Archive for 'Social Policies'
The Ivanovo branch of Yabloko resumes the work of its public reception office
Press Release, 8.12.2020 The Ivanovo branch of Yabloko relaunches the work of its public reception office after a break caused by coronavirus restrictions at the address: office 106, per. Posadsky 4, Ivanovo.
Posted: December 9th, 2020 under Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by Emilia Slabunova on the Russian school
Press Release, 30.11.2020 On Thursday, December 3, the Yabloko Party University will hold a Zoom-lecture by ex-Chair of Yabloko Emilia Slabunova on “The Russian School: Between the Past and the Future”. The lecture will start at 19:00.
Posted: November 30th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Education and Science, Social Policies.
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The Yabloko party demanded from Prime Minister Mishustin not to cut payments to medical workers
Press Release, 26.11.2020 Chairman of the Yabloko Party Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, in which he urges the head of government to amend Decree No. 1762 on the state measures of social support and to increase payments to health workers in the situation of the COVID pandemic, as well as […]
Posted: November 26th, 2020 under Healthcare, Social Policies.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko calls on the regional government to open data on the causes of excess mortality in the region
Press Release, 19.11.2020 Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, sent an inquiry to the regional Ministry of Healthcare demanding to open data on the reasons for the increase in mortality in 2020. The analysis of open data of Rosstat (the Russian statistical agency) in the Chelyabinsk region shows that 2,043 more deaths […]
Posted: November 20th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Tatyana Nagibina: In the midst of the pandemic in Omsk, the regional administration bought new cars for officials
Tatyana Nagibina blog post, 19.11.2020 What a “happiness” it is to live in the Omsk region, as our “achievements” put us ahead of all Russian regions. How our officials love to excel! Our officials do not cease to amaze us with their ideas on how to help themselves, come up with something so that to […]
Posted: November 19th, 2020 under Elections, Healthcare, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tula branch of Yabloko demands to cancel the tender for the purchase of an expensive car for the needs of the Dubna district Administration in the Tula region
Press Release, 16.11.2020 The regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Tula region discovered on the public procurement website that the administration of the Dubna district decided to purchase a new Mitsubishi Outlander for 1,895,000 roubles. Activists of the Tula branch of Yabloko note that the car will most likely be used by the […]
Posted: November 17th, 2020 under Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov and Boris Vishnevsky honoured the memory of St. Petersburg doctors who died during the COVID-19 epidemic
Press Release, 13.11.2020 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, took part in events in memory of St. Petersburg doctors who died in the fight against COVID-19.
Posted: November 16th, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Yabloko demanded from Prime Minister and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber to reconsider the allocation of funds to the aid to Syria
Press Release, 12.11.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin demanding to reconsider the allocation of budget funds for provision of financial aid to Syria. On Wednesday, 11 November, it became known that Russia allocated more than USD 1 billion for […]
Posted: November 12th, 2020 under Economy, Foreign policy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, War in Syria.
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Tatiana Schneider: They want to accuse me of extremism for the post criticizing the Omsktekhuglerod plant
Tatiana Schneider’s blog post, 9.11.2020 On 3 November, I received a strange call from the police. An interesting conversation took place, the content of which caused me, to put it mildly, bewilderment. Also I even had to give a written explanation to the policeman. The essence of all this, for me, strange act was the […]
Posted: November 9th, 2020 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ryazan branch of Yabloko demands from the regional parliament to abandon the increase in salaries to deputies’ aids by 20 million roubles
Press Release, 30.10.2020 Ryazan branch of Yabloko demands from the Ryazan Regional Duma to abandon the increase of salaries to deputies’ aids. Yabloko proposes to allot the funds planned for the increase of personnel salaries in the regional parliament to social expenses of the region.
Posted: November 2nd, 2020 under Regional and Local Elections, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko branch in Kalmykia launched public actions demanding resignation of the officials in the Republic of Kalmykia
Press Release, 21.10.2020 On 19 October, the Kalmykia branch of Yabloko organised a rally in Elista, the capital of the Republic. According to Batyr Boromangnayev, Chairman of the regional branch of the party, the aim of the rally was to openly express public opinion on the socio-economic and political situation in the Republic of Kalmykia.
