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, with a further 137 candidates nominated in single-mandate constituencies.

There are seven lead candidates in the Yabloko list. Each of them addressed voters and fellow party members.

Statements by the leaders of the list are available to read and watch on the Yabloko’s website:

YAROSLAV SHCHERBAKOV, Chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of the party, the lead candidate of the party federal list: “When there is an attack on Yabloko’s leaders, everyone must be ready to take responsibility and continue our shared work.”

DMITRY ANISIMOV, Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly: “The idea of peace cannot be declared a ‘foreign agent’ or branded ‘extremist’. It is shared by dozens of millions of people.”

YANA IVANOVA, Deputy Chairwoman of the Pskov branch of the party: “What sets Yabloko apart from the rest is honesty. We are genuine. What we say is what we will do.”

VITALY ISAKOV, lawyer and defence representative for Lev Shlosberg in court: “Today people’s lives have been turned into statistics and reduced to figures in the news. People’s right to life must be restored.”

IVAN BOLSHAKOV, Head of Yabloko’s Analytical Centre and member of the party’s Federal Political Committee: “Voters now have the opportunity to say: ‘Stop this madness!’”

TATIANA SCHNEIDER, Chairwoman of Omsk Yabloko: “Women and their experience are essential in shaping Russia’s state policy.”

KIRILL GONCHAROV, Chairman of Moscow Yabloko: “Our campaign will become a catalyst for the transformation of political reality.”