YABLOKO to conduct a rally for resignation of Karelian Governor
Announcement, 07.04.2015
On April 7 YABLOKO Bureau member Dmitry Rybakov will conduct a rally in Petrozavodsk demanding the resignation of the Karelian Governor Alexandr Khudilainen. Read more »
Posted: April 8th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Department of Transport took back its promise to impose an SMS-warning system on towing of vehicles
Press release, 07.04.2015
The Department of Transport changed its mind on YABLOKO’s proposal to impose an SMS-warning system on towing of vehicles which will allow the drivers to displace their car so it won’t be towed. This runs in the letter to Sergei Mitrokhin from the Moscow Department of Transport signed by Deputy Mayor Maxim Lyskutov. Deputy Mayor claims that law prohibits to forcefully create the telephone data base of car owners. Read more »
Posted: April 8th, 2015 under Environmental Policies.
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YABLOKO honored the memory of Boris Nemtsov
Press release, 07.04.2015
YABLOKO Chairman Sergei Mitrokhin, Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee Galina Mikhaleva and the party activists honored the memory of Boris Nemtsov. Today is the 40th day from his death, a special memory day in the Russian tradition.
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Posted: April 7th, 2015 under Human Rights, Murder of Boris Nemtsov.
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Supreme court of Karelia transferred Olga Zaletskaya and Alexandra Korlnilova to house arrest
Press release, 06.04.2015
Today the Supreme court of the Republic of Karelia varied the restraint measure of Olga Zaletskaya and Alexandra Kornilova from pretrial detention to house arrest.
The court attached to the case the signatures of 230 citizens and voters, 1922 signatures collected on the Internet as well as the bails by academician Vyacheslav Ofrinsky and five deputies of the Karelian Parliament. Read more »
Posted: April 7th, 2015 under Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Political Prisoners in the Republic of Karelia Must Be Released
Johan Ekman, spokesperson for international affairs of SFP, on the situation in Karelia
The precarious situation of the political opposition in Russia was demonstrated once again on the 26th of March when Olga Zaletskaya and Alexandra Kornilova, active members of the Yabloko Party, were arrested on suspected politically motivated charges. Read more »
Posted: April 3rd, 2015 under YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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Moscow branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing in support of imprisoned representatives of opposition in Karelia
Press relese, 02.04.2015
On 2 April YABLOKO held pickets at the Representative Office of the Republic of Karelia in Moscow, demanding the release of arrested members of the opposition: Olga Zakletskaya and and Alexandra Kornilova.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2015 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Statement by YABLOKO faction in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly on the situation in Karelia
Statement by YABLOKO faction in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, 02.04.2015
Struggle against YABLOKO representatives on behalf of Governor of Karelia Alexander Khudilaynen has turned into political reprisal by means of law enforcement.
Despite the public declaration of the President and Prime Minister of Russia on the ease of punitive practices on behalf of the state, a series of arrests of YABLOKO representatives including YABLOKO deputies in the Petrozavodsk city council, who are accused of entrepreneurship fraud, has taken place recently. Read more »
Posted: April 3rd, 2015 under YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Medinsky and Magomedov must resign
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 31.03.2015
YABLOKO express categoric protest in connection with the dismissal of head of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet theatre Boris Mezdrich. Read more »
Posted: April 1st, 2015 under Understanding Russia.
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YABLOKO to hold pickets in Moscow in defense of imprisoned representatives of opposition in Karelia
Press Release, 1.04.2015
On 2 April YABLOKO will hold pickets at the Representative Office of the Republic of Karelia in Moscow, demanding the release of arrested members of the opposition: Olga Zakletskaya and and Alexandra Kornilova. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will also take part in the picketing. Read more »
Posted: April 1st, 2015 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Emprisonnement d’opposants politiques en Russie: le Parti socialiste demande la libération d’Olga Zaletskaya et d’Alexandra Kornilova
31.03.2015
Le Parti socialiste condamne très fermement l’arrestation de deux activistes russes, membres du parti d’opposition Yabloko, à Petrozavodsk, dans le nord ouest de la Russie. Les arrestations d’Olga Zaletskaya (adjointe au Conseil municipal de cette ville) et d’Alexandra Kornilova (directrice du réseau commercial Lentorng) constituent une tentative éhontée d’intimidation politique de la part du gouverneur Alexander Khudilainen. Read more »
Posted: April 1st, 2015 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Ombudsperson for Human Rights Ella Pamfilova expressed her concern over the fate of imprisoned oppositional politicians in Karelia
Press Release, 31.03.2015
Today, Ella Pamfilova, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, sent a telegram to Yuri Baboydo, head of the Investigative Committee of Karelia, demanding to change the measure of restraint for Olga Zakletskaya and Alexandra Kornilova. On the threashold YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin had requested the Ombudsperson to facilitate the release of detained YABLOKO members in Karelia. Read more »
Posted: April 1st, 2015 under Human Rights.
