Memorandum of Political Alternative, an updated version of 1.03.2019
Memorandum of Political Alternative
YABLOKO's Ten Key Programme Issues
YABLOKO's Political Platform Adopted by the 15th Congress, June 21, 2008
RUSSIA DEMANDS CHANGES! Electoral Program for 2011 Parliamentary Elections.
Key resolutions by the Congress:
On
Stalinism and Bolshevism
Resolution.
December 21, 2009
On Anti-Ecological Policies of Russia’s Authorities. Resolution of the 15th congress of the YABLOKO party No 253, December 24, 2009
On the Situation in the Northern Caucasus. Resolution of the 15th congress of the YABLOKO party No 252, December 24, 2009
YABLOKO's POLITICAL COMMITTEE DECISIONS:
On Russia's Foreign Policies. Political Committee of hte YABLOKO party. Statement, June 26, 2009
On Iran’s Nuclear Problem Resolution by the Political Committee of the YABLOKO party. October 6, 2009
Anti-Crisis Proposals (Housing-Roads-Land) of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO. Handed to President Medvedev by Sergei Mitrokhin on June 11, 2009
Brief Outline of Sergei Mitrokhin’s Report at the State Council meeting. January 22, 2010
Assessment of Russia’s Present Political System and the Principles of Its Development. Brief note for the State Council meeting (January 22, 2010) by Dr.Grigory Yavlinsky, member of YABLOKO’s Political Committee. January 22, 2010
Address of the YABLOKO party to President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. Political Committee of the YABLOKO party. October 9, 2009
Moscow
Yabloko
Yabloko
for Students
St.
Petersburg Yabloko
Khabarovsk
Yabloko
Irkutsk
Yabloko
Kaliningrad
Yabloko(eng)
Novosibirsk
Yabloko
Rostov
Yabloko
Yekaterinburg
Yabloko
(Sverdlovsk Region)
Krasnoyarsk
Yabloko
Ulyanovsk
Yabloko
Tomsk Yabloko
Tver
Yabloko(eng)
Penza Yabloko
Stavropol
Yabloko
Programme by candidate for the post of Russian President Grigory Yavlinsky. Brief Overview
Grigory Yavlinsky at Forum 2000, Prague, 2014
Grigory Yavlinsky : “If you show the white feather, you will get fascism”
Grigory Yavlinsky: a coup is started by idealists and controlled by rascals
Risks of Transitions. The Russian Experience
Grigory Yavlinsky on the Russian coup of August 1991
A Male’s Face of Russia’s Politics
The Hidden Cause of the Great Recession (And How to Avert the Nest One)
What
does the opposition want: to win or die heroically?
Moskovsky
Komsomolets web-site, July 11, 2012. Interview
with Grigory Yavlinsky by Yulia Kalinina.
Lies
and legitimacy
The founder of the Yabloko Party analyses the political
situation. Article by Grigory Yavlinsky on radio Svoboda.
April 6, 2011
Algorithms for Opposing Gender Discrimination: the International and the Russian Experience
Is Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko, "The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May 12, 2010
Grigory Yavlinsky's interview to Vladimir Pozner. The First Channel, programme "Pozner", April 20, 2010 (video and transcript)
Overcoming the Totalitarian Past: Foreign Experience and Russian Problems by Galina Mikhaleva. Research Centre for the East European Studies, Bremen, February 2010.
Grigory Yavlinsky: Vote for the people you know, people you can turn for help. Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, October 8, 2009
Grigory
Yavlinsky: no discords in the tandem.
Grigory
Yavlinsky’s interview to the Radio Liberty
www.svobodanews.ru
September 22, 2009
A Credit for Half a Century. Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Natalia Bekhtereva, Radio Russia, June 15, 2009
Sergei Mitrokhin's Speech at the meeting with US Preseident Barack Obama. Key Notes, Moscow, July 7, 2009
Demodernization
by Grigory Yavlinsky
Alexei Arbatov: What Should We
Do About Chechnya?
Interview with Alexei Arbatov by Mikhail Falaleev
Komsomolskaya Pravda, November 9, 2002
Grigory
Yavlinsky: Our State Does Not Need People
Novaya Gazeta,
No. 54, July 29, 2002
Grigory Yavlinsky: The Door to Europe is in Washington
Obschaya Gazeta, May 16, 2002
Grigory
Yavlinsky's speech.
March 11, 2002
Grigory Yavlinsky's Lecture at the Nobel Institute
Oslo, May 30, 2000
Position on Some Important Strategic Issues of Russian-American Relations
Moscow, July 7, 2009
By Arseny Roginsky, 16 December 2008
Nuclear
Umbrellas and the Need for Understanding: IC Interview With
Ambassador Lukin
September 25, 1997
Would
the West’s Billions Pay Off?
