Archive for July, 2026
The Central Electoral Commission has certified Yabloko’s candidate lists for the State Duma elections
Press Release, 10.07.2026 Photo: The Central Electoral Commission session, 10 July 2026 / Screenshot from the CEC website At its session on 10 July, Russia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) certified Yabloko’s federal list of candidates for the State Duma elections, as well as its list of candidates for single-mandate constituencies.
Posted: July 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Alexander Shishlov’s appeal against the court ruling that stripped him of the right to stand for election will be heard on 15 July
Press Release, 10.07.2026 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 15 July, the St.Petersburg City Court will hear the appeal lodged by Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee and former head of the party’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg, against the fine imposed on him by a […]
Posted: July 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko submits documents to Novgorod Region Electoral Commission for elections to the Regional Duma
Press Release, 10.07.2026 Photo: Anna Cherepanova, leader of Novgorod Yabloko, and Viktor Shalyakin, Yabloko candidate for the Novgorod Regional Duma / Photo by the regional branch of the party On Thursday, 9 July, Novgorod Yabloko submitted documents to the Novgorod Region Electoral Commission for participation in the elections to the Novgorod Regional Duma. A total […]
Posted: July 11th, 2026 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Moscow Yabloko puts forward candidates for municipal deputies in the Shchukino district of Moscow
Press Release, 10.07.2026 Photo: Voting at the conference / Photo by Moscow Yabloko Today, on 9 July, the Moscow branch of Yabloko held a conference to nominate candidates for municipal deputies in the Shchukino district in Moscow. The delegates of the conference put forward a team of eight candidates who would run in three constituencies […]
Posted: July 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko submits documents to St.Petersburg electoral commission for elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 9.07.2026 Photo: Yabloko delegation / Photo by St.Petersburg Yabloko On Thursday, 9 July, representatives of the Yabloko party authorised by the Yabloko Congress submitted documents to the St.Petersburg City Electoral Commission for certification of the list of candidates for the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg. The materials were submitted in boxes bearing the party’s […]
Posted: July 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko nominates 57 candidates for the regional Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 9.07.2026 Photo: Participants at the Pskov Yabloko Conference / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 8 July the Pskov Yabloko Conference nominated 57 candidates for the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly: 44 candidates on the party’s single list and 13 candidates across all single-mandate constituencies. Yabloko candidates are standing in all elections under the slogan […]
Posted: July 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko launches a petition to save the Elektrozavod, a rare industrial heritage site in Moscow facing imminent demolition
Press Release, 8.07.2026 Photo: Elektrozavod / Photo by Angelika Zhukova, Yandex.Panoramas Moscow Yabloko’s office has begun collecting signatures calling for the Elektrozavod complex (Moscow’s historic Electric Factory complex built in the 1910s–1920s) to be recognised as of historical value and granted state protection. Following a change in the law in 2025 (the Law on the […]
Posted: July 8th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lists of Yabloko candidates for parliaments in nine regions published
Press Release, 7.07.2026 Photo: Voting at the Party Congress on 27 June 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko has now put forward candidates for the legislative assemblies in nine regions. At the end of past week, regional conferences of party branches put forward candidates in the Moscow and Novgorod Regions, and, a […]
Posted: July 8th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Maxim Kruglov: “Come what may, my party is standing in the forthcoming elections. Support Yabloko!