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Court to consider an application for release on parole for Evgeny Vitishko
Press release, 30.03.2015
On March 31 at 10.00 am the Kirsanov district court of the Tambov region will consider an application for release on parole for Evgeny Vitishko. Read more »
Posted: March 31st, 2015 under Evgeny Vitishko case, Human Rights.
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STATEMENT of INLW on urgent situation of women in Russia!
27.03.2015
INLW calls for the immediate release of innocent detained YABLOKO women!
International Network of Liberal Women (INLW) condemns the continuous arresting and imprisoning of members of oppositional parties in the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation!
Yesterday two active women of YABLOKO, of which the Women’s organization is a full member of INLW, were put in prison on fake accusations! Read more »
Posted: March 30th, 2015 under YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the 15th anniversary since Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia
26.03.2015
Today is the 15th anniversary since Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia. YABLOKO founder Grigory Yavlinsky was Vladimir Putin’s competitor at the presidential elections in 2000…
“… I am not going to fight for a “good” Putin. I am going to fight against Putin for the post of the President of Russia. I will fight against the man, [who is famous for] the most disgusting and dirty election campaign in the history of Russia for the six months of his being in office. It was under Putin when antiterror operation [in Chechnya] transformed into a total war with a huge number of victims. Read more »
Posted: March 26th, 2015 under History, Support of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
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Governor Khudilainen to dismissal!
Governor of Karelia must be dismissed for persecution of political opponents
Statement by the YABLOKO party, 26.03.2015
Olga Zaletskaya, deputy of Pertozavodsk City Council and Alexandra Kornilova, director of the Lentorng trade network, were detained in Petrozavodsk yesterday. Read more »
Posted: March 26th, 2015 under Regional and Local Elections, Situation in Karelia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Sergei Mitrokhin: Beating of a municipal deputy must be investigated
Press Release, 25.03.2015
YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin has sent an appeal to Anatoly Yakunin, head of the Moscow interior, demanding to that he should take the investigation of beating of Moscow municipal deputy Sergei Dorofeyev under his personal control. Read more »
Posted: March 25th, 2015 under YABLOKO against Corruption.
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Bribed wire for deputies, friends of Joseph Stalin
Press release, 24.03.2015
Sergei Volkov, activist of the Krasnoyarsk branch of YABLOKO, conducted a one-person picketing outside the city administration against installation of a monument to Joseph Stalin in Krasnoyarsk. The activist held the placard which said “Stalin is a tragedy of my family. Deputies, don’t hurt me”.
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Posted: March 25th, 2015 under Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Russia’s governments have been illegitimate since 1917
Argumenti.ru, 21.03.2015, Interview by Valentina Karyelova
For the past three months, the volume of industrial production in St. Petersburg dropped by 9.3 per cent, and the reduction in a number of important industries amounted to 27-29 per cent, wage arrears grew by 19 times, construction of apartments fell by 13 per cent – this is the price St.Petersburg dwellers have to pay for the economic crisis provoked by political reasons, including the annexation of Crimea. Grigory Yavlinsky, founder of the YABLOKO party, spoke with Argumeni.ru why Russia’s governments had been illegitimate, whether the real killers of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov would be found and what price Russian citizens would pay for the annexation of Crimea. Read more »
Posted: March 24th, 2015 under Russia-Ukraine relations.
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YABLOKO’s Ten Key Programme Issues
YABLOKO Bureau decision, 05.02.2015
1. The European vector of development based on the values of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and inviolability of private property has no alternative in Russia. The so called Vladimir Putin’s “Eurasian political course” towards Russia’s international isolation, conflict with the West and destabilisation of the former Soviet Union is against the national interests of our country and poses a threat to its integrity. Read more »
Posted: March 24th, 2015 under Elections, Programme documents, State Duma Elections 2016.
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Activist of Dagestan branch of YABLOKO detained
Press release, 22.03.2015
Police detained the activists of the Dagestan branch of YABLOKO Nametkhan Babayev in Makhachkala today. Read more »
Posted: March 22nd, 2015 under Human Rights.
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