Archive for 'Yabloko’s Regional Branches'
Yabloko will host a screening of the film “The Solovki Power. Evidence and Documents” about the prisoners of one of the largest concentration camps during the Stalin’s regime
Press Release, 18.11.2022 Photo: Poster for the film “The Solovki Power. Evidence and Documents” (USSR, 1988) On 22 November 22, Yabloko will hold in its Moscow office a screening and discussion of Marina Goldovskaya’s 1988 documentary film “The Solovki Power. Evidence and Documents” devoted to the prisoners of the Solovki concentration camp, the archipelago where […]
Posted: November 18th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court in Abakan returned to the Public Prosecutor’s Office the criminal case of Mikhail Afanasyev on “fakes about the army”
Press Release, 17.11.2022 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev / Photo from social media The Abakan City Court returned to the Public Prosecutor’s Office the case of Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of the Yabloko party and editor-in-chief of the Novy Focus online media, who was charged with spreading “fakes about the army” under Article 207.3 Part 2 of […]
Posted: November 17th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow City Duma Commission to consider Sergei Mitrokhin’s bill on the ecological expertise of the specially protected natural areas
Press Release, 16.11.2022 Photo: Sergei Mitrokhin with municipal candidates from Yabloko inspects the improvement of the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo park, August 2022 / Photo: Screenshot of the inspection video On 17 November, the Moscow City Duma will conduct a meeting of the Commission on Environmental Policy, which will consider a draft resolution of the Moscow City Duma […]
Posted: November 17th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow Yabloko collected 50 boxes of humanitarian aid for refugees from Ukraine
Press Release, 16.11.2022 Photo: Boxes with collected humanitarian aid prepared to be sent to the Civic Assistance Committee / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 14 November, activists of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party delivered 50 boxes of humanitarian aid to the office of the Civic Assistance Committee. Clothes and food-stuffs were […]
Posted: November 17th, 2022 under Charity, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko demands from the Investigative Committee to open a criminal case on the fact of the brutal murder of a prisoner recruited for the “special military operation”
Press Release, 15.11.2022 Photo: Yevgeny Prigozhin (left) / Photo by Artyom Krasnov, Kommersant The Yabloko factions in the Moscow City Duma and the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg sent appeals to Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, demanding to conduct an investigation and initiate a criminal case into the brutal murder (according […]
Posted: November 16th, 2022 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The St. Petersburg City Court refused to cancel the fine to Alexander Shishlov for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 15.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Shishlov and his lawyer Andrei Chertkov / Photo by Dinar Idrisov A judge of the St. Petersburg City Court upheld the decision on the fine in the case of “discrediting the army” against Alexander Shishlov, the leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and the […]
Posted: November 16th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The court dismissed the case of “discrediting the army” against Alexander Makhankov, head of a Yabloko district branch in St.Petersburg
Press Release, 15.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov / Photo from social media The Pushkinsky District Court decided not to prosecute Alexander Makhankovm Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg. The hearings took place on Tuesday, 15 November.
Posted: November 15th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Shishlov spoke out in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg against the repressive federal law on the deprivation of filmmakers of state funding
Press Release, 15.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, spoke out against the draft amendment to the federal law “On State Support for Cinematography”, initiated by the deputies from A Just Russia faction in the State Duma.
Posted: November 15th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko will conduct an action of writing letters to Russian political prisoners
Press Release, 11.11.2022 Photo by the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko On 19 November the Rostov-on-Don regional branch of the Yabloko party will conduct an action of writing letters to Russian political prisoners. Yabloko invites all interested Russian citizens to participate. The action will start at 17:00.
Posted: November 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg: “The struggle for perpetuating the memory of the victims of the repressions of the 20th century is a struggle for the rights and freedoms of those living in Russia today”
PLN FM, 11.11.2022 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The leader of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, Lev Shlosberg, commented on the air of the “Day Watch” programme on the PLN FM radio station on the proposal to resume the work of the commission on perpetuating the memory of victims of […]
Posted: November 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on the discussions of the regional budget: “They forgot to ask you”
Yaroslav Shcherbakov’s blog post, 11.11.2022 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, the so-called public discussions on the draft budget of the Chelyabinsk region for 2023 (and the planned period of 2024 – 2025) are coming to an end. I have sent a protest regarding the form of conducting such discussions.
