YABLOKO to conduct a Youth Forum of Grigory Yavlinsky’s election representatives
Press release, 01.02.2017
On Saturday, February 4, a forum of young election representatives of Grigory Yavlinsky, a candidate for President of Russia, “Election representatives 2018 – New YABLOKO/ Young People” will be held in Moscow.

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Posted: February 1st, 2017 under Elections, Presidential elections 2018.
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Residents of St.Petersburg came to the centre of the city protesting against transfer of the iconic landmark of the city – St.Isaac’s Cathedral – to the Russian Orthodox Church
Boris Vishnevsky, leader of the YABLOKO faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, was one of the organisers of the action
Based on publications in the Russian media, 30.01.2017

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Posted: February 1st, 2017 under Street Actions.
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Vologda branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing for affordable education
Press release, 30.01.2017
On January 28, the activists of the Vologda branch of YABLOKO conducted a picket dedicated to educational issues.
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Posted: February 1st, 2017 under Education and Science, Street Actions.
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YABLOKO commemorated victims of the siege of Leningrad
Press release, 27.01.2017
On 27 January, the anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad, YABLOKO representatives laid flowers at the memorial in Moscow and St.Petersburg.

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Posted: January 31st, 2017 under History, Human Rights, Street Actions.
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On the environmental policy on the eve of the scheduled Year of Environment
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky and Alexei Yablokov, 27.12.2016
The joint statement by Grigory Yavlinsky and Alexei Yablokov was published in late December 2016. Two weeks later Alexei V. Yablokov passed away. This crucial document, which proposes the ways to reduce morbidity and mortality in Russia, has turned out to be the political heritage of environmental scientist Alexei Yablokov.
The Press Office of YABLOKO, 11.01.2017
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Posted: January 31st, 2017 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Investigative Committee informs Lev Shlosberg that nobody tortured Ildar Dadin
Press release, 27.01.2017
The Investigative Committee’s branch in the Republic of Karelia responded to the inquiry of Lev Shglosberg, deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly (YABLOKO’s faction), demanding to investigate the information on violence, including tortures and murder threats, against dissident Ildar Dadin by the staff and administration of the Prison Colony No. 7 in the town of Segezha [near the Finnish border]. The information on the use of violance against Ildar Dadin was published in the mass media. Read more »
Posted: January 30th, 2017 under Human Rights, Ildar Dadin's Case.
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Nikolai Kavkazsky invites young people to join Youth YABLOKO
Press Release, 27.01.2017
Nikolai Kavkazsky, Chairman of the Moscow Youth YABLOKO, urges democratically minded young people to join YABLOKO and create a faction within the party.

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Posted: January 30th, 2017 under Yabloko Youth.
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Mikhail Gorny launched a book on anti-corruption in YABLOKO’s School of Modern Politics in St. Petersburg
Press Release, 27.01.2017
Mikhail Gorny, Bureau member of St.Petersburg YABLOKO and professor of the Higher School of Economics, launched the book Fighting Corruption: Modern Technologies, published under his editorship.
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Posted: January 30th, 2017 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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The Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO protests against growth of housing and utilities tariffs
Press Release, 27.01.2017
On 25 and 26 January, members of the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO together with representatives of other parties held pickets in front of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Region against rising housing and utility rates. Once more action is planned on 28 January.

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Posted: January 30th, 2017 under Housing and Utilities Reform.
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Activists handed 107,000 signatures to the Governor of Voronezh Region against nickel extraction
Press Release, 27.01.2017
On 25 January environmental activists of the Russian Black Earth area handed to Alexei Gordeyev Governor of the Voronezh Region, 107,000 signatures against the extraction of nickel in the region. Viktor Hlebostroyev, Deputy Chairman of the Voronezh branch of YABLOKO, participated in the action.

