Press Release, 4.02.2026 Photo: Yelena Ivanova and Anton Kostryukov / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko The Bureau of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in the Novgorod region adopted a statement on 4 February in which it expressed protest in connection with the persecution of fellow party members – Yelena Ivanova, Deputy Chairman of Novgorod […]

Press Release, 2.02.2026 Photo: The Pskov Regional Court / Photo from the Pskov City Duma website The Pskov Regional Court has reduced on appeal the amount to be paid to Yabloko by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation from 196,452 roubles (approximately USD 1,964.52) to 10,000 roubles (approximately USD 100). The compensation of […]

Press Release, 28.01.2026 Photo: St. Petersburg City Court / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Considering the appeal against the first-instance ruling, the St.Petersburg City Court found no grounds to overturn it. Thus, the decision of the Vyborgsky District Court of St.Petersburg imposing a fine of 1,500 roubles on Nikolai Rybakov and finding him guilty […]

Press Release, 20.01.2026 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant On 20 January, Pskov Regional Court upheld Pskov Yabloko’s right to compensation for the unlawful removal of the party’s lists in Opochka and Novorhzev districts. The Ministry of Finance attempted to challenge the district courts’ decisions but lost, and now the Russian Federation has a financial obligation […]

Press Release, 20 January 2026 Photo: Kirill Goncharov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Kirill Goncharov, Chairman of Moscow Yabloko, has criticised the refusal by the Moscow Electoral Commission to include party representatives in territorial electoral commissions (TECs). Goncharov calls the decision “politically motivated” and emphasises that Moscow Electoral Commission’s arguments “do not stand […]

Press Release, 19.01.2026 Anna Cherepanova, Yabloko Deputy Chair and MP from Yabloko in the Veliky Novgorod City Duma, has made a statement in which she described in detail how the Novgorod Mayor, Alexander Rozbaum, and the Chairman of the Novgorod Duma, Konstantin Somov, are sabotaging Yabloko’s work. According to Cherepanova, she has to fulfil her […]

Press Release, 13.01.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The formation of territorial electoral commissions (TECs) in the Sverdlovsk Region for a new five-year term has been completed. The regional branch of the Yabloko Party submitted 12 candidates, of whom ten were approved. All the candidates either hold higher legal education qualifications or have extensive […]

Press Release, 22 December 2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Moscow Electoral Commission has formed territorial electoral commissions in Moscow for the next five years. For the first time in Yabloko’s 33-year history, not a single one of the 127 territorial electoral commissions of Moscow will have a party representative, announced Moscow Yabloko […]

Press Release, 12.12.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg at the court hearing on 12 December 2025 via video link from Pskov Remand Prison No. 1 / Photo by Anna Cherepanova The Pskov Regional Court considered the appeal against the detention of Yabloko Deputy Chair Lev Shlosberg in just 2.5 hours and, despite numerous violations by the court of […]

Decision of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko adopted on 2.12.2025, published on 8.12.2025 The Yabloko Party will participate in the 2026 elections. Today, conducting an election campaign for us is not only a legal requirement necessary for preserving the party and participating in future federal elections without collecting signatures. We consider it necessary to […]

Speech at the Federal Council on 6.12.2025, published on 7.12.2025 Photo: Member of the Federal Political Committee Ivan Bolshakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service You know, it is not very appropriate when a party bestows unique characteristics upon itself and describes itself in exceptional terms. However, sometimes circumstances develop in such a way […]

Press Release, 6.12.2025 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov spoke at the Federal Council of Yabloko, where he reported on the state of affairs in the party and the main directions of work for 2025.

Press Release, 4 December 2025 Photo: Three factions – Yabloko, A Just Russia, and the CPRF, who left the regional parliament session in protest / Photo by Emilia Slabunova On 4 December, at a session of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia, the parliamentary majority consisting of the United Russia faction effectively blocked […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]