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, 23.12.2022
Photo: Anatoly Marchenko / Photo from the family archive
Public hearings on Yabloko’s proposal to perpetuate the memory of Soviet dissident Anatoly Marchenko will be held in Tatarstan. This was announced by the head of the Chistopol municipal district.
Posted: December 23rd, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Statement by the Yabloko party, 23.12.2022
Photo: The lecture by Valery Borshchyov, Co-Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, at Yabloko on 21 December, 2022 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The lawsuit of the Ministry of Justice to liquidate the Moscow Helsinki Group and ban its activities is another step towards turning the Russian state into a dictatorship.
The liquidation of the oldest human rights organisation in our country will become the same significant event as its emergence in the USSR in the 1970s. In 1976, when the Soviet leadership, after the signing of the Helsinki Agreement, was forced to feign recognition that the citizens of the USSR have the same inalienable rights as all people in the world, the Moscow Helsinki Group emerged.
Exceptionally wise and honest people, including Yury Orlov, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Pyotr Grigorenko, Yelena Bonner, Anatoly Marchenko, Andrei Sakharov, Sergei Kovalyov, and Valery Borshchyov, waged a courageous fight so that the state respect the vital rights of people simply because they are people..
Posted: December 23rd, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 22.12.2022
Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by the Pskov Yabloko
On 21 December, the Opochetsky District Court announced the decision on the suit of Yabloko’s Svetlana Vasilkova to challenge her dismissal from the post of head of the Pustoshkinsky district of the Pskov region. As follows from the decision, Svetlana Vasilkova’s demands were “partially satisfied”: it was decided to refuse to recognise the decision of the Assembly of Deputies of the Pustoshkinsky District on the resignation and the “letter of support” of Governor Mikhail Vedernikov as illegal, but to satisfy the request to publish the judicial act in the regional newspaper.
Posted: December 23rd, 2022 under Economy, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 22.12.2022
On 21 December, the Yabloko Party University hosted a lecture “Political Idealism: an Illusion or a Reality” 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.
On 1 December, Valery Borshchyov turned 80. He became an active participant in the Soviet human rights movement after meeting Acad. Andrei Sakharov in 1975.
In 2009, Valery Borshchyov was involved, as a well-known human rights defender and head of the Public Monitoring Commission of Moscow, in clarifying the circumstances of the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in a pre-trial detention centre.
Posted: December 22nd, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Press Release, 22.12.2022
Photo: Governor of the Volgograd Region Andrey Bocharov speaking in support of the “special operation” in front of students of the Volgograd branch of Plekhanov Russian University of Econmics / Photo by www.rea.ru
Yabloko started collecting signatures in Volgograd against the renaming of the city after Joseph Stalin. The initiative on the change.org platform was launched by Alexander Yefimov, a member of the Federal Bureau of Yabloko. Yefimov’s petition against the return of the name of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to Volgograd gathered over 1.500 signatures in five days. At the end of the signature campaign, an appeal will be sent to the Governor of the region.
Posted: December 22nd, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 21.12.2022
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Today, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin delivered a report to the deputies of the Moscow City Duma on the results of the work of the Moscow government in 2022. After a short report on the successes in the economy, social policies, the development of transport, and the victory over sanctions, Mayor Sobyanin answered questions from the factions of the Moscow parliament. It was allowed to ask the Mayor of Moscow only three pre-sent questions from each faction. The faction of the Yabloko party, being aware of the decorative nature of the communication between the Mayor and the deputies of the Moscow parliament, nevertheless, did not neglect the opportunity to get answers to questions that concern the residents of Moscow.
Posted: December 21st, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 21.12.2022
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.
Posted: December 21st, 2022 under Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 20.12.2022
Photo by Yevgenia Vlasova
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.
Posted: December 20th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Parties, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 20.12.2022
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”.
Posted: December 20th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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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.
Posted: December 20th, 2022 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Social Policies, Youth Policies.
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Press Release, 19.12.2022
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.
Posted: December 20th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma.
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Press Release, 15.12.2022
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.
Posted: December 19th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 19.12.2022
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.
Posted: December 19th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Political Parties, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 16.12.2022
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”.
Posted: December 19th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Human Rights.
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Press Release, 16.12.2022
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.
Posted: December 19th, 2022 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Russian Economy.
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Press Release, 14.12.2022
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.
Posted: December 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 13.12.2022
Photo by the Yabloko branch in Chuvashia
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.
Posted: December 14th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Press Release, 13.12.2022
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.
Posted: December 14th, 2022 under Economy, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 13.12.2022
Photo by Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant
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.
Posted: December 14th, 2022 under Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Press Release, 13.12.2022
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.
Posted: December 13th, 2022 under Charity, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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