Statement by the Federal Council No 51, 28.12.2018 The Yabloko party is one of the most experienced political organisations in the country: We have been standing up for the vales of freedom, peace, responsibility, human dignity and respect for people for 25 years. These values make thousands of people come to us. We founded Yabloko […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 23.12.2018 The President, who has been governing the country for 19 years, in four hours has reported the following: • Russia needs a breakthrough, but an increase in the retirement age is inevitable. • We will not have the developments like in France, and gasoline prices will not price. • The situation […]

Decision of the Federal Council No 52, 20.12.2018 The YABLOKO party considers the federal budget for 2019 and 2020-2021 to be a desperate attempt by the authorities to preserve the current state of affairs. The bloated public sector of the economy, total inefficiency and corruption are the basis of the present system and do not […]

Yabloko leaders at the Federal Council of the party Press release, 15.12.2018 On 15th December, the leaders of Yabloko shared their opinion on the situation in the country and proposed their strategies of work in the present condition during the meeting of the Federal Council of the party. Nikolai Rybakov, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko […]

The politician named the main aspects of the party reform Press release, 15.12.2018 The aim of the Yabloko party is to enter the parliament in 2021 – this what Emilia Slabunova, Yabloko Chair, has stated at the Federal Council meeting earlier today. Representatives of the 77 party branches gathered in Moscow to discuss the reform […]

Press release, 15.12.2018 Grigory Yavlinsky, Chair of Yabloko Federal Political Committee, gave a speech at the Federal Council of the Yabloko party. According to the politician, Russia is on the edge of a full-fledged war. Yavlinsky says that the root of the problem is the attempt of the Kremlin to control Kiev and curtail the […]

Press Release, 13.12.2018 Anna Cherepanova, head of the Yabloko faction in the Duma of Novgorod (North-West Russia), submitted amendments to the draft city budget for 2019. Cherepanova urged not to increase spending on labour remuneration for officials higher than the inflation index (4.3 per cent), nullify budget expenditures on PR of the Novgorod authorities in […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 06.11.2018 Need money for a national park in the Arctic? Not enough money for a port complex at Novaya Zemlya [archipelago in the Arctic Ocean]? Don not have 1.5 trillion roubles for a highway from Sochi to Crimea? The government’s 540 billion roubles allocated for the implementation of the May Presidential Decrees […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 04.11.2018 In the Novgorod region, 42 per cent of ambulance stations were closed. In the Voronezh region 40 per cent of libraries were liquidated. In the Saratov region in 30 per cent of houses there is no sewage. The state debt of the Krasnoyarsk Territory only amounts to 109 billion roubles. […]

Grigory Yavlinsky Telegram Channel, 19.10.2018 Now it is clear that Putin meant by the “positive picture” in our economy. Russian billionaires are world leaders in terms of growth rates! In 2018, the fortunes of the ten richest people in Russia grew by 10.8 per cent, and this is more than any other billionaire in the […]

Commentary by Anatoly Golov, 2.10.2018 The Kommersant newspaper reported that the government returned to the idea of introducing a social standard of energy consumption for the population, when tariffs sharply increase when the limit is exceeded. According to Kommersant, the scheme was approved by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, and [ministerial] departments should introduce their […]

Press release, 2.10.2018 On 3 October, the day when the upper house of parliament will consider the bill on raising the retirement age, the Moscow branch of Yabloko will hold pickets by the Federation Council. The protest action starts at 9:15.

Emilia Slabunova on the adoption of the law on raising the retirement age Emilia Slabunova’s blog post, 28.09.2018 The State Duma has passed a law on raising the retirement age in the third (and final) reading. Neither the President, nor the ruling party are willing to talk about the consequences. Let us discuss what will […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 27.09.2018 Many say that they will fight against the new pension law [envisaging substantial raising the retirement age]. It is quite understandable. But even if something will be achieved, as for example, retirement for women not eight, but five years later [as compared to all these years], then tomorrow it [people’s […]

Boris Vishnevsly’s blog post, 26.09.2018 The State Duma passed Putin’s amendments to Putin’s initiative on raising the regiment age. The federal TV channels will no go out of their way to prise the President’s kindness. In reality this “kindness” is worth nothing. The retirement age for women will be raised from the current age of […]

Press release, 24.09.2018 On 22-23 September, rallies against the the government’s plan to raise the retirement age took place across Russia. Yabloko activists participated in protest actions in Sochi, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Barnaul, Murmansk, Chita, Penza, Bryansk, Lipetsk, Smolensk, Oryel and Stavropol.

Press Release, 21.09.2018 An on-line seminar for deputies of local self-government bodies and civil activists will be held in Yabloko’s Moscow office on Wednesday, September 26, at 19:00 (Moscow time). The organiser is the Centre for New Municipal Policies.

Statement, 14.09.2018 The St. Petersburg city administration is trying to disrupt a legitimate rally of the united opposition against raising the retirement age scheduled on 16 September, 2018.

Press release, 5.09.2018 On 2 September, a rally against raising the retirement age took place in Pskov. Chair of the regional Yabloko branch and deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly Lev Shlosberg delivered a speech at the rally.

Press release, 3.09.2018 On September 2, the Altai Krai branch of Yabloko participated in a rally against the pension reform initiated by the government. Over 1,500 people took to the streets.