Archive for 'Yabloko’s Regional Branches'
The Yekaterinburg branch of Yabloko continues to collect signatures for peace and freedom
Telegram Channel of the Yekaterinburg branch of Yabloko, 26.08.2023 The Yekaterinburg branch of Yabloko announced, within a framework of its election campaign to the Yekaterinburg City Duma, a collection of signatures for declaring 2024 the Year of Peace and Freedom: this will mean calling for a ceasefire and the start of peace negotiations.
Posted: August 29th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko MP of the Pskov Region Assembly of Deputies, Artur Gaiduk, appealed to the Public Prosecutor General’s Office with a demand to remove the monument to Joseph Stalin erected in Velikiye Luki
Telegram Channel of the Pskov region branch of Yabloko, 22.08.2023 Photo: The Pskov regional branch of Yabloko Artur Gaiduk, Yabloko MP of the Pskov Region Assembly of Deputies, writes in his appeal addressed to Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov and sent on 22 August, that it is reported that the monument, opened on the territory […]
Posted: August 29th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Journalist Mikhail Afanasyev will speak with his final statemenet in court. The Chairman of Yabloko will fly to Abakan to support him
Press Release, 28.08.2023 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 29 August, at 9:30 a.m. local time (5:30 a.m. Moscow time), the Abakan City Court of the Republic of Khakassia will hold a hearing on the criminal case on “fakes” (Article 207.3, Part 2, Clause A of the Criminal Code of […]
Posted: August 28th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk Yabloko obtained in court a permission to picket for direct election of the mayor. The police canceled the event
Press Release, 27.08.2023 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chair of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko (right), and members of the referendum initiative group at the campaign cube / Photo by the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko On 26 August, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court declared unlawful the actions of the Chelyabinsk Mayor’s Office to refuse Yabloko in holding a […]
Posted: August 27th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on the return of “Hyde Parks” as specially designated free speech zones where no permissions from authorities for rallies are required to the centre of Magnitogorsk: Yabloko’s victory in court over the government and the governor of the region
Yaroslav Shcherbakov’s blog post, 25.08.2023 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov and Kira Belaya / Photo by Yaroslav Shcherbakov Today, the Second Court of Appeal in St. Petersburg canceled the decision of the Chelyabinsk Regional Court, which dismissed the case on the return of “Hyde Parks” [specially designated free speech zones where no permissions from authorities for rallies […]
Posted: August 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Nikolai Yegorov accused of “discrediting the army” is being tested for spreading “fake news about the army”
Yabloko launched fundraising among Russian citizens for an independent examination Press Release, 25.08.2023 Photo: Nikolai Yegorov with his family / Photo from the personal archive Nikolai Yegorov, Chairman of the Vologda regional branch of the Yabloko party, can be tried not only for “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of […]
Posted: August 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Public prosecutor asked for six years in prison for journalist and Yabloko member Mikhail Afanasyev
Press Release, 22.08.2023 Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev in court / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The public prosecutor asked for six years in prison for Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of Yabloko and a journalist from Abakan. He has been kept in a pre-trial detention centre for the second year already on the charges of spreading […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The leader of Yabloko appealed to the Central Electoral Commission, the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the Higher Judges’ Qualifications Board in connection with the removal of seven lists of Yabloko candidates in the Pskov region
Press Release, 22.08.2023 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent appeals to the Central Electoral Commission, the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the Higher Judges’ Qualifications Board in connection with the situation in the Pskov region, where the courts supported by the regional electoral commission and the public […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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164 Yabloko candidates are participating in the elections under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom!”
