Archive for 'Protection of Environment'
Nikolai Rybakov demands that the Prosecutor General disclose data on the scale of environmental damage following the oil spill in the Kerch Strait
Press Release, 11.07.2026 Photo: Clean-up operations following the oil spill caused by the two Volgoneft tankers that ran into distress in the Kerch Strait on the afternoon of 15 December 2024, on the coastline at Anapa. / Photo by Yuri Bereznyuk, Kommersant Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent an appeal to Prosecutor General Alexander Guzan, […]
Posted: July 13th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko launches a petition to save the Elektrozavod, a rare industrial heritage site in Moscow facing imminent demolition
Press Release, 8.07.2026 Photo: Elektrozavod / Photo by Angelika Zhukova, Yandex.Panoramas Moscow Yabloko’s office has begun collecting signatures calling for the Elektrozavod complex (Moscow’s historic Electric Factory complex built in the 1910s–1920s) to be recognised as of historical value and granted state protection. Following a change in the law in 2025 (the Law on the […]
Posted: July 8th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the demolition of the historic buildings of the Elektrozavod complex
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of Yabloko, 18.06.2026 Photo: Elektrozavod / Photo by Anzhelika Zhukova, Yandex.Panoramas Moscow Yabloko has received with alarm reports of possible plans by the developer — Etalon Group — to demolish the historic buildings of the Elektrozavod [Moscow’s historic Electric Factory complex], constructed in the 1910s–1920s, and […]
Posted: June 18th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“We have extensive experience of surviving in sulphuric acid”: interview with Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov
Novaya Gazeta. Baltiya, 11.06.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Forty-seven-year-old human rights defender and environmentalist Nikolai Rybakov is the fourth chairman of the Yabloko party. He joined the party in 1995 and rose from ordinary member to the head of Russia’s largest and still-unbanned anti-war organisation. Rybakov became party chairman in 2019, meaning that […]
Posted: June 15th, 2026 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Detentions instead of dialogue
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, 11.06.2026 The mass protests by Kuntsevo District residents [in Moscow] against the felling of trees in Moskvoretsky Park, and the heavy-handed detention of protesters by police officers, have once again revealed the face of the present-day Moscow authorities — authorities that valiantly […]
Posted: June 11th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko joins Muscovites in demanding an investigation into the actions of the Russian Orthodox Church, which has “seized” part of a specially protected natural area
Press Release, 4 June 2026 Photo: Residents of the Strogino district of Moscow and members of Moscow Yabloko during the inspection of 2 June / Photo by Vyacheslav Radchenko On 2 June, residents of the Moscow district of Strogino, together with Moscow Yabloko, conducted an inspection at Moskvoretsky Park. In the Troitse-Lykovo area, residents have […]
Posted: June 5th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov calls on the Russian Government to take immediate federal control of the situation in Tuapse
Press Release, 27.04.2026 Photo: Oil spill in the Black Sea near the city beach in Tuapse, 25 April 2026 / Photo by Bereg Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent the corresponding appeal to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. In his letter, Rybakov stated that the fire at the marine terminal, the oil spill, and the […]
Posted: April 29th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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We demand the return of Ivanovskaya Gorka’s historic panorama to Moscow!
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, 16. 04. 2026 Photo: Ivanovskaya Gorka / Photo from Kultura.rf In the heart of Moscow, the distinctive district of Ivanovskaya Gorka has survived to the present day, one of the few historically intact areas that preserve the spirit and character of old […]
Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, History, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by biologist and ecologist Askhat Kayumov “Environmental Activities in Cities”
Press Release, 15.04.2026 On 21 April, the course “Ecology and Environmental Protection” starts at the Yabloko Party University. The first lecture will be given by biologist and ecologist Askhat Kayumov. He will talk about environmental activities in cities: what can be done in modern conditions.