Press Release, 7.07.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov at the sentencing on 24 June 2026/ Photo by Darya Kornilova Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov, who was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony over two Telegram posts, has sent an address from Pre-Trial Detention Facility No. 2 Butyrka, in which he thanked everyone for their support, […]
Posted: July 8th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Administrative offence protocols drawn up against editor-in-chief of Mir Kavkazu newspaper over missing “foreign agent” labels, the paper published Yabloko materials
Press Release, 6.07.2026 Photo: Anatoly Sidakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Two administrative offence protocols have been drawn up under Article 13.15 Part 2.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (distribution of materials without indicating foreign agent status) against Anatoly Sidakov, founder of North Ossetian Yabloko and editor-in-chief and […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Central Electoral Commission’s objections to Yabloko’s list of candidates are technical and easily amended
Press Release, 6.07.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov, Ivan Bolshakov, Yevgenia Vlasova and Yaroslav Shcherbakov submitting documents to the Central Electoral Commission on 4 July / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has identified technical issues in Yabloko’s documents. They concern 19 of the 275 candidates on the federal list and six […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko puts forward 32 candidates for the Novgorod Regional Duma, the lead candidate is Yabloko Deputy Chair Anna Cherepanova
Press Release, 5.07.2026 Photo: Voting at the regional branch conference / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko Past Saturday, 4 July, Novgorod Yabloko held its regional branch conference and put forward its list of candidates for the Novgorod Regional Duma in the upcoming elections. Delegates voted unanimously to include 19 candidates on the regional list, with a […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko submits documents to Russia’s Central Electoral Commission for registration in the State Duma elections
Press Release, 4.07.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov, Ivan Bolshakov, Ivan Dorofeyev and Dmitry Anisimov at Russia’s Central Electoral Commission, 4 July 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 4 July, Yabloko’s leaders and members submitted to Russia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) the documents for registration of the party’s federal list of candidates for the […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko member Yelena Perepelitsa remanded in custody for two months over donation to a banned organisation
Press Release, 3.07.2026 Photo: Yelena Perepelitsa / Photo from Yelena’s profile on Yandex.Maps Today, 3 July, the Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow ordered a restraining measure of detention in custody for a period of two months for Yelena Perepelitsa, a 60-year-old Yabloko member detained the day before in a case concerning donations to a banned […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Tambov Region Electoral Commission certifies Yabloko’s list for regional Duma elections
Press Release, 3.07.2026 Photo: Meeting of the Tambov Region Electoral Commission / Photo from the commission’s website At a meeting on 2 July, the Electoral Commission of the Tambov Region certified the list of Yabloko party candidates for the elections of deputies to the eighth convocation of the Tambov Regional Duma.
Posted: July 3rd, 2026 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Deputy Chair Anna Cherepanova receives data on Yevgenia Berkovich’s conditions of detention: washing three times a week, calls once every three days
Press Release, 3.07.2026 Photo: Yevgenia Berkovich / Photo by the support group of Yevgenia Berkovich on Telegram Is it permitted or not for political prisoner Yevgenia Berkovich, a theatre director sentenced to 5 years and 7 months in a penal colony under the article on “justifying terrorism”, to write, read and make phone calls from […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg’s wife Zhanna becomes his lay defender in consolidated criminal case
Press Release, 3.07.2026 Photo: Zhanna Shlosberg and Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 2 July, the Pskov City Court held the second hearing on the merits of the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg. The court allowed the politician’s wife, Zhanna Shlosberg, to join the case as a lay defender. […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko member Yelena Perepelitsa detained, accused of donating to a banned organisation
Press Release, 2.07.2026 Photo: Yelena Perepelitsa / Photo by Moscow Yabloko Yabloko member Yelena Perepelitsa was detained in Moscow today, 2 July. She was questioned for several hours by Investigative Committee investigators in connection with a case concerning a donation to a banned organisation. She was then held in a detention facility until the morning. […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On pressure against the Yabloko party and the forthcoming elections
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, adopted 26.06.2026, published 1.07.2026 Photo: Imprisoned Yabloko members – Maxim Kruglov, Lev Shlosberg, Konstantin Smirnov, Vladimir Yefimov, Mikhail Afanasyev and Vasily Neustroyev Today, Russia has only one political party that openly opposes the current policies of the authorities and offers a genuine alternative. This is […]
Posted: July 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Judiciary, Political Committee Decisions, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The 1996 presidential election: 30 years on
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 1.07.2026 Watch on YouTube choosing your preferred language for subtitles or English for the sound track Thirty years ago, in the presidential election, we tried to prevent the creation of a corporate oligarchic state in Russia and proposed ways of correcting the reforms of the first half of the 1990s, which had […]
Posted: July 1st, 2026 under Elections, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Privatisation in Russia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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