Archive for May, 2025
A search was conducted at the home of Roman Morozov, a member of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko and lawyer for political prisoner Igor Baryshnikov
Press Release, 29.05.2025 Photo: Roman Morozov / Photo by the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko The so-called “inspection of the premises” in Roman Morozov’s apartment was conducted by decision of the Chairman of the Regional Court. The ruling, which Morozov was given to read, stated that he was a “partner” of lawyer Maria Bontsler. According to […]
Posted: May 29th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2024, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The court left the leader of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention for another two months
Press Release, 29.05.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Soviet Court of Ryazan left the journalist and Chairman of the Ryazan Yabloko Konstantin Smirnov in pretrial detention for another two months. Smirnov has been in custody for four months, since 31 January. He does not admit his guilt in the case of “extortion”. Smirnov’s […]
Posted: May 29th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Exchange as a step towards ceasefire
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 28.05.2025 Photo: The Economist The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict has been completed. Against the backdrop of rising tensions – statements about the lifting of restrictions by several EU countries on the use of weapons supplied to Ukraine for strikes deep into Russia and […]
Posted: May 28th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko planted thirty young fruit trees and bushes in Ivanovo
Press Release, 27.05.2025 Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko As part of the traditional spring clean-up day, the regional branch of the Yabloko party planted thirty young fruit trees and bushes in a garden (Skver Energetikov) in Ivanovo. Residents of nearby houses helped plant the seedlings and thanked Yabloko for the initiative.
Posted: May 27th, 2025 under Charity, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko announces a book collection for the library in Novo-Steklyannoye village, Karelia
Press Release, 27.05.2025 Photo from Adobe Stock The Yabloko Party announces an annual book collection dedicated to the Day of Libraries. This year, the collection will take place for the library of the village of Novo-Steklyannoye in the Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia. The campaign will last until 11 June inclusive.
Posted: May 27th, 2025 under Charity, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Masked men raided the Yekaterinburg Yabloko office because of a denunciation
Press Release, 25.05.2025 Photo: The action of writing letters to political prisoners in Yekaterinburg Yabloko in April 2025 / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 25 May, Yabloko held its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners at the office of the party branch in Yekaterinburg. Masked men raided the Yekaterinburg Yabloko […]
Posted: May 26th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Stalin’s defenders mock those who preserve the memory of his victims. Yabloko on the inclusion of Yan Rachinsky, C-Chair of the Memorial human rights society, in the “foreign agents” register
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 23.05.2025 Photo: Yan Rachinsky /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party considers the inclusion of Yan Rachinsky, Co-Chairman of the Memorial human rights society and Russian human rights defender, in the so-called “foreign agents” register to be an act of political repression aimed at destroying historical memory in […]
Posted: May 26th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg: Commentaries on negotiations have begun to occupy more space in public politics than the negotiations themselves
Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 23.05.2025 Photo: Journalists awaiting the end of negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul / Photo by Kirill Zykov, RIA Novosti Commentary on negotiations has begun to occupy more space in public politics than the negotiations themselves. This destroys the fabric of professional diplomacy and leads to risks of negotiation […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Yabloko invites to the celebration of Engelina Tareyeva’s centenary
Press Release, 23.05.2025 Photo: Engelina Borisovna Tareyeva / Photo from the personal archive On 30 May, Yabloko member Engelina Borisovna Tareyeva will turn 100. It is a great honour for us to hold an evening dedicated to the centenary of our party’s oldest member. For many years, Engelina Borisovna has maintained a personal blog on LiveJournal […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Greetings.
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Will they start burning undesirable books soon?
