Raising taxes is a path to bankruptcy for business and the state, and impoverishment of citizens!
Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau adopted on 14.10.2025, published on 23.10.2025
Photo: From left to right: Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Andrei Makarov, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov / Photo by Dmitry Dukhanin, Kommersant
The Yabloko party resolutely opposes the new package of tax initiatives submitted by the Government of Russia to the State Duma.
We believe that in conditions of economic stagnation, declining real incomes of the poorest layers of the population, an excessive key rate and still high inflation, the proposed measures are disastrous for the country, business and citizens. Instead of stimulating economic growth and supporting those who create added value, the government once again chooses the simplest and most destructive path — the path of increasing fiscal pressure.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2025 under Economy, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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No to unlawful and unconstitutional restrictions on the digital rights and freedoms of Russian citizens!
Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau, 22.10.2025
Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant
We declare resolute protest and rejection of the policy of systematic, unlawful and disproportionate restriction of the digital rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation, carried out under the pretext of “ensuring information security”.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko hosted Alexander Gnezdilov’s lectre “Not Only the West: Democracy Japanese-Style”
Press Release, 21.10.2025
In mid-October Yabloko hosted a lecture “Not Only the West: Democracy Japanese-Style” by Alexander Gnezdilov, member of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, editor-in-chief of Smart Power Journal and author of the Telegram channel “Gnezdilov. Against the Current”. The lecture was organised by the Yabloko party’s Analytical Centre
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Posted: October 22nd, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Yabloko opposes doubling the salary of Veliky Novgorod’s mayor
Press Release, 21.10.2025
Photo: Veliky Novgorod Mayor Alexander Rozbaum and Duma Speaker Konstantin Somov / Photo by the Veliky Novgorod Duma Press Service
On 24 October, the Veliky Novgorod Duma will consider the issue of record salary increases for local officials. Mayor Alexander Rozbaum is asking deputies to approve almost doubling his own salary — according to Yabloko’s estimates, to 480,000 roubles per month (he currently receives 260,000). Duma Chairman Konstantin Somov also expects his salary to increase from 250,000 roubles to 430,000 roubles per month.
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Posted: October 22nd, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Freedom for music! Freedom for Diana Loginova! Statement by the Yabloko party Chairman
Statement by the Yabloko party Chairman, 21.10.2025
Photo: Diana Loginova in court / Photo by Alexei Dhushutin, Novaya Gazeta
I am outraged by the court’s decision to arrest singer Diana Loginova (Naoko) for 13 days for performing songs in the street. In fact, the state used this decision so that to further expanded the scope of repressions, punishing Diana not for crimes, but for creativity and self-expression in music. Under no circumstances can I agree that peaceful street performance of songs poses a threat to public safety.
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Posted: October 21st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Yabloko’s seventh charity auction in support of political prisoners’ families to take place on 13 November
Press Release, 20.10.2025
On 13 November, Yabloko will hold a new charity auction in support of political prisoners’ families. The action will be the seventh in a row, and the funds raised will traditionally go to help relatives and lawyers of political prisoners. The event will take place simultaneously on two platforms — online and at the Yabloko office in Moscow.
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Posted: October 21st, 2025 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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50 years since Academician Sakharov’s Nobel speech. “Peace, Progress, and Human Rights” as values that do not depend on time
Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau of 14.10.2025, published on 19.10.2025
Photo: Andrei Sakharov speaks at the 1st Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR, 1989 / Photo by Sergei Guneyev, RIA Novosti
Fifty years ago, on 9 October 1975, Academician Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his many years of defending human rights as the only solid foundation for genuine and lasting international cooperation.
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Posted: October 20th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau in connection with the arrest of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov
Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau of 14.10.2025, published on 17.10.2025
Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party expresses protest against the politically motivated persecution of Maxim Kruglov and resolute disagreement with the charges brought against him.
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Posted: October 17th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands release of terminally ill Yevgenia Lomakova
Press Release, 17.10.2025
Photo: Yevgenia Lomakova / Photo from social media
A terminally ill 20-year-old Muscovite Yevgenia Lomakova, who suffers from cystic fibrosis — a genetic disease in which the body gradually “blocks up” the lungs and digestive organs — could die in a remand prison. The young woman has been in detention for many months, which is unacceptable with her diagnosis. The courts first imposed a preventive measure in the form of detention, and then sentenced her to an actual term in a penal colony, which Yevgenia may not live to see the end of.
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Posted: October 17th, 2025 under Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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“Your passionate, truthful, and honest word stands against destruction, darkness and malice.” Boris Vishnevsky turns 70
Press Release, 15.10.2025
Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
15 October marks the 70th birthday of Yabloko party Deputy Chairman Boris Lazarevich Vishnevsky. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Federal Political Committee Chairman Grigory Yavlinsky congratulate him on this anniversary.
