Archive for February, 2026
Chair of Udmurtia Yabloko Iya Boronina demands disclosure of Ministry of Digital Development and Roskomnadzor acts that permitted the slowing down of Telegram
Press Release, 12.02.2026 Photo: Iya Boronina / Photo by the Press Service of the State Council of the Republic of Udmurtia The leader of Yabloko in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina, sent an official request to the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia demanding to provide legal justification for the reasons for slowing down the Telegram messenger. […]
Posted: February 12th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg declared in court that materials in his criminal case had been falsified: the investigation changed the date of the “crime”
Press Release, 11.02.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg at the Pskov Regional Court hearing on 11 February 2026 / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 11 February, the Pskov Regional Court considered an appeal against the detention of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg. The appeal was rejected, and the judge ruled that Shlosberg must remain in remand prison […]
Posted: February 12th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“We Are All Passengers on the Titanic”
The Nation, 07.02.2026 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Party On January 26, The Nation’s correspondent Nadezhda Azhgikhina interviewed Grigory Yavlinsky at his Moscow offices. Yavlinsky is the founder and leader of the Yabloko Party and a four-times candidate for the presidency of Russia (1996, 2000, 2012, 2018), in three of which he […]
Posted: February 12th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-China Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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For a free Internet! Yabloko demands an end to restrictions on citizens’ lawful rights to use means of communications
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 11.02.2026 Photo by Sergei Konkov, Kommersant Roskomnadzor [the Russian Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications] has begun major blockings of Telegram, citing its “failure to comply with Russian law” and that the alleged restrictions are allegedly needed to protect citizens from fraud and create conditions for preventing extremism […]
Posted: February 11th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Academician Arbatov on the future of START: “We will have to conduct negotiations in a strategic vacuum. This will considerably complicate everything”
MK, 9.02.2026 Photo: Alexei Arbatov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 5 February, the New START Treaty expired – the last remaining agreement between Russia and the United States that had limited strategic offensive weapons. Shortly afterwards, US President Donald Trump expressed support for the idea of concluding a new, more modern agreement, […]
Posted: February 11th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Russia-China Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Pechora Court reduces Yabloko’s compensation for unlawful removal from 2023 municipal elections by 34 times
Press Release, 9.02.2026 Photo: Lawyers Vitaly Isakov and Maxim Kopytov representing Yabloko’s interests / Photo by Pskov Yabloko The Pechora District Court has considered Pskov Yabloko’s claim for compensation for unlawful removal from the 2023 municipal elections. The proceedings lasted eight months, yet during this time none of the parties summoned to participate – from […]
Posted: February 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Ruslan Zinatullin asks the Constitutional Court to reiterate its 2018 position and rule on the “rallies” law in its judgement
Press Release, 6.02.2026 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin, 1 February 2025 / Photo by the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko Ruslan Zinatullin, leader of Yabloko in Tatarstan, is asking the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation to issue a separate Judgement that would make it impossible to hold participants in street actions liable for using placards that the […]
Posted: February 9th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Moscow Yabloko to host round table on muscovites’ civil, political, economic and social rights
Press Release, 6.02.2026 The Moscow branch of Yabloko invites participants to a Round Table with experts in economics, urban heritage protection, electoral and judicial systems – “The Absence of Muscovites’ Rights in Moscow: The Fiction of Participation and the Reality of Prohibitions”.
Posted: February 9th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Deputy Chair of Novgorod Yabloko Yelena Ivanova fined for “displaying extremist symbols”, and thus, barred from running in 2026 elections
Press Release, 6.02.2026 Photo: Yelena Ivanova / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko On the evening of 5 February, Novgorod District Court delivered a guilty verdict against Deputy Chair of the Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party, Yelena Ivanova. The court found her guilty of “displaying extremist symbols” (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and […]
Posted: February 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“It is unclear how saving videos undermined the authority of the government”: consideration of the appeal against Lev Shlosberg’s sentence continues
Press Release, 6.02.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg at the hearing on 5 February 2026 / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 5 February, the Pskov City Court held a second hearing to consider Lev Shlosberg’s appeal against the sentence in the criminal case concerning “missing ‘foreign agent labels’”, as Shlosberg saved several videos (posted by other people) […]
Posted: February 6th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Novgorod branch of Yabloko expresses protest in connection with political persecution of party members
Press Release, 4.02.2026 Photo: Yelena Ivanova and Anton Kostryukov / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko The Bureau of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Novgorod region adopted a statement on 4 February in which it expressed protest in connection with the persecution of fellow party members – Yelena Ivanova, Deputy Chairman of Novgorod […]
Posted: February 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moscow City Court keeps Maxim Kruglov in pre-trial detention until 28 February
Press Release, 3.02.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 February, the Moscow City Court considered the appeal against the arrest of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov and rejected it, leaving the politician in detention. Kruglov has been held in pre-trial detention for four months already, with no investigative actions […]
Posted: February 5th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Regional Court Reduces Yabloko’s Compensation for Unlawful Removal from 2023 Elections by Twenty Times: Decision to Be Appealed
Press Release, 2.02.2026 Photo: The Pskov Regional Court / Photo from the Pskov City Duma website The Pskov Regional Court has reduced on appeal the amount to be paid to Yabloko by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation from 196,452 roubles (approximately USD 1,964.52) to 10,000 roubles (approximately USD 100). The compensation of […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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