Is
Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview
with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko,
"The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May
12, 2010
Photo: Yabloko’s poster “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko candidates in single-mandate constituencies in the regional legislative assemblies elections, where the party’s lists were removed from the elections, received an average of between 6.84% and 13.65% of the vote. These figures confirm that Yabloko could have formed factions in the Kaliningrad, Tomsk, Sverdlovsk and Pskov Regions, as well as in Karelia. In the Novgorod Region, where the list was admitted to the vote, the party cleared the threshold, receiving 6.38% of the vote. St. Petersburg has not yet been included in these calculations: only around half of the protocols have been entered into Russia’s State Automated System “Vybory” (Elections).
Photo: Campaign posters of Yabloko candidates in the 2026 elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Central Electoral Commission’s website has published the results for 97 of the 99 Yabloko candidates who stood in single-mandate constituencies. Five of the party’s candidates took second place, and a further seven took third place. The candidates’ average result was 5.74%, and 11 candidates received more than 10% of the vote. The party is convinced that the official results are far from the real figures, but even these results testify to enormous support for Yabloko and its “For Peace and Freedom!” platform.
Photo: Anna Cherepanova / Photo by Novogorod Yabloko
Update. After 100% of the precinct electoral commission protocols have been processed, Yabloko is receiving 6.38% of the vote; 12,986 voters voted for the party.
After 80.44% of the precinct commissions protocols had been processed, the party was receiving 5.52% of the vote. Earlier, after 27.31% of the protocols had been processed, the result stood at 5.17%. At individual polling stations in Veliky Novgorod, according to protocols obtained by observers, the party is receiving more than 20% of the vote. The count is continuing.
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko could have taken second place in the 2026 State Duma elections had the party’s list not been removed from the race, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov said at a briefing on the preliminary voting results. According to him, this is borne out by the data from polling stations, the results of candidates in single-mandate constituencies, and pre-election polls. Rybakov named the public support shown by millions of Russians for peace, freedom and a ceasefire agreement as the campaign’s main achievement.
Photo: A screenshot of Nikolai Rybakov’s letter that was sent to the Central Electoral Commission
Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent an urgent appeal to Ella Pamfilova, head of Russia’s Central Electoral Commission, in connection with numerous reports of pressure being placed on observers appointed by Yabloko candidates, and of obstruction of their lawful work at polling stations.
Photo: A ballot with an inscription “A vote for peace” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Territorial electoral commissions (TECs) unlawfully refused to admit around 100 observers for Yabloko candidate Sergei Mitrokhin to work at polling stations. On 16 September, he filed a complaint with the Central Electoral Commission. Throughout the day on 17 September, the Central Electoral Commission kept saying that the complaint was under review. Meanwhile, voting begins tomorrow.
Photo: Akhmed Abazov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Akhmed Abazov, Yabloko’s candidate for the State Duma in single-mandate Constituency No. 19 in the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, has stated that he was forced to withdraw his candidacy due to unprecedented pressure and threats against him and his family. According to him, the pressure came from representatives of the Karachay-Cherkessia regional branch of United Russia and certain officials from the Republic’s leadership.
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov meeting with Yabloko supporters in St. Petersburg
Dear friends,
We are writing to you on the eve of the elections to remind you of the situation as voting begins, how to vote for the Yabloko party, and what we suggest doing where no Yabloko candidates remain on the ballot.
Over the past few weeks, millions of people have heard, understood and supported Yabloko’s platform: that human life is the highest value, and that Russia needs peace, freedom and a life without fear.
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and Yabloko candidates to the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and Petrozacodsk City Council / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko’s list of candidates for the Republic of Karelia’s Legislative Assembly election had been registered by the Electoral Commission of the Republic of Karelia; however, on 29 July, the Supreme Court of Karelia annulled its registration following a claim by the regional branch of the Rodina party.
Decision by Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, 15.09.2026
Photo: Yabloko supporters outside the Supreme Court building on 10 August 2026 / Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant
In connection with the arguments that have been circulating in recent days about the possibility of supporting some other political party, or candidates put forward by other parties, in the elections, the Federal Political Committee states that such a position is unacceptable for the Yabloko party.
