Meduza, 10.06.2016 The Pskovskaya Gubernia newspaper [Pskov Province], one of its founders is member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee Lev Shlosberg, received a warning from Roskomnadzor [a state communications watchdog] for mentioning Pravy Sector (Right Sector) [a Ukrainian far right-wing group] without an explanation that this organisation was declared extremist in Russia and was banned […]

Press Release, 09.06.2016 According to Grigory Yavlinsky, head of the YABLOKO faction in St.Petersburg’s Legislative Assembly, politics led to situation when modern solutions could no longer be taken in the economy and everyday life. He made such a statement at a press conference held in the Rosbalt news agency in St. Petersburg. Grigory Yavlinsky and […]

Press release, 08.06.2015 This day 18 years ago Larisa Yudina, the Editor-in-Chief of the Sovetskaya Kalmykia newspaper and the leader of the regional YABLOKO branch, was murdered in Elista, the Republic of Kalmykia. It turned out that an assistant of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the then President of Kalmykia, was among the murderers. Due to the public […]

Press release, 07.06.2016 A meeting of the party Federal Political Committee took place on Saturday, 4 June. The issues of the tactics and strategics of the 2016 election campaign, the federal candidates’ list and the list of party candidates in the single mandate constituencies were discussed at the meeting. The final decisions will be made […]

Sergei Mitrokhin, a member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee, 06.06.2016 The YABLOKO party continues preparing for the State Duma elections. And a question from our voters on “What will the the presence of the party faction in the State Duma change?” sounds quite correct. At the moment the [ruling] United Russia’s deputies and their obedient […]

NHC, 24.05.2016 The Boris Nemtsov Foundation presents an annual award to a person who is particularly committed to fighting for the freedom of expression and helping those who are persecuted on political, racial or religious grounds in Russia. The first prize is given to the opposition politician Lev Shlosberg for his fight for democratic values […]

Blog post by Alexander Kuznetsov, co-Chair of YABLOKO Socio-Democratic Faction, 6.06.2016 A work-to-the-rule strike – work with strict observance of all the labour protection requirements – has been going on at the Kachkanar Mining and Refining Plant.

Grigory Yavlinsky post in the FB, 7.06.2016 Forum “The New Era of Journalism: Farewell to the Mainstream” [is being held] in Moscow. I wonder what do they mean by a “farewell to the mainstream”? Whether it is goodbye to the endless lies in the mass media or the final farewell to the truth?

Press release, 06.06.2016 Member of YABLOKO Federal Political Committee and Chair of the Moscow party branch Sergei Mitrokhin arrived at the Torfyanka park in northeastern Moscow to support the local resident, who are protesting against the illegal attempts to construct an Orthodox church in the territory of the park.

Press Release, 6.06.2016 On 1 June, the conference of the Dagestan branch of YABLOKO elected Albert Esedov, famous regional journalist and public activist, Chairman of the party branch.

Press release, 06.06.2016 Grigory Yavlinsky, head of the faction, will summarize the results of the work of YABLOKO faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly of the V convocation (2011-2016) in the IA Rosbalt press centre, Thursday, 9 June.

Press release, 03.06.2016 Evgeny Bunimovich, YABLOKO Federal Political Committee member and Children’s Rights Ombudsman in Moscow, has launched his new book titled “The Choice. The Sketches by a Sudden Deputy” today, 3 June. Grigory Yavlinsky, YABLOKO founder, attended the presentation which took place within a book festival on Red Square. The meeting with the readers […]

Liberal International, 03.06.2016 Amid what she has described as a “crisis” in Russia, leader of the Russian Liberals, Yabloko (LI full member), Emilia Slabunova, has set out the challenges facing liberals and democrats ahead of parliamentary elections in Russia in September 2016, speaking to national broadcaster Radio KP.

Press release, 03.06.2016 On 1 June, International Day for Protection of Children, the Moscow branch of YABLOKO conducted a rally in support of children’s rights together with a number of public organizations.

Press release, 02.06.2016 A meeting between YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova and Pavel Sulyandziga, Deputy Chair of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises has taken place today. Sulyandziga signed YABLOKO’s Memorandum of Political Alternative. The consent to the document is one of the conditions one […]

Blog post by Vladimir Ryzhkov, 01.06.2016 The federal elections in Russia take place more seldom because of the machinations of the Kremlin and the [ruling] United Russia party. The State Duma elections take place once in five years, presidential – once in six years. Therefore the importance of the elections has increased considerably. If you […]

Statement by the St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO, 31.05.2016 The decision of the St. Petersburg toponymic commission to name [one of the city’s] bridges after Chechnya’s first President Akhmad Kadyrov, which was obviously made in a rush and under the pressure of the St.Petersburg city administration, indicates that the authorities are not interested in the opinion […]

Grigory Yavlinsky web-site, 30.05.2016 A G7 summit – a meeting of leaders of the seven most industrialized countries of the world sharing common principles of international and domestic policies – was held in Japan past week. Russia was expelled from this community due to its aggression against Ukraine and establishment of a totalitarian order in […]

Blog post by Grigory Yavlinsky, 01.06.2016 The decision by the Russian government’s to extend the “anti-Western” food embargo until the end of 2017 can not be regarded otherwise than economic stupidity. “Beat your people to frighten all the other”. This is a familiar logic – to punish one’s own citizens for serious foreign policy errors […]

Press release,  31.05.2016 Today, 31 May, deputy Dmitry Gudkov will introduce the draft amendments to the Federal Law “On Police” made by Grigory Yavlinsky, the leader of the YABLOKO faction in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, to the State Duma. The draft stipulates that the premises of all the police units and police cars must be equipped […]