Is
Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview
with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko,
"The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May
12, 2010
The Public Prosecutor’s Office of St. Petersburg has organised another inspection of the leakage of radioactive waste.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office of St. Petersburg has organised another inspection of the leakage of radioactive waste in the of the Radium Institute. The inspection was made on of the request of Mikhail Amosov, Yabloko’s MP in St. Petersburg’s Legislative Assembly. Experts from the Federal Medial and Biological Agency of Russia, which is independent from the Radium Institute, once again took soil and water samples from the territory of the Institute, but the results of the tests are still unknown. Read more »
The Central Election Commission of Russia (CEC) offers legislators several options for adjusting the so-called municipal filter, including exemption of the candidates running for the post of governor from parliamentary parties and parties that have factions in legislative assemblies from collection of signatures of municipal deputies in their favour so that to be registered in the campaign, and lowering the threshold of the filter. This is reported today by TASS. Read more »
On October 23, 2017, the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party issued a statement expressing its concern about the plans of the regional government to abolish tax benefits and curb the institute of public hearings of the budget.Read more »
The “Nord-Ost” theatre production. In October 2002, I was there. I held direct talks with militants on the release of hostages. The terrorists promised to release me in exchange for Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with [then President of the Chechen Republic] Aslan Maskhadov. In support of their readiness, the militants released eight children. But the Kremlin had already a different plan, they were preparing an operation… During the assault, a lot of people were killed, children were killed.
On 19th October, the Electoral Commission of the Novgorod Region made a decision to forward the initiative on returning direct election of mayor and heads of municipalities proposed by Yabloko’s regional branch to the Novgorod Region parliament. Read more »
Yabloko sent applications to Public Prosecutor General and the Investigative Committee
Sergei Mitrokhin, head of the Yabloko Center for Anti-Corruption Policy, sent appeals to Public Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin demanding that the actions of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in granting the title of the doctor of history to Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky should be investigated.Read more »
Galina Shirshina signed a petition for direct mayoral elections Press release, 17.10.2017
Elected Mayor of Petrozavodsk Galina Shirshina signed a petition for the return of direct elections of mayors, governors and members of the Federation Council – without any restrictions or filters. The petition was initiated by Grigory Yavlinsky. Direct elections are one of the key points of his presidential electoral programme. Read more »
Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia rejected Yabloko’s bill restricting Vladimir Putin’s right to use Russian armed forces abroad. The bill was submitted by Emilia Slabunova, MP and Yabloko Chair. Read more »
Grigory Yavlinsky on the dangerous partnership between Russia and Saudi Arabia and “Putin’s political post-modernism”, 09.10.2017
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs already called the meeting between Putin and Saudi Arabia’s King an epochal event. It is true that the President of Russia met another civilization, the feudal epoch, in the Kremlin. This is probably the reason why the meeting was characterized as epochal. Putin’s Russia is immersing in this epoch, in feudalism, deeper and deeper. Recently Saudi Arabia was Russia’s gravest enemy, and now the “friendly” relations between the countries that suddenly intensified are as exotic as dangerous. Read more »
Grigory Yavlinsky intends to participate in the presidential elections in order to prevent the “historical defeat of Russia” meaning Russia’s turning into a backward country isolated from Europe where it historically belongs. According to Yavlinsky, Vladimir Putin’s policies represent “a break with reality and counterposition to the historical development.” He made this statement at the launch of the Liberal Manifesto 2017, which is being held in Moscow today. Read more »
On 15th October, Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakv gave a speech at the meeting of national parliament deputies, who are members of parties represented in Liberal International. The event was held as part of the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in St. Petersburg. Read more »
Liberal International, 13.10.2017 By Nikolai Kavkazsky, member of YABLOKO Federal Council, lawyer of the Stimul Moscow LGBT+ Initiative Group and Board member of the “For the Civil Rights” Committee
After Vladimir Putin came to power, the situation with human rights in Russia began to steadily deteriorate. Repressive laws were adopted, many independent media outlets were closed, political and human rights organisations found themselves subject to intense pressure, an administrative resource has been used in elections and voting results have often been falsified. Thousands of political prisoners are in prisons convicted for their participation in peaceful actions and commentaries in social networks. The authorities even resort to political murders of their opponents. Simultaneously, the ruling regime has been fueling hatred against the dissenting and LGBT+ with the help of television propaganda. Read more »
Lev Shlosberg commented on the resignation of Governor of the Pskov Region Andrei Turchak Press release, 12.10.2017
Lev Shlosberg, deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly and member of Yabloko’s Political Coomittee, commented on the dismissal of Governor Andrei Turchak as well as his plans to run for the post in 2018. Read more »
Today the President of Russia Vladimir Putin has dismissed another governor – Pavel Konkov, the Ivanovo Region. He is the 10th governor to be dismissed within the last two weeks. It seems likely that the provisional governors appointed by the Kremlin will go through the election procedure without leaving any alternative and will proceed with their obligations on a regular basis. The election itself will take the form of a referendum on trust – a real competition for the votes is almost nowhere to be expected. The appointees are mainly the so called “young technocrats”, whose will is tested by jumping off a cliff. This type of officials is gradually excluding the “political heavyweights” of 1990s and “effective managers” of 2000s from the gubernatorial field. However, we can hardly expect any changes in the absence of political competition. This is why Yabloko and Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko’s presidential candidate, initiated the collection of signatures for the return of direct elections of mayors, governors and members of the Federation Council – without any restrictions or filters. The initiative was launched on the change.org website. Direct elections are one of the key points of Yavlinsky’s presidential electoral programme.
Yabloko’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia has supported Elena Paltseva’s candidacy for Children’s Ombudsman post in the region. Elena Paltseva is a lawyer and head of the committee on civic society and ethnic relations in the Public Chamber of the Republic of Karelia. Read more »
Yekaterinburg oppositional Mayor Yevgeny Roizman signed a petition for the return of direct elections of mayors, members of the Federation Council and the cancellation of the municipal filter in the gubernatorial elections. The petition was initiated by Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko founder and presidential candidate. Direct elections are one of the key issues of Grigory Yavlinsky’s presidential election programme.
Congratulations from Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and environmentalist
06.10.2017
According to the news agency Meduza, the Nobel Peace Prize 2017 has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for “drawing attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons”.
The Nobel Committee also noted that the group campaigning for nuclear disarmament “achieved signing of an agreement on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.”
Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko’s presidential candidate, initiated the collection of signatures for the return of direct elections of mayors, governors and members of the Federation Council – without any restrictions or filters. He launched this initiative on the change.org website. Direct elections are one of the key points of Yavlinsky’s presidential electoral programme.
According to YABLOKO, voting of deputies of all levels should be open, and the results of a roll-call vote should be published with the indication of their party affiliation. Mass media should specify the party affiliation of deputies when covering their activities. This is indicated in the statement by the YABLOKO Bureau where YABLOKO gave its proposals for regulating the work of factions of political parties on the federal level.
Press Release, 24.10.2017
