Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 30.04.2019 Vladimir Putin said that the decree on the simplified procedure for issuing Russian passports to residents of certain regions of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine was “a humanitarian measure”. That is, it is like taking care of people who are suffering. In fact, in order to alleviate the suffering […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 30.04.2019 Grigory Yavlinsky’s book The Putin System has been published by Columbia University Press, New York. How power works in present-day Russia, how Vladimir Putin came to power and maintains his rule for over 20 years — these questions are often misunderstood and the answers remain opaque. In The Putin System, Russian […]

Press Release, 29.04.2019 On 7 May, on the threashold of the Victory Day of 9 May, leaders and activists of the Yabloko party will lay wreaths and flowers at the Eternal Flame and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden in Moscow.

Press Release, 29.04.2019 Arthur Parfenchikov, head of Karelia, submitted to the parliament of the Republic of Karelia draft amendments to the budget, which provide for an increase in co-financing of scientific research within the framework of an agreement with the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in 2019.

Press Release, 26.04.2018 n 26 April, turns 33 years since one of the largest disasters in the history of the nuclear industry – the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. About 400 million people worldwide were exposed to radiation. According to experts, up to 830,000 people were directly or indirectly involved in liquidation of […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 26.04.2019 Distributing Russian passports on a mass scale to foreign nationals in a war zone is not the way to peace. If Putin really wants to help the residents of Donbass, then we must stop the war with Ukraine. This will ensure the real and long-term safety of the inhabitants of the […]

Nikolai Rybakov’s Facebook page, 29.04.2019 Today, the Moscow City Duma adopted in first reading a draft law on electronic voting at the elections of Moscow deputies. We are categorically opposed to the introduction [of the law], because it will only worsen the situation with people’s confidence in the elections.

Press Release, 25.04.2019 On 26 April, Friday, Nikolai Rybakov, politician, environmentalist, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party, will arrive in Kemerovo. During the visit, Rybakov will meet with members and supporters of the party, as well as with urban environmental activists.

Press Release, 25.04.2019 A meeting of the initiative group on holding a referendum in Tatarstan on the need to hold local referendums in the constructing waste management facilities with a capacity of more than 40,000 tons per year was held by the Yabloko branch in Tatarstan. The initiative group included twenty-five residents of the Republic […]

Press Release, 25.04.2019 On 26 April, turns 33 years since one of the largest disasters in the history of the nuclear industry – the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. About 400 million people worldwide were exposed to radiation. According to experts, up to 830,000 people were directly or indirectly involved in liquidation of […]

Press Release, 23.04.2019 Nikolai Rybakov, as an expert on the environmental organisation Bellona, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and environmentalist, gave a lecture to the students in Bryansk and Volgograd.

Press Release, 25.04.2019 A round table discussion on the problems of the Russian health care system was held in the office of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Chuvashia. Basing on the results of the discussion, representatives of political parties and public associations of Chuvashia adopted a resolution “For Decent Medicine”, which was […]

Press Release, 23.04.2019 Watch the documentary The Optimists dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Yabloko with English (or other) subtitiles now. Choose your language in the Settings of the video. The documentary covers the key periods in the history of the Russian Federation and the development of the Yabloko party.

Press Release, 23.04.2019 Boris Vishnevsky, head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, submitted for public discussion the first version of his programme for the election of the governor of St. Petersburg. Vishnevsky plans to amend his programme in accordance with proposals and comments of St. Petersburg residents.

Press Release, 22.04.2019 Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, sent a message of congratulations to Vladimir Zelensky on his victory in the presidential elections in Ukraine in Ukrainian and Russian.

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 19.04.2019    According to public opinion polls, the attitude of over 50 per cent of Russians to Joseph Stalin is somewhat positive. This is not surprising.  Stalin’s methods of governing based on fear and lies were maintained under Leonid Brezhnev and country leaders after him. Mikhail Gorbachev abolished this practice. But then, […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 5.04.2019 They are preparing Russia for a war. The propagandise. They intimidate. They threaten. Kinzhal (Dagger), Sarmat, Poseidon, Peresvet… Endless news about the “newest deadly” weapons. “Wonderful,” Putin says, “a gift to the country for the New Year is the Avangard missile.”

Press Release, 22.04.2019 On 20 April, a rally of the city opposition was held in Vologda under the slogan “We demand!”. The speakers demanded that the authorities abolish their tariffs for garbage collection and revise their project for improvement of the Vologda embankment.   Members of the Vologda branch of Yabloko took part in the […]

Press Release, 18.04.2019 The documentary “The Optimists” was filmed at the end of 2018 and is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Yabloko party. The protagonists tell not only about the history and formation of Yabloko, but also recollect the key events in the history of Russia for the past 25 years.

Press Release, 18.04.2019 Yabloko’s friendly non-governmental organisation the Sisters Centre, which is engaged in helping victims of sexual violence, turned 25 years old. For all these years, the unique Sisters Centre was providing professional psychological and legal support to women in difficult situations and conducted seminars and round tables teaching psychologists and lawyers how to […]