Accusations against organisers of the exhibition “Prohibited Art – 2006 ” represent a recurrence of Stalinism
Statement , May 29, 2009
YABLOKO is calling to stop criminal action against Yuri Samodurov, Director of the Sakharov Centre, and Andrei Yerofeyev, fines art expert. Accusations in arousing hatred and religious strife for organisation of a fine arts exhibition are not merely absurd, but even dangerous in the 21st century.

Action Against Growth of Prices in Housing and Communities Services Sector. Preliminary Results
May 28, 2009
The meeting of the Bureau of the YABLOKO party drew preliminary results of the action on collection of signatures under a petition to the President of Russia against growth of tariffs in the housing and utilities services sector. Over 29,000 were collected as of May 22, 2009.

Investigation of the Fact of Censorship to Be Continued
May 27, 2009
Chairman of the YABLOKO party Sergei Mitrokhin received an answer from the Department of the Federal Service for Control in the Field of Mass Communications in the Saratov Region on Mitrokhin’s application asking to give an assessment to the fact when Saratov GTRK television company used shades to conceal YABLOKO’s emblem in its report about YABLOKO’s picketing in support of a director of a television company who had been severely attacked.

Only truth can be set against distortion of history
Press Release, May 27, 2009
A draft statement was submitted by Grigory Yavlinsky with due account of proposals made by Sergei Mitrokhin, Alexei Yablokov, Boris Misnik, Viktor Sheinis and Galina Mikhalyova.

The Moscow City Duma to propose a way out of the “energy experiment”
Press Release, May 27, 2009
The leader of the YABLOKO party and its faction in the Moscow parliament Sergei Mitrokhin submitted to the Moscow City Duma a draft appeal to the Mayor of Moscow on overcoming the consequences of a failed experiment in the energy sector held in the East and South-East of Moscow.

YABLOKO celebrates the Entrepreneur Day
Press Release, May 26, 2009
Picketing under the slogan “Big Support to Small Business!” has taken place by the Economic Ministry building at Triumfalnaya Square today, on Russia’s Entrepreneur Day. Associations of entrepreneurs from Moscow, Oryol, Voronezh, Lipetsk and Tula participated in the action organised by YABLOKO.

Meeting of the Bureau of the YABLOKO party
Press Release, May 25, 2009
Picketing under the slogan “Big Support to Small Business!” has taken place by the Economic Ministry building at Triumfalnaya Square today, on Russia’s Entrepreneur Day. Associations of entrepreneurs from Moscow, Oryol, Voronezh, Lipetsk and Tula participated in the action organised by YABLOKO.

Small business will defend its rights on the Entrepreneur Day
Press Release, May 25, 2009
A meeting for protection of small business from bureaucratic arbitrary rule will take place at Triumfalnaya Square on Entrepreneur Say, May 26, at 12:00.

On the Threat of a Loss of Independence of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
Press Release, May 25, 2009
On May 20, 2009, the State Duma of the RF adopted in the first reading draft federal law “On Introduction of Changes into the Federal Constitutional Law “On the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation”, submitted by the President of the Russian Federation and stipulating that the Chair of the Constitutional Court and his deputies should be appointed by the Federation Council on the presentation by the head of the state and not be elected by the judges of the Constitutional Court like it has been taking place up to now.

The meeting against growth of tariffs in Gelendzhik took place despite prohibitions (photo)
Press Release, May 24, 2009
Over 400 signatures against the raise of tariffs by natural monopolies were gathered at YABLOKO’s picket by the Economic Ministry building conducted under the slogan “[Minister] Nabiullina, blowing of tariffs provokes population’s patience!”.

YABLOKO gathered 400 signatures against growth of tariffs by the Economic Ministry building
Press Release, May 20, 2009
Over 400 signatures against the raise of tariffs by natural monopolies were gathered at YABLOKO’s picket by the Economic Ministry building conducted under the slogan “[Minister] Nabiullina, blowing of tariffs provokes population’s patience!”.

