Actions of writing letters to political prisoners to be held in Moscow and the regions: schedule for late April and early May
Press Release, 21.04.2026
In late April – early May, Yabloko will hold its traditional action of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and the regions. According to human rights defenders, there are at present no fewer than 1,534 prisoners of conscience in Russia to whom letters can be written by joining a Yabloko action in different cities.
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Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Emilia Slabunova fined for allegedly “displaying extremist symbols”; informant is an activist of nationalist organisation Russian Community
Press Release, 21.04.2026
A judge of the Petrozavodsk City Court has just handed down a decision imposing a fine on Emilia Slabunova, an Honoured Teacher of Russia, former Chair of Yabloko, and leader of the party’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia. Slabunova has been fined 1,000 roubles under the article on “displaying extremist symbols” (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) in connection with a post allegedly published on 20 August 2020 in her Telegram channel. However, no posts from that date exist in Emilia Slabunova’s channel; but the case materials include a screenshot of a post purportedly published on 20.08.2020.
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Posted: April 21st, 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, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On the searches at the Eksmo publishing group
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, 21.04.2026
Photo: Vladimir Dorokhov (left), Kirill Goncharov (centre), Nikolai Rybakov and Ivan Bolshakov (background) / Photo by Moscow Yabloko
On 21 April, searches were carried out at the Eksmo publishing group in Moscow, and its director general was detained. We regard this as yet another instance of the arbitrary application of anti-extremism legislation and of pressure on the cultural sphere.
The initiation of a criminal case for the distribution of literature represents a substitution of concepts: the state is using the law as an instrument of censorship, rather than combating genuine threats.
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Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yevgeny Gontmakher to give a lecture at the Yabloko Party University: “The Russian Economy at a Crossroads”
Press Release, 21.04.2026
Photo: Yevgeny Gontmakher
We will soon be launching an Economics and Social Policy stream at the Yabloko Party University. The inaugural lecture will be given by Yevgeny Gontmakher, the stream’s academic lead and Doctor of Economic Sciences.
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Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Economy, Russian Economy.
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Moscow City Court keeps Maxim Kruglоv in pre-trial detention, dismissing appeals against the politician’s arrest
Press Release, 21.04.2026
Photo: Maxim Kruglov at a Moscow City Court hearing in 2025 via a video link / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Today, 21 April, the Moscow City Court dismissed the defence’s appeals against the arrest of Yabloko Deputy Chair Maxim Kruglov, leaving the politician in custody.
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Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko leader in Karelia detained in Petrozavodsk on charge of “displaying extremist symbols”
Press Release, 21.04.2026
Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
This morning, 21 April, police in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, called on Emilia Slabunova, an Honoured Teacher of Russia, former Chair of Yabloko, and leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia. As she was leaving for work, law enforcement officers approached her and informed her that they had to escort her to a police station.
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Posted: April 21st, 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, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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St. Petersburg courts to hear administrative cases against Alexander Shishlov
Press Release, 21.04.2026
Photo: Alexander Shishlov at the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly / Photo by the Legislative Assembly Press Office
The practices of using absurd administrative proceedings to bar Yabloko leaders from elections continues. Court hearings in the cases against Alexander Shishlov are scheduled for April.
Two administrative offence reports have been drawn up against Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee and leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
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Posted: April 21st, 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 faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lawyer Vitaly Isakov on the verdict against Lev Shlosberg: “This verdict is an act of political retribution and must be overturned”
Press Release, 20.04.2026
Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko
On 17 April, the fifth hearing of the appeal lodged by Yabloko Deputy Chair Lev Shlosberg against his conviction in the criminal case concerning “foreign agent labels” took place at the Pskov City Court. The parties moved to closing arguments at this hearing.
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Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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After a traffic police ambush targeting Yabloko’s Irkutsk leader, his medical examination results were fabricated
Press Release, 17.04.2026
Photo: Grigory Gribenko / Photo by Irkutsk Yabloko
Today, 17 April, the Chairman of Irkutsk Yabloko, Grigory Gribenko, received the results of a laboratory analysis conducted by the Irkutsk drug treatment clinic to detect the presence of narcotic substances. The analysis had been carried out on 10 April — after law enforcement officers staged an ambush targeting Gribenko and compelled him to undergo a medical examination. On the same day, fearing that the results of the state-administered analysis would be falsified, Gribenko had his samples tested at an independent laboratory.
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Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov calls for dismantling of “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” exhibition at Katyn
Press Release, 17.04.2026
Photo: “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” exhibition at Katyn / Photo by the Russian Military History Society
Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent a formal letter to Irina Velikanova, Director General of the Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, calling for the exhibition “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” to be removed.
In the view of the Yabloko leader, placing this exhibition on the grounds of the memorial complex is unacceptable: it contradicts the memorial’s purpose, its legal status, and the very principles underlying state policy on commemorating the victims of political repression.
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Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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“High risks”: Moscow Mayor’s Office explains to Yabloko why a “covid” decree banning public protests has been in force in the Moscow for six years
Press Release, 17.04.2026
Photo by Artyom Krasnov, Kommersant
In 2026, Moscow “retains risks of deterioration in the COVID-19 situation,” and so a “heightened readiness regime remains in force” across Moscow, with the global risks of infection “assessed as high”. This is stated in a letter from Andrei Zakharov, Deputy Head of the Moscow Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption, in response to a formal inquiry from Kirill Goncharov, Chair of Moscow Yabloko.
