Resolution by the Federal Political Committee, adopted at on 18.06.2026, published on 25.07.2026

The forthcoming elections to the ninth State Duma, to be held in September, differ fundamentally from all previous parliamentary elections.

These are the first parliamentary elections to be held amid the armed conflict now entering its fifth year, when almost every day brings new reports of loss of life, suffering, and destruction.

These are the first parliamentary elections at which thousands of people in our country have been stripped of their electoral rights and even of their liberty for their beliefs, under repressive laws for which all five of the current parliamentary parties voted.

These are the first parliamentary elections at which all of those parties support the authorities’ current course and take identical positions on the issues that matter most to the country and to its people, supporting the continuation of the armed conflict, while only one party, Yabloko, stands for peace, freedom, and a life without fear.

Finally, these are the first parliamentary elections at which multi-day voting and remote electronic voting — technologies that facilitate falsification — will be deployed on a wide scale. At the same time, the scope for independent public observation and oversight of the elections will be at its lowest in decades; and for the first time, automatic ballot-processing systems (KOIBs), which make falsification more difficult, will not be used in the count of votes.

Despite these circumstances, Yabloko will take part in the elections in order to give its voters and all citizens of Russia a genuine opportunity to influence the future of our country, and their own future, peacefully, lawfully, and safely.

By supporting Yabloko in the forthcoming elections, you will be voting for yourself and for your peaceful future — for an end to the slide towards a third world war, and for the return of respect for human life and human dignity to our country.

Positive change in Russian politics and governance is a complex and lengthy process. But a first step must be taken. The real results of the vote can and should reflect the growing demand in society for peace and for the vital changes the country needs. Millions of people across Russia will be able to declare, legally and without fear, their disagreement with the current course of the authorities, and their desire for a different future — for themselves, their children, and their country.

The vote in September’s elections is not a question of how many mandates each party wins in the Duma, it is a question of whether peace comes to Russia or not. In practice, it is the only opportunity available today for citizens to signal to the authorities how they regard what is happening. No falsification can conceal the true state of affairs, or a mass vote for a peaceful alternative.

If you vote for Yabloko, you are voting for change — for peace, freedom, and a different life.

Millions of such votes will be the first great step in the right direction. Everyone who votes for peace and freedom will feel that there are many who share their convictions, and that there is a way forward. That is the meaning of our participation in the September elections.

In these elections, Yabloko will be fielding candidates who include not only those who have long been active in the party and our longstanding supporters, but also those who understand that Yabloko’s positions on the key issues have been correct and are ready to join us.

Today, the majority of people in Russia are already feeling the consequences of armed conflict now in its fifth year, and understand that it is the conflict itself that is the cause of impoverishment, the shrinking space for freedom of action and thought, daily dangers to life and health, and exhausting fear.

For this reason, a great many people in Russia support the need for the earliest possible ceasefire agreement and the opening of peace negotiations, the position Yabloko has held since February 2022. But the conflict continues, and its continuation serves the interests of powerful forces for whom it is a source of the retention of power and the growth of wealth. The September elections offer a chance to those who want peace, who want change, who want to live without fear and repression, to say what they think, and to use the Internet freely.

Today, the central question is the question of peace. A vote for Yabloko is a vote for peace.

Dear fellow citizens,

We are offering an alternative to the current course of the authorities in extraordinary circumstances. But today there remains a possibility of halting the daily loss of life and suffering, and of returning to the values of human life and freedom proclaimed in the Constitution of Russia. When such a possibility will arise again — no one knows.

Whether to seize this opportunity now is a decision each person must make for themselves.

Grigory Yavlinsky,

Chairman of the Federal Political Committee,

Yabloko