Supreme Court rejects Yabloko’s appeal against refusal to register its list of candidates for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 4.09.2026
Photo: Outside the Supreme Court building / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On Friday, 4 September, the Supreme Court of Russia rejected an appeal filed by St. Petersburg Yabloko against the refusal to register the party’s city-wide list of candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections.
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Posted: September 5th, 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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Two Yabloko single-mandate candidates detained in Moscow: the charges could bar them from standing in the State Duma elections
Press Release, 4.09.2026
Photo: Grigory Grishin and Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno
Today, 4 September, two Yabloko candidates for the State Duma, Grigory Grishin and Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno, were detained in Moscow. Both had administrative violation reports filed against them under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, on “displaying extremist symbols”. A finding of administrative liability under this article bars a person from standing as a candidate for one year.
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Posted: September 4th, 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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In Chelyabinsk, the Greens want Yabloko’s State Duma candidate Yaroslav Shcherbakov removed over Banksy graffiti and a Sakharov quote
Press Release, 4.09.2026
Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Chelyabinsk Region Court will hear a claim filed by Artem Kungurtsev, a representative of the Greens party, seeking to overturn the registration of Yaroslav Shcherbakov, leader of Chelyabinsk Yabloko, as a State Duma candidate. It should be noted that Yabloko member Shcherbakov headed the party’s federal list in the State Duma elections (the list was removed by decision of the Supreme Court) and is a candidate in single-mandate constituency No. 188.
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Posted: September 4th, 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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Supreme Court refuses to consider Yabloko’s supervisory complaint against removal of the party’s federal list of candidates from State Duma elections
Press Release, 3.09.2026
Photo: Vitaly Isakov addressing the appellate panel of judges on 17 August 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Supreme Court of Russia has refused to refer Yabloko’s supervisory complaint to the Supreme Court’s Presidium for consideration. The 64-page complaint had been filed the previous day, on 2 September. This means the Supreme Court took only around twenty-four hours to examine it.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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On the demolition of the Shukhov Tower in Moscow
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party, 2.09.2026
Photo: Shukhov Tower / Photo by Yandex Maps
Moscow Yabloko is worried by the news of plans by RTRS (the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network) to begin dismantling the Shukhov Tower, an outstanding monument to early twentieth-century Russian engineering, this autumn.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko appeals removal of its lists from Legislative Assembly elections in Kaliningrad and Sverdlovsk Regions
Press Release, 2.09.2026
Photo: Roman Morozov (Kaliningrad), Yaroslav Shcherbakov and Yabloko candidate Leonid Buyny (Yekaterinburg) / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Today, 2 September, Yabloko representatives filed appeals against the court rulings that had earlier granted claims to cancel the registration of the party’s candidate lists standing for seats in the Legislative Assemblies of the Kaliningrad and Sverdlovsk Regions.
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Posted: September 2nd, 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 files supervisory complaint against removal of party’s federal list from State Duma elections
Press Release, 2.09.2026
Photo: Supreme Court of Russia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Today, 2 September, Yabloko has filed a supervisory complaint with the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Russia against the ruling of 10 August and the appellate decision of 17 August, by which the registration of the party’s federal list for the State Duma elections was cancelled.
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Posted: September 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Police interrupt Novgorod Yabloko’s officially approved ‘peace picket’, citing a ‘terrorist threat’
Press Release, 1.09.2026
Photo: Participants in the “peace picket” / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko
On 1 September, leaders and activists of Novgorod Yabloko held a “peace picket,” approved in advance with the Mayor’s Office, by the Central Market in Veliky Novgorod, opposite the United Russia party office. However, police interrupted the picket, citing a “terrorist threat”.
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Posted: September 2nd, 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.
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Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan removes Alexei Akimenko, Yabloko member and main rival to Rodina’s party leader Zhuravlev, from State Duma elections
Press Release, 31.08.2026
Photo: Alexei Akimenko / Photo by Tatarstan Yabloko
On 31 August, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan has removed Alexei Akimenko, a Yabloko member and main rival of the Rodina party leader Zhuravlev, from the State Duma elections. He is the third Yabloko single-mandate candidate to be removed from the elections in a single day. The ruling will be appealed.
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Posted: September 2nd, 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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Tula Region Court removes Tula Yabloko leader Anton Paramonov from State Duma elections following claim by deputy head teacher from the Party of Pensioners
Press Release, 31.08.2026
Photo: Anton Paramonov / Photo by Tula Yabloko
On 31 August, the Tula Region Court has granted a claim filed by Svetlana Bobrovskaya, deputy head teacher at Educational Centre No. 41, seeking the cancellation of the registration of Yabloko candidate Anton Paramonov, who heads the party’s Tula branch, in the State Duma elections.
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Posted: September 2nd, 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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Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan removes Yabloko’s State Duma candidate Ayrat Gumerbaev from the elections following claim by electoral commission
Press Release, 31.08.2026
Photo: Activists of Tatarstan Yabloko (Ayrat Gumerbaev, far left) / Photo by Sofya Fyodorova
On 31 August, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan has granted a claim filed by the Territorial Electoral Commission (TEC) for Naberezhnye Chelny Constituency No. 34, seeking the cancellation of the registration of Yabloko candidate Ayrat Gumerbaev in the State Duma elections.
