Archive for 'Yabloko’s Regional Branches'
Olga Tuzhikova, a Yabloko deputy of the Petrozavodsk City Council, detained in Petrozavodsk
Press Release, 21.09.2022 Photo: Olga Tuzhikova / Photo from social networks Olga Tuzhikova, a Yabloko deputy of the Petrozavodsk City Council, has been detained in Petrozavodsk, Karelia. Tuzhikova was talking to voters in the city square, when police officers approached them and escorted all the three to a police wagon.
Posted: September 21st, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to hold a forum of municipal candidates “After the Elections”
Press Release, 19.09.2022 This Thursday, 22 September, Yabloko will hold a forum of municipal candidates “After the Elections”. The Forum will be held in the Yabloko office in Moscow. The Forum participants will sum up the results of the election campaign and discuss plans for the future.
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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State Duma candidate Yelena Izotova, who was not admitted to the parliamentary elections in 2021, disputes in the Supreme Court “involvement in an extremist organisation”
Press Release, 19.09.2022 Photo: Yelena Izotova (left) and Gulnaz Ravilova / Photo from social media Yelena Izotova, a member of the Council of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Tatarstan and a Yabloko candidate for deputy of the State Duma in 2021, filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation […]
Posted: September 20th, 2022 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2021, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Activists of the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko organise an event of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 19.09.2022 Photo: Postcards made by Yabloko “Freedom to Mikhail Afanasyev!” On 23 September, the regional branch of the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko will hold an event of writing letters to political prisoners. We publish here an abstract from a letter by Mikhail Afanasyev, a political prisoner and a member of the Yabloko branch […]
Posted: September 19th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov: “16% of Muscovites voted for Yabloko”
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma and head of the Moscow campaign headquarters of Yabloko, wrote on his Telegram channel that 16% of Muscovites voted for Yabloko in the Moscow municipal elections past weekend.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The City Court in Miass refused to punish a teacher for “discrediting the army” under two protocols out of three
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo by chikennnsem@gmail.com/depositphotos The City Court of Miass, the Chelyabinsk region, dismissed two administrative cases of “discrediting the armed forces” against school teacher Tatyana Merzlyakova. This information comes from Valentina Komkova, Chair of the Miass branch of Yabloko, who acted as a defender of the teacher in court.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anna Cherepanova to participate in the competition for the post of Novgorod Mayor on 21 September
Press Release, 16.09.2022 Photo: Anna Cherepanova’s programme On 21 September, the day of the birth of Russian statehood, a competition for the post of Mayor will be held in Novgorod. Anna Cherepanova, Chairwoman of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party, will take part in it.
Posted: September 16th, 2022 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Moscow City Electoral Commission did not provide Yabloko with access codes to observe remote electronic voting
Press Release, 15.09.2022 On 2 September, a week before the single day of voting in the municipal elections in Moscow, the Yabloko party proposed to install one of the remote electronic voting nodes on its equipment. Access to such a node provides control over the distributed storage and immutability of votes. At the moment, the […]
Posted: September 15th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s elected deputies will stand for peace and freedom
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Yabloko campaign leaflets “For Peace!” and “For Peace and Freedom!” Elections were held in a number of Russian regions on 11 September. 462 Yabloko candidates took part in election campaigns in 12 regions. 2,167,203 voters had the opportunity to vote for peace, against the policy pursued by the current Russian authorities, […]
Posted: September 15th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The pro-government majority in the St.Petersburg parliament did not dare to support Yabloko’s parliamentary request on the sources of funding for battalions bearing toponymic names of the region
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg refused to forward a deputies’ inquiry to the Governor of St.Petersburg on the amount and sources of budgetary expenditures for the formation of bearing toponymic names of the region. The inquiry was submitted by […]
Posted: September 14th, 2022 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court ordered the Russian communications watchdog to name Emilia Slabunova’s publications containing “false information of the special military operation in Ukraine” that led to blocking of her page on a popular social media
