The Tula branch of Yabloko demands an investigation into the legality of the actions of police who attacked visitors to the Tipografia culture centre
Press Release, 19.02.2024
Photo: The Tipografia culture centre / Photo from open sources
The Tula regional branch of the Yabloko party issued an open appeal to the regional Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office with a demand to check the actions of police who stormed into the Tipografia culture centre past weekend.
On the night of 17-18 February, police and masked men burst into the Tipografia culture centre in Tula, where a night party was taking place. Video footage of ill-treatment of event participants emerged online. According to OVD-Info independent human rights project, the police forced the party participants to lie face down on the floor. Those present at the event were photographed, beaten, and threatened with being forcefully sent to the “special military operation”. Several people were forced to do squats, one was forced to sing the Tula anthem. The police detained several people and took them to the police station. One of the detainees told OVD-Info that protocols were drawn up against him and other participants in the event for “LGBT propaganda”.
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Posted: February 19th, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Alexei Navalny became a victim of political repression
Condolences by Grigory Yavlinsky, 16.02.2024
The death of Alexei Navalny is a great tragedy. Whatever its immediate cause, Alexei became a victim of political repression. Navalny was an opponent of the regime and ended up in the penal colony mainly for his political activities. The conditions of his detention, numerous imprisonments in the punitive isolation cell were nothing more than torture, a limitless physical and moral torture, hypocritically and cruelly committed by the authorities, which stop at nothing to suppress their opponents.
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Posted: February 16th, 2024 under Condolences, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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The Yabloko party expresses condolences to the family and friends of Alexei Navalny
Statement by the Yabloko party on the death of Alexei Navalny
16.02.2024
The Yabloko party expresses condolences to the family and friends of Alexei Navalny.
Responsibility for Alexei Navalny’s death lies with the authorities of our country.
His death occurred in penal colony conditions that were essentially torture. The death of Alexei Navalny must be thoroughly investigated, as well as his poisoning in 2020. Society must know all those responsible for his death, and those responsible must be punished.
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Posted: February 16th, 2024 under Condolences, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko called on the Governor of the region to build a children’s hospital in Miass and find specialists for the adult infectious diseases department
Press Release, 15.02.2024
Photo by Wikimedia Commons
Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party, appealed to the Governor of the region with a request to solve the problem with the doctors of an infectious disease department and the construction of a children’s hospital in the city of Miass.
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Posted: February 15th, 2024 under Economy, Healthcare, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A lecture about Admiral Alexander Kolchak who fought against the Bolshevik coup d’etat was held at the Omsk branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 13.02.2024
Photo by the Omsk branch of Yabloko
On the day of memory of the Russian scientist, statesman, political and military figure Alexander Kolchak, a public lecture “Admiral Kolchak as a Russian George Washington. Assessment of the image of the Supreme Ruler in Russia and abroad (1918-1920)” was held in the Omsk regional branch of the Yabloko party. The lecturer was Vladimir Kalekin, Master of History, Associate Professor, and Candidate of Sciences.
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Posted: February 13th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History.
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Yabloko supporter in Tatarstan Zulfiya Sitdikova will be tried for “justifying Nazism” and “discrediting the army”. She needs help
Press Release, 13.02.2024
Photo: Zulfiya Sitdikova / Photo from social media
UPDATE: 13 February, 19:50 Moscow time. Fundraising for Zulfiya Sitdikova is closed! We thank everyone who helped the Yabloko activist.
Yabloko activist Zulfiya Sitdikova from Kazan, Tatarstan, is accused of “rehabilitating Nazism” (Article 354.1, Part 3 of the Criminal Code) and “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 of the Criminal Code) for the posters calling for peace. Previously, the activist was fined under an administrative article for “discrediting the army” and served five days of arrest for “disobeying the demands of a police officer”. The Tatarstan Yabloko is helping Sitdikova raise money to pay for a lawyer.
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Posted: February 13th, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Vladimir Putin’s interview as a chance for dialogue
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 12.02.2024
In July 2021, Vladimir Putin published an article in which he made it absolutely clear to the whole world that Russia could start a military conflict with Ukraine at any moment. The article essentially denied Ukraine’s right to statehood and sovereignty and, correspondingly, made territorial claims. Such claims, expressed by the president of a nuclear power, substantiated Russia’s historical right to military action. “Moreover, this is not a war with a neighbour with whom the country has some differences, even if territorial, but instead a war with a powerful external aggressor, in other words, with the West where Ukraine is merely the battlefield for the confrontation,” I wrote in my response article “On the Historical Future of Russia and Ukraine” published on 19 July, 2021.
