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Memorandum of Political Alternative, an updated version of 1.03.2019

Memorandum of Political Alternative

YABLOKO's Ten Key Programme Issues

THE DEMOCRATIC MANIFESTO

YABLOKO's Political Platform Adopted by the 15th Congress, June 21, 2008

The 18th Congress of YABLOKO

RUSSIA DEMANDS CHANGES! Electoral Program for 2011 Parliamentary Elections.

Key resolutions by the Congress:

On Stalinism and Bolshevism
Resolution. December 21, 2009

On Anti-Ecological Policies of Russia’s Authorities. Resolution of the 15th congress of the YABLOKO party No 253, December 24, 2009

On the Situation in the Northern Caucasus. Resolution of the 15th congress of the YABLOKO party No 252, December 24, 2009

YABLOKO's POLITICAL COMMITTEE DECISIONS:

YABLOKO’s Political Committee: Russian state acts like an irresponsible business corporation conducting anti-environmental policies

 

Overcoming bolshevism and stalinism as a key factor for Russia¦µ™s transformation in the 21st century

 

On Russia's Foreign Policies. Political Committee of hte YABLOKO party. Statement, June 26, 2009

 

On Iran’s Nuclear Problem Resolution by the Political Committee of the YABLOKO party. October 6, 2009

 

Anti-Crisis Proposals (Housing-Roads-Land) of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO. Handed to President Medvedev by Sergei Mitrokhin on June 11, 2009

Brief Outline of Sergei Mitrokhin’s Report at the State Council meeting. January 22, 2010

 

Assessment of Russia’s Present Political System and the Principles of Its Development. Brief note for the State Council meeting (January 22, 2010) by Dr.Grigory Yavlinsky, member of YABLOKO’s Political Committee. January 22, 2010

 

Address of the YABLOKO party to President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. Political Committee of the YABLOKO party. October 9, 2009

 

The 17th Congress of YABLOKO

 

 

 

The 16th Congress of Yabloko

Photo by Sergei Loktionov

The 12th congress of Yabloko


The 11th congress of Yabloko


The 10th congress of Yabloko

Moscow Yabloko
Yabloko for Students
St. Petersburg Yabloko
Khabarovsk Yabloko
Irkutsk Yabloko
Kaliningrad Yabloko(eng)
Novosibirsk Yabloko
Rostov Yabloko
Yekaterinburg Yabloko
(Sverdlovsk Region)

Krasnoyarsk Yabloko
Ulyanovsk Yabloko
Tomsk Yabloko
Tver Yabloko(eng)
Penza Yabloko
Stavropol Yabloko

Action of Support

 

Archives

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FOR YOUR INTEREST!

Programme by candidate for the post of Russian President Grigory Yavlinsky. Brief Overview

My Truth

Grigory Yavlinsky at Forum 2000, Prague, 2014

Grigory Yavlinsky : “If you show the white feather, you will get fascism”

Grigory Yavlinsky: a coup is started by idealists and controlled by rascals

The Road to Good Governance

Risks of Transitions. The Russian Experience

Grigory Yavlinsky on the Russian coup of August 1991

A Male’s Face of Russia’s Politics

Realeconomik

The Hidden Cause of the Great Recession (And How to Avert the Nest One)

by Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky

What does the opposition want: to win or die heroically?
Moskovsky Komsomolets web-site, July 11, 2012. Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Yulia Kalinina.

Lies and legitimacy
The founder of the Yabloko Party analyses the political situation. Article by Grigory Yavlinsky on radio Svoboda. April 6, 2011

Algorithms for Opposing Gender Discrimination: the International and the Russian Experience

Is Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko, "The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May 12, 2010

Grigory Yavlinsky's interview to Vladimir Pozner. The First Channel, programme "Pozner", April 20, 2010 (video and transcript)

Overcoming the Totalitarian Past: Foreign Experience and Russian Problems by Galina Mikhaleva. Research Centre for the East European Studies, Bremen, February 2010.

Grigory Yavlinsky: Vote for the people you know, people you can turn for help. Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, October 8, 2009

Grigory Yavlinsky: no discords in the tandem. Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview to the Radio Liberty
www.svobodanews.ru
September 22, 2009

A Credit for Half a Century. Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Natalia Bekhtereva, Radio Russia, June 15, 2009

Sergei Mitrokhin's Speech at the meeting with US Preseident Barack Obama. Key Notes, Moscow, July 7, 2009

Mitrokhin proposed a visa-free regime between Russia and EU at the European liberal leaders meeting
June 18, 2009

Demodernization
by Grigory Yavlinsky

Reforms that corrupted Russia
By Grigory Yavlinsky, Financial Times (UK), September 3, 2003

Grigory Yavlinsky: "It is impossible to create a real opposition in Russia today."
Moskovsky Komsomolets, September 2, 2003

Alexei Arbatov: What Should We Do About Chechnya?
Interview with Alexei Arbatov by Mikhail Falaleev
Komsomolskaya Pravda, November 9, 2002

Grigory Yavlinsky: Our State Does Not Need People
Novaya Gazeta,
No. 54, July 29, 2002

Grigory Yavlinsky: The Door to Europe is in Washington
Obschaya Gazeta, May 16, 2002

Grigory Yavlinsky's speech.
March 11, 2002

Grigory Yavlinsky's Lecture at the Nobel Institute
Oslo, May 30, 2000

IT IS IMPORTANT!

