The Ministry of Justice has added Vladimir Dorokhov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 13.09.2024
Photo: Vladimir Dorokhov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Ministry of Justice has added Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula branch of Yabloko and Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”. Dorokhov became the eighth member of Yabloko and the third Deputy Chairman of the party to receive this status.
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Posted: September 13th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko called on the Red Cross to organise humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from the combat zone in the Kursk region
Press Release, 13.09.2024
Photo: Evacuation from the Kursk region / Photo by Ilya Pitalev, RIA Novosti
Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, Rybakov called on the Red Cross to become an international mediator in organising negotiations on a ceasefire and creating humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians of the Kursk region from the combat zone.
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Posted: September 13th, 2024 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the St. Petersburg Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Central Electoral Commission investigate the attack on a Yabloko member of a territorial electoral commission
Press Release, 12.09.2024
Photo: The moment of the attack on the Yabloko member of a territorial electoral commission /screenshot video by Fontanka.ru
Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the St. Petersburg Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Central Electoral Commission investigate the attack on Yabloko member of a territorial electoral commission Alexander Klyukov, who had boiling water thrown in his face. The victim was hospitalised.
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Posted: September 13th, 2024 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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WHY A CEASEFIRE IS NECESSARY TODAY
Grigory Yavlinsky for Novaya Gazeta, 12.09.2024
Photo by Valery Melnikov, Kommersant
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
The Russian army is advancing in the Donbass. Ukraine’s armed forces are continuing their operations in Kursk Region. Russia is carrying out missile strikes on Kharkiv, Poltava and Lviv … Ukraine is shelling Donetsk and Belgorod … The Russian missiles are destroying energy infrastructure in Ukraine. Ukraine’s drones are attacking Russian oil refineries. People are dying every day – soldiers and civilians, men and women, the elderly and children.
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Posted: September 12th, 2024 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites all to an auction in support of political prisoners
Press Release, 12.09.2024
We invite all to take part in a charity auction, all proceeds from which will be sent to the families of seven political prisoners. This will be the fifth event in support of those unjustly deprived of their freedom. The previous four auctions in support of political prisoners raised over 4.6 million roubles. This time, Yabloko and the participants of the auction will support Igor Baryshnikov, Nadezhda Buyanova, Vladimir Yefimov, Grigory Melkonyants, Sergei Mikhailov, Ivan Safronov and Alexei Sokolov.
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Posted: September 12th, 2024 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to honour the memory of the repressed executed in Butovo and Kommunarka, Moscow, during Stalin’s period. We invite all to join the trip
Press Release, 12.09.2024
On 30 October, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression, Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions will hold events designed to preservation of the memory of the terrible events of the Stalin period of our state and the victims of political tyranny. The Yabloko delegation in Moscow will visit the Butovo and Kommunarka execution sites. In addition to laying flowers, there will be a tour where participants will be told about the burial sites. We invite all to join our trip.
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Posted: September 12th, 2024 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Olga Tuzhikova’s candidacy for the post of Human Rights Commissioner in Karelia was supported by five public organisations, a head of municipality and a political party
Press Release, 12.09.2024
Photo: Olga Tuzhikova / Photo from social media
The deadline for accepting documents from candidates for the post of Human Rights Commissioner in the Republic of Karelia has been closed. The Yabloko party faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia nominated Olga Tuzhikova, a member of Yabloko, a deputy of the Petrozavodsk City Council, lawyer and environmentalist, for the post. The Yabloko member’s candidacy was supported by the head of the Loukhsky municipal district Olga Kvyatkevich, the environmental organisation SPOK, the Veterans of Karelia organisation, the public organisations for the protection of citizens’ rights Soglasie and Zaonezhye, as well as the Green Alternative party and the Dobrospas search and rescue squad. The media noted that no other candidate for the post of Human Rights Commissioner in Karelia had such broad support in the entire existence of this post.
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Posted: September 12th, 2024 under Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Historians and politicians from Yabloko discussed the causes and consequences of World War I and drew parallels with the present
Press Release, 12.09.2024
A round table dedicated to the anniversary of the beginning of World War I was held in Yabloko with the participation of Russian historians Vladimir Buldakov, Vladislav Aksyonov, Boris Kolonitsky, Konstantin Morozov and Alexander Shubin, as well as politicians from the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov, Grigory Yavlinsky and Sergei Mitrokhin. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Galina Mikhaleva, professor of the Russian State University for the Humanities. Historians and politicians talked about the causes and inevitability of the beginning of the war, its tragic consequences for Russia, and also drew obvious parallels with today’s developments in the country and the world.
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Posted: September 12th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites to the launch of the book by political scientist Nina Khrushcheva “Nikita Khrushchev: a Leader Outside the System”
Press Release, 11.09.2024
The new biography of Nikita Khrushchev was written by his great-granddaughter, a world-famous political scientist, professor at The New School in New York City.
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Posted: September 12th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Nine candidates for peace and freedom have been elected as deputies. Yabloko analyses the voting results
Press Release, 10.09.2024
In the recent elections, nine out of 59 candidates from the Yabloko party, who campaigned under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”, were elected to municipal councils. In total, the party nominated 301 candidates, but most of them were not registered or were withdrawn for far-fetched reasons. The party leaders summed up the political results of the election campaign.
