YABLOKO’s human rights defenders discussed with Vladimir Putin the law “On foreign agents” and public control in prisons
Press Release, 09.12.2016
YABLOKO’s representatives in the Human Rights Council Natalia Yevdokimova and Andrei Babushkin raised the issues of application of the law “On foreign agents” and public control in places of detention during the meeting with President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.
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Posted: December 12th, 2016 under Human Rights, Ildar Dadin's Case.
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Election fraud in Mytishchi, the Moscow Region, is another reason for non-recognition of results of elections in Russia
Press release, 05.12.2016
The YABLOKO party will appeal to the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Central Electoral Commission on the facts of election fraud in the city of Mytishchi, the Moscow Region, revealed by newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Today the newspaper has published its investigation demonstrating that the results of the election to the State Duma and the Duma of the Moscow Region that took place on 18 September were faked at least 70 per cent of polling stations. Read more »
Posted: December 12th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO to the Central Electoral Commission: video records from polling stations must be retained for at least a year
Press Release, 08.12.2016
YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova sent an official appeal to the Central Electoral Commission asking to retain videos from the polling stations for a least a year after the official announcement of the results of elections to the State Duma. Now the regional electoral commissions are allowed to independently determine the term of storing such videos, and often this term amounts only for a few months. Read more »
Posted: December 12th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2016.
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45 per cent of listeners of RSN radio will support Sergei Mitrokhin at the Moscow mayoral elections in 2018
Press Release, 09.12.2016
Sergei Mitrokhin, leader of Moscow YABLOKO and candidate at the Moscow mayoral elections in 2013, voiced during yesterday’s live broadcast of the Russian News Service radio his desire to run for the Moscow Mayor in 2018. He also noted during that other mayoral candidates for the 2013 election “have now forgotten about Moscow and we do not hear anything about them anymore”. “What do they do for Moscow? What problems do they raise? They addressed Moscow problems [in 2013], only because they wanted to take the post of [Moscow] Mayor, but I wanted to become Mayor, because had been trying to solve Moscow problems [all this time]”, Mitrokhin said. Read more »
Posted: December 12th, 2016 under Elections, Moscow Mayoral Election 2018.
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Youth Yabloko joined the picket in support of political prisoners of “the 6 of May rally” case
Press release, 07.12.2016
On 6 December, Moscow Youth Yabloko took part in picketing in support of political prisoners of “the 6 of May rally” case. The action took place in the Lermontov Garden in Moscow.
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Posted: December 9th, 2016 under Human Rights, Yabloko Youth.
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YABLOKO detected a new election fraud in Ufa
Press release, 07.12.2016
YABLOKO detected new evidence of ballot stuffing at Polling Station No 9, in Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortastan. Deputy Chairman of YABLOKO Nikolai Rybakov forwarded a letter toe Ella Pamfilova, Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, on these facts. Read more »
Posted: December 9th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Alexander Gunko re-elected Сhairman of the Moscow Region branch of YABLOKO
Press Release, 03.12.2016
On 3 December, Alexander Gunko was re-elected Chairman of the Moscow Regional Branch of the YABLOKO party at the conference of the branch. He was also elected member of the Federal Council.
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Posted: December 7th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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Emilia Slabunova claims that the expenditure on culture in Karelia must be raised
Press release, 02.12.2016
Emilia Slabunova, YABLOKO Chair and deputy of the Karelian Legislative Assembly, proposed to raise the expenditure on culture in the Republic of Karelia. She proposed to support The Museum of Fine Arts, The National Museum and the National Library. Read more »
Posted: December 3rd, 2016 under Social Policies.
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YABLOKO demands that the Minister of the Interior must take investigation of the attack on the husband of Lubov Sobol, Anti-Corruption Foundation lawyer, under personal control
Press release, 02.12.2016
YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova forwarded an appeal to the Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev demanding to make a disclosure on the preliminary investigation into the attack on Sergei Mokhov, the husband of Lubov Sobol, a lawyer of Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation. Read more »
Posted: December 3rd, 2016 under Human Rights.
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St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly to consider YABLOKO’s draft decree on a referendum against naming a bridge after former Chechen President
Press release, 01.12.2016
On Friday, December 2, the committee on legislation of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly will consider YABLOKO’s draft decree on a referendum against the decision to name the bridge across the Duderhof canal after Akhmad Kadyrov, former Chechen President. Read more »
Posted: December 2nd, 2016 under Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Moscow Yabloko Youth discussed The Colony film
Press release, 01.12.2016
On 30 November, Moscow Yabloko Youth discussed The Colony film within the debate club of the organisation. The Colony is directed by Oscar-winner Florian Gallenberge. The film is set against the backdrop of the 1973 Chilean military coup and the real “Colonia Dignidad”, a notorious cult in the South of Chile, led by German lay preacher Paul Schäfer.
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Posted: December 1st, 2016 under Human Rights, Yabloko Youth.
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Altai branch of YABLOKO claims that chair of the city council must comply with the law
Press release, 30.11.2016
Chair of YABLOKO’s branch in the Republic of Altai Nina Dumnova forwarded an appeal to the prosecutor of the Gorno-Altaisk city Yuri Kukhanov demanding to check whether chair of the city council Yuri Nechayev complies with the law. Read more »
Posted: December 1st, 2016 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO to dispute the refusal of the Supreme Court to recognise State Duma election results null and void
Press release, 29.11.2016
The Supreme Court refused to sustain YABLOKO’s claim for recognition of the State Duma election results null and void. YABLOKO will dispute the judgement in a higher judicial instance. Read more »
Posted: December 1st, 2016 under Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO Gender faction representatives participated in a conference of The Sisters sexual assault recovery centre
Press release, 29.11.2016
Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender faction, and Olga Radayeva, Deputy Chair of the Gender faction, participated in a conference conducted by The Sisters sexual assault recovery centre on “Violence against women: facts and strategies of counteraction”.