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Posted: February 12th, 2024 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Viktor Kogan-Yasny: The OSCE is the most important civilisational achievement of the last quarter of the 20th century
Viktor Kogan-Yasny’s blog post, 12.02.2024
Photo: Viktor Kogan-Yasny / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
My job is to occasionally write about things that relate to limiting bloodshed now and eliminating it strategically in the future. I have to write in a dry language because it’s “work”. Political leaders, military leaders and military commanders say in dry language how many they have killed and how many more they should kill, and they do not know other ways to achieve their goals.
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Posted: February 12th, 2024 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Sergei Piskunov, candidate member of Yabloko and electoral expert in Kuzbass, detained. His home searched in connection with the case of “organising an extremist community”
Press Release, 12.02.2024
Photo: Sergei Piskunov holding a placard “No More Than 2 Terms”/ Photo from social media
UPDATE: 12 February, 11:45 Moscow time. Sergei Piskunov was detained in the Altai Territory. He is suspected of “creating an extremist community” (Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Now he is being taken to the Rubtsovsky City Court which will choose a preventive measure.
Sergei Piskunov, candidate member of Yabloko and electoral expert in Kuzbass, was arrested. This became known on 12 February. Earlier, on 10 February, his home was searched in connection with the case of “organising an extremist community”, after which the civil activist was taken for questioning, but then released.
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Posted: February 12th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko to the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences: The shadow of repression, reminiscent of Stalin’s times, once again looms over science
Press Release, 9.02.2024
Photo: Akademgorodok (the “Academic Town”) in Novosibirsk /Photo from open sources
On the Day of Russian Science and in honour of the 300th anniversary of the formation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Novosibirsk regional branch of the Yabloko party sent congratulatory letters to the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the trade union of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as to Yevgeniy Kraus, the Acting Director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and Anatoly Popkov, Chairman of the Trade Union Committee of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In letters signed by the Chair of the Novosibirsk Yabloko, Natalia Chubykina, the party not only congratulates the scientific community on their professional holiday, but also notes that the shadow of repression, reminiscent of Stalin’s times, is once again looming over science. The staff and management of trade union of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences had to face persecution of scientists.
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Posted: February 9th, 2024 under Education and Science, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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How we conducted New Year parties for children of refugees from Ukraine. Fundraising report
Press Release, 7.02.2024
On 23 and 25 December, charity Christmas parties were held at the central office of the Yabloko party for the children of Ukrainian refugees – wards of the Civic Assistance Committee and Lighthouse Charity Foundation. We are summing up the results of the charitable New Year parties.
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Posted: February 7th, 2024 under Charity, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg about fines due to his “foreign agent” status: We have collected comprehensive evidence of my innocence
Press Release 6.02.2024
Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov regional branch of Yabloko
On 5 February, the Pskov City Court fined Lev Shlosberg, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, three times for distributing materials without a “foreign agency” tag ( Article 19.34, Part 4, of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) and mentioning without a special reference an organisation recognised by the state as extremist (Article 13.15, Part 2, of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). The three fines totaled 62,000 roubles. Lev Shlosberg says that he is going to appeal these fines.
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Posted: February 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The court did not confirm the inaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which ignores the extremist statements made by MP Gurulyov about the “rotten” 20 per cent of population who disagree with Putin and must be destroyed
Press Release 6.02.2024
Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov”
On 5 February, the Izmailovsky Court of Moscow refused to recognise as illegal the inaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which did not find extremism in the calls of State Duma deputy, General Andrei Gurulyov about the “rotten” 20 per cent of population who disagree with Putin and, therefore, must be destroyed. The appeal to the Ministry of Internal Affairs was sent by Boris Vishnevsky, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and Deputy Chair of the Yabloko party. The court’s decision will be appealed.
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Posted: February 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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The Tomsk City Duma supported Yabloko with a majority of votes: Yevgeny Kaverzin maintains his mandate
Press Release 6.02.2024
Photo: Yevgeny Kaverzin / Photo from social media
Today, on 6 February, the Tomsk City Duma discussed at a closed meeting depriving Yevgeny Kaverzin, a deputy from Yabloko and a technologist at the Clean City waste recycling company, of his mandate. Such a measure against Kaverzin was proposed by the executive authorities.
