Press release, 28.09.2018 The Yabloko party demanded that Oyub Titiev, Chair of the Chechen branch of the Memorial human rights groups, be released and protected immediately. His life is in imminent danger now. Titiev must be protected by the federal governmental bodies, runs Yabloko’s statement.

Decision by Yabloko Bureau,28.09.2018 A Ukrainan film director Oleg Sentsov who serves his sentence in a maximum security penal colony has been on hunger strike for 139 days demanding that Ukrainian political prisoners be released from Russian prisons. Sentsov’s physical condition causes serious concern because he can die any day now. The Yabloko party considers […]

Emilia Slabunova on the adoption of the law on raising the retirement age Emilia Slabunova’s blog post, 28.09.2018 The State Duma has passed a law on raising the retirement age in the third (and final) reading. Neither the President, nor the ruling party are willing to talk about the consequences. Let us discuss what will […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 27.09.2018 Many say that they will fight against the new pension law [envisaging substantial raising the retirement age]. It is quite understandable. But even if something will be achieved, as for example, retirement for women not eight, but five years later [as compared to all these years], then tomorrow it [people’s […]

Boris Vishnevsly’s blog post, 26.09.2018 The State Duma passed Putin’s amendments to Putin’s initiative on raising the regiment age. The federal TV channels will no go out of their way to prise the President’s kindness. In reality this “kindness” is worth nothing. The retirement age for women will be raised from the current age of […]

Press release, 26.09.2018 Russian Federal Treasury admitted the infringement of the initial (maximum) price assessment for the procurement of Christmas tress and decorations for Russia’s Defence Ministry. An unscheduled check-out took place upon Yabloko’s application. Yabloko’s Centre for Anti-Corruption Policies discovered that the Defence Ministry will buy 268 Christmas trees at the cost ranging from […]

Emila Slabonova’s Facebook page, 25.09.2018 Gubernatorial runoff elections took place in Khabarovsk Krai and the Vladimir Region on Sunday. The winners are candidates from LDPR Sergei Furgal and Vladimir Sipyagin who are considered to be “approved” candidates who did not really have an election campaign and did not seriously compete with United Russia’s candidates. Yabloko […]

Grigory Yavlinsky website, 25.09.2018 I did not plan to write another post about the elections because it seems that everything has already been said (Including the latest elections: see ‘Gubernatorial non-elections‘). However, the victory of candidates from LDPR in Khabarovsk Krai and the Vladimir Region produced some inadequate impression on journalists and bloggers: the got […]

Press release, 24.09.2018 On 22-23 September, rallies against the the government’s plan to raise the retirement age took place across Russia. Yabloko activists participated in protest actions in Sochi, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Barnaul, Murmansk, Chita, Penza, Bryansk, Lipetsk, Smolensk, Oryel and Stavropol.

Galina Mikhaleva’s Facebook page, 24.09.2018 “On Tuesday, 25 September, Yabloko will participate in a one-person picket in support of Oleg Sentsov. The action will take place by the Presidential Administration from 12.00 to 19.00. We invite you to join us because political prisoners do need our support!” Chair of Yabloko’s Gender faction wrote on her […]

Press release, 24.09.2018 Yabloko’s Gender Faction has held a meeting with feminists from the USA today. Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova and Chair of Yabloko’s Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva participated in the meeting.

Press Release, 21.09.2018 An on-line seminar for deputies of local self-government bodies and civil activists will be held in Yabloko’s Moscow office on Wednesday, September 26, at 19:00 (Moscow time). The organiser is the Centre for New Municipal Policies.

Girogry Yavlinsky website, 21.09.2018 Many people discussed Pamfilova’s tears and annulling election results in Primorsky Krai yesterday. What has happened? What was it that upset the head of the Central Electoral Commission so much? It turned out that is was not the breach of legislation, deception of voters or mockery of people who came to […]

Press Release, 20.09.2018 The Centre for Anti-Corruption Policy of the Yabloko party appealed to the Tatarstan Public Prosecutor’s Office demanding that officials of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan be inspected for corruption. Officials are suspected of exceeding their official authority in organising tenders. Information about the illegal actions of […]

20.09.2018 Nikolai Rybakov via YouTube After the scandal [with tremendous fraud by the candidate from the ruling United Russia party] in the election of the governor of the Maritime Territory, the Maritime Territorial Electoral Commission canceled the results of the second round. Two candidates ran in the second round: Andrei Tarasenko (the United Russia party), […]

Press release, 20.09.2018 According to the official results, only one person voted for Yabloko at the polling station No 1170 in the Volgograd Region. However, seven people have already appealed to Yabloko claiming that they voted for the party at this polling station. Chair of the regional party branch Galina Boldyreva appealed to court demanding […]

Press release, 21.09.2018 On Saturday, 22 September, Yabloko Deputy Chair and environmentalist Nikolai Rybakov will visit Novosibirsk. 10:00: the politician will visit a wood which the regional party branch is reforesting.

Press release, 19.09.2018 Anton Gordyuk, Yabloko’s candidate in the elections to the Koltushsky city council, the Leningrad Region, demanded that the Central Electoral Commission annul the voting results. The grounds for this measure is vote-buying and fraud at a large scale.

Press release, 19.09.2018 On September 16, the Kostroma branch of Yabloko and a number of environmental groups conducted a picket against a landfill site in the region. The participants of the action expressed disagreement with the fact that waste from Moscow is brought to the Kostroma Region causing damage to the environment.

Press release, 17.09.2018 Deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly and Chair of the Pskov Region branch of Yabloko Lev Shlosberg made a speech at the 6th Franz Fafka and George Orwell intellectual forum. It is an All-Russia discussion platform where all individuals may take part in the discussion of most topical events and communicate […]