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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Moscow Yabloko Youth to discuss The Colony film
Press release, 22.11.2016
On 30 November, Moscow Yabloko Youth will discuss 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. Read more »
Posted: November 23rd, 2016 under Yabloko Youth.
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Voronezh branch of YABLOKO participated in a rally against Russia’s military activity in Syria
Press release, 21.11.2016
On November 20, a rally against Russia’s military activity in Syria took place in the city of Voronezh. The regional branches of YABLOKO and PARNAS conducted the protest action.

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Posted: November 22nd, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions.
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Rostov branch of YABLOKO spoke out against Russia’s military activity in Syria
Press release, 21.11.2016
Chair of the Rostov-on-Don Yabloko Youth Andrei Sklyarov, YABLOKO party members, and representatives of other opposition groups conducted a picket against Russia’s military activity in Syria.

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Posted: November 22nd, 2016 under Human Rights, Street Actions, Yabloko Youth.
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Emilia Slabunova visited Svetlana Chechil in a prison settlement
Press release, 21.11.2016
Last week YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova and head of the Karelia party branch Alexandra Spiridonova visited YABLOKO Federal Council member Svetlana Chechil, who is serving one and a half years sentence in a Prison Settlement No. 9 in Russia’s northern Karelia Region (a penal colony in a remote area where prisoners are free to roam the village but under the guards’ watch) as a result of fabricated charges.

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Posted: November 22nd, 2016 under Human Rights, Situation in Karelia.
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YABLOKO launches School of Municipal Deputy
Press Release, 17.11.2016
The Moscow branch of YABLOKO invites all the potential candidates to municipal deputies, their teams and volunteers to participate in the seminars of the School of Municipal Deputy, a new project launched by YABLOKO. The first seminar will take place on 22 November. Read more »
Posted: November 18th, 2016 under Conferences and Seminars, Local and Municipal Elections 2017.
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Deputy Lev Shlosberg makes an inquiry about the results of the pre-investigation check on dissident Ildar Dadin’s case
Press release, 16.11.2016
Deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly Lev Shlosberg made an inquiry to the Federal Service for Execution of Punishment and the Investigative Committee of the RF about the pre-investigation of torture allegations in respect of dissident Ildar Dadin. Read more »
Posted: November 18th, 2016 under Human Rights.
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The second seminar of the YABLOKO Party School was devoted to YABLOKO’s factions
Press release, 17.11.2016
On 16, November, the second seminar of the YABLOKO Party School was held. The School was organized specially for new members, this seminar was devoted to YABLOKO’s factions and their history.
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Posted: November 17th, 2016 under Gender Faction, Social Democratic faction, Yabloko Youth.
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Emilia Slabunova on the arrest of Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev
Emilia Slabunova Facebook post, 15.11.2016
The new “show” on the political scene is the arrest of [Minister] Alexei Ulyukayev.
The fact that Ministers are wiretapped by the Federal Security Service is well-known to the Ministers and all citizens. And they are not so stupid to demand a bribe over the phone. This is the first thing. Read more »
Posted: November 16th, 2016 under Economy.
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