The politician named the main aspects of the party reform

Press release, 15.12.2018

The aim of the Yabloko party is to enter the parliament in 2021 – this what Emilia Slabunova, Yabloko Chair, has stated at the Federal Council meeting earlier today. Representatives of the 77 party branches gathered in Moscow to discuss the reform of the party that is taking place now.

“The situation is changing. It is crucial that our party does not miss some important opportunities. The social well-being is in decline now, this is why the demand for changes has increased. Our aim is to enter the parliament in 2021”. Read more »

Press release, 15.12.2018

Grigory Yavlinsky, Chair of Yabloko Federal Political Committee, gave a speech at the Federal Council of the Yabloko party. According to the politician, Russia is on the edge of a full-fledged war.

Yavlinsky says that the root of the problem is the attempt of the Kremlin to control Kiev and curtail the sovereignty of the neighbouring state as well the refusal of the elite to acknowledge Ukraine and Ukrainian people as an equal. Read more »

Press Release, 13.12.2018

During the signing ceremony of the Agreement “For Fair Elections”, which is annually organised by the Public Chamber of the Chelyabinsk Region for representatives of regional political parties, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, proposed to supplement the agreement with a memorandum “For free and fair registration of candidates for the post of governor of the Chelyabinsk region”. Read more »

Press Release, 13.12.2018

Anna Cherepanova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Duma of Novgorod (North-West Russia), submitted amendments to the draft city budget for 2019. Cherepanova urged not to increase spending on labour remuneration for officials higher than the inflation index (4.3 per cent), nullify budget expenditures on PR of the Novgorod authorities in the media, optimise transportation expenses of officials, reduce budget investments of “Novgorod Vodokanal” (a unitary municipal company supplying water to the city), replacing them with the company’s own funds.
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Press release, 12.12.2018

On 12th December, the Constitution Day, the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko and a number of civil activists held pickets to remind the local residents and regional authorities of some articles from the fundamental law. The activists called upon the government to abide by the Constitution. They held placards quoting some articles of the Constitution.

The action attacked a lot of attention from local residents, journalists and bloggers.
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Press release, 12.12.2018

On December 12, a delegation of Moscow municipal deputies handed over to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation an open letter against transportation of municipal garbage from Moscow to other Russian regions.

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Press release, 12.12.2018

Chair of Yabloko Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva participated in the All-Russia Civil Forum 2018. She took part in the discussion dedicated to the problems of domestics violence, labour discrimination and sexual harassment. Read more »

Press release, 12.12.2018

The Chuvashia Republic branch of Yabloko held a round table on the consequences of political censorship in mass media. Representative of other political parties and public groups also took part in the discussion. Read more »

Press release, 12.12.2018

Emilia Slabunova, Chair of the Yabloko Party, took part in a round table dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Constitution. The participants of the event discussed the necessity to carry out a political reform and the possibility to amend the Сonstitution.

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Press release, 11.12.2018

Yabloko MP in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky called upon the interim governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov to investigate the decision of the Committee on the Rule of Law, Law Enforcement and Security not to authorise a rally in support of political prisoners. According to the MP, the City Administration refused to authorise the action on the pretext that another event (a campaign to encourage local residents to donate blood) had already been authorised in that area at the same day and time.

Boris Vishnevsky

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Press release, 11.12.2018

On 12th December, Moscow municipal deputies will bring an open letter to the Presidential Administration stating their disagreement with the policy of taking solid municipal waste from Moscow to other regions of Russia. They also suggest intruding modern recycling technology.

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Press release, 11.12.2018

Yabloko Federal Council will take place on 15-16 December. Representatives of all the regional party branches (about 150 people) will gather to discuss the situation in Russia and in the world as well as the reform of the party that is taking place. Read more »

Press release, 7.12.2018

Yabloko demanded that the Moscow City Court release human rights activist Lev Ponomarev immediately

According to Yabloko, arresting a respectable person like Ponomarev, who is the head of the “For Human Rights” movement, is illegal, offensive and mocking.

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Condolences, 8.12.2018

On 8th December, one of the founders and Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, 91, passed away. Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova and Chair of Yabloko Federal Political Committee Grigory Yavlinsky expressed their condolences:

Lyudmila Alexeyeva began fighting for human rights when this activity was far from being popular in the Soviet Union. All her life she was proving that human rights and freedoms are the foundation for the development of the state and society.

This idea has not become mainstream. However, Lyudmila Alexeyeva’s life is an example that the conviction that doing the right thing is necessery can be very efficient. As well as the willingness to do what you should do even if it takes a lot of time to see the result. However, there will be the result. Lyudmila Alexeyeva believed in it. And so do we.

May her memory live forever. I express my deepest condolences to all the people who feel this great loss.

Emilia Slabunova

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Lyudmila Alexeyeva was a most dignified and noble person of our time. She a great and extremely brave Person. All her life she was acting in accordance with her conscience. She did not count on an immediate result because she realised that it would not be easy to make the human rights values mainstream on our planet. Lyudmila Alexeyeva was the picture of these noble values.

What is more, Lyudmila Alexeyeva was very kind, friendly and hospitable.

She was unique.

May her memory live forever.

Grigory Yavlinsky

Statement by Yabloko Bureau, 5.12.2018

The 10th of December 2018 is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is the first document to state a list of inviolable human rights that were supported by almost all the countries of the world.

The declaration is the symbol of recognition of the values of every human life and equality of all people regardless of their origin, sex, social status and convictions. The adoption of a universal document like this is the symbol of maturity of the human society. Read more »

Grigory Yavlinsky’s twitter, 6.12.2018

The foundation of Alexander Sokurov, the world most famous Russian film director, is under audit on the denunciation of a certain “citizen”. The foundation, which has been raising money collecting every penny for the work of young filmmakers, is suspected of embezzlement. The other day, Putin included Sokurov in his Human Rights Council.

https://twitter.com/yavlinsky/status/1070656723973750784

Statement by Yabloko Bureau, 4.12.2018

The situation in the Kerch Strait is leading to the further escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. All these 4 years the citizens of the two countries have been hostages of irresponsible politicians. This is the first time in history that Russia and Ukraine have an open conflict, and this is the result of the desire of the Russian government to distract people from a number of very serious problems by means of heating up tension. Read more »

Press Release, 5.12.2018

Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, raised the problem of transportation of Moscow garbage to the Arkhangelsk Region. Rybakov participated in the State Duma meeting on 5 December, as non-parliamentary parties are invited to participate in the parliament’s meetings once a year. Rybakov directly addressed this question to the Minister of Natural Resources Dmitry Kobylkin, who spoke in the Duma during the “government hour”.

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Press Release, 5.12.2018

Deputies of the pro-government’s United Russia party in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly refused to support the amendments of the Yabloko faction aimed at protection of the St. Petersburg parks and gardens. The majority of parliamentarians from United Russia ignored the vote, did not press any button, which in fact can be equated to a vote against, since at least 25 deputies must vote for the bill to pass the amendment. Yabloko’s amendments were supported by 9 – 15 deputies. Read more »

Yabloko Telegram Channel, 5.12.2018

“It is a police state: Human Rights Defender Lev Ponomarev, 77, was sentences to 25 days in jail for reposting a publication in support of the young people who suffered as a result of a provocation of the “law enforcement”. It’s a shame! Let’s support Lev Ponomaryev!”

* Lev Ponomarev was Grigory Yavlinsky’s election representative in the presidential election 2018 Read more »