 

Position on Some Important Strategic Issues of Russian-American Relations

Moscow, July 7, 2009

The Embrace of Stalinism

By Arseny Roginsky, 16 December 2008

Nuclear Umbrellas and the Need for Understanding: IC Interview With Ambassador Lukin
September 25, 1997

Would the West’s Billions Pay Off?
Los Angeles Times
By Grigory Yavlinsky and Graham Allison
June 3, 1991

Freedom for Political Prisoners!

Decision by the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko adopted on 6 December 2025, published on 21 January 2026

Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at a single picket “Freedom for all political prisoners!”/Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

Yabloko expresses categorical protest against the intensifying pressure on civil society, the growth of political persecution and the widespread use of repressive practices against people who peacefully defend their convictions and the right to freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution but trampled by the authorities.

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Grigory Yavlinsky on the common perspective for Russia, Ukraine and Europe

Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 20.01.2026

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It is only possible to seriously discuss an immediate ceasefire agreement if one can see a perspective for how Russia, Ukraine and Europe will continue to build their relationships. Russia can only be preserved if there is a vision of safe and positive development for the Russian state for decades to come. Ukraine’s statehood and sovereignty can only be preserved if there is an understanding of its future structure — where the country will be heading in fundamentally different geopolitical conditions in the coming years.

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Court extends Konstantin Smirnov’s detention for another three months

Press Release, 20 January 2026

Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by Vidsboku media

On 20 January, Ryazan Regional Court extended the detention period for Konstantin Smirnov, the leader of Yabloko in Ryazan, well-known regional journalist and editor-in-chief of the regional media outlet Vidsboku, for another three months, until 30 April 2026.

Smirnov has already been held in a pre-trial detention centre for almost a year on a case concerning so-called “extortion”. He does not admit guilt.

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Kirill Goncharov: “The refusal of the Moscow Electoral Commission to appoint Yabloko representatives to territorial electoral commissions is politically motivated”

Press Release, 20 January 2026

Photo: Kirill Goncharov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

Kirill Goncharov, Chairman of Moscow Yabloko, has criticised the refusal by the Moscow Electoral Commission to include party representatives in territorial electoral commissions (TECs). Goncharov calls the decision “politically motivated” and emphasises that Moscow Electoral Commission’s arguments “do not stand up to scrutiny”: the refusal is explained either by the lack of experience in electoral commissions of some candidates from Yabloko, or by Yabloko’s absence as a faction in the State Duma.

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“Total Counteraction”: Anna Cherepanova on how the Mayor and Chairman of Veliky Novgorod’s Duma are blocking Yabloko’s work

Press Release, 19.01.2026

Anna Cherepanova, Yabloko Deputy Chair and MP from Yabloko in the Veliky Novgorod City Duma, has made a statement in which she described in detail how the Novgorod Mayor, Alexander Rozbaum, and the Chairman of the Novgorod Duma, Konstantin Somov, are sabotaging Yabloko’s work. According to Cherepanova, she has to fulfil her duties as an MP and uphold the interests of residents under conditions of “total counteraction”. She provided several telling examples, supporting them with documentation: in each case described, the issue concerned the interests of Novgorod residents, the Novgorod budget, its infrastructure and wellbeing.

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17 years since the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova: Yabloko lays flowers to the site of tragedy and demands installation of a memorial plaque

Press Release, 19 January 2026

Photo: Portraits of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova / Photo by Moscow Yabloko

19 January 2026 marked 17 years since the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova – prominent leaders of the anti-fascist movement. They were shot dead on Prechistenka Street in Moscow by activists from a far-right extremist organisation. On the anniversary of this tragedy, Yabloko leaders and supporters laid flowers at the site where Markelov and Baburova were killed, after which party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov appealed to the Mayor of Moscow demanding the installation of a memorial plaque on Prechistenka.

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Yabloko demands Moscow police investigate destruction of Anna Politkovskaya memorial plaque

Press Release, 18 January 2026

Photo by Valeria Rait

Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov addressed Oleg Baranov, the head of the Moscow Depratment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, demanding an investigation into an act of vandalism, requesting video footage from nearby CCTV cameras and opening a criminal case under Article 214 (vandalism) of the Russian Criminal Code. The urgent appeal was sent to the Moscow interior in connection with the destruction in Moscow of the memorial plaque to journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered 20 years ago.

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Alexei Arbatov Turns 75! Congratulations to Yabloko Federal Political Committee member on his jubilee

Press Release, 17.12.2026

Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

On 17 January, Alexei Georgievich Arbatov, member of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party, Head of the Centre for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, celebrates his 75th birthday. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and Chairman of the Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee Grigory Yavlinsky extend their congratulations on his jubilee.