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Posted: November 29th, 2016 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Moscow State University’s sociologists: Yavlinsky is the third most popular presidential candidate after Putin and Medvedev
Based on the article by the Kommersant newspaper, 28.11.2016
Yelena Shestopal, head of the sociology and political psychology department of Moscow State University, submitted a research according to which Grigory Yavlinsky became the third most popular presidential candidate in Russia after Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. The report was launched at the conference of the Russian Political Science Association, the Kommersant newspaper reports.

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Posted: November 28th, 2016 under Elections, Presidential Elections, Presidential elections 2018.
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YABLOKO’s Gender faction gathered 43,000 signatures in support of The Sisters sexual assault recovery centre
Press release, 25.11.2016
Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender faction, and Olga Radayeva, Deputy Chair of the Gender faction, handed 43,000 signatures in support of the The Sisters sexual assault recovery centre to Olga Yurkova, Chief Executive Officer of the organisation.
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Posted: November 28th, 2016 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Boris Vishnevsky requests the Ministry of Internal Affairs to bring those who disseminated false information on Ildar Dadin’s death to responsibility
Press release, 25.11.2016
Head of YABLOKO’s faction in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky put an inquiry to the Ministry of Internal Affairs asking to identify the people who disseminated false information that dissident Ildar Dadin “was found hanged in his prison cell” and file a criminal case against them. Read more »
Posted: November 26th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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YABLOKO holds the first meeting of The School of Municipal Deputy
Press Release, 23.11.2016
On November 22, the Moscow branch of YABLOKO held the first seminar of the School of Municipal Deputy, a new project launched by YABLOKO, for all the potential candidates to municipal deputies, their teams and volunteers. YABLOKO activists from different Russian regions participated in the seminar via webinar.

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Posted: November 24th, 2016 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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The Nizhny Novgorod branch of YABLOKO participated in an action calling to perpetuate the memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 23.11.2016
On November 23, the activists of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of YABLOKO and the Solidarnost movement conducted an action calling to perpetuate the memory of Boris Nemtsov before the meeting of the deputies of the city parliament. The deputies supported the initiative.

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Posted: November 24th, 2016 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Russia is the latest country to announce resignation from ICC
Liberal Internetional, 18.11.2016
Russia has become the latest country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the past month, with an announcement coming just weeks after an exodus of African nations including Burundi, Gambia and South Africa, and amid speculation that other nations are considering following suit. Read more »
Posted: November 23rd, 2016 under YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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