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: The May Day demonstration in Novosibirsk, 2018 / Photo by the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko
The Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, in accordance with the decision of the Bureau of the regional branch, has submitted a notification to the Mayor’s Office about the organisation of the May Day demonstration, which is traditional for the regional branch. Yabloko formulated two topical themes of the event: “For Peace” and “Against Violation of the Constitutional Rights of Citizens in the New Law on Electronic Call-Up Papers”.
Photo: Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Deputies of the Yabloko faction of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Shishlov and Boris Vishnevsky submitted their income declarations in a personalised form. They did not hide their income from voters, despite the fact that the law no longer obliges them to do so. Alexander Shishlov and Boris Vishnevsky earned a total of over 7 million roubles for the two of them in 2022.
Photo: The Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia / Photo by the Press Service of the Legislative Assembly
The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia submitted to the Assembly its legislative initiative to supplement the Law “On the General Principles of Organisation of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation” with a norm envisaging that annual reports of the heads of the municipalities and local administrations should be published on the Internet.
Today Yabloko Chairman Rybakov personally came to the hearings of the Abakan City Court of the Republic of Khakassia in a criminal case against Mikhail Afanasyev, Editor-in-Chief of the Novy Focus online media and a member of the Yabloko party.
Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Maxim Loktev, the Chief Military Enlistment Officer of Moscow, openly stated that the Moscow video surveillance system had been actively used to determine the places of residence of conscripts, who were certainly, very much needed at present. In general, they began to talk about the true functionality of this famous system obscenely openly and directly. Although let me remind you, it was launched under the pretext of fighting crime.
On 17 April, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “Towards Democracy and Back” by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko Party and Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
The administration of the city of Murino in the Leningrad region did not give a permission to Yabloko on holding of the first rally in Russia against electronic call-up papers for military service, which the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko planned to organise on Sunday, 23 April. The application in electronic form was submitted by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, Anatoly Golov, member of the Yabloko Bureau and Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko branch in St.Petersburg, as well as Dmitry Anisimov, a member of the Bureau of the regional branch. The administration of Murino first registered and accepted the application for consideration, but then stated that the application had to be on paper.
Photo: Vladimir Kara-Murza at the Yabloko congress on the threashold the State Duma election campaign of 2021 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Moscow City Court has sentenced politician and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years of a strict colony regime. He was found guilty of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), dissemination of knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Article 207.3, Part 2, clauses “d” and “e” of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), as well as cooperation with an organisation undesirable for the Russian Federation (Article 284.1 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
Kara-Murza pleaded not guilty. “My self-esteem even went up. I realised that I did everything right. 25 years is the highest score I could get for what I did, what I believed in as a citizen, as a patriot, as a politician. So, I did everything right,” Vladimir conveyed through his lawyers.
The Yabloko party considers the persecution of Vladimir Kara-Murza political and demands that the sentence be overturned. Yabloko party leaders and Yabloko deputies in the regional parliaments have repeatedly applied to the court with guarantees for Kara-Murza. Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko Grigory Yavlinsky appeared in court as a defence witness.
Here is how Yabloko leaders reacted to the verdict:
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March, 2023
Published on 13 April, 2023
Photo: Mariupol / Photo by Alexander Chernykh, Kommersant
The Yabloko party, as a democratic opposition to the present system of power in Russia, has repeatedly stated its principally negative stance both as regards the strategic course of the state’s leadership headed by Vladimir Putin, and in connection with the events that began in Crimea and Donbass in 2014, and transformed into an international clash in 2022.
The application has been submitted to the administration of the city of Murino, a rally of up to 200 people is planned to be held, if agreed on with the authorities, on Sunday, 23 April.
The application was submitted by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, Anatoly Golov, a member of the Yabloko Bureau and Deputy Chairman of the St.Petersburg regional branch of the party, and Dmitry Anisimov, a member of the Bureau of the regional branch.
The Saratov regional branch of the Yabloko party intends to appeal in court for the second time the refusal of the Saratov administration to give a permission for a demonstration in the city centre under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom!”.
The only way out is to reach a ceasefire agreement
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel. 12.04.2023
Photo: Military Commissariat / Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant
The State Duma and the Federation Council adopted a bill tightening the rules for military conscription and illegally restricting the constitutional rights of citizens.
Amendments to the law “On military duty and military service” were adopted by the State Duma unanimously – without objections from the so-called “parliamentary opposition”.
Deputy Chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko on the new law on electronic call-up papers for mobilisation of conscripts
Press Release, 12.04.2023
Photo: Anatoly Golov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The law on electronic call-up papers [instead of head delivered personal letters for mobilisation of conscripts so that to make it harder for men to avoid being drafted] adopted by the State Duma is a step towards the Stalinist state and serfdom. This was stated by Anatoly Golov, Deputy Chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko party.
Photo: The building of the city administration in Novosibirsk / Photo from the official web-site of the city of Novosibirsk
Natalya Chubykina, Chairperson of the Novosibirsk branch of Yabloko, spoke at the public hearings on amendments to the Charter of the city of Novosibirsk on the model of mayoral elections.
Photo: A pine wood in the city of Chelyabinsk/ Wikimedia Commons
On 3 May, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk will start considering the claim of Andrei Talevlin, an environmentalist and a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, to the Governor of the Chelyabinsk region on the establishment of a buffer zone around the pine wood which is located in Chelyabinsk.
Photo: Vladimir Putin, then Russian Prime Minister, and Mikhail Beketov, Editor-in-Chief of Khimkinskaya Pravda, at the Russian Government Print Media Awards ceremony, 2011 / Photo by Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant
Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a demand to find and punish those responsible for the death of journalist Mikhail Beketov. This year is the statute of limitations for bringing to justice those responsible for the attack on Mikhail Beketov, the Editor-in-Chief of the Khimkinskaya Pravda newspaper, which led to his death. 15 years passed, but those who ordered and performed this crime have not been named.
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March, 2023
Published on 10 April, 2023
Photo by RIA Novosti
According to the UN, at least 8,006 civilians were killed, at least 13,287 were injured, and more than 8 million people became refugees during the year of the special military operation. The actual extent of losses on both sides is unknown.
The Yabloko party has repeatedly, consistently and openly warned Russian society about the danger of unleashing a military confrontation with Ukraine, the political dead end of this step and its catastrophic consequences for Russia.
Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee of 24 March, 2023
Published on 7 April, 2023
Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the reception in the Faceted Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin. 21 March, 2023 / Photo by Pavel Byrkin
War is a great catastrophe for our country and every person living in Russia. The special military operation on the territory of Ukraine has been determining the entire agenda of Russia’s life for more than a year now: the state machine has taken a run up and is rushing along the rails of military aggressive tasks, the economy is actually being transferred to serving military needs, private businesses are being forced to line up in the ranks of “voluntary” sponsors of new spending, and population is made to adapt to partial mobilisation. At the same time, any disagreement with the decisions of the authorities can bring, at a minimum, problems, and, at a maximum, a criminal article for expressing an opinion.
