Is
Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview
with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko,
"The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May
12, 2010
Yabloko launched an alternative national strategy to promote women’s interests. Party experts claim that the current strategy, which was adopted by the government in March, has a declarative character and contains no specific measures to promote gender equality. Yabloko will forward the alternative strategy, the bills developed by the party and the critique of the current strategy to the government by the end of spring.
YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction held memorable events in two dozen cities of Russia
Press Release, 26.04.2017
On 26 April, on the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, environmental activists held one-person pickets by the main office of the Russian atomic energy ministry – the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation in Moscow. YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction organised commemorative events in two dozen cities of Russia: St. Petersburg, Petrozavodsk, Vladikavkaz, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg and others.Read more »
Everything is very serious with Crimea. Even France is discussing it a couple of days before its presidential elections. One of the top candidates, François Fillon, suggests holding an international conference on the Crimea. These proposals were expressed earlier: by British parliamentarians, by European politicians. In Russia, such proposals emerged in March 2014 (I wrote about this in Novaya Gazeta then).Read more »
Lev Shlosberg, MP from the YABLOKO party of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembl, applied to the Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the Pskov region asking the Service to institute proceedings under Article 16 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” (prohibition of restricting competition agreements or concerted actions) in respect of the Administration of Pskov, and two companies OOO Tekhnodor and OOO UDS Pskov. It is assumed that there was a preliminary cartel agreement between the city government and the two companies on granting the companies a victory at the tenders for maintenance of public roads in Pskov. Read more »
On 20 April, activists of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO held a series of one-person pickets by the State Duma protesting against the draft law initiated by Moscow government on “housing renovation” which the State Duma had to consider in the first reading. The law deprives Muscovites of their private property right, as well as violates all the city developing, sanitary and environmental norms.Read more »
Liberal International, 20.04.2017
In aftermath of the news homosexual concentration camps have been established in Chechnya – which met LI’s and worldwide condemnation – Russian LI member party, Yabloko, has expressed “serious concern about the threats of physical violence from the Chechen Republic” directed at the journalists of Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper that published the reports on violence and murders of LGBT people in Chechnya. Read more »
This week, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg adopted in the third reading amendments to the law on the budget process, developed by the Grigory Yalvinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of YABLOKO and ex-MP of the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg. The amendments will improve budgetary discipline and effectiveness of budget spending in St. Petersburg. Experts believe that Yavlinsky’s proposals can be used in legislation of other regions.Read more »
The Public Chamber of the city of Pskov proposed to develop a municipal program People’s Budget. It envisages collection of proposals from the city residents (for example, on the necessary road repairs, improvement of streets, yards and buildings, opening of playgrounds and sports grounds for children). The initiators of the project offer residents of Pskov to apply to the city administration so that to include the solution of the communal problem in the future city development programme. There may be several sources of financing for the works: the municipal budget, investments of the project partners, and even funds from the residents.Read more »
On 17 April, Tatyana Nagibina, Chair of the Omsk branch of YABLOKO, and activists of the regional party branch conducted picketing demanding from the city authorities to clean the city and create a favourable environment for city residents. Read more »
The Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO is seriously concerned about the threats of physical violence from the Chechen Republic after the publication in Novaya Gazeta [on violence and murders of LGBT people in Chechnya]. Read more »
YABLOKO leader spoke at the 4th Congress of the Russian Association of Political Consultants
Press Release, 14.04.2017
“The responsibility of the opposition is to peacefully and lawfully achieve a change of power and the system in the country”, YABLOKO leader Emilia Slabunova said at the 4th Congress of the Russian Association of Political Consultants. The event is taking place these days in Moscow.Read more »
Chair of the Volgograd branch of Yabloko Galina Boldyreva called for the resignation of the governor at the rally against the deterioration of the social and economic situation in the region. Read more »
On 13 April, a dispute between professor of European University Dmitry Travin and professor of the Higher School of Economics Andrei Zaostrovtsev will take place will take place as part of School of modern politics conducted by the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko. Read more »
Following news that there have been mass killings and targetter represessions against LGBTI people in Chechnya, the Chairman of LI LGBTI Rights Working Group Frank Van Dalen has called for international condemnation of the barbaric actions of the Russian government. Read more »
The Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre found signs of collusion between suppliers (a cartel) in public procurement to cover the work of the Governor, the Legislative Assembly and other authorities of the Rostov Region in the mass media for the amount of 158.5 million rubles (approximately 2.3 million Euro). Most of the state contracts for PR went to the company owned by Sergei Sheremetyev, assistant to a deputy of the City Duma of Rostov-on-Don from the ruling United Russia party. Sergei Mitrokhin, member of YABLOKO’s Federal Political Committee and head of the Anti-Corruption Policy Centre, demanded an investigation into the case and asked the Russian government to stop public procurement for public relations of state officials.Read more »
Statement by YABLOKO’s Federal Political Committee
12.04.2017
It is already three years that famous scholar Yury Pivovarov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has been under investigation, although the absurdity of the cases against him is obvious.Read more »
How can it be still unclear to someone that Syria is a trap for Russia? Russia was led into the Syrian trap by the stupidity of Russian foreign policy, its short-sightedness and adventurousness. Any further steps targeted at escalation of Russia’s military actions in Syria only aggravate our situation. The suspension of the memorandum envisaging the mechanisms to avoid incidents between the United States and Russia in Syria means that any stupidity or accident can now lead to a direct clash. Read more »
Yabloko made a decision to open the Candidates Support Centre as part of preparation for local elections in Moscow, which will take place in September 2017. The Centre will function within Yabloko’s campaign headquarters. Read more »
On 10 April, the Omsk branch of Yabloko participated in picketing for the rights of persons with disabilities. About 30 people took part in the action. Read more »
