Press Release, 17.05.2025 Photo: Historian and human rights defender Yan Rachinsky signs the petition in the Moscow Yabloko office / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Immediately after it was reported on the plans of the Moscow Department of Transport to install a bas-relief with Joseph Stalin with the inscription “Gratitude of the people to […]

Press Release, 13.05.2025 Photo: A bas-relief “Gratitude of the People to the Leader-Commander” depicting Joseph Stalin at the Taganskaya underground station in Moscow, dismantled in 1965/ Photo by Glavarchiv, Moscow On 13 May, the Moscow branch of Yabloko sent an appeal to Maxim Liksutov, head of the Department of Transport and Development of Road and […]

Press Release, 9.05.2025 Moscow The leaders and members of the Yabloko Party honoured the memory of those killed in World War II at the Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery in Moscow, the Piskarevskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg, as well as at memorials in other Russian cities.

Press Release, 7.05.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov brought flowers from Yabloko to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. “Millions of people – soldiers and sailors, workers, front-line doctors and nurses, residents of besieged […]

Press Release, 7.05.2025 On 9 May, members and supporters of Yabloko will honour the memory of those killed in World War II at the Eternal Flame at the Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery in Moscow. We invite all our members and supporters to join the memorial event.

Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 After three years of war, our main task remains to achieve a ceasefire and stop the daily killing of people. However, when this happens, the situation in the country will remain being extremely difficult, requiring responsible actions and an understanding of perspectives. […]

Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Victory over fascism is one of the key, meaningful events in the history of our country. We bow our heads and honour the memory of those who died in the struggle for life, for our country, against the state misanthropic ideology of […]

Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Photo by Maxim Guchek, RIA Novosti A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, resolving contentious issues through negotiations is the basic position of the Yabloko party. A cessation of hostilities remains the most urgent task for our country and for our party. For […]

Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Photo by Yevgeny Razumny, Kommersant 80 years of Victory in World War II is a special anniversary. Almost all the veterans who survived the war and understood, unlike the current generation of politicians, the full horror of war, have passed away. The […]

Press Release, 6.05.2025 On 29 April, a meeting of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party was held in Moscow. Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee, delivered a report on the political situation in the country and the world. The Political Committee discussed the key challenges facing Russia and the international community, […]

Statement by the Yabloko party, 1.05.2025 Photo by Kirill Braga, RIA Novosti On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, the topic of renaming Volgograd to Stalingrad [commemorating the name of Joseph Stalin] is being proposed again. President Vladimir Putin, who had previously signed a decree on assigning the […]

Press Release, 1.05.2025 Photo: Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg / Photo by the Press Service of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly The Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly did not support the bill, which introduces administrative liability for “committing actions with the purpose of forcing a pregnant woman to artificially terminate a pregnancy by […]

Press Release, 30.04.2025 Photo by Yuri Martyanov, Kommersant Deputies of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg have introduced a federal legislative initiative that should open access for relatives and researchers to archival files of non-exonerated victims of political repression in the USSR.

Press Release, 29.04.2025 Over the past 120 years, Russia has experienced many tragedies and catastrophes: revolutions, coups d’etat, destructive and bloody wars, and large-scale political repressions. Even the state disappeared twice: in 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed, and in 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart.

Press Release, 28.04.2025 Photo: A memo handed to the medical workers how to fill in an application form to become member of  United Russia and where to bring the application Several employees of medical institutions in St.Petersburg have approached deputies from the Yabloko faction in the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly. Medical workers reported being forced to […]

Press Release, 28.04.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo from social media The Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (UFSIN) for Kamchatka Krai is sending journalist Vladimir Yefimov to serve his sentence for “discrediting the army” in a penal colony in the Primorye region instead of Kamchatka. The Penitentiary Service claims there are no available places in the […]

Press Release, 25.04.2025 Photo: Alexander Shishlov at the St. Petersburg University of Technology Management and Economics / Photo by St.Petersburg Yabloko The head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Shishlov, spoke at the 11th International Conference “Human Rights Activities in Modern Russia: Problems and Their Solutions” at the St. […]

Press Release, 17.04.2025 Photo by the Sverdlovsk region branch of Yabloko Traditionally, everyone who is ready to support those deprived of freedom for their free speech and beliefs, with care and a kind words, is invited to the actions in support of political prisoners. Come to our offices and other meeting places, sign postcards and […]

Press Release, 16.04.2025 Photo: Screenshot of a video recording from one of the CCTV cameras of the bath complex during the raid Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Yabloko party, and Maxim Kruglov, the authorized representative of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov demanding an urgent and […]

Press Release, 10.04.2025 Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin (centre) with the Tatarstan Yabloko team / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 9 April, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan considered the appeals of the Chairman of the Tatarstan Yabloko Ruslan Zinatullin and candidate for party membership Sofia Fyodorova. They were found guilty of […]