Memorandum of Political Alternative, an updated version of 1.03.2019
Memorandum of Political Alternative
YABLOKO's Ten Key Programme Issues
YABLOKO's Political Platform Adopted by the 15th Congress, June 21, 2008
RUSSIA DEMANDS CHANGES! Electoral Program for 2011 Parliamentary Elections.
Key resolutions by the Congress:
On
Stalinism and Bolshevism
Resolution.
December 21, 2009
On Anti-Ecological Policies of Russia’s Authorities. Resolution of the 15th congress of the YABLOKO party No 253, December 24, 2009
On the Situation in the Northern Caucasus. Resolution of the 15th congress of the YABLOKO party No 252, December 24, 2009
YABLOKO's POLITICAL COMMITTEE DECISIONS:
On Russia's Foreign Policies. Political Committee of hte YABLOKO party. Statement, June 26, 2009
On Iran’s Nuclear Problem Resolution by the Political Committee of the YABLOKO party. October 6, 2009
Anti-Crisis Proposals (Housing-Roads-Land) of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO. Handed to President Medvedev by Sergei Mitrokhin on June 11, 2009
Brief Outline of Sergei Mitrokhin’s Report at the State Council meeting. January 22, 2010
Assessment of Russia’s Present Political System and the Principles of Its Development. Brief note for the State Council meeting (January 22, 2010) by Dr.Grigory Yavlinsky, member of YABLOKO’s Political Committee. January 22, 2010
Address of the YABLOKO party to President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. Political Committee of the YABLOKO party. October 9, 2009
Moscow
Yabloko
Yabloko
for Students
St.
Petersburg Yabloko
Khabarovsk
Yabloko
Irkutsk
Yabloko
Kaliningrad
Yabloko(eng)
Novosibirsk
Yabloko
Rostov
Yabloko
Yekaterinburg
Yabloko
(Sverdlovsk Region)
Krasnoyarsk
Yabloko
Ulyanovsk
Yabloko
Tomsk Yabloko
Tver
Yabloko(eng)
Penza Yabloko
Stavropol
Yabloko
Programme by candidate for the post of Russian President Grigory Yavlinsky. Brief Overview
Grigory Yavlinsky at Forum 2000, Prague, 2014
Grigory Yavlinsky : “If you show the white feather, you will get fascism”
Grigory Yavlinsky: a coup is started by idealists and controlled by rascals
Risks of Transitions. The Russian Experience
Grigory Yavlinsky on the Russian coup of August 1991
A Male’s Face of Russia’s Politics
The Hidden Cause of the Great Recession (And How to Avert the Nest One)
What
does the opposition want: to win or die heroically?
Moskovsky
Komsomolets web-site, July 11, 2012. Interview
with Grigory Yavlinsky by Yulia Kalinina.
Lies
and legitimacy
The founder of the Yabloko Party analyses the political
situation. Article by Grigory Yavlinsky on radio Svoboda.
April 6, 2011
Algorithms for Opposing Gender Discrimination: the International and the Russian Experience
Is Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko, "The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May 12, 2010
Grigory Yavlinsky's interview to Vladimir Pozner. The First Channel, programme "Pozner", April 20, 2010 (video and transcript)
Overcoming the Totalitarian Past: Foreign Experience and Russian Problems by Galina Mikhaleva. Research Centre for the East European Studies, Bremen, February 2010.
Grigory Yavlinsky: Vote for the people you know, people you can turn for help. Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, October 8, 2009
Grigory
Yavlinsky: no discords in the tandem.
Grigory
Yavlinsky’s interview to the Radio Liberty
www.svobodanews.ru
September 22, 2009
A Credit for Half a Century. Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Natalia Bekhtereva, Radio Russia, June 15, 2009
Sergei Mitrokhin's Speech at the meeting with US Preseident Barack Obama. Key Notes, Moscow, July 7, 2009
Demodernization
by Grigory Yavlinsky
Alexei Arbatov: What Should We
Do About Chechnya?
Interview with Alexei Arbatov by Mikhail Falaleev
Komsomolskaya Pravda, November 9, 2002
Grigory
Yavlinsky: Our State Does Not Need People
Novaya Gazeta,
No. 54, July 29, 2002
Grigory Yavlinsky: The Door to Europe is in Washington
Obschaya Gazeta, May 16, 2002
Grigory
Yavlinsky's speech.
March 11, 2002
Grigory Yavlinsky's Lecture at the Nobel Institute
Oslo, May 30, 2000
Position on Some Important Strategic Issues of Russian-American Relations
Moscow, July 7, 2009
By Arseny Roginsky, 16 December 2008
Nuclear
Umbrellas and the Need for Understanding: IC Interview With
Ambassador Lukin
September 25, 1997
Would
the West’s Billions Pay Off?