Photo: A session of the Constitutional Court / Photo by Yevgeny Pavlenko, Kommersant
The Yabloko party has filed a complaint with Russia’s Constitutional Court over the removal of the party’s federal list from the State Duma elections.
Yabloko is challenging the constitutionality of a number of provisions of the laws “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights” and “On the Election of Deputies of the State Duma,” specifically in the sense given to them by the law enforcement practice that has developed around them.
Photo: Top row: Konstantin Kiselyov, Vladimir Sevostyanov, Vladimir Sobyanin. Bottom row: Shana Ogney, Vladimir Sobyanin, Alexander Kudelkin, Vladimir Sevostyanov
In Sverdlovsk Region, three Yabloko candidates for the State Duma and four Yabloko candidates for single-mandate constituencies in the regional Legislative Assembly are now at risk of being removed from the elections. The police have filed appeals against district court rulings in their administrative cases, seeking harsher penalties. The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has scheduled the appeals for hearing on 15 and 16 September — just days before voting begins.
How should you vote in the upcoming elections? Only for the Yabloko candidate, if there is one in your single-mandate constituency, and in the regional election in Veliky Novgorod, one can vote for the Yabloko list. If there is no Yabloko candidate in your constituency, you should not vote at all. This is because all the other political parties taking part in the elections are absolutely identical: since 2021, every party in the State Duma has voted the same way on every issue — just like [the ruling] United Russia.
Photo: Yabloko candidates from Sverdlovsk Region detained on 7 September. Top row: Konstantin Kiselyov, Shana Ogney, Vladimir Sobyanin. Bottom row: Alexander Kudelkin, Alexei Kholodarev, Vladimir Sevostyanov
In the Sverdlovsk Region, three Yabloko candidates received administrative arrests under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, and two more were fined. Two of those arrested are candidates for the State Duma.
Photo: Viktor Kogan-Yasny at a meeting with voters in Moscow, 8 September 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Now, all the developments have driven the situation into confusion, chaos and hysteria. The removal of Yabloko’s federal list from the ballot [in the State Duma elections] — which came as no great surprise — has continued, contrary to my own assumptions (based on notions of our system, and its hidden internal “checks and balances”, that became outdated in an instant), in the form of a flash mob of removals of [Yabloko’s] regional lists and single-mandate candidates across various regions. Nobody knows what this will mean for us in the future.
Photo: Vladimir Atamanchuk / Photo from the Raiskaya Kuban Telegram channel
On 11 September, the Krasnodar Regional Court annulled the registration of Yabloko candidate Vladimir Atamanchuk for the State Duma in the Southern single-mandate Constituency No. 54. The claim to remove the candidate was filed by his rival in the constituency, Andrei Titov of the Green Party.
There will be six representatives of St. Petersburg Yabloko on the ballot papers for State Duma candidates and 13 Yabloko’s representatives on the ballot papers for the Sr. Petersburg Legislative Assembly elections.
The party fielded a candidate in every constituency, but the peaceful agenda they represent is unwelcome to the ruling party and its satellites, so our candidates were kept off the ballot through the courts, with the help of overzealous lawyers on the electoral commissions. Most of them, however, managed to get past these administrative obstacles to make it onto ballot papers.
Photo: Campaign posters of Yabloko in the Novgorod Region / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Ahead of elections to the State Duma and the Novgorod Regional Duma (voting days: 18–20 September), Novgorod Yabloko has issued guidance for Yabloko voters.
Photo: Larisa Dolzhikova’s campaign poster / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Smolensk Regional Court has annulled the registration of Yabloko candidate Larisa Dolzhikova, who was standing in the State Duma elections in the Smolensk single-mandate constituency No. 176. The claim to remove Dolzhikova was filed by Darya Shavrikova, another candidate in the constituency, representing the Greens.
Photo: Larisa Dolzhikova’s campaign poster / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service