Press Release, 16.06.2014 Past week, Russian politician and economist Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky visited Great Britain at hte invitaiton of Cambridge University. The main purpose of the trip was a lecture at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University. Grigory Yavlinsky met with professors and students of the famous King’s College, and also visited Trinity College and […]

Online newspaper Yevrovisti, 02.06.2014 «The economic trends in recent years (in Russia) allow to reach a clear conclusion: the potential of Putin’s model of extensive raw growth has exhausted». This was stated by the founder of the Russian political party YABLOKO, Grigory Yavlinsky, an economist, in his report on the YABLOKO St Petersburg branch re-election […]

Press Release, 02.06.2014 Presidential Commissioner for entrepreneurs’ rights Boris Titov approved of head of the Tver branch of YABLOKO Anton Stamlevsky’s candidacy for a post of Ombudsman for entrepreneurs’s rights in the Tver region.

Nikolai Kavkazsky’s blog at Radio Liberty, 23.05.2014 The Russian government have been discussing the initiative of extension of the retirement age for a long time. This way the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov proposed to decrease budget burden. Head of the Russian industrialists and entrepreneurs union Alexandr Shokhin claimed both men and women should retire […]

Commentary, 23.05.2014 Sergei Ivanenko, renowned economist and member of the Political Committee of the YABLOKO party, gave his commentary on Gazprom and CNPC’ signing of USD 400 billion worth contract on gas supplies to China for a 30-year period.

Press Release, 24.04.2014 The Krasnoyarsk branch of YABLOKO helped organizing a rally in support of small and medium-sized business on April 24. Chair of the local YABLOKO branch Oksana Demchenko made a speech at the rally.

Statement by YABLOKO Bureau, from March 28, 2014 , 01.04.2014 The Government of the Russian Federation prepared regulation “On establishing a ban on the admission of goods (certain kinds of medical products) originating from foreign countries for the purposes of procurement for state and municipal needs in order to protect the domestic market of the […]

Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Antonida Pashinina, Rosbalt, 26.03.2014   Head of YABLOKO’s faction in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky gives his view on how soon the new sanctions against Russia can be introduced and who may suffer in the first place.   – The information on blocking of Visa and MasterCard for the customers […]

Press Release, February 7, 2014 On February 8, Russian consumers will go on a rally protesting against restrictions put on e-commerce by the authorities. The rally is organized jointly by the Consumer Rights Protection Society, a number of NGOs and the YABLOKO party. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will participate in the rally.

Press Release, December 27, 2013 The Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO participated in the People’s Wrath rally in the city of Berdsk, Novosibirsk Region.

Press Release, December 25, 2013 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin visited Ulyanovsk where he had a meeting with small and medium-sized business owners, discussed the YABLOKO’s agenda with representative of the party’s regional branch, gave an interview to the local mass media and had a meeting with Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergei Morozov.

Press release, December 18, 2013 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin sent a statement to the Public Prosecutor of Sochi, the regional energy supplying company OAO Kubanenergo” and the Presidential Administration demanding to restore heating, water provision and electricity in Sochi. In the past few months Sochi residents were regularly cut off from electricity, heat and hot […]

Press Release, December 13, 2013 Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Kostroma region together with the regional administration will prepare a joint initiative to amend the legislation in respect of the provision of free plots of land to large families. At present citizens who have three or more children are required to pay for the works […]

Press Release, December 12, 2013 Instead of presenting of a development strategy for Russia to the society, Vladimir Putin acted as an economic manager, Sergei Mitrokhin said. Vladimir Putin “even did not touch on the major problems of the country. Obviously, a very low level of non-resource exports is due … to the fact that […]

Press release , November 11, 2013 On November 28, 2013, deputies of the Pskov regional parliament adopted the law on organization of overhaul of apartment buildings located in the Pskov region.

Press Release, November 19, 2013 Today the State Duma is considering a package of bills on the pension reform. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin has just made a speech in the State Duma.

“Deputat 29”, Press Release, November 18, 2013 YABLOKO member Polina Shubina made a speech at the rally against abolition of social benefits and reliefs in Arkhangelsk on November 16. The residents of Arkhangelsk and opposition politicians protested against the proposal of the Arkhangelsk authorities to abolish social benefits and reliefs for preschool children and veterans […]

Commentary, 07.11.2013 Sergei Ivanenko, famous economist and member of YABLOKO’s Political Committee comments on the government’s plan to fully spend the National Welfare Fund (NWF).

Press release, 21.10.2013 YABLOKO’s receiving office on housing and utilities problems opened in Yekaterinburg. Legal assistance to the population will be provided by YABLOKO’s lawyers and MPs. YABLOKO will prepare all the necessary inquiries, appeals and demands so that to defend the residents of the city and force the city officials to do their job.

Statement by the candidate for Moscow Mayor Sergei Mitrokhin August 12, 2013 On August 13, 89. 94 per cent stoke of the Moscow United Energy Company, or MOEK, will be sold by the auction. Gazprom and Sberbank (Russia’s largest state-controlled bank) bid to buy MOEK.