Grigory Yavlinsky: “The situation in Karelia is a vivid example of the deadlock our country is in”
Press release, 25.08. 2016
YABLOKO leaders Grigory Yavlinsky and Emilia Slabunova came to Karelia – a key region for the party, where YABLOKO has been facing unprecedented pressure from the regional authorities. Yavlinsky and Slabunova spoke about the purpose of the visit and the party election programme at the press conference which took place in Petrozavodsk, capital of Karelia, today.
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Posted: August 25th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO parliamentary candidates talked about the first steps in the State Duma to improve the situation in the country
Press release, 24.08.2016
Today YABLOKO parliamentary candidates have launched the legislative initiatives, which the party is intended to implement if it enters the Parliament. YABLOKO leaders and parliamentary nominees launched the most relevant out of nearly 150 bills, which YABLOKO had drafted.
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Posted: August 25th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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The education sector is affected first
Grigory Yavlinsky web-site, 20.08.2016
Change of officials in the Ministry of Education has nothing to do with the solution of the key problems of Russian education sector.
The main threat to education in Russia is the actual reduction of the costs plus ideologisation and imposing of obscurantist standards. And this is only a part of a larger, fundamental problem: the state has been living at the expense of reserves for a long time and these reserves are running out. Read more »
Posted: August 25th, 2016 under Education and Science.
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St.Petersburg YABLOKO to initiate a referendum against naming a bridge after former Chechen President
Press release, 22.08.2016
The initiative group founded by the YABLOKO party appealed to the election commission of St.Petersburg to initiate a referendum against naming one of the city’s bridges after Akhmad Kadyrov, first President of the Chechen Republic, which was done by the authorities despite loud public protests. The application will be considered within two weeks.
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Posted: August 24th, 2016 under History, Human Rights.
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YABLOKO’s election campaign head-quarters opened in the heart of Moscow
Press Release, 23.08.2016
Today YABLOKO Moscow election campaign headquarters opened in Bolshoi Kislovsky lane in the heart of Moscow. The event brought together several hundred volunteers, who up to the Day of Silence on the threashold of the voting day 18 September will be convincing Moscow residents to come to the polls. The meeting was attended by Emilia Slabunova, YABLOKO Chairperson, and Grigory Yavlinsky, the party founder and head of its Federal Political Committee.
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Posted: August 24th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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St.Petersburg YABLOKO to launch electoral programme for the election to Legislative Assembly
Press release, 23.08.2016
Leaders of the St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO will launch the electoral programme for the election to the Legislative Assembly. The event will take place in the Rosbalt news agency on Thursday, August 25, 02.00 p.m. Read more »
Posted: August 23rd, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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Only representative of YABLOKO came to the first televised debate of candidates in Ryazan
Internet newspaper Vid Sboku, 22.08.2016
Only representative of the YABLOKO party Maria Yepifanova come to the first televised debate of candidates for the State Duma from the Ryazan region, that was broadcast by GTRK Oka at Russia-24 television channel on Monday, 22 August. Read more »
Posted: August 23rd, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Lev Shlosberg: Rehabilitation. Restitution. Lustration.
Blog post by Lev Shlosberg, 21.08.2016
One can not forget August 19, 1991. To be exact: one can not forget this long day of 19-20-21 August, which was not interrupted by sleep. The day began early in the morning of 19 August, when breathing seized up from a voice on the radio, and ended on the evening of 21 August, when the pain in the heart lessened.
As for the essence of the developments, everything was simple: they wanted to take freedom away from us and endeavoured to do it. But we did not give it up. Freedom has already come to the light from the minds and hearts and one failed to force it back into a pottery jar. Read more »
Posted: August 23rd, 2016 under History.
