Archive for June, 2026
The Congress of Yabloko nominates candidates for the State Duma and adopts election programme
Press Release, 29.06.2026 Photo: Ivan Bolshakov, Yana Ivanova, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Tatiana Schneider, Grigory Yavlinsky, Nikolai Rybakov, Vitaly Isakov, Kirill Goncharov and Dmitry Anisimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 27 June, Yabloko’s pre-election Congress took place in Moscow. At the Congress, the party determined its candidates for the 9th convocation of the State […]
Posted: June 30th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Leaders of Yabloko’s list on the forthcoming State Duma election campaign: taking responsibility and restoring people’s right to life
Press Release, 29.06.2026 Photo: (left to right) Tatiana Schneider, Ivan Bolshakov, Dmitry Anisimov, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Yana Antonova, Kirill Goncharov and Vitaly Isakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Over the past weekend, at its 23rd Congress, Yabloko nominated 412 candidates for the IX convocation of the State Duma. The federal list included 275 candidates, […]
Posted: June 30th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko nominates 412 candidates for the State Duma
Press Release, 28.06.2026 Photo: (left to right) Ivan Bolshakov, Yana Ivanova, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Vitaly Isakov, Tatiana Schneider, Dmitry Anisimov and Kirill Goncharov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party Congress nominated candidates for the 9th convocation of the State Duma. The federal list included 275 candidates (seven in the general federal section […]
Posted: June 30th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party Platform for the Elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, 9th Convocation
Adopted by the Yabloko Party Congress on June 27, 2026 FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM! FOR A LIFE WITHOUT FEAR! For a ceasefire agreement, diplomacy, and the achievement of peace! Our goal is to prevent nuclear war! For a Russia free of fear and political repression! For the preservation of life, respect, dignity and the wellbeing […]
Posted: June 28th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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The September 2026 elections as an opportunity to begin the path towards peace, freedom, and a life without fear
Resolution by the Federal Political Committee, adopted at on 18.06.2026, published on 25.07.2026 The forthcoming elections to the ninth State Duma, to be held in September, differ fundamentally from all previous parliamentary elections. These are the first parliamentary elections to be held amid the armed conflict now entering its fifth year, when almost every day […]
Posted: June 25th, 2026 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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Court sentences Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov to seven years in a penal colony over two posts expressing regret at the loss of human life
Press Release, 24.06.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov in court on 24 June 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 24 June, a judge of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow delivered the verdict in the criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov: guilty as charged, seven years in a penal colony, and a three-year […]
Posted: June 25th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court sentences Maxim Kruglov to seven years in prison
Press Release, 24.06.2026 A judge of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow has just delivered the verdict in the criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov: guilty, sentenced to seven years in prison. The sentence has not yet entered into force and will be appealed.
Posted: June 24th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions: schedule of upcoming events
Press Release, 23.06.2026 Photo: Letter-writing evening at the party’s central office / Photo by Moscow Yabloko The regular gatherings at Yabloko offices for writing letters to political prisoners are continuing. We invite all Russian citizens who wish to join us, and publish the schedule of our actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow […]
Posted: June 23rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg’s defence calls for case materials to be returned to the prosecution over defects in the indictment
Press Release, 22.06.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Today, 22 June, the substantive hearing of the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg began at Pskov City Court. The politician attended the hearing in person. At the outset, lawyer Vera Kovalchuk filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case under […]
Posted: June 23rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Tambov Yabloko nominates a regional candidate list for the regional parliament
Press Release, 22.06.2026 Photo: Conference participants / Photo by Tambov Yabloko On 21 June 2026, a Conference of the Tambov regional branch of Yabloko was held, with the nomination of a regional candidate list for the Tambov Regional Duma of the eighth convocation as the central item on the agenda.
Posted: June 22nd, 2026 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“We asked for forgiveness”: Yabloko leaders and activists honour the memory of those who died in the Second World War
Press Release, 21.06.2026 Photo: Participants in the memorial ceremony in Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Late in the evening of 21 June, on the 85th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War (the name by which WW2 is known in Russia in its dimension on Soviet territory), Yabloko leaders and […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2026 under History, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to nominate candidates for the State Duma and regional legislative assemblies at its congress on 27 June
Press Release, 19.06.2026 Yabloko’s pre-election congress will be held in Moscow on 27 June. Delegates from across Russia will gather to nominate candidates for the State Duma and a number of regional legislative assemblies.
Posted: June 19th, 2026 under Congresses.
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The purpose of politics is human life
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 19.06.2026 Watch on YouTube with automatic English subtitles At the beginning of the 20th century, technical progress moved to a qualitatively new level. Europe’s political elites proved incapable of making adequate decisions and, like sleepwalkers, with no understanding of what was happening, plunged the world into two world wars. Around 100 million […]
Posted: June 19th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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On the demolition of the historic buildings of the Elektrozavod complex
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of Yabloko, 18.06.2026 Photo: Elektrozavod / Photo by Anzhelika Zhukova, Yandex.Panoramas Moscow Yabloko has received with alarm reports of possible plans by the developer — Etalon Group — to demolish the historic buildings of the Elektrozavod [Moscow’s historic Electric Factory complex], constructed in the 1910s–1920s, and […]
Posted: June 18th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Guided by the motive of love for his country.” Maxim Kruglov questioned in court
Press Release, 17.06.2026 Photo by Daria Kornilova On 17 June, at a hearing of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov answered questions from the defence and the prosecution, after which the parties presented their closing arguments. The state prosecution declared that Kruglov’s guilt had been proved and requested that he […]
Posted: June 18th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Monitor the State Duma elections in September together with Yabloko
Alexei Melnikov’s blog post, 17.06.2026 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at the Central Electoral Commission during the 2021 State Duma elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service. On 16 June, the head of state issued a decree scheduling the Russian State Duma elections for 20 September 2026. Yabloko, which stands for peace, freedom, and […]
Posted: June 17th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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First substantive hearing in the case of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg adjourned to 22 June
Press Release, 16.06.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg at the hearing on 16 June 2026 / Photo by Pskov Yabloko. Today, 16 June, the Pskov City Court was due to begin substantive consideration of the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg. However, at the request of the politician and his lawyers — Vladimir Danilov […]
Posted: June 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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There is only one compromise — a ceasefire
Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Marianna Minsker on RTVi RTVi, 13 June 2026 Watch on YouTube with automatic English subtitles There has been much talk recently about who should concede what, which side should make overtures, and what compromises might be possible. But in the fifth year of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, one thing […]
Posted: June 15th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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“We have extensive experience of surviving in sulphuric acid”: interview with Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov
Novaya Gazeta. Baltiya, 11.06.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Forty-seven-year-old human rights defender and environmentalist Nikolai Rybakov is the fourth chairman of the Yabloko party. He joined the party in 1995 and rose from ordinary member to the head of Russia’s largest and still-unbanned anti-war organisation. Rybakov became party chairman in 2019, meaning that […]
Posted: June 15th, 2026 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Sociologist Denis Volkov to give a lecture “Russian Public Sentiment on the Eve of the State Duma Elections” at the Yabloko Party University
Press Release, 11.06.2026 Photo: Denis Volkov / Photo by the Yabloko Party University On 18 June, the Yabloko Party University invites all those interested to a lecture by sociologist Denis Volkov: “Russian Public Sentiment on the Eve of the State Duma Elections”. The lecturer will present current sociological research data and analyse the key trends […]
Posted: June 11th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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