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Posted: October 15th, 2025 under Greetings, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko opens new intake for Federal Party School
Press Release, 13.10.2025
The Yabloko party announces the start of open enrolment for the Federal Party School. This is already the fifth intake of the educational project, whose graduates become young public politicians, experts and managers — that is, the party’s active personnel reserve. Enrolment opens on 13 October and will continue until 1 November inclusive.
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Posted: October 13th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Why didn’t Donald Trump receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel, 10.10.2025
Although Donald Trump has indeed participated in resolving a number of protracted conflicts, let us not forget that he has previously taken many actions directed against peace. Moreover, efforts in the name of peace should be dictated primarily by concern for people, not personal ambitions.
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Posted: October 13th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Court returned Lev Shlosberg to house arrest
Press Release, 10.10.2025
Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko
Yabloko party Deputy Chairman must return to house arrest. This decision was made today, 10 October, by the Pskov Regional Court. He granted the public prosecutor’s protest, which challenged the ruling of the first instance judge who had changed the politician’s preventive measure to a “ban on certain actions”.
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Posted: October 10th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Boris Vishnevsky refuted accusations of links with an “undesirable organisation” in court
Press Release, 10.10.2025
Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by Konstantin Lenkov
The Third Cassation Court of St Petersburg overturned the decisions of lower courts—the district, and then the city court — regarding “Boris Vishnevsky’s participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”. Vishnevsky’s complaint about unlawful administrative prosecution was granted “partially”, the ruling runs. This means that some of the politician’s arguments were not considered by the court.
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Posted: October 10th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“This era will pass, and people in uniform will be replaced by people with books” – a letter from Maxim Kruglov
Press Release, 10.10.2025
Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Arrested Yabloko Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Maxim Kruglov, via the FSIN-letter service, asked one of his colleagues to convey words of gratitude to all who support him:
“Dear friends,
Hello to everyone! I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude to you for your support and warm words — they warm my heart and give me strength. Everything is well with me — as far as is possible under the circumstances. I receive many letters and kind words — thank you! I am sorry that I haven’t yet succeeded to reply to everyone, but I will definitely do so!
As, I think, the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky [popular science fiction authors in the USSR and Russia] said (and Boris, by the way, was a Yabloko supporter), let us look into the future with inexhaustible optimism! This era will pass, and people in uniform will be replaced by people with books.
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Posted: October 10th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Pickets in support of Maxim Kruglov took place in Irkutsk
Press Release, 8.10.2025
Photo: Grigory Gribenko at the monument to Babr, the symbol of Irkutsk / Photo by Pavel Kharitonenko’s Telegram channel
In the centre of Irkutsk, Yabloko activists held single pickets in support of their Moscow colleague Maxim Kruglov and all political prisoners. In addition, participants’ placards contained calls to cease fire and emphasised the Yabloko party’s position — for peace and freedom.
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Posted: October 8th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Public lecture by Alexander Gnezdilov “Not Only the West: Democracy Japanese-Style”
Press Release, 8.10.2025
On Tuesday, 14 October Yabloko will host a public lecture “Not Only the West: Democracy Japanese-Style”. The lecture will be delivered by Alexander Gnezdilov, member of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, editor-in-chief of Smart Power Journal and author of the Telegram channel “Gnezdilov. Against the Current”. The lecture will begin at 7:00 p.m.
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Posted: October 8th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars.
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“The investigator has been acting like a cat on a hot tin roof, as if it is not me on trial, but him”
Press Release, 7.10.2025
Photo: Konstantin Smirnov attended the court hearing via video conference from the remand prison / Photo by Ryazan Yabloko
On 6 October, the Ryazan Regional Court considered the defence appeal by Konstantin Smirnov, Chairman of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko and editor-in-chief of the Vidsboku online media, against the ruling by Sovetsky District Court of Ryazan of 26 September, which extended his arrest at the petition of the investigator.
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Posted: October 8th, 2025 under Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg released from house arrest
Press Relese, 7.10.2025
On 7 October, the court changed the preventive measure for Yabloko party Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg: instead of house arrest, it imposed a ban on certain actions. The order came into force today, 8 October, and is valid indefinitely, until the court verdict.
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Posted: October 8th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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“Anna Politkovskaya’s cause continues in everyone who does not remain silent about lawlessness.” Moscow honoured the memory of the journalist killed on this day
Press Release, 7.10.2025
Photo: Kirill Goncharov, Ivan Bolshakov and Nikolai Rybakov lay flowers at the memorial plaque at the entrance where Anna Politkovskaya was killed / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
7 October is a tragic date for Russian journalists, human rights defenders, activists and politicians — the date of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a symbol of Russian freedom of speech. On this day 19 years ago, Anna was shot dead outside her home in Moscow on Lesnaya Street. Yabloko members came here today — Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, head of the Yabloko Analytical Centre Ivan Bolshakov and Deputy Chairman of Moscow Yabloko Kirill Goncharov. They honoured Anna Politkovskaya’s memory by laying flowers and observing a minute’s silence.
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Posted: October 7th, 2025 under Без рубрики.
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