The YABLOKO faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly does not support the bill of St.Petersburg “On the election of deputies of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly” which includes the introduction of a mixed electoral system which was initiated “orally” on 3 February, 2016.
[01.02.2016] Boris Yeltsin, the first Russian President, would have turned 85 today 01.02.2016 Grigory Yavlinsky:
"Boris Yeltsin belongs to such historical figures whose assessment by people changes over time, because all further developments bring new meanings to their deeds and highlight the consequences that were not obvious during their lives.
The key factor determining the nature of the programme will be the fact that for the first time since 1996 elections will take place in a situation of economic recession, decline in living standards of most of citizens, social and economic crisis. This is stated in the basic principles of the electoral programme adopted by the FPC. The programme will address all the citizens of Russia. YABLOKO will propose a "coherent and compelling economic, social and humanitarian alternative" for the country. The party states, that Russia needs a radical change of the course conducted by President Vladimir Putin.
[19.01.2016] YABLOKO honoured the memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova killed by neonazist Press Release, 19.01.2016 On 19 January, YABLOKO leaders and activists laid flowers to the place where lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were killed by neonazists – at 1 Prechistinka street. Markelov and Baburova were murdered in the centre of Moscow in plain daylight on 19 January 19, 2009, shot in the head by a gunman.
[17.01.2016] Alexei Arbatovs anniversary Congratulations, 17.01.2016 On 17 January, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of YABLOKO’s Federal Political Committee Alexai Arbatov celebrated his 65 birthday. YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova and Chair of YABLOKO’s Federal Political Committee Grigory Yavlinsky congratulated him.
On behalf of your colleagues from the YABLOKO party I congratulate you on your Birthday! You are a true professional, a politician of principle whose opinion is regarded by the Russian and foreign colleagues throughout the existence of YABLOKO. Your experience as Deputy of the State Duma, military and international relations expert, your research on military equipment and international law have made you one of the most distinguished politicians and our party’s pride. I am sure that your experience will be yet more in demand at the state level by all means.
The main events of the year were political reprisals against the dissenting: the murder of Boris Nemtsov and severe poisoning of Vladimir Kara-Murza who only miraculously escaped death.
The point of this year – the toughest pressure on the civil society for the past 30 years, the stake on the use of force in domestic and foreign polices – was focused in the very beginning [of the year]: the tragedy of February 27 [the murder of Boris Nemtsov].
Galina Shirshina was elected Petrozavodsk Mayor by people. The authorities always resort to arbitrary rule and force when they fail to win elections honestly.
[17.12.2015] YABLOKO claims that resigned governors must not participate in early elections Press release, 16.12.2015 YABLOKO deputies in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly Grigory Yavlinsky, Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Kobrinsky proposed an initiative prohibiting the governors-in-office to participate in early elections.
[15.12.2015] Grigory Yavlinsky’s answer to a student about Russias foreign policy became a hit in the Internet and collected 1.5 million views // Text, video, 15.12.2015 A student of the Higher School of Economics at Grigory Yavlinsky’s semkinar asked the professor why he was criticizing Russia's foreign policy, as, according to the student, "our country does not quarrel with the world on its own initiative". The video and the text of the dialogue was published on Grigory Yavlinsky’s Fecebook page. The post caused great interest among the audience of social networks and in few days collected nearly 1.5 million views.
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