Los Angeles Times
By Grigory Yavlinsky and Graham Allison
June 3, 1991
Press Release, 2.11.2023
On 9 November, the Yabloko party office in Moscow will host a launch of the book “Glasnost in Two Cultures. Participants of the First Meeting of Russian and American Women Writers in New York Speaking”. The book was published by the Yuri Shchekochikhin Foundation in 2023.
Posted: November 2nd, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 30.10.2023
During the years of Joseph Stalin’s rule in the USSR, millions of citizens of the country were repressed and killed. This is the scale of a real national catastrophe. The crimes of Stalinism and Bolshevism affected almost every family in our country. It is impossible to simply forget and move past such a tragedy and move on as if nothing had happened. Or rather, it is possible, as it turned out, but we feel the consequences of this increasingly often today.
Posted: November 1st, 2023 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 1.11.2023
Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Press Service of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Speaking on October 31 at the meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, deputy Boris Vishnevsky explained why the Yabloko faction could not support the draft city budget of St.Petersurg for 2024.
Vishnevsky said that the reasons of voting against the draft city budget were the reduction of funding for social support for citizens and the failure to solve the problem of people on the housing waiting list who had been waiting for housing for more than 40 years. “But 290 million roubles are allocated for political instructors in schools,” Vishnevsky added.
Posted: November 1st, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 31.10.2023
The Novgorod branch of Yabloko organised a rally on 30 October, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression. The rally participants read out loud the names of Novgorod residents who were shot during the years of Stalin’s terror, as well as excerpts from the letters of the current political prisoners.
Posted: October 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 31.10.2023
On the eve of the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko organised an excursion in memory of victims of Stalinist repression in Chelyabinsk, who were shot in 1938 allegedly for counter-revolutionary activities and were rehabilitated in the 1950-1960s.
Posted: October 31st, 2023 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 31.10.2023
On the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression, Yabloko held an online marathon “People, Don’t Kill Each Other!”, during which hundreds of people read out loud the names of victims of Stalin’s repressions of 1930s-1940s, remembered their ancestors who died during the terror, and showed places of mass executions in the Russian regions. The action brought together Yabloko members and civil activists from 62 regions of Russia.
Posted: October 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 29.10.2023
On 27 October, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “Causes, Results and Significance of the Superficial Europeanisation of Russia in the Second Half of the 15th – early 16th Centuries”. The lecture was delivered by Tatyana Chernikova, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor of Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Posted: October 30th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, History.
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Press Release, 26.10.2023
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 25 October, the 7th Yablokov Readings were held at the House of Journalists in St. Petersburg. The readings were dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Alexei Yablokov (1933-2017), an outstanding scientist, ecologist, head of the Yabloko Green Russia faction, and public and political figure. In 2006, Alexei Yablokov, together with a large group of like-minded people, joined the Yabloko party and until his last day headed the Green Russia Faction of the Yabloko party, while remaining a recognised leader of the environmental movement in Russia.
Posted: October 30th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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Press Release, 26.10.2023
Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Due to numerous requests received by the Yabloko Press Service, we are informing you of the following:
On 26 October, 2023, Grigory Yavlinsky met with President Vladimir Putin.
The key subject of discussion was the need for a ceasefire agreement in the special military operation. It is well-known that a ceasefire is Grigory Yavlinsky’s principled position. The Yabloko leader believes that it is necessary to begin negotiations on a ceasefire as soon as possible and is ready to personally participate in them. Grigory Yavlinsky outlined his position in detail.
Posted: October 27th, 2023 under Economy, Foreign policy, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russian Economy.
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Press Release, 26.10.2023
Photo: The Teza River near the city of Shuya / Photo by Wikimedia Commons
More than 5,500 people have already signed a petition against the construction of a landfill near city of Shuya and the village of Kitovo. Now the process of coordination and approval of the project “Complex facility, including processing, recycling and disposal of waste” is underway at the address: Ivanovo region, Shuisky district, near the village of Kitovo. The construction of a landfill near densely populated areas is a gross violation of human rights, environmental and living standards.
Posted: October 26th, 2023 under Economy, Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 25.10.2023
Photo by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko
The rally will take place in Veliky Novgorod at the memorial sign to victims of terror on Monday, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression, 30 October, from 14:30 to 17:30.
Participants will remember the names of the victims of Stalin’s terror – residents of the Novgorod region, executed in the 1930-1940s, and will read out excerpts from letters from today’s political prisoners Yury Dmitriyev, Liliya Chanysheva, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Maria Ponomarenko, Mikhail Afanasyev, Olga Smirnova, Vasily Neustroyev, Natalia Filonova, Andrei Pivovarov and others.
