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 action by the Yabloko branch in Ivanovo
Actions in support of Russian political prisoners took place in the regional offices of the Yabloko party last week. Yabloko members and supporters, and civil activists signed postcards and wrote letters to those who were unfairly imprisoned.
Photo: The cover of the book “The Place of Memory Sandarmokh” picturing a memorial stone with an inscription “People, Don’t Kill Each Other” at the place of mass executions in Sandarmokh, Karelia
The second volume of Yuri Dmitriev’s book “The Place of Memory Sandarmokh”, which includes essays and memories of victims of Stalin’s repressions of 1937 – 1938 who were shot and buried in mass graves in Sandarmokh, Karelia, documents on executions, photos of memorials, as well as the names of Sandarmokh victims, will be launched in the Moscow office of Yabloko on 5 October at 18.30.
Sandarmokh is one of the largest places with mass graves of Stalin’s victims in Russia.
Photo: Artur Gaiduk / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service
Artur Gaiduk, a Yabloko deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies, proposes to the Governor, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service to provide people who are trying to cross the border with warm tents for the night, dry closets, hot meals, warm clothes, personal hygiene products and medicines.
There are children and elderly people among the hundreds of people waiting in a multi-day queue at the border. People wait up to seven days to cross the border with Russia at checkpoints in the Pechora, Sebezh and Pytalovsky regions in the open air. The absolute majority of them are citizens of Ukraine.
Photo: Alexander Grigoriev / Photo from social media
In Lipetsk, a criminal case was opened against Alexander Grigoriev, a member of the Yabloko party, under of Article 207.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation”). Alexander Grigoriev, a well-known civil activist in Lipetsk, is under investigation now, no preventive measure has been chosen for him yet.
Photo: Dmitry Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Supreme Court of Karelia upheld the decision of the Petrozavodsk City Court, which found Dmitry Rybakov, a deputy of the Petrozavodsk City Council from the Yabloko party and an environmental activist, guilty of “discrediting the army”. Dmitry Rybakov must pay a fine of 30,000 roubles by 28 November.
Statement by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, 29.09.2022
Photo: Mobilisation. / Photo by Viktor Korotayev, Kommersant
The “referendums” held on 23-27 September on the inclusion of the territories of the “Donetsk People’s Republic”, the “Luhansk People’s Republic”, parts of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into the Russian Federation, their predictable results, the well-known intentions of the Russian authorities to take advantage of this, and the announcement and the course towards the “partial mobilisation” confirm the stance of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko regarding the obvious and inevitable consequences of such actions:
The Pskov city court found Ivan Prishchepa, Yabloko candidate at the recent elections to the Pskov Regional Assembly, guilty of “discrediting the army” (Article 20.3.3 Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The decision was made on 15 July. On 5 September, the Pskov Regional Court dismissed the complaint of Ivan Prishchepa. A fine amounting to 32,000 roubles must be paid by 5 November.
Photo: Alexander Makhankov / Photo from social media
The District Court of the Pushkinsky District of St.Petersburg, fined Alexander Makhankov, leader of the Yabloko branch in the district and a Yabloko candidate for the recent municipal elections to the Pushkinsky Municipal Council, 30,000 roubles for “discrediting the army”. The protocol was drawn up because of his comments on the VKontakte social media.
Actions of writing letters to political prisoners will be held at the regional offices of the Yabloko party. Yabloko invites all Russian citizens who want to support unjustly convicted politicians and activists or those who are under investigation to participate in the actions. Participants of the actions can sign postcards printed by the Yabloko party or bring their own letters. Regional offices take up the obligation to send all correspondence to the addressees.
Photo: An ambulance takes Artyom Kamardin to hospital from the Investigative Committee for the Tervskoy District in Moscow / Photo from social media
The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma appealed to the Public Prosecutor of Moscow Denis Popov demanding a thorough check of the facts of violence, that became known yesterday, against civil activists Artyom Kamardin, Alexandra Popova, and Alexander Menyukov and bringing the perpetrators to criminal liability.
Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
A criminal case on “discrediting the army” was initiated against Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia. The reason was a post on Anatoly Nogovitsyn’s Telegram channel about the announced mobilisation. As a measure of restraint, the court chose a written undertaking for Nogovitsyn not to leave the place.
Photo (from left to right): lawyer Andrei Chertkov, Judge Artyom Brodsky, lawyer Leonid Krikun and Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 23 September, the Petrogradsky District Court of St.Petersburg continued consideration of the administrative case against Alexander Shishlov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“discrediting the Russian Armed Forces”). The court postponed the consideration of the case until it could receive the results of the examination, which has been carried out by the North-Western Regional Centre for Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
On 22 September, the Forum of Municipal Candidates “After the Elections” was held in the Yabloko office in Moscow. Candidates for deputies, members of the electoral headquarters, campaign volunteers and party supporters gathered in the hall to discuss the campaign and the results of the elections, as well as to outline a plan for further work.
On 26 September, Yabloko will hold a round table on the problems of introduction of “lessons” at schools that condone the special military operation. “Raising of patriotism at school,” “conversations about the important”, raising the flag, history lessons. What does all this mean? How teachers and students should behave?
Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo be the Yabloko Press Service
The Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia refused to include in the agenda of its meeting on 22 September a question about the order “On conducting partial mobilisation in the Republic of Karelia” submitted by Emilia Slabunova, head of the Yabloko faction. The already published orders on mobilisation in a number of regions, that are typical for the Ministry of Defense, contain requirements to prohibit military personnel from leaving the districts (cities) without mobilisation orders and who have not received a summons. Emilia Slabunova also indicated that many residents of Kondopoga and nearby areas daily commute to work in Petrozavodsk.
Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky at the launch of his book “Russia-2022: Underlying Causes. Why and how did a political system appear which has resulted in the events on 24 February, 2022”, 10 September, 2022. Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Here we publish Grigory Yavlinsky’s commentaries on how Russia came to 24 February, 2022, why the special operation was inevitable and what role the international community played in this. Based on unpublished interviews given by the leader of the Yabloko party to Russian and foreign journalists in the recent months.
On 19 September, a meeting of the activists of the Gender faction of the Yabloko party was held. The meeting was dedicated to the tasks of the faction in the new conditions, when the issues of the “special military operation” pushed the issues of gender equality that had been actively discussed before into the background.
Photo: Tatyana Pasma / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko Press Service
On 22 September, Tatyana Pasman, Yabloko deputy in the Pskov City Duma, addressed her parliamentary colleagues at a session of the Pskov City Duma and explained her decision to run for the post of the Chair of the Duma as follows: “The principles of democracy involve balancing the positions of the majority and the minority and providing opportunities for opposition representatives to influence the work of the parliament. Since the majority of the new Duma are representatives of [the pro-government] United Russia, the election of a Chair from among the deputies from the opposition party will balance the work of the Duma and bring respect for all opinions into our parliament.
