Press Release, 24.03.2023

Photo: A drawing by imprisoned journalist and blogger Yan Kotelevsky: a prisoner is breaking the chains of censorship, religion, mortgage, ignorance, slavery, and dictatorship.

In the next two weeks, Yabloko will hold its regular actions of writing letters to political prisoners. The actions will take place at the central office of the Yabloko party in Moscow and the regional branches of the party. Yabloko invites everyone who would like to send a few kind words and wishes to those unjustly deprived of their liberty to participate. Yabloko will help the participants to deal with the intricacies of how to write a letter to an imprisoned addressee, and will also take care of sending letters by mail. Please read our short guide on how to write a letter for a political prisoner.

On Friday, 24 March, the actions will take place in Rostov-on-Don, Vsevolozhsk, Novosibirsk and Moscow.

On Saturday, 25 March, the actions will be held in Kemerovo and Ulyanovsk.

On Sunday, 26 March, Yabloko members and activists will write letters to political prisoners in the Krasnoyarsk office of Yabloko.

On Wednesday, 29 March, the action will be held in Vladivostok.

On Thursday, 30 March, writing of letters will take place in Moscow. The action will be combined with a a concert and reciting of poetry. Yabloko invites everyone to the central office of the party at the address st. Pyatnitskaya 31, building 2. Pre-registration is required.

On Friday, 31 March, the actions will be held in Yoshkar-Ola, Orenburg, Chelyabinsk and St. Petersburg.