Archive for 'Elections'
Court fines Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov over a post expressing condolences
Press Release, 4.12.2025 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov holds a placard “Freedom to Political Prisoners” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has been found guilty of “displaying extremist symbols” and fined 1,500 roubles. Punishment under this article also entails a ban on standing in elections for one year if the court’s […]
Posted: December 4th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko will take part in the 2026 elections under the slogans “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!”
Press Release, 3 December 2025 The Yabloko party will take part in the 2026 elections – to the State Duma and regional legislative assemblies, including those regional parliaments where Yabloko is currently represented (St Petersburg, Karelia, and the Pskov Region). This decision was taken at a meeting of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko on […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2025 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Court fines St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly deputy from Yabloko Olga Shtannikova for a post about fighting corruption from 13 years ago
Press Release, 27.11.2025 Photo: Olga Shtannikova / Photo by the St.Petersburg branch of Yabloko On Thursday, 27 November, a hearing took place at Kalininsky District Court in St.Petersburg on an administrative case concerning “demonstration of extremist symbols and attributes” (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code). Yabloko MP of the Legislative Assembly of St.Peterburg, Olga Shtannikova, […]
Posted: November 27th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov, in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera: “Russians are tired of the conflict in Ukraine, but they’re afraid to talk about it.”
Corriere della Sera, 6.11.2025 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, in an interview with the largest Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, spoke about Russians’ fatigue with military actions, the possibility of escalation, the return of Stalinism, and Yabloko’s possible participation in the State Duma elections.
Posted: November 13th, 2025 under Elections, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko opens new intake for Federal Party School
Press Release, 13.10.2025 The Yabloko party announces the start of open enrolment for the Federal Party School. This is already the fifth intake of the educational project, whose graduates become young public politicians, experts and managers — that is, the party’s active personnel reserve. Enrolment opens on 13 October and will continue until 1 November […]
Posted: October 13th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: There will be no conventional war between Russia and NATO
Zhivoi Gvozd Youtube channel, 23.09.2025 Watch the discussion switching into English soundtrack Once again about the necessity of concluding an immediate ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine. It is important for all participants in the conflict — both direct and indirect — to understand that in current conditions, its escalation, as is already happening, will […]
Posted: September 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko began the fight against blocking calls in messengers in Russia
Press Release, 18.09.2025 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service At the first session of St Petersburg’s parliament after summer vacations, the Yabloko faction proposed that Legislative Assembly deputies adopt an appeal to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin about cancelling the blocking of calls in popular messengers WhatsApp and Telegram introduced by […]
Posted: September 19th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko conducted its fourth election campaign “For Peace and Freedom” in 27 Russian regions
Press Release, 15.09.2025 Photo: Campaign billboard in Veliky Novgorod / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service In the recent elections, under conditions of ongoing “special operation” and state repressions against dissidents, Yabloko managed to get elected to the Kaluga City Duma, as well as four municipal councils in the Pskov Region. In total, the party […]
Posted: September 15th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leaders summarised the political results of the 2025 election campaign
Press Release, 15.09.2025 164 candidates from the Yabloko party participated in elections in 39 electoral campaigns across 19 regions of our country under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!” Yabloko leaders summarised the political results of the election campaign at a briefing in the party office on the night of 15 September.