Posted: October 21st, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Russian regions: inequality of opportunities
Grigory Yavlinsky on the fact that well-being and career in Russia depend on the place of birth Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 4.10.2020 It is well known that the well-being and career of a person in Russia directly depends on the region in which he/she was born and raised. Inequality and injustice begin in our country from […]
Posted: October 16th, 2020 under Economy, Federalism, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Understanding Russia.
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Rybakov urged Vice PM Tatyana Golikova to support families with disabled children amid coronavirus restrictions
Press Release, 8.10.2020 Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova with a request to help families raising children with disabilities and young people with disabilities of working age with severe multiple developmental disabilities, due to the difficulties arising against the background of the introduction of coronavirus restrictions.
Posted: October 8th, 2020 under Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Pay for COVID!
Statement by the Social Democratic Faction of the Yabloko Party, 5.10.2020 We support the All-Russian campaign of medical workers “Pay for COVID!”, who demand full and timely payment of incentive and insurance premiums to healthcare workers for their labour in the conditions of the coronavirus infection. Dozenss of thousands of medical and support personnel have […]
Posted: October 6th, 2020 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Democratic faction, Social Policies.
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Activists supported by the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko conducted a civil campaign for free access to the parks, 4,000 signatures collected
Press Release, 23.09.2020 On Monday, 21 September, Alexandr Makhankov, member of the Bureau of the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko and Chairman of the local Yabloko branch in the city of Pushkin, together with representatives of the #Khochuvpark (I Want to the Park) initiative group, submitted to the reception of the Governor of St. Petersburg a […]
Posted: September 23rd, 2020 under Environmental Policies, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov congratulated the students of the Logos high school on the beginning of the school year: “Everything that happens in the country depends on you”
Press Release, 1.09.2020 Today, on September 1, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov visited the Logos high school in Dmitrov, Moscow Region. The Logos high school is ranked one of the best educational institutions in Russia. In his speech at the ceremony of the beginning of the school year Nikolai Rybakov wished the students freedom and respect […]
Posted: September 1st, 2020 under Education and Science, Greetings, Без рубрики.
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Students reinstated to the university at the demand of the Public Prosecutor General’s Office. The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City State Duma helped the students who were arbitrarily expelled during the COVID quarantine to get reinstatement
Press Release, 28.08.2020 Natalya Pochinok, Rector of the Russian State Social University, had to cancel her order on the expulsion of Anton Ocheretin and Danila Petrov from the university, after the Public Prosecutor General’s Office proposed her to eliminate violations of the legislation on education. Students were expelled in April this year for trying to […]
Posted: August 31st, 2020 under Education and Science, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Без рубрики.
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The Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region banned Yabloko’s pickets against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution
Press Release, 25.06.2020 The Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region turned down Yabloko’s application for pickets in Yekaterinburg against Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Constitution, citing the Ministry’s lack of information about the possibility of extending the COVID high-alert mode.
Posted: June 26th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The authorities hinder the Saratov branch of Yabloko to freely disseminate information about the reset of Vladimir Putin’s presidential terms
Press Release, 25.06.2020 More than five advertising agencies refused to place Yabloko’s banners with a slogan I AM AGAINST THE RESET [OF PRESIDENTIAL TERMS] because of “fear of the city administration”. The companies are afraid to lose the bid for the right to placement of advertising structures. This was stated by the manager of the […]
Posted: June 25th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko calls on the Governor to cancel the Victory Parade
The region is ranked fourth in Russia as of the number of COVID cases Press Release, 19.06.2020 The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko appealed to Governor Gleb Nikitin with a demand to cancel the Victory Day parade in Nizhny Novgorod scheduled on June 24 instead of May 9 due to the epidemic. The corresponding appeal […]
Posted: June 19th, 2020 under Healthcare, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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