Is
Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview
with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko,
"The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May
12, 2010
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Thirty years ago, in the presidential election, we tried to prevent the creation of a corporate oligarchic state in Russia and proposed ways of correcting the reforms of the first half of the 1990s, which had failed entirely. We stated publicly that, without this, the state would pose a threat both to the country itself and to Russia’s immediate neighbours.
Photo: Inna Boluchevskaya, incumbent deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and leader of the party list for the 2026 elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Electoral Commission of the Republic of Karelia has certified the lists of candidates for deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, both for the single federal constituency and for the single-mandate constituencies.
Photo: Ivan Bolshakov, Yana Ivanova, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Tatiana Schneider, Grigory Yavlinsky, Nikolai Rybakov, Vitaly Isakov, Kirill Goncharov and Dmitry Anisimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 27 June, Yabloko’s pre-election Congress took place in Moscow. At the Congress, the party determined its candidates for the 9th convocation of the State Duma. The federal list included 275 candidates, with a further 137 people nominated in single-mandate constituencies. The list was headed by seven young people: head of Chelyabinsk Yabloko Yaroslav Shcherbakov, St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly deputy Dmitry Anisimov, Deputy Chairwoman of Pskov Yabloko Yana Ivanova, defence representative for Lev Shlosberg Vitaly Isakov, head of the party’s Analytical Centre Ivan Bolshakov, Chairwoman of Omsk Yabloko Tatiana Schneider, and head of Moscow Yabloko Kirill Goncharov.
Photo: (left to right) Tatiana Schneider, Ivan Bolshakov, Dmitry Anisimov, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Yana Antonova, Kirill Goncharov and Vitaly Isakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Over the past weekend, at its 23rd Congress, Yabloko nominated 412 candidates for the IX convocation of the State Duma. The federal list included 275 candidates, with a further 137 candidates nominated in single-mandate constituencies.
Photo: (left to right) Ivan Bolshakov, Yana Ivanova, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Vitaly Isakov, Tatiana Schneider, Dmitry Anisimov and Kirill Goncharov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Yabloko party Congress nominated candidates for the 9th convocation of the State Duma. The federal list included 275 candidates (seven in the general federal section and a further 268 across 71 regional groups), with an additional 137 candidates nominated in single-mandate constituencies.
Resolution by the Federal Political Committee, adopted at on 18.06.2026, published on 25.07.2026
The forthcoming elections to the ninth State Duma, to be held in September, differ fundamentally from all previous parliamentary elections.
These are the first parliamentary elections to be held amid the armed conflict now entering its fifth year, when almost every day brings new reports of loss of life, suffering, and destruction.
Photo: Maxim Kruglov in court on 24 June 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Today, 24 June, a judge of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow delivered the verdict in the criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov: guilty as charged, seven years in a penal colony, and a three-year ban on administering Internet resources. The verdict will be appealed, the politician’s lawyers announced. Yabloko has described the sentence as, at the very least, unjust.
A judge of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow has just delivered the verdict in the criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov: guilty, sentenced to seven years in prison. The sentence has not yet entered into force and will be appealed.
Photo: Letter-writing evening at the party’s central office / Photo by Moscow Yabloko
The regular gatherings at Yabloko offices for writing letters to political prisoners are continuing. We invite all Russian citizens who wish to join us, and publish the schedule of our actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions.
Today, 22 June, the substantive hearing of the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg began at Pskov City Court. The politician attended the hearing in person. At the outset, lawyer Vera Kovalchuk filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case under Article 207.3 Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (the so-called “army fakes” provision) on the grounds that no criminal event had taken place, Pskov Yabloko reports.
Photo: Conference participants / Photo by Tambov Yabloko
On 21 June 2026, a Conference of the Tambov regional branch of Yabloko was held, with the nomination of a regional candidate list for the Tambov Regional Duma of the eighth convocation as the central item on the agenda.
Photo: Participants in the memorial ceremony in Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Late in the evening of 21 June, on the 85th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War (the name by which WW2 is known in Russia in its dimension on Soviet territory), Yabloko leaders and party activists held a memorial ceremony at the monument to the civilians of the Zamoskvorechye district of Moscow who volunteered to defend the city in 1941 and of whom the great majority were killed or taken prisoner in the first months of the war, but who managed to help halt the Nazi Germany’s assault on the Soviet capital. The monument is located on Novokuznetskaya Street in Moscow. Participants lit candles in memory of the victims and heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
Yabloko’s pre-election congress will be held in Moscow on 27 June. Delegates from across Russia will gather to nominate candidates for the State Duma and a number of regional legislative assemblies.
At the beginning of the 20th century, technical progress moved to a qualitatively new level. Europe’s political elites proved incapable of making adequate decisions and, like sleepwalkers, with no understanding of what was happening, plunged the world into two world wars. Around 100 million people died then.
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 replace them with a modern pastiche.
On 17 June, at a hearing of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov answered questions from the defence and the prosecution, after which the parties presented their closing arguments. The state prosecution declared that Kruglov’s guilt had been proved and requested that he be sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.
Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at the Central Electoral Commission during the 2021 State Duma elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service.
On 16 June, the head of state issued a decree scheduling the Russian State Duma elections for 20 September 2026. Yabloko, which stands for peace, freedom, and a life without fear, will take part in these elections and calls on citizens to sign up as party observers, with a view to exercising civic oversight of the vote and the count.
Photo: Lev Shlosberg at the hearing on 16 June 2026 / Photo by Pskov Yabloko.
Today, 16 June, the Pskov City Court was due to begin substantive consideration of the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg. However, at the request of the politician and his lawyers — Vladimir Danilov and Vera Kovalchuk — the hearing was adjourned to 22 June, the Pskov Yabloko branch reports.
Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Marianna Minsker on RTVi
RTVi, 13 June 2026
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There has been much talk recently about who should concede what, which side should make overtures, and what compromises might be possible. But in the fifth year of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, one thing is absolutely clear: there can be only one “compromise” — an immediate ceasefire agreement, followed by negotiations and diplomacy. All the deeply contentious issues will in all likelihood require months, and possibly years, of painful negotiations — through intermediaries and directly. Negotiations will not succeed if large-scale hostilities continue alongside them — no result will be achieved. A ceasefire is needed, and lives must be saved. This is critically necessary.
