Sergei Mitrokhin: Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly demonstrates hypocrisy and confusion
Press Release, 3.12,2015
YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin said that the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation demonstrated that there would be no qualitative changes in the country: the course towards militarization would remain and the policies of “tightening the screws” would go on. The President underestimated the crisis tendencies in the economy and did not mention of the conflict in Ukraine. Read more »
Posted: December 5th, 2015 under Economy, Foreign policy, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Petrozavodsk Mayor Galina Shirshina wins the RBC award
Press Release, 3.12.2015
Petrozavodsk Mayor Galina Shirshina who was elected on the post with the support of the YABLOKO party, won the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting) award in the nomination the State Person. The prize was awarded in Moscow today. Read more »
Posted: December 4th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Congratulations to Galina Shirshina, Mayor of Petrozavodsk!
03.12.2015
Congratualtions to Galina Shirshina, Mayor of Petrozavodsk (capital of Karelia), on winning the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting) award in the nomination “The States Person”. Galina Shirshina was elected Mayor with YABLOKO support two years ago and is known for her tough anti-corruption stance.
The award runs “for openness and transparency in the regional policy, defending self-government principles and courage in decision-making”.
Posted: December 3rd, 2015 under Situation in Karelia.
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[YABLOKO’s] Galina Shirshina has accomplished in eight months what no one in Russia could do before her
/ / Znak.com, 29.04.2014
Galina Shirshina, aged 34, is head of Petrozavodsk [the capital of the Republic of Karelia, North-West Russia], and for the eight months in office as the City Mayor she has managed to accomplish what male officials could not. Read more »
Posted: December 3rd, 2015 under Regional and Local Elections, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Launch of new books by Grigory Yavlinsky
Press release, 29.11.2015
Politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky presented his new books at the Book Fair of Intellectual Literature Non / Fiction. This year two news books by Grigory Yavlinsky were published: “Peripheral Authoritarianism What Russia Has Achieved and Why”and “Notes on History and Politics: the People, the Country, and the Reforms” written together with Andrei Kosmynin.
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Posted: December 2nd, 2015 under Economy, Human Rights, Understanding Russia.
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YABLOKO to conduct an action in support of Constitution on 12 December
Announcement, 01.12.2015
On 12 December, the Russian Constitution Day, YABLOKO will conduct a picket in support of the observing the Russian Constitution. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will take part in the action. Read more »
Posted: December 2nd, 2015 under Human Rights, Street Actions.
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Andrei Khomov spoke about “Big Petersburg. XXI century” concept at the conference on city logistics development
Press release, 30.11.2015
On November 27, YABLOKO’s Andrei Khomov, headmaster of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, participated in a conference called “Transport and logistic component of the cluster development in the field of motor industry and petrochemistry.”
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Posted: December 2nd, 2015 under Education and Science, Social Policies.
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Evgeny Vitishko announced hunger strike
Press release, 26.11.2015
YABLOKO’s environmentalist Evgeny Vitishko announced a hunger strike as a sign of protest against the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Tambov region which had challenged the court decision to commute the sentence to Vitishko. Read more »
Posted: November 30th, 2015 under Evgeny Vitishko case, Human Rights.
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The Working Group of the State Duma adopted seven YABLOKO’s amendments into the “sadists’ law”
Press Release, 24.11.2015
Yesterday, on 23 November, the State Duma held a meeting of its working group so that to discuss amendments into the law on the use of special equipment in case of disobedience of prisoners, the so-called “sadists’ law”. Andrei Babushkin, YABLOKO Bureau member and member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, participated in the meeting. The Working Group adopted seven amendments submitted by Babushkin.
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Posted: November 27th, 2015 under Human Rights.
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Launch of new books by Grigory Yavlinsky
Announcement, 28.10.2015
Novaya Gazeta Publishing House is proud to announce that it will present visitors at the Non Fiction book fair in Moscow with new books by Grigory Yavlinsky. You will have an opportunity to meet the author at the book fair on Saturday, 28 November.