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 22.05.2025 Photo: The Podpisnye Izdaniya book store in St. Petersburg / Photo by Alexander Chizhenok, Kommersant Security officials came to search the book publishing houses Eksmo and Individuum, and book stores Falanster, Podpisnye Izdaniya, and Karta Mira. After the searches at the publishing houses, 11 people were interrogated and later […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Grigory Yavlinsky and other Yabloko leaders stand surety for imprisoned Konstantin Smirnov
Internet media VidSboku, 20.05.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The sureties to the Soviet District Court of Ryazan with a request to change the preventive measure for Konstantin Smirnov, Chairman of the Ryazan branch of Yabloko, deputy of the Council of Deputies of the Dubrovichi rural settlement of the Ryazan […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to host a meeting with writer Natalia Ivanova
Press Release, 22.05.2025 A meeting with Natalia Ivanova, a famous writer and first deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Znamya, will be held on 27 May. The programme of the evening includes a launch of the writer’s new books “Fate and Role”, “Text and Context” and the author’s reading of a new play.
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to the head of the Central Electoral Commission with Grigory Melkonyants’ final statement in court
Press Release, 21.05.2025 Photo: Ella Pamfilova, Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, and Grigory Melkonyants, Co-Chair of Golos independent election observers movement, at a roundtable on organising election observation as part of the All-Russian Civil Forum, 25 November, 2017 / Photo by Golos Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent a letter to Ella Pamfilova, Chairperson of […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “Europe wants Ukraine to pay for their fear”
Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 20.04.2025 Use auto translate option to watch the video Putin and Trump had a “good” conversation. They announced this to the world. Who will actually benefit from this, and who will not, remains to be seen. No official announcements were made about discussing any draft decisions regarding the practical implementation of […]
Posted: May 22nd, 2025 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Voronezh Yabloko will participate in the elections to the Voronezh City Duma and asks its members and supporters for help
Press Release, 21.05.2025 Photo by Wikimedia Commons On 14 September, elections to the Voronezh City Duma will be held in Voronezh. The regional branch of the Yabloko party intends to participate in these elections. Yabloko is already preparing a democratic list of candidates who will present a real alternative in the city parliament.
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Moscow and Russian regions invites all to participate in its actions of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 20.05.2025 Photo: The action in the Kemerovo branch of Yabloko / Photo by the regional branch of the party With each passing month, the number of political prisoners continues to grow. According to the Memorial human rights organisation, there are currently 952 political prisoners in Russia. In total, the human rights organisation believes […]
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Professor from St. Petersburg State University and Honorary Professor of Ryazan State University requested Konstantin Smirnov’s release from pre-trial detention centre
Internet media VidSboku, 20.05.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov at one of the court hearings / Photo by internet media VidSboku Professor of the Department of Arabic Philology at St. Petersburg State University and Ryazan native Mikhail Suvorov has sent an appeal vouching for Vidsboku (Side View) editor-in-chief Konstantin Smirnov – he requests changing his preventive measure […]
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko calls on its members and supporters to become a Yabloko candidate for peace and freedom in the Ivanovo region in September municipal elections
Press Release, 19.05.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press service The regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Ivanovo region is preparing to participate in election campaigns of different levels and invites candidates and volunteers to cooperate. Municipal elections in the Ivanovo region will be held in almost all cities and districts of the region. […]
Posted: May 19th, 2025 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Artur Gaiduk re-elected as Chairman of the Pskov branch of Yabloko
Press Release, 19.05.2025 Photo: The Pskov Yabloko team / Photo by the regional branch of the party On 18 May, delegates of the 27th conference of the Pskov regional branch of Yabloko elected its steering bodies. Artur Gaiduk, deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from Yabloko, was re-elected Chairman of the regional branch for two […]
Posted: May 19th, 2025 under Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s web-site launches collection for dismantling Stalin bas-relief in Moscow metro
Press Release, 17.05.2025 Photo: Historian and human rights defender Yan Rachinsky signs the petition in the Moscow Yabloko office / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Immediately after it was reported on the plans of the Moscow Department of Transport to install a bas-relief with Joseph Stalin with the inscription “Gratitude of the people to […]
Posted: May 19th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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