On the Yabloko party’s participation in the elections of heads of regions in 2023
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 6 June, 2023. Published on 8 June, 2023.
Due to the current extraordinary and tragic circumstances, the participation of the Yabloko party in the September elections of the top officials of the subjects of the federation (including the elections of the Mayor of Moscow) makes political sense only if it contributes to saving human lives, a ceasefire and start peace talks. For all the significance of regional and local problems that should have been the subject of election campaigns, under the current conditions, the future of the country does not depend on the solution of these problems, but on whether the federal policies change.
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Posted: June 9th, 2023 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2023, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Без рубрики.
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“It is impossible to forget such events.” Yabloko honoured the memory of Larisa Yudina murdered 25 years ago
Press Release, 7.06.2023
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
25 years ago, Larisa Yudina, Co-Chair of the Yabloko branch in Kalmykia, was murdered. Her whole life was connected with journalism. In 1991, Yudina headed the newspaper Sovietskaya Kalmykia. The paper was well-known for fight against corruption and criticism of the President of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who, during the election campaign in 1993, announced that he would manage Kalmykia as a corporation.
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Posted: June 9th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, The Murder of Larissa Yudina, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Gender Faction discussed the National Strategy for Women
Press Release, 7.06.2023
Photo by Goldfinch4ever/Depositphotos.com
On 5 June, Yabloko held a round table of its Gender Faction “The National Strategy for Women for 2023-2030: How to Evaluate?”. Do the quantitative data contained in the document correspond to reality? Does the Strategy really meet the objectives of achieving gender equality? The participants of the round table answered these and other questions.
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Posted: June 7th, 2023 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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The leader of the Yabloko faction in the Tomsk City Duma asked to check for incitement of hatred the statements of the State Duma MP from the LDPR faction about the Ukrainian language and state
Press Release, 6.06.2023
Photo: Vasily Yeryomin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Vasily Yeryomin, head of the Yabloko faction in the City Duma of Tomsk, asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office to check Alexei Didenko, an MP of the State Duma elected from the Tomsk region, in view of his statement about the need to destroy the Ukrainian state and language, according to the Telegram channel “TV2. News of Tomsk and Siberia”.
“I would like to turn to the public prosecutors: is this not inciting ethnic hatred? I ask you to investigate and prosecute Alexei Nikolaevich Didenko under this article of the Criminal Code,” Vasily Yeryomin said at a meeting of the City Duma.
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Posted: June 7th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The leader of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko Vladimir Yefimov detained once again for his posts on social media
Press Release, 6.06.2023
Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo from social media
An administrative protocol was drawn up against Vladimir Yefimov, journalist and Chairman of the Kamchatka branch of Yabloko, under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“displaying Nazi or extremist symbols”). He is in the administrative detention cell now. The trial is scheduled for 8 June. The punishment under this article is a fine or up to 15 days of arrest.
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Posted: June 7th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The apartment of Vasily Neustroyev, Chairman of the local branch of Yabloko in St. Petersburg, searched. Neustroyev taken for interrogation
Press Release, 6.06.2023
Photo: Vasily Neustroyev / Photo by the St.Petersburg Yabloko
In St. Petersburg, a search was carried out at the apartment of Vasily Neustroyev, Chairman of the Frunzensky local branch of Yabloko. According to the information available to the press service, he was taken for interrogation to the Investigative Committee in Moscow. The reasons for the investigation are still unknown.
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Posted: June 6th, 2023 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko honored the memory of the victims of the Novocherkassk execution of 1962
Press Release, 02.06.2023
Photo by the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko
Today, Rostov-on-Don traditionally hosted official mourning events dedicated to the anniversary of the execution of unarmed citizens by the Soviet authorities on 2 June, 1962.
61 years ago, the workers of the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant came out to protest against the reduction of their wages and raising of food prices. The authorities did not want to listen to citizens and shot dozens of unarmed people, including women and children. This shooting of unarmed people is known as the Novocherkassk massacre. Only according to official data, 26 people were killed, 87 were injured.
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Posted: June 5th, 2023 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Deprived of physical freedom, they remain free people inside.” Yabloko held its May actions of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 1.06.2023
The action in Vladivostok
In May, Yabloko activists held traditional actions in support of Russian political prisoners. Party members and civil activists exchanged news, recited poems written by political prisoners and read out letters received from political prisoners. In St. Petersburg and Moscow, Yabloko also held small concerts where one could listen to the guitar, lira tedesca and bass viol.
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Posted: June 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Council of Elders established in the Republic of North Ossetia at the initiative of the leader of the North-Ossetian branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 31.05.2023
Photo: Establishment of the Council of Elders of North Ossetia / Photo form social media
Past week, the Council of Elders was established in North Ossetia. The initiator of the creation of a new association was the United Caucasian Forum, headed by Anatoly Sidakov, Executive Director of the Forum and Chairman of the regional branch of the Yabloko party. Anatoly Sidakov managed to gather together the honorary elders of North Ossetia.
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Posted: June 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko held the sixth charity action for refugee families
Press Release, 30.05.2023
Photo by the Rostov-on-Don branch of Yabloko
On 28 May, Yabloko held another charity event at the Shamaika House restaurant: 15 refugee families from Ukraine baked pies under the guidance of professional chefs.