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Posted: September 10th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov Yabloko does not recognise the official results of the elections for the head of the Gdov district
Press Release, 10.09.2024
Photo: Candidate for the post of head of the Gdov district from the Yabloko party Yevgeny Vasiliyev / Photo by the regional branch of the party
The Regional Council of the Pskov branch of Yabloko adopted a statement on non-recognition of the results of the elections of the head of the Gdov district, the Pskov region.
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Posted: September 10th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexander Shishlov on the results of the elections in St.Petersburg that were “desirable” for the authorities but obtained at the cost of growing mistrust in the elections and the destruction of legitimacy
Press Release, 9.09.2024
Photo: A ballot with an inscription “For Vishnevsky! For Yabloko!”.
Alexander Shishlov, Chairman of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party and the head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, commented on the elections of the Governor of St.Petersburg and municipal deputies that took place on 6-8 September.
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Posted: September 10th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko denied permission to hold rally in support of political prisoners. Yabloko announces a charity auction
Press Release, 9.09.2024
Photo: Charity auction in support of political prisoners at Yabloko in September 2023 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Moscow Mayor’s Office denied Yabloko permission to hold a rally in support of political prisoners, citing COVID restrictions. Instead of a street rally, the party intends to hold a fifth auction in support of those unfairly deprived of their liberty. The previous four charity events for political prisoners raised over 4.6 million roubles.
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Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Charity, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Pskov Yabloko team received seven mandates in the elections of deputies of district assemblies in the Pskov region
Press Release, 09.09.2024
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
According to the data published on the GAS Vybory system portal (a special automated system for counting of the votes), Yabloko candidates received seven mandates in the assemblies of deputies of four municipal districts in the Pskov region. The election campaign in the Pskov region, as in other regions, was held under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”.
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Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko candidate in the Novgorod region Yelena Tulina elected to the Council of Deputies of Trubichinskoye rural settlement
Press Release, 09.09.2024
Yabloko candidate Yelena Tulina was elected to the Council of Deputies of Trubichinskoye rural settlement in the Novgorod region. Yelena Tulina is a teacher of Russian language and literature, member of the Bureau of the Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko party. Tulina, like other candidates from the party, campaigned under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement”.
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Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko sums up the political results of its election campaign “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”
Press Release, 09.09.2024
In this election campaign, Yabloko nominated 301 candidates in 69 election campaigns in 19 regions of Russia, who were ready to conduct an election campaign with the key political demand – the immediate conclusion of a ceasefire agreement and the release of all political prisoners.
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Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2024, Moscow Municipal Elections 2024, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Anatoly Kivva re-elected as deputy of the Zaboryevsky settlement of the Ryazan region from Yabloko for a second term
Press Release, 08.09.2024
Based on the results of the vote count at all five polling stations of the Zaboryevsky rural settlement in the Ryazan region, lawyer Anatoly Kivva was re-elected as a deputy from the Yabloko party for a second term. He came second in the 12-mandate district, which included all 15 settlements.
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Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region: Governor Alexei Teksler’s course represents a dead end
Blog post by Yaroslav Shcherbakov, 6.09.2024
Photo: Placard “Alexei Teksler: to protect and help! / Photo by Yaroslav Shcherbakov
Five years ago, Alexei Teksler defined people as a priority in his election programme. Today, his programme has other priorities: “First. Everything for Victory!”
Meanwhile, the main strategic goals for the development of the Chelyabinsk Region remain the growth of the population and well-being of people, life expectancy and quality of life:- the population of the region has decreased by 100,000 residents over five years. According to the forecast, we will continue to lose up to 20,000 residents annually in the next five years;
– the well-being of the population seems to have increased, however, for some reason, one can now buy 400 kg of bread with the increased per capita income per month, and in 2018 it was 49 kg more;
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Posted: September 6th, 2024 under Economy, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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These are elections without choice! On the position of the Chelyabinsk Yabloko in the elections of the governor and deputies of the Chelyabinsk City Duma
Statement by the Chelyabinsk Regional Council of Yabloko, 6.09.2024
Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko
The Chelyabinsk Yabloko calls on the residents of the South Urals not to support any of the registered candidates for Governor of the Chelyabinsk region and candidates for deputies of the Chelyabinsk City Duma on the voting days of 7-8 September.
All these candidates are united on all key issues, including in relation to the special military operation. They all represent political parties that unanimously vote for repressive and militaristic laws.
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Posted: September 6th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Regional and Local Elections 2024, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On the work of the Yabloko headquarters in the elections
Press Release, 5.09.2024
In these elections, 59 candidates from the Yabloko party are participating in the race under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!” in eight regions of Russia: the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Leningrad region, the Moscow region, the Murmansk region, the Novgorod region, the Pskov region, the Ryazan region, and the Rostov region. Yabloko also supported self-nominated candidate Sergei Uglyanitsa in the municipal elections in the Irkutsk region, since he publicly advocates for concluding a ceasefire agreement and shares our principles and values.
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Posted: September 6th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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