Grigory Yavlinsky: "We will win over Vladimir Putin at any elections, whenever they may take place".

Press Release, June 17, 2012.

The YABLOKO party is preparing to parliamentary and presidential elections that may take place any moment. Such a statement was made by party founder Grigory Yavlinsky at YABLOKO’s congress held in the Moscow region this weekend.

"We fully admit that new elections may be held not in five or four years, but much earlier, and this period will depend on the moods of the people and their attitude to what has been happening in the country," said Grigory Yavlinsky.

He also stressed that neither his presidential campaign, nor YABLOKO’s fight for creation of the party faction in the State Duma did not stop. "In the recent parliamentary elections, even according to the official figures, we received a mandate from the 2.5 million voters who do not want to live in lawlessness, corruption and continuous lies, and we must live up to this mandate," Yavlinsky concluded...

YABLOKO's congress appealed UNESCO in view of endangered "The Western Caucasus" World Natural Heritage Site

Press Release, June 18, 2012.

On June 17, the 17th Congress of the YABLOKO party unanimously adopted an appeal On the threat of the destruction of unique natural complexes of the World Natural Heritage Site "The Western Caucasus". The appeal is addressed to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee that will meet for a session in St.Petersburg in the end of June. The draft appeal was submitted to the Congress by Andrei Rudomakha, head of the Krasnodar branch of YABLOKO and Sergei Mitrokhin, YABLOKO Chairman.

YABLOKO called the World Heritage Committee to pay special attention to the critical situation in the field of preservation of World Natural Heritage Site "The Western Caucasus"...

On the threat of the destruction of unique natural complexes of the World Natural Heritage Site "The Western Caucasus"

The 17th Congress of YABLOKO, June 18, 2012.

The Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO calls the World Heritage Committee at its forthcoming session, which will be held in St.Petersburg in late June, to pay special attention to the critical situation in the field of preservation of World Natural Heritage Site "The Western Caucasus".
"The Western Caucasus" based on the Caucasian Nature Reserve is a unique natural area, that is not only a national treasure of Russia, but also the natural heritage of all the mankind. Throughout the period since 1999 up to the present, when "The Western Caucasus" was included in the list of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site this object has been endangered by different projects that could destroy it...

YABLOKO modernises its programme

Press Release, June 18, 2012.

The 17th congress of the YABLOKO Party ended in the Moscow Region on Sunday. The party's congress approved a new reading of the programme documents of the party, namely " The Democratic Manifesto" and the programme "Russia Demands Changes!" the party was running with at the latest State Duma elections. Both the documents did not undergo any major changes but were only modernised and adapted to the present moment.

The YABLOKO Party named among its new tasks the fight for the abolishment of the tough amendments on the law on rallies, real gubernatorial elections without any artificial restricting filters and a range of initiatives for judicial reform...