Court fines Yabloko member Dmitry Khorzov 30,000 roubles over a campaign leaflet calling for peace
Press Release, 27.10.2026
Photo: Dmitry Khorzov
Today, 27 October, the Moskovsky District Court of St. Petersburg has fined Yabloko member Dmitry Khorzov, a former candidate in the 2026 State Duma elections, under the administrative article on “discrediting the use of the armed forces” (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The judge ordered him to pay a fine of 30,000 roubles.
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Posted: October 27th, 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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“The Great Terror in the USSR: 90 Years On”: Yabloko to host a public talk on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression
Press Release, 26.10.2026
Photo: Poster for the event / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On Wednesday, 28 October, Yabloko’s central office in Moscow will host a public talk entitled “The Great Terror in the USSR: 90 Years On”, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression. The speakers will be historian and public figure Nikita Petrov, human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jan Rachinsky, and Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov.
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Posted: October 26th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Dmitry Anisimov elected new Chairman of St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 24.10.2026
Photo: Dmitry Anisimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 24 October, the second stage of the 22nd Conference of the St. Petersburg regional branch of Yabloko took place. The delegates elected the governing bodies of St. Petersburg Yabloko: the Chairman, the Bureau and the Regional Council. It should be noted that the leadership of Yabloko’s branches is elected for a two-year term.
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Posted: October 26th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov transferred from Butyrka pre-trial detention facility in Moscow to a penal colony
Press Release, 23.10.2026
Photo: Maxim Kruglov in court / Photo by Yevgeny Razumny, Kommersant
Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov has been transferred from the Butyrka pre-trial detention facility in Moscow, where he spent about a year, to a general regime penal colony. We will provide further information about his arrival at the colony and where he will serve his sentence.
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Posted: October 26th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Court fines Omsk Yabloko leader Tatyana Shneider 10,000 roubles over a 2011 comment on the VK social network
Press Release, 21.10.2026
Photo: Tatyana Shneider / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Kuibyshevsky District Court of Omsk has fined Omsk Yabloko leader Tatyana Shneider 10,000 roubles under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences over a comment posted on the VK social network 15 years ago. The comment appeared after a series of hacks of Shneider’s social media accounts, and she was not the author of the comment.
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Posted: October 26th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Regional and Local Elections 2027, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Applications open for Yabloko’s Federal Party School
Press Release, 21.10.2026
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko is now accepting applications for its Federal Party School. If you are young and want to pursue politics professionally, this school is for you. You will learn how to organise campaigns, work with voters, speak in public and build up party work in your region. The school will also be of interest to those who are not planning a political career but want to understand how politics and society interact.
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Posted: October 26th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Yabloko Youth, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to hold its annual “People, Do Not Kill Each Other!” marathon of reading out loud the names of victims of Soviet political repression on 30 October
Press Release, 21.10.2026
Photo: Poster for the “People, Do Not Kill Each Other!” marathon of reading out loud the names of victims of Soviet political repression, 30 October, 11:00–22:00 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 30 October, the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, Yabloko will hold its annual marathon “People, Do Not Kill Each Other!”, in which participants read out loud the names of people who were repressed in the Soviet era. The event will run online for 11 hours, starting at 11 am Moscow time, and will bring together dozens of regions. Everyone will be able to follow the marathon live on Yabloko’s YouTube channel. In Moscow and other regions, people will also be able to join the marathon in person and read the names of those who died during Stalin’s terror.
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Posted: October 26th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Party University to host Alexander Gnezdilov’s lecture“Not Only the West: Taiwanese-Style Democracy”
Press Release, 20.10.2026
Photo: Alexander Gnezdilov / Photo by the Yabloko Party University
On 3 November, the Yabloko Party University will resume its work. The new term will open with a lecture by Alexander Gnezdilov, member of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee and editor-in-chief of “Smart Power Journal”, entitled “Not Only the West: Taiwanese-Style Democracy”. Registration is already open, and everyone is welcome to join.
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Posted: October 20th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Omsk Yabloko leader Tatyana Shneider accused of “inciting hatred” over a 2011 comment on the VK social network
Press Release, 20.10.2026
Photo: Tatyana Shneider / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Omsk Public Prosecutor’s Office has summoned Tatyana Shneider, Chair of Omsk Yabloko, for 21 October “to give explanations and take part in drawing up the resolution” in an administrative case of “inciting hatred” (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The Public Prosecutor’s Office also told Tatyana Shneider that a hearing in her case was scheduled at the Kuibyshevsky District Court of Omsk for the same date.
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Posted: October 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 upcoming events
Press Release, 19.10.2026
Photo by the Yaboko Press Service
In October and early November, Yabloko invites everyone to take part in its actions of writing letters to political prisoners, which are traditionally held in different cities across Russia. Anyone can come and write a letter or sign a postcard for a person deprived of their liberty for their beliefs, that is, for political reasons.
