Press Release, 25.12.2019 The Elisata Court assigned 30 hours of compulsory community service to Batyr Boromangnaev, Chairman of the Kalmyk branch of Yabloko, for organization and conducting the rally on 27 October. Earlier, the politician received 25 hours of compulsory community service as the organiser of the gathering on 29 September, and another 20 hours […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 25.12.2019 They built a bridge from Taman to Kerch. It turned out three times more expensive than same kind of bridges in the world. They built it on budget money, and in our state and in such cases part of this money will be stolen. Like was the case with the Vostochny […]

The winner of the anti-award will be determined by Internet voting Press Release, 24.12.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre has identified nominees for the annual anti-award for “wasting the budget” via public procurement contracts. The list of nominees of 2019 includes the Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky for bidding on behalf of the Ministry […]

Press Release, 23.12.2019 The Volgograd branch of Yabloko demanded that the Volgograd Mayor’s Office and the Public Prosecutor’s Office check whether the Communist Party had the right to install a bust of Joseph Stalin in Volgograd. Yabloko’s Dmitry Lyubitenko posted a petition on the Internet demanding that the monument be dismantled.

Press Release, 24.12.2019 The Moskovsky District Court of St.Petersburg upheld the lawsuit from Yabloko candidates demanding cancellation of the results of the recount of votes at polling station No 1290 of the MosKovskaya Zastava municipality, which resulted in two mandates being stolen from Yabloko. After the decision comes into force, Yabloko members Kirill Kasimov and […]

Press Release, 23.12.2019 Tomorrow the Commission of the Moscow City Duma on Urban Economy and Housing Policies will consider the bill of deputy Sergei Mitrokhin on amendments to the law “On provision of urban amenities in Moscow”. The amendments oblige the Moscow government to coordinate with Muscovites improvement projects for courtyards, streets and squares.

Statement by the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, 16.12.2019 The Commission on the organisation of the work of the Moscow City Duma rejected the question of the Yabloko faction to the Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Daria Besedina, Yabloko MP of the Moscow City Duma, was going to ask the Moscow Mayor if he […]

Press Release, 14.12.2019 Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, made a political report at the 21st Party Congress (full transcript in Russian is here). The report dealt with Russia’s domestic and foreign policies, the situation in Russian economy, as well as the challenges that Yabloko faces today.

Chairman of the Yabloko Party spoke about his plans on a new post during a press briefing Press Release, 15.12.2019 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov For the first time Nikolai Rybakov answered questions from journalists as Chairman of the Yabloko party. At a briefing that began on the second day of the Yabloko congress, Rybakov said that […]

Press Release, 15.12.2019 Nikolai Rybakov became the fourth Chairman of the Yabloko party: 69 delegates of the 21st Yabloko Congress cast their votes for his candidacy. Lev Shlosberg, head of the Pskov branch of the party Lev Shlosberg came second (40 votes), Emilia Slabunova was the third (19 votes).

Press Release, 14.12.2019 “Over the past four years, Yabloko has been able to strengthen its position,” said Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova, presenting a report on the party’s activities at the 21st Yabloko congress. “This is the stance of the country’s key organised democratic force, openly criticising the government, demanding a change in the Russian leadership, […]

Press Release, 12.12.2019 Deputies of the Ryazan branch of the Yabloko party oppose the draft budgets of their municipalities. Konstantin Smirnov, deputy of the Dubrovsky rural settlement, has already voted against the budget of the settlement, all other deputies of the Council representing United Russia supported the draft. Anatoly Kivva, deputy of the Zaboryevsky rural […]

Press Release, 12.12.2019 On 12 December, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko went on one-person pickets (that do not require a permission from the authorities) in four cities of the region as part of the Struggle for Human Rights campaign, dedicated to the Russian Constitution Day.

Press Release, 12.12.2019 On 7 December, a flash mob in support of political prisoners, the defendants of the so-called “Rostov case” – Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov – took place in Rostov-on-Don. Activists of the Yabloko party, together with other democratic forces of the city, organised the action in the format of a theatrical performance.

A time of troubles and change By GRIGORY YAVLINSKY Full version, 26.11. 2017 A number of recent events have radically changed the self-awareness of millions of people all over the world, primarily in the most economically developed parts, which had been objectively until now at the forefront of development in the world and defined to […]

Press Release, 11.12.2019 In Sochi, activists, supporters and members of the Yabloko party held a picket in support of Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov, political prisoners in the Rostov case. The picket was held as part of the All-Russian campaign “Against Political Reprisals”.

Press Release, 10.12.2019 This weekend, December 14-15, the 21st congress of the Yabloko party will be held in Moscow. Yabloko Chairperson, Deputy Chairperons, members of the Federal Political Committee and the Bureau will be elected at the Congress. The Congress will open on December 14 at 10 a.m. In the first half of the day, […]

Press Release, 10.12.2019 Today, Yabloko party Chair Emilia Slabunova criticised the law on protecting investments and encouraging investment at a meeting of the State Duma. The Russian parliament was examining the bill in the first reading. “It is impossible to improve the investment climate without improving the political climate, without a radical transformation of the […]

Press Release, 11.12.2019 On December 10, the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko held a series of on-person pickets (that do not require coordination with the authorities) in defense of human rights.

Press Release, 10.12.2019 On 10 December, ex-Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov died aged 83. The condolences to the family of the deceased were expressed by Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, who worked with Luzhkov in the Committee for the Operational Management of the National Economy of the USSR which exercised […]