Congratulations, 2.03.2021

On March 2, Sergei Adamovich Kovalev, a member of the Yabloko party, the legendary human rights defender and the first Ombudsman for Human Rights in Russia, turns 91. On behalf of the party, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov congratulates Sergei Kovalev on his birthday:

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Yabloko activists honoured the memory of the murdered politician throughout Russia

Press Release, 1.03.2021

Photo: Nizhni Novgorod, the region where Boris Nemtsov was Governor in 1991-1997

On February 27, Yabloko members went to rallies, single pickets and other events in many regions of Russia so that to commemorate murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. In Moscow, Yabloko leaders Nikolai Rybakov and Grigory Yavlinsky laid flowers at the place of murder of Boris Nemtsov on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge.

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Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 26.02.2021

423 agents of “foreign secret services” were identified in Russia in 2020, as Vladimir Putin said. At the meeting of the Board of the Federal Security Service, Putin spoke about the key, in his view, modern threats to Russia: spies, terrorists, hackers and opponents of the Sputnik V [vaccine against COVID]. These threats are, certainly, along the “external perimeter”. The external enemy again wants to “undermine the values ​​that unite Russian society, ultimately weaken Russia and put it under external control”.

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Press Release 1.03.2021

Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov took part in a permitted rally in memory of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in Barnau, the Altai Territory. Barnaul became the only city out of 22 Russian cities, where the authorities satisfied Yabloko’s application for a mass action.

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Yabloko leaders laid flowers to the place of murder of Boris Nemtsov on the Nemtsov Bridge

Press Release, 27.02.2021

Yabloko leaders Nikolai Rybakov and Grigory Yavlinsky laid flowers at the place of murder of Boris Nemtsov on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, which Muscovites have been calling the Nemtsov Bridge. The mourning action was also attended by the Deputy Chairman of the party Ivan Bolshakov, Moscow City Duma MP from Yabloko Yevgeny Bunimovich, member of the Federal Bureau of the party Kirill Goncharov, independent politician Vladimir Ryzhkov and Alexei Minyaylo, ex prisoner of the so-called the “Moscow case” when Muscovites were protesting against falsifications in the Moscow City Duma elections.

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Press Release, 25.02.2021

Photo: creative commons

Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, asked Governor Alexander Beglov to give an opinion on the bill prepared by the parliamentarian. The bill envisages that in the event of dismantling of any buildings and structures (which are not historical buildings that are subject to mandatory restoration), in areas where the indicator the provision of the population with green zone does not exceed the minimum standard, only green zones for the use of general public can be located in this place for twenty years from the date of the demolition of the building.

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Press Release, 26.02.2021

On Thursday, 4 March, Yabloko’s Gender faction will hold a Zoom conference “The Soviet and the Russian woman: how have the roles changed?” The conference will begin at 19:00.

The conference will be attended by Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of the faction, Olga Radayeva, First Deputy Chair of the faction, Tatiana Ovcharenko, Marina Karavayeva, Olga Shtannikova (St. Petersburg), Kristina Abramicheva (Ufa), Svetlana Ivanova (Perm), Irina Safronova (Rostov) and other activists of the faction.

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Press Release, 25.02.2021

Photo: Yabloko at the Moscow March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in 2017 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

Regional authorities in 21 Russian regions refused to give permissions for Yabloko’s actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov. Opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, was shot six times in the back and in the head on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge on the evening of 27 February, 2015.  Only the Altai branch of Yabloko managed to get a permission for a limited number of participants – up to 100 people. The commemorative action will take place in Barnaul on Freedom Square, on 28 February. The action will begin at 14:00.

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Press Release, 24.02.2021

Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

On 25 February, an online discussion “Factions and other associations within the party and under the party” will be held within the framework of the work of the Yabloko’s Reform Commission which will summarise and discuss proposals for reforming the party. The discussion will begin at 19:00.

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Primaries, selection of candidates, formation of a network of supporters are on the agenda

Press Release, 22.02.2020

Photo: Participants of the seminar in Kazan. / Photo by the Yabloko party Press Service

On February 20-21, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Deputy Chair Ivan Bolshakov held seminars in Kazan with regional headquarters.

The concept of changes in Yabloko was presented to the regional branches, which implies introduction of the institution of primaries for the selection of candidates for elections of different levels, party-wide voting in elections for the party Chairperosn, limiting the term of office of the governing bodies of the party and its regional branches, forming a network of supporters and other changes.

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Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 23.02.2021  

Today is the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland [in Russia]. A memorable day for all our multinational people, who defended our country shoulder to shoulder during the Second World War. I congratulate all those who today defend Russia from foes, diseases, poverty, arbitrariness and lawlessness. All those who love and care about our country.

But 23 February is also another memorable date. On 23 February, 1944, mass deportations of Chechens and Ingush began. 180 echelons, 100,000 servicemen were involved. In two weeks, over half a million people were deported to Central Asia and Siberia. During the deportations and in the first years after them, about 100,000 Chechens and 23,000 Ingush died, that is, every fourth representative of these peoples.

