Press Release, 17.03.2020 On March 15, Yabloko members in Novosibirsk went on a series of one-person pickets [that do not require any permissions from the authorities] against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The action took place in the centre of Novosibirsk.

Press Release, 17.03.2020 Members of the Yabloko party and the Golos movement held a series of one-person pickets [that do not require any permission from the authorities] in the centre of Kemerovo against amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation on resetting of the presidential terms for Vladimir Putin and unlawful amendments to the […]

Press Release, 17.03.2020 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation refused to accept the Yabloko’s lawsuit against President Vladimir Putin on the cancellation of his order to conduct an all-Russian vote on constitutional amendments. Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov challenged this decision at the Board of Appeals of the Supreme Court.

ALDE party Newsletter, 17.03.2020 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolay Rybakov All across Russia, members of the Yabloko party conducted one-person pickets on 12 March against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. One-person pickets – which do not require any permission from the authorities – were conducted […]

Statement by Yabloko Chairman, 14.03.2020 To: Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation I demand that those detained during one-person pickets [these pickets do not require any permission from the authorities] in Moscow be immediately released and that you order to stop unlawful practices of detentions at one-person pickets.

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 11.03.2020 Apparently, the Kremlin’s special operation with respect to the Constitution has come to the finish line. With the help of the amendment proposed by the deputy-cosmonaut [Valentina Tereshkova], all the terms of the incumbent President are proposed to be “nullified” [or “reset”] so that Putin could remain in power for at […]

Press Release, 13.03.2020 The Yabloko party proposes to supplement the Constitution of the Russian Federation with a chapter on the electoral system, political parties and the rights of the opposition. Regional MPs from Yabloko introduced the corresponding bill to the legislative assemblies of six constituent entities of the Russian Federation – Moscow, St. Petersburg, the […]

Press Release, 13.03.2020 Yabloko deputies voted against Putin’s amendments to the Constitution during their consideration in the legislative assemblies of the regions. In Karelia, the Khabarovsk Territory and the Pskov Region, votes against were cast only by Yabloko’s MPs. In the Moscow City Duma, the Yabloko faction was the only faction which did not support […]

Statement by the Public Constitutional Council Novaya Gazeta, 11.03.2020 The decision on Putin’s irremovability as President of the Russian Federation, adopted at his proposal by the State Duma today, represents usurpation of power. This decision is unconstitutional. The cancellation of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin, that is, allowing Putin to be in the post […]

Press Release, 12.03.2020 Photo: Alexander Gontcharenko picketing the Altai Territory Legislative Assembly in Barnaul On Thursday, March 12, members of the Yabloko party are conducting one-person pickets (that do not require any permission from the authorities) against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. The […]

Press Release, 11.03.2020 On Thursday, March 12, members of the Yabloko party will picket against the reset of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. The pickets will be held on the day of the approval of Putin’s constitutional amendments by regional parliaments. Yabloko will picket the buildings […]

Press Release, 11.03.2020 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov picketing by the State Duma Today, on 11 March, Yabloko holds pickets by the State Duma and the Federation Council against usurpation of power by Vladimir Putin. It is expected that the parliament will finally approve amendments to the Constitution today, including resetting of the presidential term for Vladimir […]

Press Release, 10.03.2020 Tomorrow, on March 11, the Yabloko party will hold a series of one-person pickets (that do not require a permission from the authorities) by the State Duma (Okhotny Ryad 1) and the Federation Council (Bolshaya Dmitrovka 26) against the reset of Putin’s presidential terms and other constitutional amendments introduced by the President. […]

Yabloko leaders on early parliamentary elections and new presidential election rules Press Release, 10.03.2020 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at the picket near the State Duma on March 10, 2020 Yabloko leaders held pickets outside the parliament building during today’s consideration by the State Duma of Putin’s constitutional amendments in the second reading. They protested both against […]

Press Release, 6.03.2020 Galina Mikhaleva, Chairwoman of the Yabloko Party’s Gender Faction, spoke at the round table on gender equality issues with the topic “Socio-Economic Transformation in Russia (1990 – 2020) and the Status of Women”. The round table was held as part of the Sixth International Film Festival “Eight Women” with the support of […]

Press Release, 5.03.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Dmitry Makhonin, acting Governor of the Perm Territory, as well as the Dmitry Samoilov, Mayor of Perm, with a proposal to rename the square of Rosalia Zemlyachka to Boris Nemtsov Square. Earlier, participants of the Perm rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov, which was […]

Statement by the Bureau of the Regional Council of Altai branch of Yabloko, 5.03.2020 Russia is experiencing a political crisis associated with an attempt to change the spirit and letter of the Constitution, growth of reprisals in the country, [all this] against the backdrop of ongoing foreign policy adventurism (in eastern Ukraine and Syria) and […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 4.03.2020 The President submitted to the State Duma a package of his amendments to the Constitution. In a week, the presidential amendments will be approved by the deputies, then by the Federation Council and regional legislative assemblies, and on 22 April they will be supported by a majority in the All-Russian plebiscite. […]

Press Release, 3.03.2020 On 29 February, the Bashkirian branch of Yabloko took part in a rally of Ufa residents against unreasonably high prices for heating. Over 500 people took part in the action.

Press Release, 3.03.2020 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent appeals to the Mayors of Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl and Sochi, as well as to the Governors of St. Petersburg, the Nizhny Novgorod and Yaroslavl regions and the Krasnodar Territory with a proposal to give one of the objects in these cities the name of Boris Nemtsov.