Court upholds fine for “displaying Nazi symbols” against Holocaust researcher and Yabloko deputy Tatyana Pasman
Press Release, 20.08.2026
Photo: Tatyana Pasman / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
A judge of the Pskov Regional Court has heard the appeal lodged by Tatyana Pasman, teacher and Pskov City Duma deputy from Yabloko, and her lawyer Vladimir Danilov against the ruling of a judge of the Pskov City Court, who found Tatyana Pasman guilty of displaying “Nazi symbols” (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and fined her 1,000 roubles. As in the city court, the hearing was held behind closed doors. The grounds for the administrative prosecution was a non-existent post on a private page on one of the social networks. The fines under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences are nominal; however, a finding of guilt under the “extremism” article renders it impossible for the person concerned to stand in elections for one year.
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Posted: August 20th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions: schedule of for August – early September
Press Release, 20.08.2026
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The action of writing letters to political prisoners is a traditional monthly event at which anyone can write a letter or sign a postcard to people deprived of their freedom for their beliefs. Yabloko holds this event not only in Moscow but in many other cities across the country. Russian citizens wishing to join the event in Moscow or in other cities can check the schedule of events on the Yabloko web-site.
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Posted: August 20th, 2026 under Без рубрики.
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St. Petersburg territorial electoral commissions register Olga Tsepilova and Anton Kostik as Yabloko candidates for the Legislative Assembly election
Press Release, 20.08.2026
Photo: Olga Tsepilova, Anton Kostik / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
St. Petersburg’s Territorial Electoral Commissions (TECs) have registered Olga Tsepilova and Anton Kostik as Yabloko candidates in the single-mandate constituency elections for the Legislative Assembly. The TECs had earlier refused to register Tsepilova and Kostik on spurious grounds. The St. Petersburg City Court subsequently ruled the refusals lawful. However, on 17 August, the Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction ordered the TECs to reconsider the registration of the Yabloko candidates.
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Posted: August 20th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s ballot numbers for elections in five regions confirmed
Press Release, 20.08.2026
Photo: A board at the Central Electoral Commission with a handwritten note reading “Yabloko Stands for Peace!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Between 17 and 19 August, the electoral commissions of the Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, Sverdlovsk and Tomsk Regions held drawings of lots to determine the positions of political parties on the ballot papers.
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Posted: August 20th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court upholds refusal to register Yabloko’s candidate list for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 19.08.2026
Photo: Members of St. Petersburg Yabloko and parliamentary candidates at the Second Court of Appeal on 19 August / Photo by St. Petersburg Yabloko
On Wednesday, 19 August, the Second Court of Appeal dismissed Yabloko’s appeal against the ruling of the St. Petersburg City Court refusing to admit the party’s citywide list to the Legislative Assembly elections.
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Posted: August 19th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Rybakov demands Interior Ministry head end pressure on citizens who came to Supreme Court to support Yabloko
Press Release, 19.08.2026
Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs signboard / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has appealed to Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, demanding that he immediately halt the administrative persecution of citizens who, on 10 and 17 August 2026, were near the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation building, waiting to be admitted to open court hearings in the case concerning the party’s removal from the elections.
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Posted: August 19th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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Court in St. Petersburg orders territorial electoral commissions to reconsider registration of Yabloko candidates in single-mandate constituencies for the Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 18.07.2026
Photo: Yabloko’s slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On Monday, 17 August, the Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction ordered the territorial electoral commissions of two constituencies – No. 2 and No. 21 – to reconsider the registration of Yabloko candidates for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. The candidates concerned are Olga Tsepilova, Chair of St. Petersburg Yabloko, and lawyer and party member Anton Kostik.
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Posted: August 18th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “We go on working”
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky on the removal of Yabloko from the State Duma elections, 17.08.2026
Photo: The Supreme Court hearing on 17 August 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation removing Yabloko from the elections is unprecedented in the destructive impact it has on the constitutional foundations of the electoral system, freedom of speech and creative expression, and fair political competition.
