Is
Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview
with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko,
"The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May
12, 2010
The Moscow Department of Healthcare ordered the installation of audio recording devices in the doctors’ offices in Moscow outpatient clinics.
They even published the order that revealed that audio recording had been already introduced in two clinics as an experiment. The Department of Healthcare confirmed the issuance of the order, which reveals that audio recording had already been introduced in two clinics as an experiment. The Department states that they need wiretapping to allegedly improve the quality of service in medical institutions. Maxim Kruglov, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor of Moscow, Denis Popov, demanding that the order be checked for compliance with the law on personal data and medical confidentiality. Kruglov also suggested that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin should pay attention to the inconsistency of the order with federal legislation and take measures to repeal it.
A prototype of a traffic light with a facial recognition camera, which can record violations of traffic rules by pedestrians, was tested in Moscow. The media reported this with reference to the head of the Moscow Traffic Police Department, Alexander Bykov. The police official believes that providing biometric data should become a duty of Russians, not a right. Maxim Kruglov, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, asks Bykov to clarify whether changes will be made to the federal laws on the protection of personal data in order to introduce “spying traffic lights” and whether there are grounds at all for such a system.
Photo: The office of the Public Prosecutor General of the RF / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a corresponding appeal to Igor Krasnov, Public Prosecutor General of Russia. The Yabloko leader called for a check of the plan for the reconstruction of the highway for its compliance with current environmental legislation.
Decision by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko of 29.12.2023, published on 9.01.2024
PhotobyOlegKharseyev, Kommersant
The shift in government policy towards archaic conservatism leads to restrictions on women’s reproductive rights. Under the guise of concern for demographic issues and raising of the birth rate, the state actually forces women to give birth to unwanted babies whom they cannot afford both to provide for and raise.
The series of interviews with the politician and economist, Yabloko party’s leader Grigory Yavlinsky A Way to the Future. The final episode of 2023 series presents the analysis of the last year’s events, suggests conclusions and expectations from the next year.
Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko, Kirill Goncharov, took items and food collected by party members and supporters for homeless people to the Nochlezhka charity organisation as part of the annual “Tangerins and Canned Meat” charity campaign. Several boxes of canned meat, instant noodles, sugar, and personal hygiene items were sent to the Moscow branch of the charitable organisation.
Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov”
Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, appealed in the Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which found no signs of extremism in the statements of State Duma deputy, General Andrei Gurulyov, who had proposed extermination of 20% of Russia’s population dissenting with Vladimir Putin’s policies
The peculiarity of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is that the ceasefire is not a tactical respite, not a private episode and, most likely, not even a temporary first step solution. A ceasefire in this case is a strategy. In the current circumstances, this is the only possible political solution to immediately stop the bloodshed while preserving the prospects for both Ukraine and Russia.
Charitable foundations and social projects will take part in the New Year’s fair. One can support the work of these organisations by purchasing products made by their wards.
In the last days of December, Yabloko will hold actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions. Not all post cards and letters will reach their recipients before the New Year. However, good wishes are always important for those deprived of freedom. Yabloko invites all to come to the offices of the party branches, write letters to political prisoners and spend time with like-minded people; or one can also write a letter to a political prisoner without visiting our offices with the help of our instruction.
Tatyana Pasman, a deputy of the Pskov City Duma from Yabloko, proposed nine amendments worth 13,6 mln roubles to the draft city budget for 2024 and the planning period of 2025 and 2026.
Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The budget of Karelia for 2024 and the planning period 2025-2026 was adopted in the third reading with 25 votes in favour and 8 against out of 34 present. All 20 amendments of Yabloko, as well as proposals of other parties, were rejected. The head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of the Republic, Emilia Slabunova, spoke at a parliamentary meeting about why the faction did not consider it possible to support such a draft budget. Slabunova also demanded that the government of the Republic of Karelia present a plan for solving the problems reflected in the blocked amendments of the three factions, and a plan for increasing its own revenue sources of the budget of Karelia in 2024.
Just like last year, Yabloko is again organising New Year’s parties for Ukrainian refugee children.
Children would certainly like to celebrate the New Year at home, with their family, next to a decorated Christmas tree. But you understand, this will not happen now.
All are asking the question – what can I personally do? We offer to help make the world around for these children a little kinder.
We will hold holidays this year on 23 and 25 December for the wards of the Civic Assistance Committee and the Lighthouse Charity Foundation.
Chairman of Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov asks the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev to conduct a medical examination of Alexei Gorinov and monitor the provision of medical care to him in full.
Alexei Gorinov, a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow, was convicted of “fakes” about the army, and, according to his lawyer, is in very bad condition, very weak and can hardly stand on his feet. He has a chronic lung disease; in the penal colony he suffered from left-sided pleuropneumonia, underwent treatment, but, according to available information, after returning to the penal colony IK-2 in the Vladimir region, he was prevented from taking medications.
Resolution by the Yabloko Congress, adopted on 10.12.2023, published on 12.12.2023
Photo by Yury Abramochkin, RIA Novosti
Thirty years ago, a vote on the draft Constitution of Russia took place.
The creation of the Constitution of post-Soviet Russia, its popular discussion and adoption procedure could have become key stages in the creation of a new state, fundamentally different from the Soviet system based on lies and terror and, as a result, lost its legitimacy.
However, instead of all this, the creation and adoption of the Constitution in 1993 was subordinated to short-term political interests and became, in fact, a continuation of the forceful solution to the constitutional crisis chosen by President Yeltsin and his circle in September-October 1993.
The Yabloko’s Control and Audit Commission will include: Dmitry Kushpita, Chairman of the Vladimir regional branch of the party and Director of school No. 40 in Vladimir, advisor to the city mayor on issues of education, physical culture and sports; Kirill Lysenko, Deputy Director for Regional Development in the Digital Transformation Laboratories, Deputy Chairman of the Council on Informatisation and Digital Economy of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly, lecturer at Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Vadim Monin, Chairman of the Astrakhan regional branch of the party, Associate Professor of the Department of State and Municipal Administration of the Astrakhan Branch of Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Tatyana Pchyolkina, Chair of the Orenburg regional branch of the party, lawyer; Andrei Talevlin, Deputy Chairman of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the party, Chairman of the Green Russia faction in the Chelyabinsk regional branch, Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Law of the Chelyabinsk State University; Tatyana Shkred, Chair of the Voronezh regional branch of the party, individual entrepreneur.
Photo: Igor Artemyev, a member of the Federal Political Committee, speaks at the Congress on 9 December / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Past weekend, the 22nd Yabloko Congress took place in Moscow. The Congress elected the party leaders and the executive bodies of the party for the next four years. Nikolai Rybakov retained the post of Yabloko Chairman, 55% of delegates voted for him. The programme “Peace. Progress. Human Rights”, with which Nikolai Rybakov campaigned for the post of party Chairman is published on the Yabloko website.
The new members of the Federal Political Committee, which is a steering body of the party, dealing with the party’s strategy, are the famous economist Yevgeny Gontmakher, Alexei Melnikov, economist, publicist and a State Duma deputy of three convocations, and political scientist Ivan Bolshakov, who worked as Deputy Chairman of the party from 2019 to 2023.
The Federal Bureau includes 21 people (including the party Chairman and Deputy Chairpersons). Representatives from 15 regions became members of this executive body, 40 per cent of the Bureau are newly elected.