This terrible crime is not only against the Vainakh peoples [the Chechen and the Ingush]. This is a crime against every citizen of our country. And the future of modern multinational Russia depends on whether we can preserve the memory of these events, where not only the authorities are trying to play the “friend or foe” card, but also those seeking to get into power at any cost.

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Press Release, 20.02.2021

Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

On 19 February 19, a regular meeting of the Federal Political Committee (FPC) of the Yabloko Party took place. The meeting was attended by all 17 members of the FPC. The Federal Political Committee considered two issues: the statement “On systemic threats to life, health and rights of citizens” and approved the principal directions of the party’s reform. The meeting lasted about six hours.

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Press Release, 20.02.2021

Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, launched his own YouTube channel and was the first Chairperson of all Russian political parties to register in the Clubhouse social network.

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Party members will take part in a memory watch and a round table

Press Release, 20.02.2021

Photo: Personal page of Maxim Petlin on Facebook

On 20 February, the Leninsky district court of the city of Yekaterinburg refused to approve the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov and the memorial meeting.

On February 19, the Sverdlovsk branch of Yabloko filed an administrative lawsuit in the Leninsky district court against the Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region, asking to acknowledge the refusal of the city officials to permit the procession and rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov as unlawful. The march and a rally were previously announced on 27 February, the day of murder of Boris Nemtsov.

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A meeting of the Regional Council of the Yabloko branch was held in Kaliningrad

Press Release, 19.02.2021

Photo: Meeting of the Regional Council of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko / Photo by the Press Service of the regional branch of the party

A meeting of the Regional Council of the Kalinigrad branch of the Yabloko party was held in Kaliningrad. The Regional Council discussed preparations for the 2021 election campaign.

The Regional Council made a decision to take part in elections of all levels and nominate as much as possible Yabloko candidates to the electoral districts. Igor Pleshkov, Chairman of the regional branch, outlined the main directions of the upcoming work: mobilisation of supporters of democratic choice and real changes in the region and in Russia as a whole.

In addition, the Regional Council launched the formation of the electoral headquarters and a team of volunteers and observers from the Yabloko party.

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Press Release, 19.02.2021

Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

The Yabloko Party continues preparations for the elections to the State Duma that are due in September 2021. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Deputy Chairman Ivan Bolshakov are holding a working meeting with representatives of the regional branches of the party in Kazan on February 19 – 21. Also a number of meetings and seminars are planned with delegates from Volgograd, Kirov, Samara, Saratov, Ulyanovsk, Astrakhan, Tula, Ryazan and Moscow regions, the Republics of Mordovia, Chuvashia, Bashkiria, Tatarstan and the Perm Territory. The participants of the meetings will discuss the issues of the 2021 election campaign and the main areas of party work: holding a party congress, formation of electoral lists of party candidates and campaigning.

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Press Release, 19.02.2021

Photo: Lev Shlosberg, Deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko / Photo be the Press Service of the Pskov branch of Yabloko

ANO Youth Development Centre “Loft” still continues to work in the historical buildings in the centre of Pskov, despite the violations revealed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Pskov region and the regional department of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, and the termination of the agreement with the State Property Management Committee on the transfer of these premises for free use.

The agreement between the Committee for State Property Management of the Pskov Region and the ANO Youth Development Centre “Loft” on the transfer for free use to Loft of three historical buildings in the city centre (with a total area of ​​496.6 sq. m, which previously belonged to the Pskov city hospital) was concluded before the inclusion of these buildings into the List of Property Owned by the Region and Provided for Free Use, which violates regional legislation.

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Press Release, 19.02.2021

Photo: Maxim Petlin / Photo from personal page of Maxim Petlin in Facebook

The Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region, asking to declare unlawful the refusal of the authorities to give a permission to the procession and rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov scheduled for 27 February.

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Press Release, 19.02.2021

Photo: Monument to the victims of political repression in Novgorod / Photo by the Press Service of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko

Sergei Busurin, Mayor of Novgorod, refused to the Novgorod branch of Yabloko in holding a march and a rally in memory of the Russian politician Boris Nemtsov “For freedom and against repression”. The Mayor’s Office referred to the restrictions established by the decree of Andrei Nikitin, Governor of the Novgorod region, “On the introduction of a high alert regime”. The regional branch of the party intends to appeal in court against the refusal to approve the commemorative action.

Activists of the Novgorod Yabloko emphasise that there have been mass public events organised by the authorities in the Novgorod region in the past week, these events were held without observing the mask regime and social distancing. Hundreds of people were present at these events and the authorities allowed all this, encouraged and even participated.

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Press Release, 19.02.2021

Photo: Nizhny Novgorod Yabloko

The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko applied to the Operational Headquarters for the implementation of measures to prevent and control the spread of coronavirus infection in Nizhny Novgorod asking to adopt a decision on holding the March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in Nizhny Novgorod. Opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was the first Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region in 1991 – 1997.

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