Press release, 26.10.2017 A decision to form a faction of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko was made at the meeting of the municipal council of the Chekhov district, the Moscow Region, on 25th October. Deputies Nikolai Dizhur (who headed Yabloko’s list of candidates in the election of 10th September) and Yuri Burov (who won […]

Press release, 29.10.2017 Yabloko leaders and activists participated in an annual action commemorating victims of political reprisals. Thousands of people come to the Solovetsky Stone at Lubyanka Square to read aloud the names of the people who were executed during the Great Terror. This year so many people came that each person received a sheet […]

Press Release, 26.10.2017 The Federal Antimonopoly Service filed a case against the participants in the procurement of the Directorate of the Road Safety Improvement Programme (the Directorate). Earlier, Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre headed by Sergei Mitrokhin, member of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, revealed signs of collusion in the purchases of the Directorate for the amount […]

Press Release, 26.10.2017 One of the most famous politicians in the Yaroslavl region supported Grigory Yavlinsky’s petition for the return of direct elections Oleg Vinogradov, former Deputy Governor of the Yaroslavl region, former Vice-Mayor of Yaroslavl from the team of the oppositional head of the city Yevgeny Urlashov and leader of the Yabloko branch in […]

Press Release, 27.10.2017 Sergei Mitrokhin, Chair of the Moscow branch of Yabloko and head of the Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party, demanded that the Tushino Interdistrict Public Prosecutor’s Office obtain an order for demolition of illegal buildings located in the landscape reserve “The Valley of the Shodnya River in Kurkino” in Moscow and […]

Press Release, 24.10.2017 The Public Prosecutor’s Office of St. Petersburg has organised another inspection of the leakage of radioactive waste. The Public Prosecutor’s Office of St. Petersburg has organised another inspection of the leakage of radioactive waste in the of the Radium Institute. The inspection was made on of the request of Mikhail Amosov, Yabloko’s […]

Press Release, 24.10.2017 The Central Election Commission of Russia (CEC) offers legislators several options for adjusting the so-called municipal filter, including exemption of the candidates running for the post of governor from parliamentary parties and parties that have factions in legislative assemblies from collection of signatures of municipal deputies in their favour so that to […]

Press release, 24.10.2017 On October 23, 2017, the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party issued a statement expressing its concern about the plans of the regional government to abolish tax benefits and curb the institute of public hearings of the budget.

The “Nord-Ost” theatre production. In October 2002, I was there. I held direct talks with militants on the release of hostages. The terrorists promised to release me in exchange for Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with [then President of the Chechen Republic] Aslan Maskhadov. In support of their readiness, the militants released eight children. But the […]

Press release, 20.10.2017 On 19th October, the Electoral Commission of the Novgorod Region made a decision to forward the initiative on returning direct election of mayor and heads of municipalities proposed by Yabloko’s regional branch to the Novgorod Region parliament.

Press Release, 17.10.2017 Yabloko sent applications to Public Prosecutor General and the Investigative Committee Sergei Mitrokhin, head of the Yabloko Center for Anti-Corruption Policy, sent appeals to Public Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin demanding that the actions of the Ministry of Education and Science […]

Galina Shirshina signed a petition for direct mayoral elections Press release, 17.10.2017 Elected Mayor of Petrozavodsk Galina Shirshina signed a petition for the return of direct elections of mayors, governors and members of the Federation Council – without any restrictions or filters. The petition was initiated by Grigory Yavlinsky. Direct elections are one of the […]

Press Release, 19.10.2017 Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia rejected Yabloko’s bill restricting Vladimir Putin’s right to use Russian armed forces abroad. The bill was submitted by Emilia Slabunova, MP and Yabloko Chair.

Grigory Yavlinsky on the dangerous partnership between Russia and Saudi Arabia and “Putin’s political post-modernism”, 09.10.2017 Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs already called the meeting between Putin and Saudi Arabia’s King an epochal event. It is true that the President of Russia met another civilization, the feudal epoch, in the Kremlin. This is probably the […]

Press release, 14.10.2017 Grigory Yavlinsky intends to participate in the presidential elections in order to prevent the “historical defeat of Russia” meaning Russia’s turning into a backward country isolated from Europe where it historically belongs. According to Yavlinsky, Vladimir Putin’s policies represent “a break with reality and counterposition to the historical development.” He made this […]

The event was held in Yabloko’s office Press Release, 14.10.2017 Russia was the first country to launch the Liberal Manifesto 2017, a document reflecting the goals of virtually all the liberal parties in the world. Representatives of the Liberal International (LI) arrived in Russia to present the Manifesto in Russia. The event took place in […]

ALDE, 17/10/2017 The Liberal International (LI) Manifesto 2017 was launched in Russia at an event in Moscow on 14 October at the headquarters of Yabloko, ALDE Party and full LI member party in Russia.

Press release, 16.10.2017 On 15th October, Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakv gave a speech at the meeting of national parliament deputies, who are members of parties represented in Liberal International. The event was held as part of the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in St. Petersburg.

Liberal International, 13.10.2017 By Nikolai Kavkazsky, member of YABLOKO Federal Council, lawyer of the Stimul Moscow LGBT+ Initiative Group and Board member of the “For the Civil Rights” Committee After Vladimir Putin came to power, the situation with human rights in Russia began to steadily deteriorate. Repressive laws were adopted, many independent media outlets were […]

Lev Shlosberg commented on the resignation of Governor of the Pskov Region Andrei Turchak Press release, 12.10.2017 Lev Shlosberg, deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly and member of Yabloko’s Political Coomittee, commented on the dismissal of Governor Andrei Turchak as well as his plans to run for the post in 2018.