Press Release, 9.04.2025 A charity auction was held at the central office of the Yabloko party and online on 8 April. All proceeds will be sent to the families and lawyers of eight political prisoners — activist Pavel Sinelnikov, electoral expert Grigory Melkonyants, leader of Kamchatka Yabloko Vladimir Yefimov, human rights activist Sergei Maryin, journalist […]

Zhivoi Gvozd, 8.04.2025 The video with an option of switching in English subtitles Negotiations on a ceasefire are underway. This is a very complex process in the current situation. There will certainly be intermittences, breakdowns, contradictory statements and explanations. However, the main thing is that negotiations to achieve a ceasefire are, in principle, inevitable and […]

Press Release, 7.04.2025 Photo: Yelena Tulina  / Photo by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko The rally participants unanimously voted for the resolution in defence of Yelena Tulina, a Yabloko member and teacher of Russian language and literature. The rally called for an immediate end to the pressure on Tulina, expressed no confidence in the Head […]

Press Release, 6.04.2025 On 8 April, Yabloko is holding the sixth charity auction in support of families and defenders of political prisoners. All proceeds from the auction will be sent to the relatives of eight political prisoners: activist Pavel Sinelnikov, electoral expert Grigory Melkonyants, leader of Kamchatka Yabloko Vladimir Yefimov, human rights activist Sergei Maryin, […]

Press Release, 4.04.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo from social media The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court has made a decision on the third criminal case against journalist and leader of the regional branch of the Yabloko party Vladimir Yefimov. Yefimov was sentenced to two years in a penal colony under two articles – “demonstration of extremist […]

Press Release, 3.04.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov at a court hearing via video link / Photo by Vid Sboku On 3 April, the Ryazan Regional Court upheld the decision of the court of the lower instance to extend the arrest for Konstantin Smirnov, the Editor-in-Chief of the Vid Sboku (Side View) online media and deputy of […]

Yavlinskij, fondatore dell’unico partito d’opposizione in Russia: «Positivi però gli sforzi per il negoziato con Kiev» Avvenir, 1.04.2025 RAFFAELLA CHIODO KARPINSKY «Fino all’autunno del 2022, la dichiarazione del nostro partito era una dichiarazione politica». Parte da qui, per il suo racconto, Gregorij Yavlinskij, fondatore di Yabloko, unico partito dell’opposizione rimasto in Russia. «In autunno diventò non […]

Press Release, 31.03.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The decision was made on 28 March. Earlier, Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of Kamchatka Yabloko and journalist, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony in his second criminal case for “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). […]

Press Release, 28.03.2025 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo from the personal archive The Ministry of Justice added Ksenia Cherepanova, the Chairwoman of the Veliky Novgorod city branch of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”. She became the eleventh party member to be added to the register.

Press Release, 27.03.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Sovietsky District Court of Ryazan decided to extend the term of detention for Konstantin Smirnov, journalist and municipal deputy from Yabloko, for another two months. The court took such a decision despite the requests of Smirnov and his defence to change […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 21.03.2025   PHOTO: Getty Images We issued our first appeal for a ceasefire on 24 February 2022, just several hours after the start of the special military operation. The appeal was addressed directly to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. This was followed by dozens, hundreds and thousands of speeches and appeals — we demanded […]

Press Release, 18.03.2025 Those who are unjustly deprived of their freedom have a very hard time in prisons and pretrial detention centres. This is confirmed by the alarming news about the health of Maria Ponomarenko and Lyudmila Razumova. The Moscow and Novgorod branches of our party started helping them. It is in our power to […]

Press Release, 18.03.2025 Photo: Maria Ponomarenko / Photo by RusNews Mass media have reported, citing a lawyer, that Maria Ponomarenko attempted suicide “due to constant bullying by the administration” of the detention facility and is currently on a dry hunger strike. Moscow Yabloko representative Maxim Kruglov is asking the Public Prosecutor of the Altiai Territory, […]

Press Release, 18.03.2025 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant On 18 March, 2025, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation confirmed that the head of the regional branch of a political party has the authority to sign documents to register the nominated list of candidates from the moment of his/her election. The ruling was made at […]

Press Release, 17.03.2025 Photo by zastavkin/depositphotos In late February, a bill “On Responsible Treatment of Animals” was introduced to the State Duma. It gives the right to the Russian regions to independently set the time limits for keeping homeless animals in shelters, after which cats and dogs will be euthanised. The State Duma will make […]

Press Release, 17.03.2025 Photo: The Constitution of the Russian Federation with amendments of 2020 /Photo by Pavel Lysitsin, RIA Novosti Today Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the President of Russia asking to reject the law on the liquidation of local self-government. Yabloko believes that the new law completely subordinates local self-government to […]