Press Release, 31.12.2023
On 27 December, a New Year’s charity fair was held at the office of the Yabloko party in Moscow.
Posted: January 10th, 2024 under Charity, Human Rights.
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Yabloko organised a New Year charity fair. Part of the funds will go to support political prisoners
A Way to the Future: 2023 Analysis
Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky, 29.12.2023
The series of interviews with the politician and economist, Yabloko party’s leader Grigory Yavlinsky A Way to the Future. The final episode of 2023 series presents the analysis of the last year’s events, suggests conclusions and expectations from the next year.
Posted: January 10th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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The Moscow branch of Yabloko took part in the annual charity action to help the homeless
Press Release, 29.12.2023
Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko, Kirill Goncharov, took items and food collected by party members and supporters for homeless people to the Nochlezhka charity organisation as part of the annual “Tangerins and Canned Meat” charity campaign. Several boxes of canned meat, instant noodles, sugar, and personal hygiene items were sent to the Moscow branch of the charitable organisation.
Posted: January 10th, 2024 under Charity, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, who did not find extremism in the deputy Gurulyov’s statements on extermination of 20% of Russia’s population dissenting with Vladimir Putin’s policies
Press Release, 27.12.2023
Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov”
Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, appealed in the Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which found no signs of extremism in the statements of State Duma deputy, General Andrei Gurulyov, who had proposed extermination of 20% of Russia’s population dissenting with Vladimir Putin’s policies
Posted: December 28th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Ceasefire is a strategy
YouTube channel Zhivoi Gvozd, 26.12.2023
The peculiarity of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is that the ceasefire is not a tactical respite, not a private episode and, most likely, not even a temporary first step solution. A ceasefire in this case is a strategy. In the current circumstances, this is the only possible political solution to immediately stop the bloodshed while preserving the prospects for both Ukraine and Russia.
Posted: December 26th, 2023 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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On the nomination of a candidate for presidential elections by Yabloko. Commentary by the Yabloko Press Service
Press Release, 25.12.2023
In connection with incoming requests, the Press Service of the Yabloko party explains the following:
Posted: December 26th, 2023 under Elections, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024.
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Yabloko invites all to the New Year’s charity fair
Press Release, 23.12.2023
Charitable foundations and social projects will take part in the New Year’s fair. One can support the work of these organisations by purchasing products made by their wards.
Posted: December 26th, 2023 under Charity.
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On the eve of the New Year Yabloko will hold actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions
Press Release, 19.12.2023
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
In the last days of December, Yabloko will hold actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions. Not all post cards and letters will reach their recipients before the New Year. However, good wishes are always important for those deprived of freedom. Yabloko invites all to come to the offices of the party branches, write letters to political prisoners and spend time with like-minded people; or one can also write a letter to a political prisoner without visiting our offices with the help of our instruction.
Posted: December 19th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s amendments to the Pskov budget for 2024: education, cultural heritage, HIV prevention, support for athletes
Press Release, 19.12.2023
Photo: Tatyana Pasman / Photo from social media
Tatyana Pasman, a deputy of the Pskov City Duma from Yabloko, proposed nine amendments worth 13,6 mln roubles to the draft city budget for 2024 and the planning period of 2025 and 2026.
Posted: December 19th, 2023 under Economy, Elections, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Legislative Assembly of Karelia blocked Yabloko’s amendments to the budget of Karelia. MP Slabunova demanded that the government solve the problems of the residents of the Republic of Karelia
Press Release, 18.12.2023
Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The budget of Karelia for 2024 and the planning period 2025-2026 was adopted in the third reading with 25 votes in favour and 8 against out of 34 present. All 20 amendments of Yabloko, as well as proposals of other parties, were rejected. The head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of the Republic, Emilia Slabunova, spoke at a parliamentary meeting about why the faction did not consider it possible to support such a draft budget. Slabunova also demanded that the government of the Republic of Karelia present a plan for solving the problems reflected in the blocked amendments of the three factions, and a plan for increasing its own revenue sources of the budget of Karelia in 2024.
Posted: December 18th, 2023 under Economy, Elections, Russian Economy, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko is again organising New Year’s parties for Ukrainian refugee children. We need your help
Press Release, 15.12.2023
Just like last year, Yabloko is again organising New Year’s parties for Ukrainian refugee children.
Children would certainly like to celebrate the New Year at home, with their family, next to a decorated Christmas tree. But you understand, this will not happen now.
All are asking the question – what can I personally do? We offer to help make the world around for these children a little kinder.
We will hold holidays this year on 23 and 25 December for the wards of the Civic Assistance Committee and the Lighthouse Charity Foundation.
Posted: December 15th, 2023 under Charity.
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Yabloko called on the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service to provide immediate medical assistance to imprisoned municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov
Press Release, 13.12.2023
Photo: Alexei Gorinov / Photo from open sources
Chairman of Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov asks the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev to conduct a medical examination of Alexei Gorinov and monitor the provision of medical care to him in full.
Alexei Gorinov, a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow, was convicted of “fakes” about the army, and, according to his lawyer, is in very bad condition, very weak and can hardly stand on his feet. He has a chronic lung disease; in the penal colony he suffered from left-sided pleuropneumonia, underwent treatment, but, according to available information, after returning to the penal colony IK-2 in the Vladimir region, he was prevented from taking medications.
