YABLOKO leaders to tell about the election campaign
Press release, 05.08.2016
A press conference on “YABLOKO’s election campaign: numbers, details, perspectives on the federal and regional level” will take place at the Interfax press centre at 2 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Ulitsa on Monday, August 8. Read more »
Posted: August 8th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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The Central Electoral Commission registered YABLOKO to run in the parliamentary election
Press Release, 05.08.2016
The Central Electoral Commission registered the list of candidates from the YABLOKO party to run in the elections to the State Duma of the seventh convocation. The corresponding decision was adopted at the meeting of the Central Electoral Commission today, on 5 August.
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Posted: August 5th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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A year passed since the government declared a war against their own people
Blog post by Emilia Slabunova, 03.08.2016
A war against food was declared in our country a year ago. On July 29, 2015, the President signed a decree “On Certain Special Economic Measures Aimed to Provide Security of the Russian Federation”, actually, aimed at destroying food brought from the countries which fall under [Russia’s] counter sanctions. Read more »
Posted: August 5th, 2016 under YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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All the political forces must be allowed to run in the elections
Statement by the St. Petersburg branch of YABLOKO, 04.08.2016
The St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO consistently opposes the system of gathering the voters’ signatures as a means of administrative elimination of the political forces and candidates who are out of favour of the government. The St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO faced this threshold when it was not allowed to participate in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg of the forth convocation in 2007. [According to the law, a candidate or a political force are required to gather the signatures of potential voters in their support and submit them to the election commissions. The signature filter is an effective tool for pushing undesirable candidates out of the race.] Read more »
Posted: August 4th, 2016 under Elections, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Advertising company refuses to place YABLOKO’s billboards in the Altai Territory
Press release, 02.08.2016
The Gallery advertising company denied placing 27 YABLOKO’s billboards in six cities of the Altai Territory despite preliminary agreements. The company proposed to place 10 advertising boards in the cities of Barnaul and Biysk instead.
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Posted: August 3rd, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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The Electoral Commission of the Altai Territory certified the regional list of YABLOKO candidates
Press Release, 01.08.2016
On 29 July the Electoral Commission of the Altai Territory certified the regional list of YABLOKO candidates for elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Altai Territory.
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Posted: August 2nd, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: the country is eating up its reserves
Grigory Yavlinsky web-site, 01.08.2016
Tatyana Nesterenko, Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia, has publicly told the truth:
1. Today, the situation in the economy appears to be stable only due to continues drawing on the financial reserves. Read more »
Posted: August 2nd, 2016 under Economy, Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO Youth demands to investigate the murder of Timur Kuashev
Press release, 01.08.2016
Today Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists have held a one-person picket by the Investigative Committee demanding to investigate the murder of journalist Timur Kushev, to find those who ordered and committed the crime.
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Posted: August 2nd, 2016 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Timur Kuashev's case.
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YABLOKO supports a protest action of the residents of Nizhny Novgorod
Press release, 29.07.2016
On July 29, the residents of the Kuzhnechikha district, Nizhny Novgorov, conducted a rally against the construction in the area. YABLOKO supported the local residents. About 150 people participated in the protest action.
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Posted: August 1st, 2016 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor failed to register the website of Moscow YABLOKO
Press release, 28.07.2016
The Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor refused to register the website of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO mosyabloko.ru as a mass media. Sergei Mitrokhin, Chair of Moscow YABLOKO, reported this on his Facebook page. Read more »
Posted: July 29th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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Electoral Comission of the Altai Territory certified YABLOKO’s candidates in single-mandate constituenies
Press release, 28.07.2016
On July 27, the Electoral Comission certified YABLOKO’s list of candidates in single-mandate constituenies for the elections to the Altai Territory Legislative Assembly.
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Posted: July 29th, 2016 under Elections, State Duma Elections 2016.
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YABLOKO urges to return elections of the Mayor of Murmansk by popular vote
Severpost, 27.07.2016
The YABLOKO party urges to return to the election of mayors by popular vote only. Such a statement was made by party representatives at a press conference held in Murmansk on 25 July.
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Posted: July 29th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO opens campaign headquarters in a rock music club
Press release, 27.07.2016
YABLOKO’s State Duma candidate Olesya Valger opened the party campaign headquarters in a rock music club in Novosibirsk. This place was chosen because YABLOKO’s activists actively supported the representatives of Novosibirsk rock community in connection with violation of freedom of artistic creativity on behalf of orthodox activists.
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Posted: July 28th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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The Pskov branch of YABLOKO registered the largest team of candidates for all the history of elections to the regional parliament
Press Release, 27.07.2016
On 27 July, the Electoral Commission of the Pskov region registered a single list of candidates for elections to the Pskov Regional Assembly of the sixth convocation nominated by the Pskov regional branch of the YABLOKO party.
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Posted: July 28th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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A rally against anti-terrorist legislation took place in Kurgan
Press release, 27.07.2016
On July 26, a rally in support of the Russian Constitution and against Yarovaya’s package – the anti-terrorist legislation developed by the State Duma deputies Irina Yarovaya and Victor Ozerov took place in Kurgan, Russia’s Ural Mountains. Dmitry Feldsherov, a YABLOKO’s parliamentary candidate in a single-mandate constituency, was one of the organisers of the protest action.
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Posted: July 28th, 2016 under YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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A rally against Yarovaya’s anti-terrorist legislation took place in Sochi
Press release, 27.07.2016
On July 26, the Open Sochi organization and the regional YABLOKO branch conducted a rally against Irina Yarovaya’s anti-terrorist legislation, which had been adopted by the State Dume in late June.
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Posted: July 28th, 2016 under YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the IOC decision and the necessity of changes in Russian sports

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Specially for the website, 25.07.2016
The day before the IOC decided not to ban all Russian team from the Rio Olympics 2016. Chair of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee Grigory Yavlinsky told the journalists whether the IOC decision was political and what should one do to change the situation with Russian sports for the better. Read more »
Posted: July 26th, 2016 under Politics, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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St. Petersburg Youth YABLOKO acted in defense of the NGOs involved in HIV prevention
Press Release, 26.07.2016
St.Petersburg Youth YABLOKO acted in defense of non-profit organisations ESVERO and the Andrei Rylkov Foundation engaged in the prevention of HIV infection in Russia and recognised as “foreign agents.” On 25 July party protesting against enlisting these organisations as “foreign agents”, YABLOKO activists sent to the Ministry of Justice the layout of the Rosstat Yearbook (statistical data from the Russian Federal Statistical Service) and an excerpt from official statistics on the level of HIV in Russia.
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Posted: July 26th, 2016 under Human Rights, Youth Policies.
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Galina Shirshina tops YABLOKO list of candidates to the City Council of the capital of Karelia
Press Release, 25.07.2016
Galina Shirshina, ex-Mayor of Petrozavodsk and Advisor to YABLOKO Chair, has topped the list of the party in the elections to the Petrozavodsk City Council. Such decision has been adopted by the Regional Council of the Karelian YABLOKO today. Read more »
Posted: July 25th, 2016 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Situation in Karelia.
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The Sverdlovsk YABLOKO list of candidates to the Legislative Assembly of the region registered
Press Release, 25.07.2016
On 22 July, the Electoral Commission of the Sverdlovsk Region registered YABLOKO’s regional list of candidates.
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Posted: July 25th, 2016 under Regional and Local Elections 2016.
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