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Yabloko Chairman in Dagestan Albert Esedov honoured with highest award of the Union of Journalists of Russia

Press Release, 16.01.2026

Photo: Albert Esedov and Magamed Ibragimov / Photo by the Union of Journalists of Russia in Dagestan

On 13 January, Russian Press Day, Albert Esedov, Chairman of Yabloko in Dagestan, member of the board of the Dagestan Regional Branch of the Union of Journalists of Russia (UJR), and renowned journalist in Russia, was presented with one of the Union’s highest awards – the Badge of Honour “For Services”.

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Yabloko has applied to Russia’s Supreme Court demanding an end to the practices of holding court hearings without public access

Press Release, 14 January 2026

Photo: The Supreme Court of Russia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

Nikolai Rybakov, Chair of the Yabloko Party, has sent an appeal to Gennady Lopatin, Director General of the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of Russia, demanding an analysis of the practices of scheduling court hearings at hours that effectively prevent members of the public and journalists from attending.

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The Yabloko Party to be represented in ten territorial electoral commissions in the Sverdlovsk Region

Press Release, 13.01.2026

Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

The formation of territorial electoral commissions (TECs) in the Sverdlovsk Region for a new five-year term has been completed. The regional branch of the Yabloko Party submitted 12 candidates, of whom ten were approved. All the candidates either hold higher legal education qualifications or have extensive experience working in the electoral system, meaning they are capable not only of preventing electoral violations but also of blocking violations by their fellow electoral commission members.

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In 2025, activists and members of Yabloko wrote over 12,000 letters to political prisoners

Press Release, 12 January 2026

Photo: Pre-New Year letter-writing action at Moscow Yabloko / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

In the beginning of the new year, Yabloko summarises the results of its ongoing campaigns in 2025, including one of the most extensive and long-running – the action of writing letters to political prisoners. Each month, supporters and members of the party in dozens of Russian regions hold this event, regularly sending postcards and letters to support those facing criminal prosecution or imprisonment on politically motivated charges for their words, thoughts and responsible civic stance.

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The Venezuelan Warning

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 6.01.2026

Photo: Nicolás Maduro with his wife, accompanied by US security service officers, making their way to court in New York, USA // Photo by XNY/Star Max/GC Images

Why did the US attack Caracas and seize Maduro? The answer to this question is considerably simpler than the theories being published. The entire matter lies in the fact that Venezuela possesses the world’s largest oil reserves — over 300 billion barrels — and Donald Trump wants Venezuelan oil to be controlled by the United States in one way or another, something he has never concealed.

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Wishing you a peaceful 2026!

Maritime Territory Yabloko organised a van load of fruit for children at orphanage in the Mysovaya village

Press Release, 28 December 2025

To give a bit of warmth to those who especially need care — that was the goal pursued by Maritime Territory Yabloko party members when they announced a fundraising appeal at the beginning of December for orphaned children in the village of Mysovaya. In the end, thanks to donations from caring people and Yabloko supporters, they managed to raise enough for an entire van load of fruit.

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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov spoke at a rally in defence of Lake Baikal in Irkutsk

Press Release, 27 December 2025

Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov spoke at a rally against the law on clear-cutting at Lake Baikal, which President Vladimir Putin signed on 15 December.

During his speech, Rybakov spoke about the cynicism of the deputies who introduced this law and recalled the investigation by Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre about how parliamentarians wrote the law on logging at Baikal to serve the interests of companies connected to them:

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Yabloko hosts major New Year Charity Fair with NGOs whose beneficiaries learn adaptation through creative work

Press Release, 26.12.2025

Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

On 25 December, a New Year Charity Fair was held at the Yabloko party office in Moscow, featuring various inclusive NGOs whose mission is to help people with different disabilities adapt and socialise.

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On the Challenges of the Time and Yabloko’s Position

Resolution of the Federal Council of Yabloko adopted on 6.12.2025, published on 26.12.2025

The social and political situation in our country and globally is highly complex and dangerous.

The international order that has been in place throughout the 80 post-war years is becoming a thing of the past, leading to a large-scale institutional crisis.

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“As Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, in the system’s view, I cannot be at liberty”: Maxim Kruglov spoke in court

Press Release, 25.12.2025

Photo: Maxim Kruglov at the Moscow City Court hearing on 25 December 2025

On 25 December, the Moscow City Court heard an appeal against the detention of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov, who is accused of spreading “fakes” about the army and has been held in a pre-trial detention centre since 2 October. The defence categorically insisted, and not for the first time, that there were no grounds for detention, that the investigation was making critical errors and could not justify its regular demand to keep Kruglov in custody. The prosecutor objected: there were no grounds for changing the preventive measure. Maxim Kruglov chose to deliver a speech at this hearing devoted to the judicial system.

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Yabloko expresses support to lecturers, students and graduate students of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences

Press Release, 24.12.2025

Photo by Alexander Kazakov, Kommersant

It was reported today that Rosobrnadzor [the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science] has suspended the licence of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, also known as Professor Teodor Shanin’s University. For the years since its foundation in 1995, the university has become one of the best Russian universities for humanities.

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