Posted: October 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 25.10.2023
Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yaboko Press Service
The Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly criticised the bill on the return of Soviet and Russian monuments from abroad. The initiative bill was examined in the first reading at the meeting of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, 25 October.
Posted: October 26th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 25.10.2023
Photo by the Yabloko branch in Bashkiria
A charity warehouse for the needy with clothes, shoes, household goods, medicines for those in need (fire victims, large families, people with disabilities) and animals has opened in the office of the Bashkirian branch Yabloko in Ufa. Yabloko supporters, party members and all caring citizens bring their no longer needed items, and volunteers sort them into categories. Then activists from charitable foundations take away things for the needy. Once a week, the Yabloko party volunteers deliver the remaining items by cars to small foundations that are open only on certain days.
Posted: October 26th, 2023 under Charity, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 24.10.2023
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Members and supporters of the Yabloko party from more than 50 regions of the country will take part in the marathon reading out the names of the victims of Joseph Stalin’s repressions: people shot in the cities of our country during the years of state terror of 1930-1950s. The viewers of the marathon will not only learn about the fates of those repressed, but also about the history of memorial sites in the regions of Russia. The project got its name from the inscription on the stone installed at the entrance to the Sandarmokh memorial complex, the place of mass executions in Karelia. The author of the inscription is historian Yuri Dmitriyev imprisoned for 15 years.
Posted: October 25th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 23.10.2023
Photo: Voronezh
On 25 October – 6 November Yabloko will hold actions of writing letters to political prisoners. Some actions in the regions will be timed to coincide with the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression, 30 October. From 25 October until 6 November Yabloko will conduct actions of writing letters to political prisoners will be held in Velikiye Luki, Veliky Novgorod, Krasnoyarsk, Pskov and St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vladivostok, Tver, Arkhangelsk, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan, Kostroma, Orenburg, Stavropol, Astrakhan, Yekaterinburg, Kemerovo, Omsk, Saratov, Ulyanovsk, Tomsk and Kirov.
Posted: October 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 23.10.2023
Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov”
Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent an appeal to Igor Krasnov, Public Prosecutor General of Russia, asking to organise a check of the statement by State Duma deputy Andrei Gurulyov about extermination of 20% of Russian citizens who disagree with the policies of President Putin. Speaking on a television programme Gurulyov called these citizens “rot”, which “should be, if not isolated, then at least somehow destroyed”.
Posted: October 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
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Press Release, 23.10.2023
On 22 October, the Sverdlovsk Region branch of Yabloko held a picket against the deratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. The action was attended by members of the regional branch, Youth Yabloko activists and residents of Yekaterinburg.
Posted: October 24th, 2023 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov’s blog post, 20.10.2023
Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The questions for the electronic voting [in Moscow] have been increasing, but there are virtually no answers. I have written recently about how the administrative resource force people to electronic voting, now I will tell you about citizens who, due to technical failures of the e-voting system, were unable to vote at all. I still receive messages about e-voting malfunctions. It is simply impossible to vote in person at a polling station using a paper ballot [in case of malfunction] after registering in the e-voting! As a result, citizens were virtually deprived of their right to vote.
Posted: October 24th, 2023 under Elections, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 20.10.2023
Yabloko representatives in the regional legislative assemblies and city and municipal councils, discussed during the three-day forum the specifics of work of an opposition deputy, shared their experiences and analysed the most popular cases encountered in the practices of Yabloko deputies. The forum was organised by the Centre for Work with Local Self-Government Deputies of the Yabloko Party. The discussion was moderated by the head of the Centre, Irina Kopkina, and the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Boris Vishnevsky. The speakers of the forum were Sergei Mitrokhin, Maxim Kruglov and Yevgeniy Bunimovich (the Moscow City Duma); Emilia Slabunova (the Legislative Assembly of Karelia); Anna Cherepanova (the City Duma of Veliky Novgorod); Tatyana Pasman (the Pskov City Duma); Dmitry Rybakov (the Petrozavodsk City Council); Yevgeny Kaverzin and Vasily Eryomin (the Tomsk City Duma), as well as deputies from different municipalities.
Posted: October 24th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 20.10.2023
Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 19 October, the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan adopted in the first reading the bill “On the Patriotic Education of Citizens in the Republic of Tatarstan,” which was developed so that to determine a “unified approach” to patriotic education by the order of Farid Mukhametshin, the Speaker of the parliament of Tatarstan. Ruslan Zinatullin, the leader of the regional branch of the Yabloko party, warned deputies from the rostrum of the State Council that “teaching violence and its normalisation increases violence in society”.
Posted: October 24th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Social Policies, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies.
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