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Posted: February 6th, 2024 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by Denis Volkov on the dynamics of changes in public opinion in relation to the “special operation”
Press Release, 5.02.2024
Photo: Denis Volkov / Photo from open sources
On 19 February, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture “Dynamics of Changes in Public Opinion.” The lecturer is Denis Volkov, sociologist, Director of the Levada Centre. Participants in the lecture, using materials from sociological surveys, will consider how the attitude of Russian society towards the “special operation” has changed over the two years, what determines public sentiment today, how opinions are distributed in different segments of the population, and whether it is worth listening to critics of public opinion polls.
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Posted: February 5th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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A deputy from Yabloko in Tomsk may be deprived of his mandate for confrontation with a garbage collection operator
Press Release, 5.02.2024
Photo: Yevgeny Kaverzin / Photo from social media
Yevgeny Kaverzin, a deputy from Yabloko in the Tomsk City Duma, may be deprived of his mandate. The formal reason is some inaccuracies in his income declarations for 2020 and 2021, but the real reason for deprivation of his mandate is his protection of the interests of citizens that are infringed by the regional waste management operator. The meeting of the City Duma, at which a decision on depriving Yevgeny Kaverzin of his mandate will be held on 6 February.
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Posted: February 5th, 2024 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Minister of Culture of Udmurtia fined for ignoring the request of the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmutia, Iya Boronina
Press Release, 2.02.2024
Photo: Magistrate of the Court District No. 3 of Oktyabrsky District of Izhevsk, Alyona Dresvyannikova / Photo by Iya Boronina
The Minister of Culture of Udmurtia, Vladimir Solovyov, was fined for violating the procedure for considering the appeal of the Chair of the Yabloko branch in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina. The leader of the regional department asked the minister to provide the information necessary to prepare amendments to the draft law on the budget of the Republic. The magistrate of the Oktyabrsky District of Izhevsk fined the minister of 5,000 roubles on 1 February.
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Posted: February 5th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Novgorod Yabloko to host Yelena Lukovitskaya’s seminar “Male and Female – What Are the Differences and Is There Equality?”
Photo: Yelena Lukovitskaya / Photo from open sources
The Novgorod branch of the Gender Faction of the Yabloko party plans to hold a series of discussions on issues of equality, women’s rights, family policy, domestic violence and other relevant topics. The first seminar will take place on 11 February. It will be conducted by Yelena Lukovitskaya, candidate of psychological sciences. The event starts at 14:30, the duration is 1.5 hours.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2024 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko again defends in court the city forest from developers
Press Release, 1.02.2024
Photo: The Chelyabinsk City Forest / Photo by Alexander Sapozhnikov, Wikimedia
The Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk began considering the claim of the regional branch of the Yabloko party against the administration of Chelyabinsk. Yabloko is represented in court by Andrei Talevlin, environmentalist, Deputy Chairman of the Chelyabinsk Yabloko and member of the Bureau of the Yabloko Green Russia Faction. Talevlin is challenging the permits issued by the Mayor’s Office for the construction of a high-rise residential complex on the site of the city forest.
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Posted: February 1st, 2024 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office found no violations in the installation of a stele in the place of mass burial in Sandarmokh with an inscription distorting history. MP Slabunova appealed to the Investigative Committee
Press Release, 30.01.2024
Photo: The inscription on the stele runs “To the victims of repression of 1937-1939 and to the victims of the Finnish occupation during the Great Patriotic War” / Photo by Emilia Slabunova
At the end of December 2023, it was reported that the authorities plan to install a stele in memory not only of those killed in 1937-1939 during Joseph Stalin’s Great Terror, but also to the “victims of the Finnish occupation during the Great Patriotic War” (Ed.: World War 2 on the territory on the USSR has been called the Great Patriotic War in the USSR, Russia and some post-Soviet states) in the Karelian Sandarmokh – the burial place of victims of Soviet repression and a cultural heritage site of regional significance. The discovery of the remains of victims killed by Finns on the territory of Sandarmokh has been questioned in the scientific community. Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia from Yabloko, Emilia Slabunova, appealed to the Public Prosecutor’s Office with a demand to verify the compliance of the design and inscription of the stele with the established status of the object. The Public Prosecutor’s Office found no violations. A stele with an inscription distorting history has already been installed in Sandarmokh. Slabunova appealed to the Investigative Committee.
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Posted: January 30th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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