Lev Shlosberg has been placed under house arrest as part of a criminal case concerning “repeated discrediting of the army”
Press Release, 11.06.2025
Photo: Lev Shlosberg in the court room / Photo by Nikolai Rybakov
The investigation insisted on such a preventive measure for the Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party during a court hearing at Pskov City Court today. The judge also closed the hearing at the request of the investigator and public prosecutor. The preventive measure has been imposed until 8 August. At court, Lev Shlosberg was supported by Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov.
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Posted: June 11th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko marked the 75th anniversary of Yuri Shchekochikhin’s birth
Press Release, 10.06.2025
The legendary Soviet and Russian journalist, investigator, playwright and politician was remembered at the office of the party he represented in the State Duma until his death in 2003.
The evening featured speeches by journalist and writer Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Yuri Shchekochikhin’s widow; Novaya Gazeta editor Sergei Sokolov; director Alexei Simonov; Vladimir Mukusev, journalist and presenter of the popular Vzglyad TV programme; Pavel Zaitsev, lawyer and former investigator with the Investigative Committee under the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs; politicians Nikolai Rybakov and Grigory Yavlinsky and other. Songs under guitar were performed by Yabloko politician Boris Vishnevsky and composer Sergei Nikitin.
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Posted: June 11th, 2025 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Applications are being accepted for the international essay competition “Young about Young” named after Yuri Shchekochikhin
Press Release, 10.06.2025
Citizens of Russia and other countries aged 18-35 who write in Russian may participate in the competition.
Requirements for works:
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Posted: June 11th, 2025 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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A criminal case for repeated “discrediting of the army” filed against Lev Shlosberg. Shlosberg arrested, the trial will determine a preventive measure
Press Release, 10.06.2025
Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko
A criminal case has been filed against Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Lev Shlosberg for repeated “discrediting of the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) due to his debate with historian Yuri Pivovarov, in which the Shlosberg defended the need for a ceasefire as soon as possible.
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Posted: June 11th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“A law laying a mine of extremism”. Maxim Kruglov on the first results of the educational filter for foreign children
Press Release, 9.06.2025
Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant
Only 4% of children of immigrants to Russia have been admitted to comprehensive schools after passing the entrance filter introduced for them – a mandatory exam in the Russian language. State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote about this figure with some pride on his Telegram channel. According to Vyacheslav Volodin, as of 22 May, 2,868 applications for migrant children to participate in the Russian language testing were submitted, and 498 children (17%) were admitted to the exam. “In the two months of functioning of the new rules, they have proven their effectiveness,” Volodin writes. Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Maxim Kruglov writes about what the two months of discriminatory rules actually show, and where this laws and further draft laws “on control over migrants” may lead to.
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Posted: June 10th, 2025 under Education and Science, Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Novgorod Yabloko calls its supporters to participate in the local elections together with the Yabloko team
Press Release, 3.06.2025
Photo: The Novgorod Yabloko team / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko
In September, elections will be held to the Dumas of 15 districts of the Novgorod region: Borovichskaya, Valdaiskaya, Volotovskaya, Lyubytinskaya, Malovisherskaya, Marevskaya, Novgorodskaya, Okulovskaya, Parfinskaya, Poddorskaya, Soletskaya, Starorusskaya, Khvoyninskaya, Chudovskaya, and Shimskaya. Novgorod Yabloko calls on its supporters to take part in the election campaigns.
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Posted: June 4th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Pskov Yabloko is forming a team of candidates for municipal and city elections
Press Release, 3.06.2025
In September, elections will be held to the district assemblies of Velikoluksky, Gdovsky, Dedovichsky, Kuninsky, Novosokolnichesky, Ostrovsky, Palkinsky, Pskovsky, Pustoshkinsky, Pushkinogorsky and Sebezhsky districts, as well as by-elections for a deputy of the Pskov City Duma in single-mandate district No. 3. Pskov Yabloko is forming a team of candidates and invites its supporters to join.
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Posted: June 4th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A search was conducted at the home of Roman Morozov, a member of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko and lawyer for political prisoner Igor Baryshnikov
Press Release, 29.05.2025
Photo: Roman Morozov / Photo by the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko
The so-called “inspection of the premises” in Roman Morozov’s apartment was conducted by decision of the Chairman of the Regional Court. The ruling, which Morozov was given to read, stated that he was a “partner” of lawyer Maria Bontsler. According to the ruling, Bontsler was “suspected” of treason. Roman Morozov and Maria Bontsler were lawyers for Kaliningrad political prisoner Igor Baryshnikov.
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Posted: May 29th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court left the leader of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention for another two months
Press Release, 29.05.2025
Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Soviet Court of Ryazan left the journalist and Chairman of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention for another two months. Smirnov has been in custody for four months, since 31 January. He does not admit his guilt in the case of “extortion”. Smirnov’s colleagues from Yabloko – the party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chairman Vladimir Dorokhov and the head of the Yabloko staff Yevgenia Vlasova – came to the court hearing in Ryazan.
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Posted: May 29th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Exchange as a step towards ceasefire
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 28.05.2025
Photo: The Economist
The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict has been completed.
Against the backdrop of rising tensions – statements about the lifting of restrictions by several EU countries on the use of weapons supplied to Ukraine for strikes deep into Russia and large-scale attacks on Ukrainian targets – two thousand people have been saved.