Los Angeles Times
By Grigory Yavlinsky and Graham Allison
June 3, 1991
Press Release, 29.11.2024
On Saturday, 30 November, a meeting of the Federal Council of Yabloko, the largest representative body of the party, will be held in Moscow. 162 party members from 68 regions of Russia were elected as members of the Federal Council.
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Congresses, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024
Photo by Yevgeny Razumny, Kommersant
The political mission and the objective of the Yabloko Party has always been the intention to form a modern, socially-oriented vector of development in Russia, based on human rights and freedoms, and democratic institutions. The party has always been notable for serious scientifically based analysis and strategic understanding of the situation both in Russia and in the world.
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Political Parties, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 28.11.2024
Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant
The Yabloko Federal Political Committee once again called on the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine to conclude a ceasefire agreement, and the heads of the world’s leading countries to support this initiative. Yabloko also specified its proposals for implementation of the agreement:
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Press Release, 28.11.2024
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko Party Chairman, Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, and Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of the Federal Political Committee / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On the eve of the Federal Council of Yabloko, which will convene in Moscow on 30 November, a meeting of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party was held at the central office of Yabloko on 21 November.
The key report was delivered by Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee. Alexei Arbatov, a Political Committee member and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, focused in his report on the danger of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalating into a world war with the use of nuclear weapons. The Political Committee discussed the situation in Russia and the world and adopted a number of decisions on the political position of the party in present situation.
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024
Photo: Yabloko’s poster “Changes Will Come!”, September 2021 elections / Photo by Vitaly Ankov, RIA Novosti
The Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party considers it necessary to reiterate the most pressing key positions of the Party:
– Ceasefire. Exchange of prisoners and wounded according to “all for all” principle. Beginning of diplomatic negotiations.
– Release of all (about 800 people) political prisoners.
– Abrogation of repressive laws.
– Broad international negotiations to end the new Cold War and arms race. Renewal of nuclear deterrence treaties.
– Political reforms: regular change of power and fair elections.
– End of militarisation, development of a modern market economy, and inviolability of private property.
– Healthcare and education reform, equal opportunities for all.
Posted: November 29th, 2024 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Federalism, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Без рубрики.
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Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024
Photo by Ivan Vodopyanov, Kommersant
The world is changing irreversibly and qualitatively. A large-scale institutional crisis is beginning, it is manifested in the systematic inoperability of many international institutions, as well as the crisis of political systems in the leading countries of the world, which for decades supported the world order that emerged after World War II and largely determined the development of the world.
Posted: November 28th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2024, published on 27.11.2024
Photo: The Kursk region, August 2024 / Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant
Even before the start of the “special military operation”, the Yabloko party warned of the catastrophic consequences of a military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. From the very beginning of the hostilities, we proposed realistic ways to end them and expressed our readiness to act as organisers and participants in the negotiation process. In April 2022, we first formulated the demand for a ceasefire agreement as the first step towards resolving the conflict.
Posted: November 28th, 2024 under Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, adopted on 21.11.2021, published on 27.11.2024
Photo: A bronze revolver with a knotted barrel – the sculpture “No to Violence” in front of the UN building in New York / Photo by Igor Mikhalev, RIA Novosti
After World War II, all political thought in post-war Europe aimed at following principles that should not allow a repeat of a major war. These were saving human lives, refusal to expand territories, mandatory negotiation process in any disputes and conflicts, publicity of political processes and the obligation to define specific achievable political goals, public governance on a peaceful pluralistic basis, protection of the rights of the individual through a variety of mechanisms, a balance between the personal freedom and public security, and respect for citizens of other countries, whatever they may be.
Posted: November 27th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Press Release, 27.11.2024
Photo: The Gulag History Museum on the day of its closure / Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant
A letter signed by Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Maxim Kruglov was sent to the head of the Moscow Department of Culture Alexei Fursin. Kruglov asks the head of the department to list the violations identified during the inspection of the museum that led to its closure and the deadlines for their elimination.
Posted: November 27th, 2024 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 26.11.2024
Photo: Valentina Komkova / Photo from the personal archive
Valentina Komkova was on her way to the Chelyabinsk Regional Court to give evidence on behalf of the defence in the case of a Miass resident who was accused of “demonstrating extremist symbols”. Komkova was stopped on the road by traffic police officers. They said that they had “instructions” to detain the human rights activist “until her identity was established”. Valentina Komkova was taken to the police station, despite having a passport, and was held there for some time, so that she missed the court hearing. Afterwards, the leader of the Miass Yabloko was released. According to some information, they are going to draw up a report on Komkova for her alleged “discrediting the army”.