YABLOKO’s leader will be in Krasnodar Area on a formal visit
Press Release, May 22, 2009
YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin will arrive to the Krasnodar Area for a two-day visit.

Boris Vishnevsky has won a trial and will become deputy of a local government
Press Release, May 22, 2009
Member of the Bureau of the YABLOKO party Boris Vishnevsky will become deputy of the municipal district Morskoi in St.Petersburg. Such was the ruling of Vasileostrovsky District Court in St.Petersburg on May 19. The court cancelled the results of the voting at electoral station No 127 and obliged the electoral commission to recalculate the results of the voting.

Maxim Reznik: “Vishnevsky’s victory marks Governor’s defeat”
From St.Petersburg web-site of YABLOKO, May 21, 2009
“Boris Vishnevsky’s victory in court makes an important precedent, says the leader of St.Petersburg branch of YABLOKO Maxim Reznik. – Now we can hope that other people who became victims of fraud during municipal elections will be able to seek and find justice in St.Petersburg court. In particular, we hope that our colleague Tatyana Sharagina who ran her campaign in the same electoral district Morskoi will be able to return by means of a trial her deputy mandate which she won in an honest fight.”

Towards creation of another Presidential Commission

Special for YABLOKO’s web-site
By Viktor Sheinis, May 20, 2009

The Soviet Union had an absolutely senseless institution from the point of view of public interests – the Ideology Commission, further transformed into the Ideology Department of the Communist Party Central Committee. It was not merely senseless, it was even harmful.

Moscow ombudsman will protect children’s rights

Press Release May 20, 2009

Today on May 20, the Moscow City Duma has discussed a veto set by the Mayor of Moscow on the law “On the Ombudsperson in Moscow” and adopted the Mayor’s amendments.

YABLOKO and NTV

Special for YABLOKO’s web-site
By Alexei Melnikov, member of the YABLOKO Bureau
May 19, 2009

Journalists and politicians have been repeatedly returning to the topic of the fight of the most active part of the Russian society against political censorship, which was most clearly demonstrated during the meetings in protection of the NTV independent television channel in April 2001.

A Moscow fraud: the Federal Antimonopoly Service accuses the Moscow government in violating the law

By Uliyana Ivanova
kasparov.ru, May 18, 2009

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) stated that the Moscow government violated the law neglecting tenders in choosing managing companies for condominiums.

YABLOKO’s leader: President should indicate a course towards modernization

Press Release May 17, 2009

“Russian President’s concern about technological level of Russia’s industry is absolutely justified, however, he should realise that economic modernization requires modernization of the whole country, including the society and the political system,” that’s how YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin commented on Dmitry Medvedev’s statement that “modernization of the economy has been taking place only on paper”.

YABLOKO criticizes Economic Minister Elvira Nabiullina

Press Release May 15, 2009

YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin expressed protest in connection with the plans of the Economic Ministry to raise gas prices by 15 per cent for companies and by 5 per cent for the population.

YABLOKO’s leader meets with Russia’s Ombudsman

Press Release May 14, 2009

A meeting between YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin and Russia’s Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin took place on May 13. An initiative group of the citizens from Nekrasovka district, Moscow, told Lukin about their problems: despite their property title their 640 garage boxes were destroyed in the above-mentioned district. The court ruled out that compensations in favour of garage-owners should be paid, however, they were 2 – 2.5 times lower than the market value of the destroyed garages.

YABLOKO’s Political Platform Adopted by the 15th Congress of the party June 21, 2008

People section - updated

People – Updated (Lev Shlosberg)

A Day of Life

By Lev Shlosberg, Pskovskaya Guberniya, May 13, 2009

Out of many thousands of days that make up the human history I would like to live through only one day – May 9, 1945. Partially this reminds me of my childhood dreams – how I would get back in the centuries or meet the protagonists of my favourite books. And then I would return back. However, my present desire is different. I would like to see and live through this very Day, when millions of people, according to the theory of probability, did not have a single chance to live and see this day.