With this ruling, the authorities are diminishing the rights of all candidates, all electoral associations, and all voters. It fails to serve any of the legal values of the electoral process and obstructs the exercise of constitutional rights.
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Posted: August 18th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Court sentences Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and 1 month in a penal colony. Statements by party leaders
Press Release, 17.08.2026
Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court on 14 August 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Pskov City Court has issued its ruling in the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg. The judge has sentenced the politician to 11 years and 1 month in a penal colony.
The prosecution had sought 12 years and 1 month’s imprisonment for the politician under two criminal cases at once: over “discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” (Article 280.3(1) of the Criminal Code) and over “disseminating information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” (Article 207.3(2)(d) of the Criminal Code). The cases were opened over a debate published on YouTube and a single repost on Telegram.
Statement by party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Chairman of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee Grigory Yavlinsky on the sentencing of Lev Shlosberg:
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Posted: August 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov’s speech before the Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Appeal against the removal of Yabloko’s list of candidates from the parliamentary elections, 17.08.2026
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Honourable Court,
Esteemed participants in these proceedings,
Before the hearing began, at least 35 people who came for today’s hearing — despite there being free seats in the courtroom, and despite having broken no rules — were detained and taken to police stations. Among them is Viktor Balabanov, a candidate for the State Duma, whom we had invited to today’s hearing so that he could act as a witness.
Moreover, over the past two days, law enforcement officers in Moscow have been visiting people who attended a lawful, open [Supreme Court] court hearing [on the removal of Yabloko from the parliamentary election] a week ago — journalists and State Duma candidates from Yabloko — and issuing all of them with formal warnings against committing offences. I cannot call this anything other than intimidation. I believe that everyone must be released today.
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Posted: August 17th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Leningrad Region Electoral Commission refuses to register Yabloko’s list of candidates for the regional Legislative Assembly. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 16.08.2026
Photo: Anatoly Golov, Olga Pokrovskaya and Grigory Grishin before submitting documents to the electoral commission / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Leningrad Region Electoral Commission has refused to register Yabloko’s list of candidates for the region’s Legislative Assembly. The reason given was an allegedly incorrect procedure for nominating the list – one which had raised no questions for the electoral commission at the certification stage. The decision will be appealed shortly.
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Posted: August 16th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov to party supporters: “Take care and don’t fall for provocations”
Press Release, 14.08.2026
Photo: An electronic screen displaying Yabloko campaign banner “For Peace and Freedom” in Veliky Novgorod.
Dear friends,
This is important. Yabloko is not holding, and does not plan to hold, any public actions in any city in Russia. Today this is dangerous for participants.
I ask you not to fall for provocations, and to continue supporting us in other ways — as you can do — through your comments, publications, volunteering, donations, and other lawful and safer means. Nothing is more important to us than your trust and your safety. The elections matter, but your freedom, your health and your life matter far more.
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Posted: August 14th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“What are the real reasons behind removing Yabloko from the State Duma elections?”
The Analytical Centre of Yabloko, 14.08.2026
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov answering questions from the press outside the Supreme Court on 10 August 2026, after the ruling was announced / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 10 August, the Supreme Court of Russia upheld a claim brought by the pro-Kremlin Rodina party to cancel Yabloko’s registration for the State Duma elections. The party’s federal list had previously been registered by the Central Electoral Commission and, following the drawing of lots, had taken second place on the ballot, directly after United Russia.
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Posted: August 14th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Prosecution seeks 12 years and 1 month in a penal colony for Lev Shlosberg
Press Release, 14.08.2026
Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko
Today, 14 August, the prosecution has asked Pskov City Court to sentence Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg to 12 years and 1 month’s imprisonment.