Posted: November 26th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the role of the United States in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Donald Trump’s second term, and the new world disorder
Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview to Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 25.11.2024
If some may still think that what is happening between Russia and Ukraine is a regional conflict, then they are mistaken. Europe and, perhaps, the whole world are on the brink of an abyss. The main question now is how not to step into this abyss.
Posted: November 26th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Press Release, 24.11.2024
Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
A protocol is being drawn up against Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, for “violating the established procedure for organising or holding a rally” (Article 20.2 Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The formal basis put forward by the police is as follows: Nogovitsyn, during a symbolic march inside the permitted perimeter in Gagarin Square, went by one meter beyond the perimeter.
Update of 25 November. City Judge Natalya Zhirkova fined Anatoly Nogovitsyn 10,000 roubles.
Posted: November 25th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 23.11.2024
Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko
Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Lev Shlosberg was detained at the Pskov airport upon returning from Moscow today, at about 10 a.m. Shlosberg was taken to the linear police department on the airport territory. The police did not allow his wife Zhanna Shlosberg, who came to meet her husband from a business trip, to see him. Shlosberg was later released, with his laptop and telephone confiscated.
Posted: November 25th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko party leaders on the real threat of nuclear war and the only way to prevent it
Press Release, 23.11.2024
Photo by Global Look Press/MOD Russia
In recent days, the escalation of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has reached a new level. The United States and European countries have allowed Ukraine to use long-range precision weapons deep into Russia’s territory. The first strikes on the territories of the Kursk region and the Bryansk region were recorded on 19 November and 21 November. In response to this, Putin approved changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, after which the territory of Ukraine was hit by the latest medium-range missile Oreshnik, capable of carrying a nuclear charge. The Kremlin called the launch a demonstration of a possible response to the West. Putin said during his special address that strikes on targets in the countries supplying weapons to Ukraine are possible.
The leaders of the Yabloko party note that the threat of a nuclear war is stronger than ever since the start of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, and that the only way to stop the escalation is to immediately conclude a ceasefire agreement.
Posted: November 25th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 22.11.2024
Photo: Alexander Iltyakov / Photo by Dmitry Dukhanin, Kommersant
Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to the Ethics Commission of the State Duma demanding them to give a public assessment of the actions of the deputy from the Kurgan region who insulted women. Rybakov noted in his address that such a disdainful attitude towards women, citizens of the Russian Federation, not only violates the requirements for the behaviour of State Duma deputies, but also incites hatred in society and humiliates human dignity.
Posted: November 22nd, 2024 under Human Rights.
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Press Release, 22.112024
Photo: The logo of the Federal Yabloko Party School
Studies in the fourth class of the Federal Party School of Yabloko have begun. This year, about a hundred applicants applied to participate in the project, of which 62 successfully passed the competitive selection and were enrolled in the School. Among those admitted are members and supporters of Yabloko, as well as civil activists from 12 regions of Russia.
Posted: November 22nd, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Human Rights.
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Press Release, 20.11.2024
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The participants of the event, members and supporters of the party shared their vision of the causes and consequences of what was happening, talked about the feelings that they first experienced on 24 February, 2022, and continue to experience to this day.
Posted: November 22nd, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Press Release, 20.11.2024
Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions continues its actions of writing letters to political prisoners. We are publishing the addresses of the regional branches where the actions are held as well as the dates of the action. The actions will be held in Yabloko’s regional branches all over Russia from 22 November through to 12 December. The information will be updated.
Posted: November 20th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov special for the Yabloko web-site, 19.11.2024
People think that if they call mass murder “war,” then
mass murder will stop being a murder, a crime.
Leo Tolstoy
Photo: Painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Warriors of the Apocalypse” (1887) depicting the four horsemen of the Apocalypse – characters from the Sixth chapter of the Revelation of John the Theologian
The 24th of February, 2022 became a tragic date for many of us, a turning point in life and a day after which no one and nothing will be the same. During the military actions, we have lost a lot and many people. And if good-neighbourly relations with Ukraine and the West, destroyed infrastructure and houses, and a stable economy can be restored, maybe not now, and not immediately, but still it is possible, then we will never be able to bring back those who died in this bloody massacre.
Posted: November 20th, 2024 under Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 18.11.2024
Photo: an ID of a citizen undergoing alternative civilian non-military service / Photo from social media
For many years, the Saratov region has been experiencing an acute shortage of specialists in socially significant areas, primarily in healthcare and education. The Saratov branch of Yabloko sent proposals to the Governor of the Saratov Region and the Reception Office of the Chairman of the State Duma that would help reduce the personnel shortage – expanding the list of organisations where alternative civilian (non-military) service is possible. Last week, Yabloko received a letter from the Government of the Saratov Region, which supported the idea of expanding the list of organisations for alternative civilian service.
Posted: November 18th, 2024 under Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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