Archive for July, 2025
“A wise politician, gifted diplomat, true human rights defender and steadfast comrade”. Alexander Shishlov turns 70
Congratulations from Nikolai Rybakov, Grigory Yavlinsky, and St.Petersburg Yabloko, 28.07.2025 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo from the Yabloko Press Service On 28 July, Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of the Yabloko party’s Federal Political Committee and leader of the Yabloko faction in the St Petersburg Legislative Assembly, celebrates his 70th birthday. He receives warm congratulations from party […]
Posted: July 28th, 2025 under Greetings, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Murmansk branch of Yabloko has nominated candidates for Peace and Freedom to run for the municipal Council of the Kolsky District
Press Release, 24.07.2025 Photo: Igor Khomechko, Irina Komleva and Vyacheslav Polezhaev Yabloko candidates in single-mandate constituencies Irina Komleva (constituency No. 13), Vyacheslav Polezhaev (constituency No. 19) and Igor Khomechko (constituency No. 20) are standing for election to the first convocation of the Council of Deputies of the Kolsky Municipal District of the Murmansk region. The […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov: Yabloko candidates at elections of any level conduct a political campaign on the key issue of the country’s development
RIA Tomsk, 24.07.2025 Interview by Valentina Ankudinova Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party has determined candidates for elections to the Tomsk City Duma, which will take place in September. On the eve, a pre-election conference took place in the city, attended by party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov. In an […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Political Parties, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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The trial on Lev Shlosberg’s another criminal case for evading “foreign agent” obligations will continue on the politician’s birthday
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 22 July, another hearing took place at the court of the first instance on the case of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg for violating “foreign agent” legislation. The proceedings lasted almost three hours and were postponed to 30 July due to the public […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Konstantin Smirnov’s detention in custody extended for another two months
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov in court / Photo by Ryazan Yabloko The Soviet District Court of Ryazan refused to change the preventive measure for Editor-in-Chief of internet media Vid Sboku (View from the Side) and Yabloko municipal deputy Konstantin Smirnov. The politician’s defence insisted on transferring the politician to house arrest, but the […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Andrei Tsatsenko nominated by Yabloko for by-election of a deputy to the Pskov City Duma
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Andrei Tsatsenko / Photo from the personal archive On 22 July, members of the Bureau of the Pskov regional branch of the Yabloko party voted for the nomination of Andrei Tsatsenko as a Yabloko candidate for by-election to the city parliament in district No. 3. The candidate’s campaign will be held […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court will conduct a hearing on extending the arrest for Konstantin Smirnov
Press Release, 22.07.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 23 July, the Sovietsky District Court of Ryazan will consider the investigator’s petition to extend the arrest for Konstantin Smirnov, Editor-in-Chief of the Internet media Vid Sboku (Side View) and deputy of the Dubrovichy Council from Yabloko. The journalist and politician […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“We will definitely still have the opportunity to speak openly about freedom and our ideals.” Yabloko invites all to join its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 22.07.2025 A third member of the Yabloko party has been deprived of freedom for his beliefs and needs support. The leader of Kamchatka Yabloko, Vladimir Yefimov, began serving a two-year sentence in the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky penal colony in the Far East as part of a criminal case on “discrediting the army”. The journalist, founder […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands the resignation of Acting Governor of Novgorod Region Alexander Dronov
Statement by the Bureau of the Novgorod Region branch of Yabloko, 21.07.2025 Photo: Alexander Dronov and Stanislav Shultsev / Photo from the social media of Acting Governor of Novgorod Region On 18 July 2025, [media] reported about the arrest of Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Novgorod Region Stanislav Shultsev. He was with receiving […]
Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Economy, Human Rights, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko has nominated 26 candidates for elections in Tomsk and Seversk
Press Release, 21.07.2025 Photo: Vasily Yeremin and Yevgeny Kaverzin, lead candidates of the Yabloko list and incumbent Tomsk City Duma deputies The Tomsk regional branch of the party nominated 16 people on the list and five candidates in single-mandate constituencies for elections to Tomsk City Duma at the conference of the regional Yabloko branch […]
Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Dagestan will participate in municipal elections under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom!”