This is the largest prisoner exchange in over three years. On Friday, 23 May, on the first day [of the exchange], 390 people from both sides were exchanged on the Belarus territory. On Saturday, a further 307 people were exchanged, and 303 people on Sunday.
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Posted: May 28th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko planted thirty young fruit trees and bushes in Ivanovo
Press Release, 27.05.2025
Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko
As part of the traditional spring clean-up day, the regional branch of the Yabloko party planted thirty young fruit trees and bushes in a garden (Skver Energetikov) in Ivanovo. Residents of nearby houses helped plant the seedlings and thanked Yabloko for the initiative.
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Posted: May 27th, 2025 under Charity, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko announces a book collection for the library in Novo-Steklyannoye village, Karelia
Press Release, 27.05.2025
Photo from Adobe Stock
The Yabloko Party announces an annual book collection dedicated to the Day of Libraries. This year, the collection will take place for the library of the village of Novo-Steklyannoye in the Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia. The campaign will last until 11 June inclusive.
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Posted: May 27th, 2025 under Charity, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Masked men raided the Yekaterinburg Yabloko office because of a denunciation
Press Release, 25.05.2025
Photo: The action of writing letters to political prisoners in Yekaterinburg Yabloko in April 2025 / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko
On 25 May, Yabloko held its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners at the office of the party branch in Yekaterinburg. Masked men raided the Yekaterinburg Yabloko office because of a denunciation. There is no connection with the leaders of the regional branch yet, the circumstances are being clarified. According to some reports, the masked men took ten participants of the action away with them.
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Posted: May 26th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stalin’s defenders mock those who preserve the memory of his victims. Yabloko on the inclusion of Yan Rachinsky, C-Chair of the Memorial human rights society, in the “foreign agents” register
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 23.05.2025
Photo: Yan Rachinsky /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Yabloko party considers the inclusion of Yan Rachinsky, Co-Chairman of the Memorial human rights society and Russian human rights defender, in the so-called “foreign agents” register to be an act of political repression aimed at destroying historical memory in Russia.
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Posted: May 26th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: Commentaries on negotiations have begun to occupy more space in public politics than the negotiations themselves
Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 23.05.2025
Photo: Journalists awaiting the end of negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul / Photo by Kirill Zykov, RIA Novosti
Commentary on negotiations has begun to occupy more space in public politics than the negotiations themselves. This destroys the fabric of professional diplomacy and leads to risks of negotiation failure, especially on sensitive issues. Diplomacy conducted through public space, including through media, loses flexibility and finds itself completely dependent on mass stereotypes and phobias.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko invites to the celebration of Engelina Tareyeva’s centenary
Press Release, 23.05.2025
Photo: Engelina Borisovna Tareyeva / Photo from the personal archive
On 30 May, Yabloko member Engelina Borisovna Tareyeva will turn 100. It is a great honour for us to hold an evening dedicated to the centenary of our party’s oldest member. For many years, Engelina Borisovna has maintained a personal blog on LiveJournal called “An Intelligentsia Thing”, in which she publishes both her memoirs and reflections on the present and future of our country. Her honest and brave voice, brilliant memory, erudition and expressive style resonate with thousands of readers. In the era of the early development of blogs, Engelina Borisovna became one of the first Russian bloggers who had more than 10,000 subscribers. Engelina Borisovna continues to maintain her blog even now.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Greetings.
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Will they start burning undesirable books soon?
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 22.05.2025
Photo: The Podpisnye Izdaniya book store in St. Petersburg / Photo by Alexander Chizhenok, Kommersant
Security officials came to search the book publishing houses Eksmo and Individuum, and book stores Falanster, Podpisnye Izdaniya, and Karta Mira.
After the searches at the publishing houses, 11 people were interrogated and later detained. Three were placed under house arrest. According to media reports, the detainees are suspected of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation that allegedly “promoted LGBT ideology”. According to security officials, “LGBT propaganda” is allegedly contained in several books published several years ago by the independent publishing houses Individuum and Popcorn Books, now part of Eksmo.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky and other Yabloko leaders stand surety for imprisoned Konstantin Smirnov
Internet media VidSboku, 20.05.2025
Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The sureties to the Soviet District Court of Ryazan with a request to change the preventive measure for Konstantin Smirnov, Chairman of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko, deputy of the Council of Deputies of the Dubrovichi rural settlement of the Ryazan district from Yabloko and editor-in-chief of VidSboku Internet media, were sent to the court by the Chairman of Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov and his deputies; the Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko Grigory Yavlinsky and members of the Federal Political Committee of the party, as well as deputies from the party from several regions.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to host a meeting with writer Natalia Ivanova
Press Release, 22.05.2025
A meeting with Natalia Ivanova, a famous writer and first deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Znamya, will be held on 27 May.
The programme of the evening includes a launch of the writer’s new books “Fate and Role”, “Text and Context” and the author’s reading of a new play.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to the head of the Central Electoral Commission with Grigory Melkonyants’ final statement in court
Press Release, 21.05.2025
Photo: Ella Pamfilova, Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, and Grigory Melkonyants, Co-Chair of Golos independent election observers movement, at a roundtable on organising election observation as part of the All-Russian Civil Forum, 25 November, 2017 / Photo by Golos
Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to Ella Pamfilova, Chairperson of the Russian Central Electoral Commission, with the final statement of imprisoned Grigory Melkonyants, Co-Chair of Golos independent election observers movement, and asked her to study Grigory’s proposals affecting the electoral rights of prisoners.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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