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Posted: June 5th, 2023 under Charity, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Court of Cassation did not cancel the fine for Alexander Shishlov for “discrediting the army”. The court also imputed Shishlov the facts that had not taken place
Press Release, 30.05.2023
Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Third Court of Cassation decided not to cancel the fine for “discrediting the army” to Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Chairman of the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko. Moreover, Deputy Chairman of the Third Court of Cassation indicated in the decision the facts that were neither in the case file nor had taken place in reality, namely, Shishlov’s procession with a poster through the city.
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Posted: June 5th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The defenсe of the arrested leader of the Vologda Yabloko Nikolai Yegorov challenged the conclusions of the odious forensic expert
Press Release, 29.05.2023
Photo: Nikolai Yegorov with his family / Photo from social media
An investigation against the chairman of the Vologda regional branch of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Yegorov, is underway. The leader of the Bologda Yabloko is charged with “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 of the Criminal Code). According to the Yegorov’s lawyer, an examination of the content of the posts incriminated to Yegorov will be carried out by odious Danila Mikheyev, already widely known for his conclusions on the cases of extremism and “discrediting the army”. The 23-year-old “expert” does not have a profile higher linguistic education, as required by the federal law “On State Forensic Expertise”. In the summer of 2022, the Ministry of Justice, at the request of several lawyers whose clients were accused basing on Mikheyev’s expertise, confirmed that the odious “expert” did not have the necessary qualifications for the expertise.
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Posted: June 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Gender Faction to discuss the National Strategy for Women
Press Release, 31.05.2023
Photo by Goldfinch4ever/Depositphotos.com
On 5 June, Yabloko will host a round table of its Gender Faction “The National Strategy for Women for 2023-2030: How to Evaluate?”. Do the quantitative data contained in the document correspond to reality? Does the Strategy really meet the objectives of achieving gender equality? The participants of the round table will answer these and other questions.
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Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko candidates for deputies of the City Duma of Yekaterinburg presented their programmes
Press Release, 29.05.2023
Photo: Presentation of the programmes of candidates for deputies from the Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko / Photo by the regional office of the party
Last Sunday, candidates for deputies from the Yabloko party launched their election programmes and concepts of their election campaigns, and also answered questions from voters and the press. All party candidates will campaign under the slogan “FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM!”.
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Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod Yabloko held a conference of the regional branch. New steering bodies of the branch elected
Press Release, 29.05.2023
Photo: Delegates of the Novgorod Yabloko Conference / Photo by the regional office of Yabloko
On 27 May, The Yabloko branch in Novgorod hold a party Conference of the regional branch.
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Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University to host a lecture by Sergei Mitrokhin
Press Release, 26.05.2023
On 8 June, the Yabloko Party University will host Sergei Mitrokhin’s lecture “The Tradition of Constituent Assemblies and Its Role in the Future Revival of Russia”. Sergei Mitrokhin is a member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, a deputy of the Moscow City Duma, and Yabloko Chairman from 2008 to 2015, candidate of political sciences.
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Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars.
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The European Court of Human Rights awarded compensation to a Yabloko member in Tatarstan for persecution due to his participation in a peaceful action
Press Release 26.05.2023
Photo: Activists at a peaceful rally against pension reform / Photo from social media
In 2018, Yabloko member Nikita Khramov was detained in Kazan for stretching “No to the pension scam” slogan at a September rally against pension reform. Khramov was later fined 10,000 roubles under Article 20.2, Part 5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (participation in an unpermitted rally).
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Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Volgograd Region Court upheld the decision on a fine for Yabloko’s Alexander Yefimov under the article of “discrediting the army”
Press Release 25.05.2023
Photo: Alexander Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Volgograd Region Court upheld the decision on a fine for Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party, under the article of “discrediting the army”. Yefimov intends to appeal to a higher court.
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Posted: May 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko to launch programmes of candidates for deputies to the Yekaterinburg City Duma and hold an action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 24.05.2023
On 28 May, The Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko organises an open meeting with potential candidates for deputies of the Yekaterinburg City Duma, who will introduce themselves and their election programmes to the residents of Yekaterinburg. Everyone will have the opportunity to not only listen to the presentations of the candidates, but also to ask questions. Konstantin Kiselyov, the current deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma from the Yabloko party, will act as an expert in evaluating the programmes of candidates to the city parliament. The event will be moderated by Alexander Kudelkin, a member of the Yabloko party and ex-candidate for the elections of deputies of the State Duma in 2021 from Yabloko.
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Posted: May 24th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Ulyanovsk branch of Yabloko honoured the memory of Acad. Andrei Sakharov on his birthday
Press Release, 24.05.2023
Photo: Dmitry Gondarenko, Chairman of the Ulyanovsk branch of Yabloko, and Sergei Plyasunov, candidate to member of the party / Photo by the Ulyanovsk regional office of Yabloko
On 21 May, Dmitry Gondarenko, Chairman of the Ulyanovsk branch of Yabloko, together with Yabloko supporters, laid flowers at the memorial of the victims of political repression on the birthday of Acad. Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), a Soviet scientist, theoretical physicist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, first and honorary chairman of the Memorial society and human rights defender.
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Posted: May 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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