Press Release, February 11, 2014 The agents of the Zamoskvoretsky Department of Internal Affairs continued the illegal deprivation of “The Third Way” NGO’s property. They act despite the court decision which states that the eviction is only possible after another premises for the NGO are provided. Migrant workers helped the police. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin […]

Press Release, February 10, 2014 Amnesty International named YABLOKO’s member Irog Kharchenko prisoners of conscience. “It took a judge only a few minutes, behind a closed door, to decide that yet another environmental activist should be behind bars when the Games begin. This happened precisely on the day when the Olympic torch arrived in Sochi. […]

Press Service of the Krasnoyarsk branch of YABLOKO, 10.02.2014 The Human Rights Faction of the Krasnoyarsk regional branch of the YABLOKO party adopted a decision to establish a School of Young Politicians.

Press Release, February 8, 2014 Grigory Yavlinsky is one of the most recognisable Russian oppositional politicians: 42 per cent of respondents in the Levada Centre poll mentioned Yavlinsky when replying to the question “whom of the following oppositional politicians you know”.

Press Release, February 6, 2014 The Voronezh Mayor’s Office excepted the proposal of YABLOKO’s member Valentin Batishchev on creation of a working group on environmental problems, runs the official letter from the city’s administration.

Press Release, February 7, 2014 The Voronezh branch of YABLOKO participated in the rally in support of the Bolotnaya Square case prisoners and other political prisoners on February 6.

Press Release, February 7, 2014 On February 8, Russian consumers will go on a rally protesting against restrictions put on e-commerce by the authorities. The rally is organized jointly by the Consumer Rights Protection Society, a number of NGOs and the YABLOKO party. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will participate in the rally.

Press Release, February 7, 2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin has sent a letter to Public Prosecutor General Yury Chaika demanding an investigation into the pogrom of the office of the Consumer Rights Protection Society and take measures of prosecutorial response. Mitrokhin notes the materials of the investigation must be sent to the Investigative Committee of […]

Statement by the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO from January 31, 2014, 07.02.2014 Another local government reform has been initiated in Russia by the federal authorities and President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Its key issues have been already announced as follows: elimination of elected local governments on the level of cities and regions, including those […]

Press release, February 5, 2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin demands from Public Prosecutor General Yury Chaika to launch public prosecutor’s investigation into the actions of the Sluzhba Basya company which allegedly has been engaged in unlawful mass killings of homeless dogs and cats in Sochi. Mitrokhin states that such activities must be examined for falling […]

Press Release, February 5, 2014 Today the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar arrested YABLOKO activist Igor Kharchenko for five days under Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code (Disobedience to a lawful order of a police officer). The trial was held behind closed doors, and the sentence was made within a few minutes. Igor Kharchenko was […]

Press Release, February 6, 2014 A serious of one-person pickets in support of the prosecuted ecologists of the Krasnodar Territory Yevgeny Vitishko, Suren Gazaryan and Irog Kharchenko was conducted outside the Investigative Committee. Chair of the Moscow branch of Youth Yabloko Oleg Naumov, former Bolotnaya Square case prisoner Nikolai Kavkazsky and YABLOKO’s activists participated in […]

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 03.02.2014 The YABLOKO party expresses its protest against the arrest of Evgeny Vitishko, civil society activist and well-known environmentalist of the Krasnodar Territory. This morning he has been arrested when leaving the Tuapse branch of the Penitentiary Inspection of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Krasnodar Territory on suspicion of […]

The ALDE Group, Press Release, February 4, 2014   The Liberals and Democrats group in the European Parliament (ALDE) welcomes the support for the report on Undocumented Women migrants, drafted by ALDE MEP Norica Nicolai (PNL, Romania).

Press Release, February 3, 2014 The YABLOKO party took part in the demonstration in support of the Bolotnaya Square case prisoners on February 2. Several thousand people participated in the action.

Press Release, January 31, 2014 The citizen of Saransk, Mordovia, Yuri Alyamkin picketed the State Duma as his house was knocked down due to the construction of the stadium for the FIFA World Football Cup 2018. Yuri Alyamkin is sure that his house didn’t obstruct the construction works, that’s why he is trying to attract […]

Press Release, January 30, 2014 Today activists from YABLOKO’s Gender Faction held a meeting with representatives of the Women’s Organisation of the Swedish People’s Party of Finland – Carola Sundquist, Chair, and Tatyana Ljungqvist, Vice Chair – at the Moscow office of the YABLOKO party. The topic of discussion was the women’s movement in Finland. […]

Press Release, January 31, 2014 On February 2, YABLOKO activists will participate in the Demonstration in support of the political prisoners of the Bolotnaya Square rallies case. YABLOKO’s column will be led by party leader Sergei Mitrokhin. The action has got a permission from the Moscow authorities.

Press Release, January 31, 2014 The Bureau of the Russian United Democratic Party BLOKO fully supports the position of the YABLOKO faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg which solidary voted against sending a letter from the Legislative Assembly to the Public Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation about possible closure of the Dozhd […]