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Posted: September 2nd, 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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Maxim Kruglov: “It is a Russian tradition to hack off one of the heads of the two-headed eagle in the Russian coat of arms with a vengeance, and today we are watching exactly that”
Press Release, 31.08.2026
Photo: Maxim Kruglov addressing the Moscow City Court via video link / Photo by Irina Vorobyova
During a break before the appeal panel announced its decision, those who had come to support Maxim Kruglov were let into the courtroom. He addressed those present via video link. His speech was interrupted when the judges entered the courtroom and announced their decision — to leave the seven-year sentence unchanged.
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Posted: August 31st, 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.
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Moscow City Court upholds Maxim Kruglov’s sentence. Hearing held behind closed doors
Press Release, 31.08.2026
Photo: Maxim Kruglov
The Moscow City Court has upheld the sentence handed down to Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov: seven years in a general regime penal colony in the case over so-called “fakes about the army”. The appeal hearing was held behind closed doors.
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Posted: August 31st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Kaliningrad Region Court removes Yabloko’s list from the regional Legislative Assembly elections following claim by Communists of Russia. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 29.08.2026
Photo: Lawyer and Yabloko candidate Roman Morozov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On Friday, 28 August, Kaliningrad Region Court granted a claim by the Communists of Russia party, which had sought to have the registration of Yabloko’s list for the regional Legislative Assembly elections annulled. Yabloko’s interests in court were represented by lawyer Roman Morozov, one of the leaders of the region-wide part of the candidate list. He stresses that the entire proceedings amounted to “yet another instance of manipulating the law”. The ruling of Kaliningrad Region Court will be appealed.
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Posted: August 29th, 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.
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Sverdlovsk Region Court removes Yabloko’s list from Legislative Assembly elections on LDPR claim. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 28.08.2026
Photo: On the left, Yabloko representatives Yaroslav Shcherbakov (standing) and Konstantin Kiselyov; on the right, a judge of the Sverdlovsk Region Court / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 28 August, the Sverdlovsk Region Court upheld LDPR’s claim and cancelled the registration of Yabloko’s candidate list for the regional Legislative Assembly elections. The ruling has not entered into legal force and will be appealed by the party.
Until the ruling enters into force, Yabloko’s list remains on the ballot. The ruling also does not affect the party’s candidates taking part in the elections in single-mandate constituencies.
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Posted: August 28th, 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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A Just Russia seeks to remove Yabloko’s State Duma candidate — chief rival to Rodina party’s leader and candidate — from the elections
Press Release, 27.08.2026
Photo: Alexei Akimenko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On Friday, 28 August, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan will hear a claim seeking to cancel the registration of Yabloko candidate Alexei Akimenko for the State Duma elections. Akimenko is standing in Neftekamsk single-mandate constituency No. 6.
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Posted: August 28th, 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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Regional newspapers refuse to publish ‘For Peace and Freedom!’ election programme
Press Release, 27.06.2026
Photo: Yabloko candidate Yelena Panova’s election programme in the newspaper Novy Mir (Kurgan Region)
Regional newspapers are refusing to publish the election programme of Yabloko candidates standing in single-mandate constituencies. The programme consists of just 43 words:
FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM!
FOR A LIFE WITHOUT FEAR!
For a ceasefire agreement, diplomacy and the achievement of peace!
Our goal is to prevent nuclear war!
For a Russia free from fear and political repression!
For the preservation of life, respect, dignity and human wellbeing!
Our goal is a prosperous, democratic Russia!
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Posted: August 28th, 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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Yabloko to conduct “Peace Stream”, a major fundraiser for Yabloko’s election campaign
Press Release, 27.08.2026
Photo: Announcement of Yabloko’s “Peace Stream”
On 28 August at 19:00 (Moscow time), we will hold “Peace Stream” — a major broadcast in support of our election campaign.
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Posted: August 28th, 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 for Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly elections. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 27.08.2026
Photo: Yabloko candidates Anatoly Golov, Olga Pokrovskaya and Grigory Grishin before submitting documents to the electoral commission / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Leningrad Region Court has upheld the regional Electoral Commission’s refusal to register Yabloko’s list of candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections. It should be noted that the claim filed by Yabloko’s Leningrad Region branch sought to overturn the Commission’s decision on four grounds. The main one concerns a fabrication created by the Electoral Commission: the Commission claimed that Yabloko’s delegates at the party’s Congress on 27 June had not voted at all for the nomination of the candidate list for the Leningrad Region, which does not correspond to the facts.
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Posted: August 27th, 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 ‘For Peace and Freedom’ election campaign continues
Address of Yabloko’s Federal Bureau to voters, published on 27.08.2026
Adopted at the Bureau meeting on 26.08.2026
Photo: Yabloko billboard in Tomsk “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Dear voters, like-minded fellow citizens and supporters,
We are continuing our election campaign: do not believe the talk and rumours that Yabloko has supposedly been “removed from the elections”.
Only the registration of the party’s federal list for the State Duma elections has been cancelled. We continue to fight for the list’s reinstatement by all lawful means: we are preparing a complaint to the Presidium of the Supreme Court, an application to the Constitutional Court, and are pursuing other legal remedies.
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Posted: August 27th, 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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