Posted: April 15th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko’s Green Russia faction calls for expert review of proposed Far Eastern nuclear power plant
Press Release, 13.05.2026 Photo: Member of the Yabloko’s regional council Oleg Ivanov (the Green Russia faction) and Chair of the Maritime Territory branch of Yabloko Marina Zheleznyakova / Photo by the Maritime Territory branch of Yabloko The Green Russia faction of the Yabloko party has submitted its comments and proposals on the licence justification materials […]
Posted: April 14th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov urges Ministry of Natural Resources to disclose the scale of environmental damage and Baltic Sea pollution following drone strikes on Ust-Luga and Primorsk
Press Release, 9.04.2026 Photo: Smoke-filled sky on the Skandinaviya highway near St Petersburg / Photo by Dmitry Anisimov Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov has sent an official letter to Alexander Kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, in connection with a series of drone strikes on port infrastructure facilities in the […]
Posted: April 9th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko activist from Ryazan Maria Rakcheeva fined for appealing to the authorities to save lime trees
Press Release, 27.03.2026 Photo: Maria Rakcheyeva in court on 27 March 2026 / Photo by Ryazan Yabloko On 27 March, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Ryazan found journalist and Yabloko party member Maria Rakcheyeva guilty under Article 20.2, Part 2, of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (unlawful organisation of a public […]
Posted: March 27th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On the Concept of Building a Premium-Class Residential Complex on Bolshaya Ordynka street in Moscow
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, 16.03.2026 Photo: The building of the Automatic Telephone Switching Centre as it stands today (left) and the proposed residential complex (right) / Photo: by @Buegvl/Yandex.Panoramas, Archi.ru The Moscow Urban Planning and Land Commission has approved the concept for the construction of a […]
Posted: March 16th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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15 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Statement by the Bureau of the Yabloko’s Green Russia Faction, 11.03.2026 Photo: A Yabloko party event in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, on the first anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, 2012 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The disaster at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant has entered the history of nuclear energy as one of the largest […]
Posted: March 13th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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Moscow Yabloko holds round table on the civil, political, and economic rights of Moscow residents
Press Release, 18.02.2026 Photo: Round table on the rights of Muscovites / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 17 February, the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party held an extensive round table devoted to the rights of Muscovites. Experts in economics, urban heritage protection, and the electoral and judicial systems gathered at the party’s […]
Posted: February 20th, 2026 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A series of domestic dogs poisonings in Moscow: Kirill Goncharov, leader of the Moscow branch of Yabloko demands immediate investigation
Press Release, 26.01.2026 Photo by Nikita Yudin, Kommersant At least seven domestic dogs have died in the western district of Moscow since mid-January – local residents blame dog hunters and are posting photographs of “pink” snow (this is how animal abusers distribute poison). Moscow Yabloko is calling the incidents systematic crimes and demanding an immediate […]
Posted: January 26th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov spoke at a rally in defence of Lake Baikal in Irkutsk
Press Release, 27 December 2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov spoke at a rally against the law on clear-cutting at Lake Baikal, which President Vladimir Putin signed on 15 December. During his speech, Rybakov spoke about the cynicism of the deputies who introduced this law and recalled the investigation […]
Posted: December 29th, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Nikolai Rybakov has been asked not to use environmental agenda to organise ‘protest activities’
Press Release, 22 December 2025 Photo: Lake Baikal / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has received an email from the Russian Ecological Society following his publication of a post criticising the law on logging at Lake Baikal. Rybakov was urged to “refrain from any attempts to use the environmental […]
Posted: December 22nd, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the Public Prosecutor General’s Office punish animal abusers from the DogTown shelter in Chekhov, the Moscow region
Press Release, 16.09.2025 Photo: Conditions at the DogTown shelter / Photo from the Mona Telegram channel Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, demanding punishment for animal abusers – the owners of the DogTown dog shelter.
Posted: September 18th, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Judiciary, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko party chairman Nikolai Rybakov travelled to the Pskov Region to support Yabloko candidates in the municipal elections
Press Release, 7.09.2025 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov with candidate for Pskov City Duma in district No. 3 Andrei Tsatsenko during door-to-door campaining in Pskov On 2 and 3 September, Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, together with head of the party Analytical Centre Ivan Bolshakov and head of the party staff Yevgenia Vlasova, visited the Pskov Region […]
Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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