Posted: September 15th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On the work of the Yabloko headquarters in the elections of 12-14 September
Press Release, 11.09.2025 164 candidates from the Yabloko party are participating in the elections under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!” in 19 regions of Russia. On all days of voting, a hotline will be open for members of electoral commissions, observers and voters. Lawyers and electoral experts will be on […]
Posted: September 11th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov visited the Novgorod Region ahead of upcoming elections
Press Release, 10.09.2025 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov with the Novgorod Yabloko team at the Rurikovsky settlement in the Novgorod region/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On September 5 and 6, Yabloko party Сhairman Nikolai Rybakov visited the Novgorod Region. The purpose of the visit was to support 12 candidates running in the Novgorod Region elections: […]
Posted: September 11th, 2025 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko party chairman Nikolai Rybakov travelled to the Pskov Region to support Yabloko candidates in the municipal elections
Press Release, 7.09.2025 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov with candidate for Pskov City Duma in district No. 3 Andrei Tsatsenko during door-to-door campaining in Pskov On 2 and 3 September, Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, together with head of the party Analytical Centre Ivan Bolshakov and head of the party staff Yevgenia Vlasova, visited the Pskov Region […]
Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Deputies of the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly from Yabloko intend to demand that the Prime Minister and Federal Antimonopoly Service stop blocking voice calls in messengers
Press Release, 3.09.2025 The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg has prepared appeals on behalf of the Assembly to the head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Maxim Shaskolsky and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, demanding they influence the situation and stop the violation of fair competition and a number of Constitutional provisions (Articles 8, […]
Posted: September 3rd, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko on “ethnic-oriented” surveillance cameras in St. Petersburg: unconstitutional, useless and expensive
Press Release, 1.09.2025 Photo from open sources Surveillance cameras that recognise people’s ethnicity have been launched in St. Petersburg. This was announced by Igor Nikonov, deputy head of the city administration’s committee on information technology and communications, during the “zero readings” of the 2026-2028 city budget. Yabloko deputies in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Olga […]
Posted: September 1st, 2025 under Human Rights, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko awarded compensation for unlawful removal from 2023 elections of the Yabloko candidates list in the Strugo-Krasnensk District
Press Release, 22.08.2025 Photo: Pskov Yabloko representative lawyer Vitaly Isakov / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko Strugo-Krasnensk District Court granted Pskov Yabloko’s lawsuit against the Russian Ministry of Finance for compensation in connection with the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation ruling of 18 March 2025, which confirmed constitutional violations in cancelling registration […]
Posted: August 25th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Summing up the Yabloko candidate registration campaign for the 2025 elections
Press Release, 22.08.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service In total, 172 Yabloko party candidates are participating in 39 electoral campaigns in 19 regions of the country under the unified party slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire agreement!”.
Posted: August 25th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2025, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Pskov Yabloko awarded compensation for unlawful removal from 2023 elections of party list in Loknya District, the Pskov region
Press Release, 18.08.2025 Photo: Leader of Loknya Yabloko list in the 2023 elections Maria Skorodumova and party lawyers Vitaly Isakov and Maxim Kopytov in front of the courthouse in Loknya settlement / Photo by the regional branch of the party Bezhanitsy District Court (court presence in Loknya) satisfied Pskov Yabloko’s lawsuit against the Russian Ministry […]
Posted: August 19th, 2025 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko programme for 14 September 2025 elections in the Novgorod region
Press Release, 14.08.2025 Novgorod Yabloko published its programme for the regional and local elections in the Novgorod Region due on 14 September 2025. The Novgorod branch of the party states that Yabloko is participating in the elections in order to achieve the following goals:
Posted: August 14th, 2025 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko awarded first compensations for unlawful removal of party lists from 2023 elections
Press Release, 13.08.2025 Photo: Pskov Yabloko candidates in the 2023 elections Nikolai Barkhatov and Lyudmila Kochneva, and lawyer Vitaly Isakov / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 12 August, Opochka District Court and Pushkinogorsk District Court satisfied Pskov Yabloko’s lawsuits against the Russian Ministry of Finance for compensation for cancelling registration of the […]
Posted: August 14th, 2025 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Materials revealed that led to Ksenia Cherepanova being recognised as “foreign agent”: among them news about repressions against Yabloko and criticism of local self-government reform
Press Release, 13.08.2025 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo: Novgorod Yabloko The Novgorod Region Ministry of Justice Department has drawn up an administrative protocol against member of the Novgorod Yabloko Bureau Ksenia Cherepanova for failing to self-report as a “foreign agent”. The protocol lists materials whose publication on Ksenia Cherepanova’s Telegram channel allegedly occurred with foreign […]
Posted: August 14th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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