Is
Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview
with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko,
"The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May
12, 2010
On 23 November, the famous journalist and human rights activist Lidia Ivanovna Grafova passed away at the age of 83. Lidia Ivanovna collaborated with Yabloko in the protection of migrants’ rights. In 2016, she became the party’s accredited agent in the elections to the State Duma, and in 2018 she was the accredited agent of presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov exressed his condolences:
The elections were accompanied by massive early voting, vote-buying and low turnout
Press Release, 23.11.2020
Vladislav Postnikov, Yabloko’s candidate in the by-election to the City Duma of Yekaterinburg in single-mandate constituency No. 3, came second (20.8% versus 28% for the United Russia candidate). Potnikov won among voters who voted on the election day. Dmitry Trynov, candidate for constituency No.9 came third, receiving 14.5% of the votes.
On the prospects for Trumpism and the threat of fascism
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 23.11.2020
Donald Trump and Joe Biden, 2020 Presidential Debate
Virtually the whole world has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the US presidential elections. The regime in Russia is upset and taken aback. It has been rumoured that the powers-that-be will congratulate Biden on his victory after the approval of the final results, which will only be declared officially in January 2021. Once again the political strategy adopted by Russia’s leadership looks strange and differs unfavourably compared to global trends. However, it is clear that Joe Biden won, as demonstrated by all reliable evidence.
Oleg Rodin, Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko and Director of the regional branch of the Anti-Corruption Policy Centre, appealed to the Control and Audit Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Nizhny Novgorod Region demanding to check the reasonabless of the purchase at the indicated price of car rental for officials of the Dzerzhinsk city administration and bring the officials representing the customer to justice.
The Saratov branch of Yabloko held a round table and invited to it all the registered political parties of the Saratov region.
Following the meeting, which was attended by representatives of the parties A Just Russia, Parnas, Russian National Union, as well as the all-Russian movement #Changes, a statement was adopted demanding from the regional parliament to revoke the scandalous bill envisaging abolition the mixed system for elections to regional bodies of local self-government.
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 were registered in the nine months of 2020 compared to same period of 2019. The excess mortality in relation to the average mortality for the past three years amounted to 1,872 cases (34,499 in 2017, 34,739 in 2018, and 34,362 in 2019).
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 improve their already “comfortable” situation, and all this in a most difficult period for the region and the country. After all, right now there is an urgent need to find money to fight the epidemic. Right now, during the pandemic, when it is necessary to reduce unreasonably high salaries for themselves, or at least consider the option of a temporary cut in established salaries, when the ordinary people are sometimes left without a livelihood, and because of this someone who is sick is forced to go to work, infecting others at work and in public transport, how to survive when the prices of medicines and foodstuffs have been rising, despite the fact that the main goal should be to save the lives of the population, it was our Omsk officials who took care of their income and decided to raise their salaries. The governor signed two decrees related to the increase in the salaries of regional officials.
The administration of the Dubna district of the Tula region fulfilled the demand of the Tula branch of Yabloko and cancelled the tender for the purchase of an expensive car for the needs of the administration. The corresponding entry appeared on the state procurement portal. This happened after the Tula branch of Yabloko demanded that the administration refuse the expensive purchase.
Today in the State Duma was adopting, in the first reading, a bill on guarantees of immunity to the President after his leaving office and members of his family. The main argument was that the President should have a free hand… (!!!)
Statement by Nikolai Rybakov and Olga Tsepilova, 18.11.2020
Today, on 18 November, 2020, a search was conducted in the private house of Alexander Korovainy, Chairman of the Krasnodar regional branch of the Green Russia faction of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Yeisk City Council. The search began at 6 o’clock in the morning
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 head of the regional Administration Kirill Guzov.
In Novgorod, unidentified persons painted black information plates with the name of the party on the building where the office of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko is located.
Press Release, 17.11.2020
“Unfortunately, this has been happening regularly. We understand that this is a reaction to the opposition activities of Yabloko, harsh criticism of the authorities, and anti-corruption investigations. It is not difficult for us to order new information plates, and we will do it shortly. It is more difficult to resist the aggression and hatred that is fomented by the state propaganda against the only independent democratic political force,” Anna Cherepanova, Chair of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko and MP of the Novgorod Duma, said.
On 24 November 24 an international online conference “The situation with the protection of women’s rights in the COVID era. International experience” will be held in Yabloko. The conference is organised by the Gender faction of the Yabloko party. The conference will be held via Zoom and will start at 17:30.
The Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko Party has opened the reception of nominees for the Golden Toilet Brush anti-award. The prize is awarded for the most wasteful public procurement contracts.
The Golden Toilet Brush has two nominations – federal and regional – and two sets of awards: gold, silver and bronze toilet brushes. The prizes are made in the shape of toilet brushes and will be awarded to the officials who made the most absurd and wasteful purchases from the federal or the regional budget funds.
On Wednesday, November 18, Andrei Buzin, Dr. of Law, will launch his new book “Russian Elections: Inside, Outside and Sideways” at the next lecture of the Yabloko Party University conducted in Zoom format. The event will begin at 19:00.
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.
On the 15th anniversary of the murder of anti-fascist and musician Timur Kacharava, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, asking him to put a memorial plaque at the site of murder of antifascist Timur Kacharava.
On 10 November, the Yabloko Party University held an online lecture “Territorial Inequality in Modern Russia” by Natalya Zubarevich, Professor of the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University.
Igor Artemyev was dismissed from the post of the head of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service yesterday
Yaroslav Shcherbakov’s blog post, 12.11.2020
Photo: Igor Artemyev
A Lamborghini worth only 100,000 roubles – now it will become a reality, but not for everyone!
(from the experience of selling confiscated goods in Russia)
Yesterday Igor Artemyev, head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, was dismissed from his post! Will the hope for the development of competition in Russia leave us after his dismissal too?
This Service was formed under [Yabloko’s] Igor Artemyev [who was a Yabloko deputy in the State Duma and now is a member of the Federal Political Committee of the party], and it became the most effective executive authority in the Russian Federation.
