Press Release, 22.02.2023

On 23 February, on the eve of the anniversary of the start of the “special operation”, Yabloko will hold a marathon-concert “Say Yes to the Peace!” Let us recollect how we lived through this difficult year, what gave us strength, and listen to excerpts from books about war. Actress Tatyana Parshina and Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov will recite excerpts from the works of Vsevolod Garshin, Leonid Andreyev and Guy de Maupassant. Violinists Alexei Lobanov and Yefim Krinovsky will perform works by Bach, Pachelbel, Vivaldi and Maria Theresa von Paradis.

After the concert, the YouTube channel of the Yabloko party will begin broadcasting videos of supporters of peace, where they will talk about what the past year has changed for them and how the tragic events for the whole world have affected them personally.

You can watch the concert and performances as part of the marathon at the office of the Yabloko party in Moscow at the address: Pyatnitskaya 31, building 2. The event begins at 13:00 (Moscow time). If you would like to come, please register using the link (https://party-yabloko.timepad.ru/event/2337504/).

In addition, you can watch the concert and the marathon on our YouTube-channel (https://www.youtube.com/live/QZJHKJGcbtQ?feature=share ).

If you also want to speak out for peace, please send your three minute videos for the online marathon to Kirill Goncharov, a Yabloko Bureau member, to goncharov.kiril@gmail.com or his Telegram account (https://t.me/notagift ). Try to shoot video in a place where there are no loud sounds and lighting is good. Do not place posters and inscriptions calling for something in the frame. Shoot a horizontal video. Please do not forget to introduce yourself and indicate your occupation in the beginning or at the end of the recording.