Press Release, 14.09.2022 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 13 September, the Petrozavodsk City Court held a hearing to consider the complaint of Emilia Slabunova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and ex Chair of Yabloko, about the inaction of the Federal Service for Supervision […]
Posted: September 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Pskov branch of Yabloko will be represented in 12 municipalities of the Pskov region
Press Release, 12.09.2022 Photo: The conference of the Pskov branch of Yabloko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Pskov branch of Yabloko succeeded in 12 municipalities in the 11 September elections: in the city of Pskov and 11 municipal districts. In the elections to the Pskov City Duma, Yabloko, according to official data, […]
Posted: September 12th, 2022 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko stood for peace in the elections conducted during a special military operation regime
Statement by the Yabloko party, 12.09.2022 Photo from left to right: Andrei Morev, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko Chairman, and Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko election headquarters in Moscow, at the briefing on 11 September. The slogan on the placards runs “Yabloko Stands for Peace!” / Photo by […]
Posted: September 12th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial elections 2022, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Ilya Myakinin, a candidate from Yabloko in the Meshchansky district in Moscow, was detained by the police on the complaint of the Chairman of the precinct electoral commission
Press Release, 11.09.2022 Photo: Ilya Myakinin / Photo from social media In Moscow, the police detained Ilya Myakinin, a candidate for municipal deputies from Yabloko, at polling station No. 59 in the Meshchansky district. The chairwoman of the commission, Yelena Zaitseva, accused the Yabloko candidate that he had allegedly been demanding that voters show him […]
Posted: September 11th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidates and observers under pressure in Moscow
Press Release, 11.09.2022 The Yabloko Press Service has got screenshots (https://www.yabloko.ru/regnews/Moscow/2022/09/11) from a chat of pro-government observers, where employees of the Yakimanka district executive authority demand to “wag the nerves”, “resist to”, “make maximum difficulties” for Yabloko observers. The observers hired by the authorities must write personal messages about all the actions of the Yabloko […]
Posted: September 11th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Elections in the regions: fraud, smear campaigns, and pressure on observers
Press Release, 11.09.2022 Photo: Voting at the clothing market instead of voting at home in Novorzhev, Pskov region / Photo from social networks In the regions where Yabloko participates in the elections, our observers record violations. A provocation against Yabloko was carried out in the Pskov region. A local news agency reported that the party […]
Posted: September 11th, 2022 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Remote electronic voting in Moscow and Pskov is record high
Commentaries by Maxim Kruglov, leader of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, and Lev Shlosberg, Chair of the Pskov Yabloko Press Release, 9.09.2022 Figure: Moscow municipal elections on 9-11 September, 2022. Left – ballots issued to voters. Right – votes received. In Moscow, 500,000 voters voted remotely electronically – approximately 7% of all […]
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A State Duma MP wrote a denunciation to the public prosecutor on the campaign of a candidate from Yabloko to the municipal council in St.Petersburg
Press Release, 9.09.2022 Photo: Alexander Makhankov’s leaflet running “Thou shalt not kill” / Photo from Alexander Makhankov’s personal page in the VK social media State Duma deputy from the government’s United Russia party – Vitaly Milonov – wrote an appeal to the Public Prosecutor of St. Petersburg with a request to “pay attention” to the […]
Posted: September 10th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Every fifth candidate from Yabloko was removed from the municipal elections in Moscow
Press Release, 9.09.2022 Photo: A team of Yabloko candidates in the Basmanny district in Moscow / Photo from social media The municipal election campaign in Moscow, unprecedented as of the number of deregistered Yabloko candidates, has reached the finish line. One day remains before the voting in September 9-11, and some candidates still continue to […]
Posted: September 8th, 2022 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko rejects the so-called Smart Voting
Statement by the Yabloko party, 7.09.2022 Photo: leaflets of Yabloko candidates “For Peace and Freedom” We are against the so-called Smart Voting [reduced to voting for any pro-government political party but the ruling United Russia] re-announced by Leonid Volkov [head of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters]. We, as before, categorically do not share his position: voting “for […]
Posted: September 7th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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