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YABLOKO will launch its plan for prospective legislative initiatives of its parliamentary faction
Press Release, 22.08.2016
On 24 August, YABLOKO will launch its plan of legislative work in the State Duma. The party leaders will talk about the bills the faction will submit or revoke if YABLOKO passes into the parliament. Read more »
Posted: August 22nd, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Renowned actor Oleg Basilashvili becomes YABLOKO’s authorised representative in the elections
Press release, 22.08.2016
Renowned actor Oleg Basilashvili has become YABLOKO’s authorised representative in the elections of 18 September and gave consent to use his quotations in the election campaign of the party and its candidates. Read more »
Posted: August 22nd, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO commemorated the August Coup of 1991
Press release, 19.08.2016
On 9 August, YABLOKO commemorated the August Coup of 1991. YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova, parliamentary candidate Vladimir Ryzhkov, and party Deputy Chair Alexander Gnezdilov laid flowers to the place where Dmitry Komar, Ilya Krychevsky and Vladimir Usov died during an incident in the tunnel of the Garden Ring Road, Moscow, overnight into August 21, 1991.
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Posted: August 22nd, 2016 under History.
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Court refused to remove YABLOKO candidate from elections to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press release, 19.08.2016
Today the St.Petersburg City Court has dismissed a claim demanding to withdraw Sergei Gulyaev, YABLOKO’s candidate for deputy of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, from the elections. Read more »
Posted: August 19th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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Alexandra Cherenko opposes the government’s decision to close a tuberculosis early treatment centre
Press release, 19.08.2016
On August 18, Alexandra Cherenko, YABLOKO’s candidate for deputy of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, participated in a protest action against the government’s decision to close a tuberculosis early treatment centre in the Pushkinsky district, St.Petersburg. Read more »
Posted: August 19th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO’s street election campaign starts in Rostov Region
Press release, 19.08.2016
On 18 August, the Rostov branch of YABLOKO held an action called “Your vote decides” in order to remind voters about the forthcoming elections, which will be held in a month. YABLOKO has been holding such actions in different cities of Russia for half a year on the 18 day of each month.
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Posted: August 19th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO to commemorate the August Coup of 1991
Press release, 18.08.2016
On August 19, YABLOKO will commemorate the victims of the August Coup of 1991. Party leaders will lay flowers to the place where Dmitry Komar, Ilya Krychevsky and Vladimir Usov died during an incident in the tunnel of the Garden Ring Road, Moscow, overnight into August 21, 1991. Read more »
Posted: August 18th, 2016 under History, Street Actions.
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Political competitor tries to remove YABLOKO candidate from elections to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press release, 17.08.2016
Anatoly Krivenchenko, a candidate for deputy of St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly from the Just Russia party, appealed to court demanding to remove YABLOKO’s Sergei Gulyaev from the elections. Krivenchenko claims that there is no information on the exact address of the land parcel, which belongs to Gulyaev, in his documents for registration as a candidate. Read more »
Posted: August 17th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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Human rights defender Valery Borshchev registered as parliamentary candidate in the single mandate constituency of the Republic of Ingushetia
Press release, 17.08.2016
Member of Moscow Helsinki Group, leader of YABLOKO’s faction for human rights protection Valery Borshchev has been registered as a parliamentary candidate in the single mandate constituency of the Republic of Ingushetia. Human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov announced the news on his Facebook page. Read more »
Posted: August 17th, 2016 under Elections, Human Rights, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO to remind voters about the forthcoming elections
Press release, 17.08.2016
On 18 August, YABLOKO activists in Moscow and other cities of Russia will conduct an action called “Your vote decides” in order to remind voters about the forthcoming elections, which will be held in a month. Read more »
Posted: August 17th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO is number 1 on the ballot paper in the election to Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Territory
Press release, 16.08.2016
The Election Commission of the Krasnoyarsk Territory has drawn lots in order to determine the order of political parities on the ballot paper in the election to the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. YABLOKO is number 1 on the ballot paper.
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Posted: August 17th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO signs cooperation agreement with the trade union of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Press release, 16.08.2016
Today,on 16 August, the YABLOKO party and the trade union of the Russian Academy of Sciences has signed a cooperation agreement. YABLOKO was represented by party Chair Emilia Slabunova and Chair of the Federal Political Committee Grigory Yavlinsky. Head of the trade union Victor Kalinushkin and his Deputy Galina Chucheva signed the agreement on behalf of their organisation.
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Posted: August 17th, 2016 under Education and Science, Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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