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Posted: October 19th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg: Releasing political prisoners means the state ceasing fire on its own citizens
Novaya Gazeta, 16.10.2026
Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko
Lev Shlosberg, who is being held in custody pending the appeal against his sentence of 11 years and 1 month, has written an article for Novaya Gazeta on what should be done about political prisoners while hostilities continue. Yabloko’s Deputy Chairman is convinced that the release of political prisoners is an integral part of the transition to peace.
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Posted: October 16th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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“A return to Stalinist practices”: Novgorod Yabloko demands the lifting of restrictions on relatives of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 16.10.2026
Photo: Viktor Shalyakin at an action of writing letters to political prisoners / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko
Viktor Shalyakin, head of the Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma, has appealed to Sergei Shvetsov, Public Prosecutor of the Novgorod Region, demanding that he review the legality of new restrictions on deputies’ assistants. A resolution adopted by the regional parliament on 8 October bars “foreign agents”, persons affiliated with them and members of their families from working as deputies’ assistants, even on a voluntary basis. Novgorod Yabloko has compared this decision to the practices of Joseph Stalin’s repressions from the 1930s to early 1950s.
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Posted: October 16th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Second annual retreat for Yabloko’s most active young members held in Moscow and the Ryazan Region
Press Release, 15.10.2026
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and young Yabloko members / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Young Yabloko supporters and members have held a three-day retreat following the election campaign. Many of the participants had their “baptism of fire” in the recent September elections to the State Duma and regional parliaments.
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Posted: October 15th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: On political prisoners in Russia
YouTube channel Zhivoi Gvozd, 12.10.2026
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There are several key topics today: the situation after the elections; Russia’s prospects, its goals and tasks; and the new generation of politicians, their responsibilities and opportunities. However, the most important and immeasurably painful issue today is the people under arrest and in prison for political reasons.
As of 9 October, there are 1,844 such prisoners in Russia. Over the past month, their number has risen by 40. Since the beginning of this year alone, at least nine people held on politically motivated charges have died in pre-trial detention facilities and penal colonies. These are terrible figures, and behind each of them there is a human life, the fates of people and their families.
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Posted: October 15th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko opposes United Russia’s monopoly on the leadership of the Novgorod Regional Duma
Press Release, 9.10.2026
Photo: Viktor Shalyakin at the first session of the Duma / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko
Viktor Shalyakin, head of the Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma, has opposed the election of representatives of the ruling United Russia party to all the leadership posts in the regional parliament. At the first session of the Duma he was also nominated as a candidate for Senator (member of the Federation Council of the RF) from the Novgorod Region. However, the Chairman of the Duma did not give the candidates the floor or allow deputies to ask them questions.
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Posted: October 15th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, The Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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St. Petersburg court fines Nikolai Rybakov 1,000 roubles
Press Release, 9.10.2026
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at a polling station on 20 September 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 9 October, the Vyborgsky District Court of St. Petersburg fined Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov 1,000 roubles under Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (“petty hooliganism”). He was, in effect, penalised for exercising his legal right to spoil his ballot in the September elections, from which Yabloko’s federal list had suddenly been removed despite having been registered.
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Posted: October 15th, 2026 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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“For me, extremism means aggression, intolerance, the inability to find constructive solutions, obsession, selfishness and irresponsibility”
Yelena Perepelitsa sentenced to four years in a penal colony
Press Release, 8.10.2026
Photo: Yelena Perepelitsa during the reading of the sentence / Photo by Slovo Zashchite
Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court has today sentenced Yabloko member Yelena Perepelitsa to four years in a penal colony on charges of financing extremist activity (Article 282.3(1) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The criminal prosecution was prompted by a transfer of 3,500 roubles to FBK*.
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Posted: October 14th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The most important thing is not to be afraid and not to despair, to do everything we can to preserve our faith and optimism. And always to remember the most important words: For Peace and Freedom!”
Press Release, 8.10.2026
Photo: Vasily Neustroyev in court
The Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction has upheld the sentence of ten years’ imprisonment handed down to Vasily Neustroyev, a member of St. Petersburg Yabloko, historian and election observer. The defence regards the ruling as unlawful and is weighing a cassation appeal.
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Posted: October 14th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko nominates Viktor Shalyakin as candidate for Senator from the Novgorod Region
Press Release, 7.10.2026
Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko
On the initiative of the Bureau of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, the Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma has nominated Viktor Shalyakin as a candidate for Senator of the Russian Federation. The Bureau’s decision to support his candidacy was unanimous.
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Posted: October 14th, 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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Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov: the 43 words of Yabloko’s programme are the very things Anna Politkovskaya devoted herself to
Press Release, 7.10.2026
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Twenty years ago, journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered. To mark the anniversary, Novaya Gazeta has issued a stamp bearing her portrait in the style of its portraits of Nobel laureates. The editorial team is convinced that, had Politkovskaya lived, it is she who would have received the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking about the essence of her work, Dmitry Muratov, Nobel Prize laureate, founder of Novaya Gazeta and a member of Yabloko, compared it with the work of Yabloko.
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Posted: October 14th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, 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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