Will Monopolies’ Tariffs Be Transparent?

Press Release, May 12, 2009

Sergei Mitrokhin, the leader of the YABLOKO party and the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, submitted for examination of the Moscow City Duma a draft law obliging natural monopolies and companies on budget funding applying regulated tariffs and extra charges to disclose and publish in the Internet their financial information.

YABLOKO commemorates the soldiers who died in combats of the Second World War (photo and video)

Press Release, May 9, 2009

On May 9 activists and leaders of the YABLOKO party participated in the mourning ceremony at Preobrazhenskoye cemetery in Moscow, where thousands of Muscovites – soldiers and officers who died during the Second World War – are buried. YABLOKO activists laid wreathes and flowers to the Eternal Flame by the Bed of Honour of Soldiers who fell in the fights against fascism.

Congratulations on the Victory Day

Press Release, May 9, 2009

Dear friends, YABLOKO congratulates the Russian citizens and all who are against fascism with the Victory Day!

YABLOKO commemorates the soldiers of the Second World War

Press Release, May 8, 2009

On May 8 on the threshold of the Victory Day in Russia (May 9) representatives of the YABLOKO party laid wreathes and flowers to the Eternal Flame and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexandrovsky Garden by the Kremlin wall. YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin, members of the party Bureau Alexander Kuznetzov and Alexei Melnikov and about 50 activists of the party took part in the ceremony.

YABLOKO to commemorate the memory of the heroes of the Second World War

Press Release, May 5, 2009

On May 8 on the threshold of the Victory Day in Russia (May 9) representatives of the YABLOKO party will lay wreathes and flowers to the Eternal Flame and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexandrovsky Garden by the Kremlin wall. The participants gather by the Zhukov Monument at 5 p.m.
On May 9 the Moscow organisation of YABLOKO will participate in the mourning ceremony at Preobrazhenskoye cemetery in Moscow, where thousands of Muscovites – soldiers and officers who died during the Second World War – are buried. The ceremony begins at 2 p.m.

The leader of the Youth YABLOKO organisation in St.Petersburg about the Golden Toilet Brush Prize

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While St.Petersburg Administration stated that it would economise on preparations for the Victory Day, the Youth Organisation of the YABLOKO party in St.Petersburg prepared a list of Administration’s extravagant expenditures. An unusual prize – a golden toilet brush – will be awarded to the Hotel Industry Department of St.Petersburg Administration which turned out to be the winner of such extravagant purchases contest.

Russia: an Empire or an Autocracy

YABLOKO’s Discussion Club
Press Release, May 4, 2009

Another meeting of YABLOKO’s Discussion Club took place in YABLOKO’s main office in later April. The main speakers on the topic “Russia: an Empire or an Autocracy” were Prof. Vladimir Kantor, writer, historian of Russian culture, professor of philosophy of the Higher School of Economics and Prof. Irina Busygina, prize-winner of the European Academy, professor of political science of the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations. The anchor was Galina Mikhalyova, Executive Secretary of the Political Committee and Chair of the Gender faction of the YABLOKO party.

YABLOKO held a march on May 1 despite the authorities’ ban (video)
Press Release May 1, 2009
YABLOKO’s anti-crisis meeting on May 1 ended with an unsanctioned march from the Luzhkov Bridge to the Tretyakov Gallery. Part of the participants of the meeting gathering at Bolotnaya square (several hundred people) went along Lavrushinsky Pereulok chanting “Authorities under Public Control!”, “No to the Ban on Demonstrations” and “Observe the Constitution!”.

On May 1 YABLOKO is going to present its anti-crisis programme
Announcement, April 30, 2009
Tomorrow on May 1 an anti-crisis meeting organised by the YABLOKO party will take place at Bolotnaya square, Moscow, at 1 p.m.