It should be noted that, in the consolidated criminal case against Lev Shlosberg, he is charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: Article 280.3(1) (repeated “discrediting the army”), over a debate with historian Yuri Pivovarov in which Shlosberg argued for the need for an urgent ceasefire, and Article 207.3(2) (“fakes about the army”), over reposting a publication on a Telegram channel in February 2022.
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Posted: August 14th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s appeal against removal from the elections to be heard on 17 August
Press Release, 14.08.2026
Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and lawyer Vitaly Isakov, one of the party’s leading candidates, at the Supreme Court on 10 August / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Updated. Yabloko has filed an appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia to remove the party’s list from the State Duma elections. It was previously reported that representatives of the Rodina party had also filed an appeal. Both appeals will be heard on the same day – 17 August.
Russia’s Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for Monday, 17 August (at 10:00), to consider an appeal against its own decision to remove Yabloko’s list of candidates from the elections to the 9th convocation of the State Duma. The appeal against the Supreme Court’s decision was filed today, 14 August, by Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Ivan Bolshakov, Head of the party’s Analytical Centre and one of the leaders of the federal list for the forthcoming elections.
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Posted: August 14th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Why the Supreme Court removed Yabloko from the elections. The formal grounds, from its reasoned ruling
Press Release, 12.08.2026
Photo: The Supreme Court examines Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Supreme Court has sent Yabloko its reasoned ruling on the removal of the party’s federal list of candidates from the State Duma elections, following a suit brought by the Rodina political party. The formal grounds cited were rouble-denominated donations from Russian nationals who had themselves received money from abroad, publications in support of Yabloko on social networks blocked or restricted in Russia, and alleged copyright infringements. These included the use of lines from the song “Let the Sun Shine Forever” and the phrase “As Long As There’s No War”, as well as an image generated with the use of ChatGPT. The court declined to recognise ChatGPT as artificial intelligence.
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Posted: August 12th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “This is not about Yabloko’s fate — it is about Russia’s fate”
Yavlinsky.ru, 10.08.2026
Photo: 10 August 2026. Outside the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Supreme Court has granted the claim brought by the Rodina party and has cancelled the registration of Yabloko’s federal list of candidates for the State Duma elections. The decision will be appealed. Here goes the Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky, Chair of the party’s Federal Political Committee:
Yabloko is contesting these elections with the
programme “For Peace and Freedom!” We stand for a ceasefire, for diplomacy and for achieving peace, and for preventing nuclear war. We want Russia to be free from fear and political repression, and for human life to be valued in our country, and for human dignity and rights to be respected. Our goal is a prosperous, democratic Russia.
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Posted: August 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Address by Yabloko Chair Nikolai Rybakov to party supporters ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on 10 August
Address by Nikolai Rybakov, 9.08.2026
Photo: Banners “The Supreme Court of the RF”
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court of Russia will hear a case on removing the Yabloko party from the State Duma elections.
Rest assured – our lawyers will not leave one stone upon another of these ill-informed and politically motivated accusations against the party. There are no legal grounds whatsoever for denying dozens of millions of Russian citizens who support peace the opportunity to vote for their representatives – for Yabloko. Some of the arguments even raise doubts about the sanity of whoever wrote them.
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Posted: August 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to sue State Duma MP Zhuravlyov over defamatory statements
Press Release, 7 August 2026
Photo: The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Yabloko has reviewed a video recording of a speech given by State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlyov (the LDPR faction) outside the Supreme Court of Russia building.
The speech contains defamatory statements about Yabloko. A claim for the protection of the party’s reputation will be filed in court today.
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Posted: August 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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St. Petersburg City Court refuses to reinstate Yabloko’s candidate list for the Legislative Assembly elections. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 7 August 2026
Photo: Candidates and party members of Yabloko in St. Petersburg / Photo by the St. Petersburg regional branch of Yabloko
The St. Petersburg City Court has dismissed Yabloko’s administrative claim challenging the decision of the city electoral commission, which had refused to register the party’s list of candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections.
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Posted: August 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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