union conducted pickets against reduction of teachers’ salaries. The action took place before the State Council meeting. Sofya Rusova, YABLOKO Chairman adviser, also joined the picket.
Posted: June 23rd, 2015 under Education and Science, Social Policies.
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Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO presented local hospital with books
Press release, 27.05.2015 On May 26, the activists of the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO Alexandr Samdanov and Svetlana Kaverzina presented a local hospital with tens of books within the campaign called “Books for district hospitals”.
Posted: May 28th, 2015 under Education and Science.
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YABLOKO took signatures against transfer of infant feeding centres to pharmacies to Health care department
Press release, 24.04.2015 Head of YABLOKO Gender faction Galina Mikhaleva, deputy Chair of Gender faction Olga Radayeva, municipal deputies Svetlana Savitskaya and Grigory Semyonov, activist Igor Bakirov took more than 1000 signatures of the citizens against transfer of infant feeding centres to pharmacies to the Health care department.
Posted: April 26th, 2015 under Healthcare.
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YABLOKO calls to cut on military expenditures rather than economise on indexation of social allowances
Press Release, 20.03.2015 Today, on 20 March, 2015, the State Duma will examine in the first reading the bill envisaging that idexation of social allowances in line with inflation should be abolished.
Posted: March 20th, 2015 under Social Policies.
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Commuter trains must be preserved
Press release, 15.01.2015 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev demanding to conduct the check of commuter trains tariffs growth and make amendments to the Concept of commuter trains system development.
Posted: January 19th, 2015 under Social Policies.
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YABLOKO participated in rally in support of doctors
Press Release, 30.11.2014 The YABLOKO party participated in the march and rally under the slogan “For reasonable medicine” which took place in Moscow. More than 5400 people participated in the action.
Posted: December 6th, 2014 under Healthcare.
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YABLOKO participated in rally in support of education
Press release, 26.10.2014 YABLOKO participated in a rally in support of education. More than two hundred participants stood against the merger and closure of schools for special needs children, for eseblishment of free extended daycare groups and demanded the resignation of head of the Moscow department of education Issak Kalina.
Posted: October 26th, 2014 under Education and Science.
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Liquidation of hospitals represents a blow on Muscovites’ health
Press Release, 22.10.2014 The Regional Council of the Moscow branch of the YABLOKO party demands from the government to Moscow to abolish its plans on urgent reduction of the number of hospitals and the total number of beds, runs the statement adopted by the Regional Council.
Posted: October 23rd, 2014 under Healthcare.
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Nizhny Novgorod branch of YABLOKO participated in action “Animals aren’t clothes”
Press release, 22.10.2014 The activists of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of YABLOKO participated in an action called “Animals aren’t clothes” on October 19.
Posted: October 23rd, 2014 under Social Policies, Street Actions.
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Semyon Burd collected 24807 signatures against closure of children’s hospital
Press Release, 18.10.2014 Grigory Yavlinsky’s advisor Semyon Burd collected 24807 signatures against closure of the children’s hospital in the Izmaylovo district, Moscow, and fawarded them to the Presidential Administration.
Posted: October 21st, 2014 under Healthcare, Social Policies.
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YABLOKO participated in rally against school merger
Press Release, 11.10.2014 The YABLOKO party participated in a rally against the merger of a boarding-school for gifted children with gymnasium No 1588. The rally was organized by the teachers and parents of the school children.
Posted: October 14th, 2014 under Education and Science, Social Policies.
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Youth Yabloko lay down in support of the Internet
Press Release, 02.10.2014 The activists of the Moscow branch of Youth Yabloko conducted one-person picketing against limiting access to the Internet in Russia. The activists held placards which said “Security Council plans to restrict the Internet: welcome to North Korea”, “Why do we need the Internet when we have Russian Post?”.
Posted: October 5th, 2014 under Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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Youth YABLOKO activists picketed against “shameful Moscow City Duma”
Press Release, 22.09.2014 The activists of the Moscow branch of Youth YABLOKO conducted a series of one-person pickets during the adjuration ceremony of the newly elected deputies of the Moscow City Duma.
Posted: September 23rd, 2014 under Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, Street Actions, Youth Policies.
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Candidates for Moscow City Duma deputies conducted picketing in support of education
Press Release, 08.09.2014 YABLOKO candidates for Moscow City Duma deputies conducted one-person picketing in support of education. Yulia Galyamina (the 9th electoral district), Elena Rusakova (the 37th electoral district), Olga Radayeva (the 40th electoral district) and a teacher Larisa Rzhevskaya participated in the action.
Posted: September 11th, 2014 under Education and Science, Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, Street Actions.
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Youth YABLOKO in Novosibirsk conducted picketing against Putin’s sanctions
Press Release, 08.08.2014 On August 8, member of the Novosibirsk Youth YABLOKO Kirill Maryin conducted one-person picketing against anti-Western and anti-Russian sanctions introduced by Putin which limit the customers rights.
Posted: August 12th, 2014 under Economy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Youth Policies.
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Youth YABLOKO conducted picketing against the use of administrative resource at Moscow City Duma elections
Press Release,04.08.2014 Youth YABLOKO conducted picketing against the use of the administrative recourse at the Moscow City Duma elections. YABLOKO candidates for the Moscow City Duma deputies Nikalai Kavkazsky and Igor Nikolayev participated in the action.
Posted: August 5th, 2014 under Moscow City Duma Elections 2014, Youth Policies.
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Youth YABLOKO conducted picketing demanding to investigate murder of Timur Kuashev
Press Release,04.08.2014 Youth YABLOKO activists Nikolai Kavkazsky and Maria Yefimova conducted one-person picketing outside the permanent establishment of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in Moscow demanding to investigate the murder of opposition journalist, YABLOKO member Timur Kuashev.
Posted: August 5th, 2014 under Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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