Press Release, 13.10.2025

The Yabloko party announces the start of open enrolment for the Federal Party School. This is already the fifth intake of the educational project, whose graduates become young public politicians, experts and managers — that is, the party’s active personnel reserve. Enrolment opens on 13 October and will continue until 1 November inclusive.

Any Yabloko party supporter or member aged 18 to 30 may apply. Communication skills, a desire for self-development, and the wish to become a public politician are additional advantages that will allow an applicant to pass selection and gain admission to study in the winter semester of 2025-2026. A total of 50 applicants will be admitted to the course.

The training will last until spring 2026 and will include weekly lectures and seminars from party leaders and leading experts, as well as completion of homework assignments, practical work, and preparation and presentation of their own projects. Special emphasis in the programme will be placed on teamwork, as team cohesion and productivity are key conditions for success in political activities.

“Training at the Federal Party School annually ensures healthy competition within Yabloko and strengthening of its regional branches,” emphasises Kirill Goncharov, project organiser and Moscow branch Deputy Chairman. “We are creating a corps of party spokespeople on key socio-economic and political issues, involving new young people with stable ideological views in politics. And the knowledge they receive at the School subsequently helps them not only in politics, but also in ordinary life — especially in such difficult times as now.”

It should be noted that the Yabloko Federal Party School was opened in 2020, and its graduates already include more than 200 young politicians who have acquired practical skills, joined the party’s election campaign teams, and realised their own ideas together with experienced experts.