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Posted: January 30th, 2017 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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YABLOKO’s Anti-Corruption Centre prepared a survey on the situation with corruption in 2016
Press Release, 27.01.2017
YABLOKO’s Anti-Corruption Centre, headed by Sergei Mitrokhin, member of YABLOKO’s Political Committee, released a survey on the situation with corruption in Russia in 2016 http://www.yabloko.ru/2017/01/27. It analyses the cases of 2016 that got loud the profile cases last year, legislation, law enforcement practices and the authorities’ response to civil investigations. Read more »
Posted: January 30th, 2017 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO beats an alarm due to the launch of a nuclear power reactor in the centre of St.Petersburg
Press release, 25.01.2017
Mikhail Amosov, leader of the St. Petersburg YABLOKO and MP in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg, demands from the authorities either to confirm or refute the information on their plans to launch a nuclear power reactor in the city centre. Amosov sent a corresponding inquiry to Alexei Likhachev, Director of the State Corporation Rosatom. Read more »
Posted: January 30th, 2017 under Environmental Policies, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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Emilia Slabunova to introduce a bill obliging prison administration to immediately inform relatives of prisoners on their transfer to a colony
Press release, 26.01.2017
YABLOKO Chair, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia Emilia Slabunova will introduce a bill obliging prison administration to inform relatives of prisoners on their transfer to a colony within short timeframes. Slabunova claims that relatives must be provided with information on an inmate’s location as soon as possible. Read more »
Posted: January 27th, 2017 under Human Rights.
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Obama left everyone with Trump
By Grigory Yavlinsky
19.01.2017
Assessing the eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency, we have to speak more about the period his presidency feel onto, rather than him. The fact that a black politician became US President seemed to open a new era in the US and even the world history considering the position of the United States in the modern world. Today we can see increasingly more qualitative shifts, but not all of them are perceived positively. The world becomes unstable and hardly predictable. All the vectors of development which until recently have seemed natural and clear, are at least questioned today. All attempts to give trustworthy medium-term forecasts, find reliable and effective economic management tools and create a predictable world order based on American leadership after the “Cold War” turned out unsuccessful at the close of the 20th century. Read more »
Posted: January 27th, 2017 under Foreign policy, Russia-US Relations.
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The Central Electoral Commission has finally paid attention to election fraud in Tatarstan after YABLOKO’s law suit in the Supreme Court of the RF
Press Release, 24.01.2017
The Central Election Commission of Russia (CEC) has decided to check the information on fraud in the parliamentary elections in Tatarstan only after YABLOKO challenged the inaction of the CEC in the Supreme Court of Russia. Today, after only a few days after the filing of YABLOKO’s claim, the CEC held a session of the working group, where Ella Pamfilova, head of the Central Electoral Commission, promised to conduct an inspection of the evidence of fraud submitted by YABLOKO. Read more »
Posted: January 25th, 2017 under State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO activists in Kaliningrad attacked during a protest action
Press release, 25.01.2017
Today YABLOKO activists and Ivan Privalov, Chair of the Baltiysk city branch of YABLOKO, have been attacked during a protest action against conversion of recreation land, dunes, coast protection boards into development area.

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Posted: January 25th, 2017 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Street Actions.
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What do women’s marches in the USA show
Blog-post by Emilia Slabunova, 24.01.2017
There is no doubt that with this march women declared their readiness to defend their rights. They showed that they will not let anyone talk to them disrespectfully, moreover, they will not let anyone hurl obscenities at them. But they expressed much more things. Read more »
Posted: January 25th, 2017 under Human Rights.
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FB post of Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender Faction
24.01.2017
On Friday the State Duma is going to adopt in second reading the bill on decriminalisation of domestic violence. This law marks a return to the “patriarchal despotism” and a permit to act in family in accordance with the slogan ” beating your wife is a sign of love”. Read more »
Posted: January 25th, 2017 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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FB post of Emilia Slabunova
24.01.2017
Tomorrow the State Duma will consider in second reading a bill on decriminalisation of domestic violence. The YABLOKO party – the only party in the country with a gender organisation – demands that the Duma should turn down the law and to adopt a special law on liability for domestic violence, as well as create an efficient state mechanism for the prevention of domestic violence, assistance and rehabilitation of victims.
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Posted: January 24th, 2017 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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The law decriminalising domestic violence must be turned down!
Statement by YABLOKO’s Gender Faction
23.01.2017
The State Duma passed in the first reading the Law on decriminalization of domestic violence. There is no doubt that this dangerous law will be adopted. This means that the person beating his family members resulting in light injuries will not be charged with a criminal offense, but only administrative proceedings will be instituted against him. Read more »
Posted: January 24th, 2017 under Gender Faction.
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