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Posted: November 27th, 2015 under Education and Science.
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Reform is Impossible
Politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky on why the discussion on economic reforms has lost any sense
Grigory Yavlinsky for Vedomosti, 8 November 2015
Photo: Forums still hear empty words that Russia should finally diversify its economy. Valery Sharifulin /TASS
The profound systemic crisis of the Russian economy is beyond doubt. In June, at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum, the elites were still trying to pretend that this was not so much a crisis. However, this is how Russia is going “its own way.” Admittedly, the group with which the Russian President spoke from the rostrum (Deputy Prime Minister of China, Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras) was unconvincing.
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Posted: November 25th, 2015 under Economy, Russian Economy, Understanding Russia.
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Operation in Syria and the threats to the national security
Statement by YABLOKO Political Committee, 16.11.2015
Russia’s political leaders initiated a one-sided interference into the Syrian armed conflict on one of the sides without coordinating it with the potential allies. This interference is accompanied by tough ideological anti-Americanism, anti-European and self-isolating foreign policy, and a sustainably antidemocratic model within the country, when the propaganda firmly identifies patriotism with chauvinistic veneration of the authorities. Read more »
Posted: November 25th, 2015 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations.
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YABLOKO revealed curruption in state procurement
Press release, 23.11.2015
Sergei Mitrokhin demanded that the governor of St.Petersburg and the regional Office of the Federal Antimonopolty Service must investigate the procurement of goods for schools at the sum of 131.9 million rubles on suspicion of corruption. Read more »
Posted: November 23rd, 2015 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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YABLOKO finished the action in memory of junkers and officers interrupted by police
Press release, 15.11.2015
On November 15 YABLOKO finished the action in memory of the defenders of democratic Russia, which had been interrupted by police earlier.
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Posted: November 19th, 2015 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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The judge dismissed the two cases against Sergei Mitrokhin submitted to court by Moscow police
Press release, 18.11.2015
The Moscow Presnensky Court dismissed the two cases against Sergei Mitrokhin submitted to court by Moscow police for alleged “violations” by the YABLOKO leader during a remembrance action devoted to those who defended democratic Russia against Bolsheviks in 1917. Read more »
Posted: November 18th, 2015 under Без рубрики.
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After Paris 11/13
Vedomosti, 16.11.2015
By Grigory Yavlinsky
First, we can hope that now it is clear to all where the enemy is. Everyone in Russia (except those who complete lost heads in their hatred of the West, but there are not so many such people) feels the blows of mortal danger coming to us from the Paris events together with a fresh trauma from the [Russian aircraft crash] over the Sinai. Read more »
Posted: November 16th, 2015 under Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Stop reprisals against human rights defenders in Ingushetia
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 13.11.2015
The YABLOKO party demands that the President of the Republic of Ingushetia must stop reprisals against the human rights defenders. Read more »
Posted: November 16th, 2015 under Human Rights.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: all the civilized world must unite to fight terrorism
Press release, 14.10.2015
YABLOKO Chairman Sergei Mitrokhin, Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee Galina Mikhaleva and the party activists laid flowers to the embassy of France in Moscow to commemorate the memory of terrorist attacks victims in Paris.
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Posted: November 14th, 2015 under YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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YABLOKO Youth laid flowers to the embassy of France in Moscow
Press release, 14.11.15
“It is hard to find words. One must understand that the terrorists aim not only at frightening people but at spreading hatred, xenophobia and animosity among the Europeans. We cannot give in to provocations. We fear that the tragedy which took place last night will give rise to anti-migrant moods in Europe. This will be a present to the terrorists because it is exactly their goal. The world must unite to fight ISIS and other terrorist groups because terrorism is becoming one of the main threats to the civilisation,” said the activits.
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Posted: November 14th, 2015 under YABLOKO Against Terrorism.
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