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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Third Cassation Court refuses to reinstate Yabloko’s list for Petrozavodsk City Council elections
Press Release, 26.08.2026
Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 26 August, the Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction dismissed the cassation appeal filed by the Karelian regional branch of Yabloko against the rulings of the two lower courts, which had refused to register the party’s candidate list for the Petrozavodsk City Council elections.
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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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The LDPR party seeks to remove Yabloko from the elections to the Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 26.08.2026
Photo: A Yabloko campaign billboard for the 2026 elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The LDPR party has filed a claim with the Sverdlovsk Region Court seeking to overturn the registration of Yabloko’s list of candidates for the elections to the region’s Legislative Assembly. The claim will be heard on 28 August.
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Posted: August 26th, 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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Pskov Region Court overturns regional electoral commission’s decision to register Pskov Yabloko’s unified list of candidates
Press Release, 25.08.2026
Photo by Pskov Yabloko
Today, 25 August, the Pskov Region Court overturned the ruling of the regional electoral commission registering the unified list of candidates of Pskov Yabloko. The ruling has not entered into legal force yet. Yabloko considers it unlawful, unfounded, and adopted with the aim of unfairly eliminating political competitors. The ruling will be appealed to the court of appeal.
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Posted: August 26th, 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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The Communists of Russia party attempts to remove Yabloko’s list from the elections in the Kaliningrad Region
Press Release, 25.08.2026
Photo: Ivan Bolshakov, Roman Morozov and Anton Gendrikson / Photo by the Kaliningrad Region Electoral Commission
The corresponding administrative claim has been filed with the Kaliningrad Region Court. It will be heard on Friday, 28 August. The Kaliningrad Region Electoral Commission will take part in the case as an interested party.
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Posted: August 26th, 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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Family of political prisoner Maxim Kruglov calls on the ombudsperson to help hospitalise him in a civilian hospital
Press Release, 25.08.2026
Photo: Maxim Kruglov in court / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The family of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov, who was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony, has appealed to Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova for help in arranging specialised medical care for the politician. Kruglov is awaiting the outcome of his appeal in Moscow’s Butyrka pre-trial detention facility.
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Posted: August 25th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s strategy for the coming weeks
Based on Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram post, 25.08.2026
Photo: A screenshot from Nikolai Rybakov’s video message on his Telegram channel, 21.08.2026
Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov posted a video message on his Telegram channel describing the party’s strategy for the coming weeks.
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Posted: August 25th, 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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Yabloko leaflets available at the party’s central office in Moscow
Press Release, 24.08.2026
Photo: Yabloko leaflets “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko’s central office in Moscow has a new print run of our campaign leaflets. If you are over 18, join in distributing them!
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Posted: August 25th, 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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Yabloko’s campaign “Russia for Peace and Freedom”: the party to send “Peace Packages” to supporters across the country
Press Release, 24.08.2026
Photo: Yabloko leaflets “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Yabloko party is launching a nationwide campaign “Russia for Peace and Freedom”. As part of it, any Russian citizen who wishes may receive a “Peace Package” by post free of charge — a set of the party’s printed campaign materials, including leaflets and posters — and use it to tell their family, friends and neighbours about Yabloko’s position.
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Posted: August 25th, 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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Yabloko appeals against refusal to register its list for Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly elections
Press Release, 24.08.2026
Photo: A file with Yabloko’s logo and slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” at the Electoral Commission of the Leningrad Region / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko has filed an administrative claim with the Leningrad Region Court seeking to overturn the ruling of the Leningrad Region Electoral Commission by which the party’s list of candidates was refused registration for the elections of deputies to the region’s Legislative Assembly. It should be noted that the Commission adopted the relevant decision on 13 August.
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Posted: August 25th, 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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The Rodina party, having removed Yabloko from federal elections, attempts to remove it from Pskov Region Legislative Assembly elections
Press Release, 21.08.2026
Photo: Yana Ivanova, Deputy Chair of Pskov Yabloko, and Artur Gaiduk, Chairman of Pskov Yabloko / Photo by Pskov Yabloko
Today, 21 August, it has been reported that the Rodina party has filed an administrative claim with the Pskov Regional Court demanding that the registration of Yabloko’s list of candidates for the regional Legislative Assembly elections be revoked.
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Posted: August 24th, 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 State Duma candidate Sergei Balabayev receives prosecutor’s warning over unidentified persons’ calls for street protests
Press Release, 21.08.2026
Photo: Yabloko flags with the slogan “Yabloko Stands for Peace!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 21 August, Sergei Balabayev, the authorised representative of Yabloko’s branch in the Yaroslavl Region and the party’s candidate for State Duma deputy in Yaroslavl single-mandate constituency No. 194, has been issued with a prosecutor’s warning “on the inadmissibility of violating the law”. According to the document, the warning was connected with messages distributed on social media in the party’s name, alleging that unauthorised street protests were being held in Yaroslavl.
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Posted: August 24th, 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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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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