Posted: December 13th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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To the 30th anniversary of voting for the Russian Constitution
Resolution by the Yabloko Congress, adopted on 10.12.2023, published on 12.12.2023
Photo by Yury Abramochkin, RIA Novosti
Thirty years ago, a vote on the draft Constitution of Russia took place.
The creation of the Constitution of post-Soviet Russia, its popular discussion and adoption procedure could have become key stages in the creation of a new state, fundamentally different from the Soviet system based on lies and terror and, as a result, lost its legitimacy.
However, instead of all this, the creation and adoption of the Constitution in 1993 was subordinated to short-term political interests and became, in fact, a continuation of the forceful solution to the constitutional crisis chosen by President Yeltsin and his circle in September-October 1993.
Posted: December 12th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Congress elected the Control and Audit Commission and the Party Arbitration
Press Release, 12.12.2023
The Yabloko’s Control and Audit Commission will include: Dmitry Kushpita, Chairman of the Vladimir regional branch of the party and Director of school No. 40 in Vladimir, advisor to the city mayor on issues of education, physical culture and sports; Kirill Lysenko, Deputy Director for Regional Development in the Digital Transformation Laboratories, Deputy Chairman of the Council on Informatisation and Digital Economy of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly, lecturer at Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Vadim Monin, Chairman of the Astrakhan regional branch of the party, Associate Professor of the Department of State and Municipal Administration of the Astrakhan Branch of Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Tatyana Pchyolkina, Chair of the Orenburg regional branch of the party, lawyer; Andrei Talevlin, Deputy Chairman of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the party, Chairman of the Green Russia faction in the Chelyabinsk regional branch, Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Law of the Chelyabinsk State University; Tatyana Shkred, Chair of the Voronezh regional branch of the party, individual entrepreneur.
Posted: December 12th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses.
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The 22nd Congress of Yabloko. The key points
Press Release, 11.12.2023
Photo: Igor Artemyev, a member of the Federal Political Committee, speaks at the Congress on 9 December / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Past weekend, the 22nd Yabloko Congress took place in Moscow. The Congress elected the party leaders and the executive bodies of the party for the next four years. Nikolai Rybakov retained the post of Yabloko Chairman, 55% of delegates voted for him. The programme “Peace. Progress. Human Rights”, with which Nikolai Rybakov campaigned for the post of party Chairman is published on the Yabloko website.
Posted: December 11th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, Politics, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Congress elected the Federal Political Committee and the Bureau
Press Release, 10.12.2023
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The new members of the Federal Political Committee, which is a steering body of the party, dealing with the party’s strategy, are the famous economist Yevgeny Gontmakher, Alexei Melnikov, economist, publicist and a State Duma deputy of three convocations, and political scientist Ivan Bolshakov, who worked as Deputy Chairman of the party from 2019 to 2023.
The Federal Bureau includes 21 people (including the party Chairman and Deputy Chairpersons). Representatives from 15 regions became members of this executive body, 40 per cent of the Bureau are newly elected.
Posted: December 11th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Appeal from the Yabloko Party Congress to the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine: Conclude a ceasefire agreement!
Decision by the Yabloko Congress, 10.12.2023
Photo by Vladimir Trefilov, RIA Novosti
The nature and essence of the largest armed conflict in the centre of Europe since the Second World War – the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – is such that it has not had, does not have and will not have a military solution.
Yabloko has always opposed the military method of resolving interstate contradictions, chosen by Russia on 24 February, 2022, in favour of a ceasefire and the start of negotiations. Today this is becoming inevitable.
People wish peace and justice. The road to justice and building a new European security architecture will be difficult and long. However, every day of continued hostilities only lengthens the path, multiplies casualties and destruction, and ultimately deprives both Russia and Ukraine of the future.
The duty of responsible politicians is to protect the future of their countries.
Posted: December 10th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko elected Deputy Chairpersons of the party for the next four years
Press Release, 10.12.2023
Photo: (from left to right) Maxim Kruglov, Boris Vishnevsky, Anna Cherepanova, Sergei Ivanenko, Nikolai Rybakov, Lev Shlosberg, and Vladimir Dorokhov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The new leadership of Yabloko will include six Deputy Chairpersons of the party. They are: the leader of the Pskov Yabloko, Lev Shlosberg; regional deputies Boris Vishnevsky (St. Petersburg) and Maxim Kruglov (Moscow); Deputy of the City Duma of Veliky Novgorod, Chairman of the Novgorod branch of the party Anna Cherepanova; party representative in the Central Election Commission, head of the Tula branch Vladimir Dorokhov and head of Moscow Yabloko Sergei Ivanenko.
Posted: December 10th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov elected Chairman of the Yabloko party for a second term
Press Release, 10.12.2023
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
According to the results of the secret ballot of the congress delegates, 59 delegates (55%) voted in favour of Nikolai Rybakov. Alexander Yefimov came second with 26 votes in favour. Anna Cherepanova and Maxim Kruglov received 12 and 10 votes, respectively.
Posted: December 10th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Yabloko must learn to talk to the people and try to become the party in power
Press Release, 9.12.2023
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Grigory Yavlinsky made a political report at the Yabloko Сongress. He spoke about the need for a ceasefire in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, about political prisoners, the economic situation and the upcoming elections. A significant part of the report was devoted to the future of Yabloko in the Russian politics. According to the party leader, the role of the party must radically change: Yabloko is no longer a party trying to correct the policies of the state. The circumstances in the country are such that Yabloko should become the party in power. This is exactly what is needed for the future of Russia.
Posted: December 9th, 2023 under 22nd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy.
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