Press Release, 21.08.2023 Photo: Yabloko’s banner running “10 September, 2023. Yabloko. Your Vote for Peace and Freedom!” 162 Yabloko candidates have been registered for the upcoming municipal elections. Two more candidates are participating in the by-elections of State Duma deputies in constituencies in Karachayevo-Cherkessia and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In total, representatives of Yabloko campaign in […]
Posted: August 22nd, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2023, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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In Kirov, the home of members of the Yabloko party Denis Shadrin and Polina Kuskova was searched
Press Release, 17.08.2023 Photo: Denis Shadrin and Polina Kuskova / Photo from the personal archive On 17 August, at 6 a.m., three police officers in civilian clothes with two witnesses came to the apartment of members of the Yabloko party, spouses Denis Shadrin and Polina Kuskova. Laptops, phones, bank cards, cash, and passports were seized […]
Posted: August 21st, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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In Novgorod, police searched the home of Ksenia Cherepanova, a member of the Bureau of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and a Yabloko candidate in the elections to the Novgorod City Duma
Press Release, 17.08.2023 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from social networks According to Ksenia’s sister, Anna Cherepanova, who is Chair of the Novgorod Yabloko, armed men broke down the door of Ksenia’s flat early this morning, at 6 a.m., and started a search. The police took Kseniya Cherepanova away for interrogation. However, did not grant […]
Posted: August 21st, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov: changes in the rules of land use and development will allow building up the Chelyabinsk forest
Press Release, 28.07.2023 Photo: The Chelyabinsk City Forest / Photo by Wikimedia Commons The Yabloko party opposed changes in the rules of land use and development in Chelyabinsk. On 27 July, public hearings on this issue were to be held in the city, however, due to the fact that a large number of objections were […]
Posted: July 28th, 2023 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidates to compete for mandates in the City Duma of Shakhty, the Rostov-on-Don region
Press Release, 28.07.2023 Photo: Vitaly Fomin (left) and Nikita Dyomin (right) Two candidates from the Yabloko party intend to take part in the by-elections of deputies of the City Duma of the city of Shakhty, the Rostov-on-Don Region. The elections will be held in September.
Posted: July 28th, 2023 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tambov region became the 24th region of Russia visited by the Yabloko leader since the beginning of the year
Press Release, 27.07.2023 On 25-26 July, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, visited the Tambov region. Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the meeting with Olga Burkanova, Director of the Voroninsky nature reserve On the morning of 25 July, Rybakov together with the Chair of the Tambov branch of Yabloko Yana Zenkina and other party members, visited the office […]
Posted: July 28th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov to visit the Tambov region
Press Release, 24.07.2023 On 25-26 July, Yabloko Chairman Nikolay Rybakov will visit the Tambov Region. In Tambov, he will meet with Olga Burkanova, Director of the Voroninsky nature reserve, and Vladimir Sereda, with the former Chairman of the Tambov branch of the Memorial human rights organisation and the chief curator of the Sergei Denisov Literature […]
Posted: July 25th, 2023 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Electoral Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region registered Yabloko’s initiative on a referendum on the return of elections of heads of cities and districts to the region
Press Release, 24.07.2023 Photo: Initiators the referendum Mikhail Popov and Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Chelyabinsk Yabloko The Electoral Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region registered the initiative of the Yabloko party on a referendum on the return of elections mayors and heads of districts in the Chelyabinsk Region. Direct elections of mayors were abolished […]
Posted: July 25th, 2023 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Ruslan Mutsolgov spoke in court on the “Ingush case” as a public defender of the convicts
Based on the materials from the Memorial Human Rights Centre, 22.07.2023 Photo: The defendants of the “Ingush case” / Photo by Daria Kornilova On 20 July, the Stavropol Regional Court in Pyatigorsk resumed the debate on the “Ingush case”. Ruslan Mutsolgov, the public defender of the convicts, the Chairman of the Ingush Yabloko, and a […]
Posted: July 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A Yabloko supporter from Tatarstan will be tried under a criminal article for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 22.07.2023 Photo: Zulfiya Sitdikova / Photo by the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan A criminal case was initiated against an activist of the Tatarstan branch of the Yabloko party under the article on “discrediting” the army. Yabloko announced a fundraiser to pay for the services of a lawyer, and in less than a day […]
Posted: July 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Valery Denisenko, a Yabloko candidate for municipal deputies in Moscow, arrested
Press Release, 20.07.2023 Photo: Valery Denisenko. Fragment of a campaign leaflet Early in the morning of 19 July, police broke into the apartment of Valery Denisenko, a candidate for deputy from the Yabloko party in the elections to the Council of Deputies of the Moskovskiy settlement, Moscow. He was detained and on the same day […]
Posted: July 20th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2023, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Electoral Commission of Yekaterinburg certified the lists of Yabloko candidates in the elections to the City Duma of Yekaterinburg
Press Release, 20.07.2023 Photo: The meeting of the Leninsky District Territorial Electoral Commission of Yekaterinburg / Photo by the Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko On 19 July, the Leninsky District Territorial Electoral Commission of Yekaterinburg unanimously certified Yabloko’s nomination of candidates for deputies of the Yekaterinburg City Duma. Thus, Yabloko’s participation in the elections both […]
Posted: July 20th, 2023 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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