Posted: November 11th, 2022 under Economy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko won the litigation for opening three public areas in Chelyabinsk where rallies can be held without prior notification of the authorities
Press Release, 9.11.2022 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov and Vasily Moskovets / Photo from social media On 9 November, the Second Court of Appeal in St. Petersburg overturned the decision of the Chelyabinsk Regional Court and invalidated the decrees of the Government of the Chelyabinsk Region that excluded three territories from the list of public areas in […]
Posted: November 10th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The founder of the Noviy Fokus media Mikhail Afanasyev is accused of extremism for exposing different abuses by the interior
Press Release, 9.11.2022 Photo: A screenshot of the main page of the online media Noviy Fukus ( The New Focus) khakasia.info An administrative case was filed under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (inciting hatred or enmity) against the legal entity of the Internet media Noviy Fokus in Abakan. The Public Prosecutor’s Office […]
Posted: November 9th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The districts of the Pskov region where local authorities are headed by Yabloko members are among the best in the field of financial management
Press Release, 9.11.2022 Photo: Sofia Pugachyova and Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service The Novorzhevsky and Pustoshkinsky districts of the Pskov region, which are headed by Sofia Pugacheva and Svetlana Vasilkova, members of the Yabloko party elected heads of the districts in 2019, were among the best in the region in […]
Posted: November 9th, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2019, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Makhankov, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in the Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg, accused of “discrediting” the army for the second time
Press Release, 8.11.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov / Photo from social media Alexander Makhankov, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in the Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg, was charged, for the second time, of “discrediting” the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was Makhankov’s calls for peace during the municipal election campaign which took place three months ago.
Posted: November 9th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novosibirsk and Tatarstan branches of Yabloko offered to perpetuate the memory of Soviet human rights defender Anatoly Marchenko
Press Release, 1.11.2022 Photo: Anatoly Marchenko / Photo from the family archive Regional branches of the Yabloko party in Novosibirsk and Tatarstan propose to perpetuate the memory of Soviet human rights defender Anatoly Marchenko, the last deceased Soviet political prisoner. Academician Andrei Sakharov was returned from exile due to the efforts of Marchenko and then […]
Posted: November 1st, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Regional branches of Yabloko honoured the memory of victims of political repressions
Press Release, 1.11.2022 Photo: Chelyabinsk Past week, regional branches of Yabloko over Russia held actions in memory of victims of political repressions and in support of the present political prisoners. Yabloko party members and supporters organised actions of writing letters to political prisoners, laid flowers at memorial complexes, held lectures on the history of political […]
Posted: November 1st, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Petlin: “The European Court of Human Rights satisfied my complaint against the Russian Federation”
Blog post by Maxim Petlin, 28.10.2022 Photo: Maxim Petlin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights satisfied my complaint against the Russian Federation and declared the Resolution of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court dated 16.11.2010 unlawful and violating Article 8 of the European Convention. In November 2010, the regional […]
Posted: October 28th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A representative of the Yabloko branch in the Kirov region spoke in the regional Legislative Assembly in favour of maintaining the election of the Youth Parliament
Press Release, 28.10.2022 Photo: Polina Kuskova at the meeting of the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov Region on 27 October, 2022. / Photo: a screenshot of the video broadcast Polina Kuskova, a Bureau member of the Kirov regional branch of the Yabloko party, spoke at the plenary meeting of the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov […]
Posted: October 28th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Police conducted an “inspection” in the office of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia. The confiscated equipment has already been returned, but not Anatoly Nogovitsyn’s clothes
Press Release, 28.10.2022 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 October, police conducted an “additional inspection of the scene” at the office of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Yakutia, as part of a criminal case filed under of Article 280.3 […]
Posted: October 28th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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