Press Release, 21.07.2025 Photo: Albert Esedov and Vagid Devletkhanov Incumbent Yabloko deputies in Ikrinskoye village council of Kurakh District and in Shikhikent village council of Suleyman-Stalsky District, Albert Esedov and Vagid Devletkhanov, are standing for election to the councils again – their five-year terms expire in September.” The candidates’ electoral campaigns will be conducted under […]
Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko hosted a public lecture by Ilya Vaskin “Reformers in the Islamic Republic of Iran”
Press Release, 18.07.2025 The current political regime in Iran, which marked its 46th anniversary in February 2025, has just undergone a powerful test. Military operations by Israel and the US have posed a serious challenge to it. If changes were to become possible in the country, who could implement them? What is the Iranian reformist […]
Posted: July 18th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Yabloko participates in elections to the Cheboksary City Assembly
Press Release, 18.07.2025 Photo: Yabloko candidates Viktor Stenshin and Vladislav Arkadyev The regional branch of the Yabloko party in Chuvashia has nominated three candidates for the Cheboksary City Assembly, who are conducting their electoral campaigns under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”. Each Yabloko candidate needs to submit to the electoral […]
Posted: July 18th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko is conducting electoral campaigns in three cities of the Vologda region: Vologda, Cherepovets and Vytegra
Press Release, 17.07.2025 Photo: Vologda / Photo by Usadboved, Creative Commons Seven candidates for Peace and Freedom have been nominated for elections to the city dumas of Vologda and Cherepovets, as well as to the representative body of the first convocation of Vytegra Municipal District. All candidates need to submit to the electoral commissions from […]
Posted: July 17th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko candidates will participate in municipal elections in four cities of the Moscow region
Press Release, 17.07.2025 Photo: Conference of Moscow regional branch of Yabloko / Photo by regional branch of the party Yabloko has nominated 16 candidates in multi-mandate electoral constituencies in Podolsk, Shatura, Balashikha and Fryazino. The candidates’ electoral campaign will be conducted under the party-wide slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”. For registration […]
Posted: July 17th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“They will classify everything live and free as extremism”
Press Release, 16.07.2025 Photo: Kirill Goncharov and Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yaboko Press Service The State Duma Committee on State Building has approved amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences, proposing fines of up to 5,000 roubles for the search for extremist materials on the Internet and gaining access to them.
Posted: July 17th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights.
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Yabloko in Ivanovo has nominated candidates for Peace and Freedom in the Ivanovo City Duma elections
Press Release, 16.07.2025 Photo: Ivanovo / Photo by GSerhiy, Creative Commons The regional branch of the Yabloko party has nominated candidates for elections to the eighth convocation of the Ivanovo City Duma. The list of Yabloko candidates includes seven candidates who will compete for deputy mandates in the unified electoral constituency, as well as one […]
Posted: July 17th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Krasnoyarsk Yabloko has nominated candidates for municipal elections in Sosnovoborsk District
Press Release, 16.07.2025 Photo: Alexander Zagaynov, Viktor Zagorodnikov, and Galina Nikitina Krasnoyarsk Yabloko has nominated candidates for the elections to the Sosnovoborsk District Council. Seven candidates on the Yabloko list of seven candidates and one single-mandate candidate will conduct their campaign under the party-wide slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”.
Posted: July 17th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Teams of Yabloko candidates are conducting electoral campaigns in Rostov-on-Don and Shakhty
Press Release, 15.07.2025 Photo: Rostov-on-Don / Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg, Creative Commons Yabloko has nominated teams of candidates to conduct electoral campaigns in two cities of the Rostov-on-Don region: Rostov-on-Don and Shakhty. To register its candidates in the Rostov-on-Don City Duma elections, the Yabloko team consisting of 13 candidates, must provide 4,500 signatures from city […]
Posted: July 15th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko has nominated incumbent deputy of the Kaluga City Duma Alexei Kolesnikov as a candidate for Kaluga City Duma elections
Press Release, 15.07.2025 Photo: Alexei Kolesnikov / Photo from the personal archive The former Chairman of Kaluga Yabloko will conduct an electoral campaign for Peace and Freedom in single-mandate constituency No. 24 of Kaluga.
Posted: July 15th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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