It should be noted that on 5 March, Goncharov had demanded that the Moscow Mayor’s Office either revoke the “covid” decree — which has been in force in Moscow since 2020 and serves as the formal pretext for banning any public event in the city — or explain the reasons why it remained in effect after six years. The 5 March inquiry was prompted by the Mayor’s Office’s refusal to permit a Yabloko rally against Internet blocking, with the refusal justified on the grounds of the “covid restrictions” in force in Moscow and the risks of viral infection spreading.
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Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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We demand the return of Ivanovskaya Gorka’s historic panorama to Moscow!
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, 16. 04. 2026
Photo: Ivanovskaya Gorka / Photo from Kultura.rf
In the heart of Moscow, the distinctive district of Ivanovskaya Gorka has survived to the present day, one of the few historically intact areas that preserve the spirit and character of old Moscow: its historic topography, medieval street network, and architectural monuments spanning the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.
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Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, History, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Law ends where power has no limits: on the stripping of bar status from lawyers Basistov, Provadin and Tay
Statement by the Yabloko Party Chairman, 15.04.2026
Photo: Lawyers’ representatives after the hearing at Khamovnichesky District Court, Moscow / Photo from social media
The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow, acting on a claim brought by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, has ruled to revoke the bar status of Alexei Basistov, Dmitry Provadin and Yuly Tay on the grounds of their extended absence from Russia.
This ruling is the first of its kind. For the first time, a court, acting on the initiative of an executive authority, has effectively intervened in an area that the law assigns to the exclusive competence of bar self-governance, and has issued a ruling contrary to the position of the bar association. This is a dangerous precedent, striking at the foundations of the bar’s independence in our country.
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Posted: April 16th, 2026 under Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by diplomat and translator Pavel Palazhchenko “Diplomacy of Perestroika”
Press Release, 15.04.2026
On 22 April, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by diplomat and translator Pavel Palazhchenko “Diplomacy of Perestroika: Lessons for Today’s World”. Pavel Palazhchenko is an eyewitness to the key events and negotiations of the Perestroika era. As an interpreter for USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, he participated in high-level meetings, disarmament negotiations and sessions of the UN General Assembly.
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Posted: April 15th, 2026 under Foreign policy, History, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by biologist and ecologist Askhat Kayumov “Environmental Activities in Cities”
Press Release, 15.04.2026
On 21 April, the course “Ecology and Environmental Protection” starts at the Yabloko Party University. The first lecture will be given by biologist and ecologist Askhat Kayumov. He will talk about environmental activities in cities: what can be done in modern conditions.
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Posted: April 15th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment.
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Appellate court upholds Irkutsk Mayor’s Office refusal to approve Yabloko’s protest rally against blocking of Telegram
Press Release, 15.04.2026
Photo by Alexander Wainshtein, Kommersant
On 15 April, the Irkutsk Regional Court upheld the ruling of the Kirovsky District Court, thereby endorsing the Irkutsk Mayor’s Office refusal to approve a Yabloko rally against Telegram blockings. The rally “For a Free Internet” had been due to take place on 1 March, but the Mayor’s Offcie refused to authorise the event, citing the “heightened interest” of citizens in the blocking of the messenger service and of the Internet more broadly. Grigory Gribenko, the leader of Irkutsk Yabloko, maintains that the Mayor’s Office refusal was unlawful and that the rulings of both courts were biased and legally unjustified.
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Posted: April 15th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Green Russia faction calls for expert review of proposed Far Eastern nuclear power plant
Press Release, 13.05.2026
Photo: Member of the Yabloko’s regional council Oleg Ivanov (the Green Russia faction) and Chair of the Maritime Territory branch of Yabloko Marina Zheleznyakova / Photo by the Maritime Territory branch of Yabloko
The Green Russia faction of the Yabloko party has submitted its comments and proposals on the licence justification materials (LJM) for activities in the field of nuclear energy use, specifically, the “Placement of Power Unit No. 2” project. The faction has concluded that a number of key questions require further consideration and public discussion. Given the construction of other energy facilities in the Far East, the region may be able to avoid an electricity shortage without undertaking such a costly project.
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Posted: April 14th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Chairman of Yakutia Yabloko fined over deleted reposts: court issues ruling riddled with violations
Press Release, 13.04.2026
Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The leader of Yabloko in Yakutia, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, has been fined 10,000 roubles under the article on cooperation with an “undesirable” organisation (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The prosecution was triggered by reposts that had previously been deleted from Nogovitsyn’s social media accounts. Non-functioning links to these reposts were nonetheless included in the report drawn up by the Interior Ministry (Centre E – Centre for Counteraction to Extremism of the Interior Minitry).
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Posted: April 13th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Court upholds Lev Shlosberg’s remand in custody until 2 June: appeal by the politician and his defence against arrest rejected
Press Release, 13.04.2026
Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko
A judge of Pskov Regional Court has rejected the appeal lodged by Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg and his defence against the order remanding the politician in custody until 2 June. Pskov Yabloko reported this on 13 April.
Lev Shlosberg attended the hearing via video link from the remand prison. The proceedings were held behind closed doors. Members of the public and press were barred from the courtroom from the outset and were permitted to attend only the delivery of the ruling.
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Posted: April 13th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Traffic police stage ‘crackdown’ on Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko
Press Release, 10.04.2026
Screenshot from Grigory Gribenko’s video in which he describes the situation from inside a traffic police car
Today, 10 April, Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko reported that traffic police inspectors had made three attempts to stop his car before forcibly taking him for a medical examination, on the grounds that he was allegedly intoxicated. Gribenko subsequently submitted samples at an independent laboratory. He believes the “crackdown” was a planned special operation by the security forces and may constitute “retaliation” for Yabloko’s attempts to organise a rally in defence of Telegram and “For a Free Internet” in Irkutsk.
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Posted: April 10th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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