Is
Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview
with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko,
"The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May
12, 2010
Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Yabloko faction submitted to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg a draft resolution on a legislative initiative of the St.Petersburg parliament for the State Duma on the responsibility for calls for the use of nuclear weapons. Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction of the St.Petersburg parliament, stated this at a briefing for journalists on Wednesday, 21 December.
On 20 December, a “government hour” was held in the State Duma, during which representatives of non-parliamentary parties could ask questions to the Minister of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov in his speech called for peace and the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement.
On 16 December, the Yabloko party hosted a lecture “The Constitutional Right to Alternative Civilian Service in Modern Conditions” by Anatoly Pchelintsev, Doctor of Law, Honorary Advocate of Russia, and member of the Writers’ Union of Russia. Anatoly Pchelintsev as a former a military lawyer has extensive experience in protecting the rights and freedoms of citizens, including in the Supreme Court of Russia, the Constitutional Court of the RF and the European Court of Human Rights. He headed the military legal research group of the Ministry of Defence, participated in the preparation of a number of laws in the field of defence and security, including the Federal Law “On Alternative Civilian Service”.
Appeal by the Federal Bureau of Yabloko of 15.12.2022, published on 16.12.2022
Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant
Yabloko demands to put an end to the militarisation of the school: not to make elementary military training a compulsory subject, not to allow for politicised and paramilitary events to be held at schools, and stop forcing schoolchildren to participate in “Conversations About the Important”. The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party sent such demands to deputies of the State Duma, members of the Federation Council and Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov.
Photo: An ambulance takes Artyom Kamardin to hospital from the Investigative Committee for the Tervskoy District in Moscow / Photo from social media
The Investigative Committee refuses to open a criminal case against the law enforcement officers who allegedly mocked and tortured civil activists Artyom Kamardin, Alexandra Popova and Alexander Menyukov. This follows from the response of the head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for Moscow to the appeal of the head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Maxim Kruglov.
The coming days, actions in support of political prisoners will be held in the offices of the Yabloko party across Russia. Yabloko invites all, who would like to support politicians and civil activists who were unjustly convicted or under investigation, to take part in the actions. Participants of the actions can sign postcards printed by the Yabloko party or bring their own letters. Regional offices of Yabloko undertake to send all correspondence to the addressees.
Photo: Anatoly Marchenko / Photo from the family archive
The administration and the Council of Deputies of the city of Barabinsk, the Novosibirsk region, refused to perpetuate the memory of their famous fellow countryman, dissident and writer Anatoly Marchenko, because, in their opinion, he was not an outstanding figure and did not perform any real exploit.
Photo: Valery Borshchov/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 21 December, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by Valery Borshchyov, an outstanding human rights activist, dissident, a member of the Federal Political Committee, Co-Chairman of the Yabloko’s Human Rights Faction and Co-Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Valery Borshchev will give a lecture on the topic: “Political Idealism: an Illusion or a Reality”.
On 15 December, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “On the Prospects of the Russian Economy” by Igor Nikolayev, Doctor of Economics and a member of the Public Constitutional Council.
Photo: Andrei Morev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Tagansky District Court, which found Andrei Morev, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Yabloko and the former head of the Yakimanka District Council in Moscow, guilty of “discrediting the army”. Morev was fined 50,000 roubles.
A round table dedicated to the International Human Rights Day was held at the National Library of Chuvashia on 10 December. The event was organised by the Chuvash republican public organisation Oscheye Delo (Common Cause). Members of the regional branch of the Yabloko party took an active part in the work of the round table.
Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Svetlana Vasilkova, Deputy Chairman of the Pskov Yabloko, filed an application with the Opochetsky District Court to recognise the decision of the Assembly of Deputies of the Pustoshkinsky District of 24 November to remove her from her post of head of the district as illegal. Such a decision was taken by the deputies despite the fact that the State Finance Committee of the Pskov Region recognised the district headed by Vasilkova one of the best in the region in 2021 and allotted additional funding in the form of an additional incentive payment which was used for preparation for the heating season.
On 15 December, the Moscow City Duma will host a round table dedicated to evaluating the effectiveness of the federal experiment with face recognition systems in Moscow. Deputies, officials and experts will discuss approaches to assessing the effectiveness of the experimental face recognition system in Moscow, crime detection rates, the specifics of data storage and legal regulation of the use of information systems. The moderator of the round table is Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
The Yabloko party joins the annual action “Tangerines and Canned Meat” from the Nochlezhka charity organization helping homeless people. On New Year’s Eve Nochlezhka collects the most essential food-stuffs for the homeless people of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
On 12 December, the Russian Constitution Day, the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party invites all to take part in a discussion on the topic “A Police State or a Law-Governed State”. The discussion will be held in the office of the regional Yabloko branch at the address: Chelyabinsk, Lenin prospect 21v, office 707 (7th floor). The event starts at 18:00 local time.
On 8 December, another evening of writing letters to political prisoners was held at the Kirov branch of Yabloko. This time the action was dedicated to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
On 16 December, the Yabloko party will host a lecture “The Constitutional Right to Alternative Civilian Service in Modern Conditions” by Anatoly Pchelintsev, Doctor of Law, Honorary Advocate of Russia, and member of the Writers’ Union of Russia. The lecture will begin at 19:00 (Moscow time).
Photo: Ruslan Zinalullin / Photo from social media
The Sovetsky District Court of Kazan for the third time considered the request of the investigation to conduct a search at the home of Ruslan Zinatullin, head of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Republic of Tatarstan, and issued permission to conduct investigative actions, which took place on 17 March, 2022. The search at the home of Zinatullin and other Yabloko members took place as part of a criminal case on inciting mass riots (Article 212 Part 1.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) because of a post in Telegram.
Photo: a screenshot the @necoglaioff YouTube channel
Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee, demanding to check the information about the torture by police officers of the detainee Nikolai Lebedev, as well as asked to identify and bring all those responsible to justice.
Photo: Mikhail Afanasyev, his wife Yelena and son / Photo from social media
On 6 December, the City Court in Abakan, Khakassia, fined Mikhail Afanasyev, the founder of the Novy Focus media, 450,000 roubles under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“incitement of hatred”). Mikhail Afanasyev, a member of the Yabloko party, is the owner, General Director and sole employee of the company. According to the case file, from 2018 to 2021, the legal entity posted a number of articles on its website that were aimed at “inciting enmity and hatred towards representatives of law enforcement agencies”. The court decision will be appealed.
