Archive for 'Elections'
Court upholds refusal to register Yabloko for Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly elections. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 27.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko candidates Anatoly Golov, Olga Pokrovskaya and Grigory Grishin before submitting documents to the electoral commission / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Leningrad Region Court has upheld the regional Electoral Commission’s refusal to register Yabloko’s list of candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections. It should be noted that the […]
Posted: August 27th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Third Cassation Court refuses to reinstate Yabloko’s list for Petrozavodsk City Council elections
Press Release, 26.08.2026 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 26 August, the Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction dismissed the cassation appeal filed by the Karelian regional branch of Yabloko against the rulings of the two lower courts, which had refused to register the party’s candidate list for the Petrozavodsk […]
Posted: August 27th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The LDPR party seeks to remove Yabloko from the elections to the Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 26.08.2026 Photo: A Yabloko campaign billboard for the 2026 elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The LDPR party has filed a claim with the Sverdlovsk Region Court seeking to overturn the registration of Yabloko’s list of candidates for the elections to the region’s Legislative Assembly. The claim will be heard on […]
Posted: August 26th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Pskov Region Court overturns regional electoral commission’s decision to register Pskov Yabloko’s unified list of candidates
Press Release, 25.08.2026 Photo by Pskov Yabloko Today, 25 August, the Pskov Region Court overturned the ruling of the regional electoral commission registering the unified list of candidates of Pskov Yabloko. The ruling has not entered into legal force yet. Yabloko considers it unlawful, unfounded, and adopted with the aim of unfairly eliminating political competitors. […]
Posted: August 26th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Communists of Russia party attempts to remove Yabloko’s list from the elections in the Kaliningrad Region
Press Release, 25.08.2026 Photo: Ivan Bolshakov, Roman Morozov and Anton Gendrikson / Photo by the Kaliningrad Region Electoral Commission The corresponding administrative claim has been filed with the Kaliningrad Region Court. It will be heard on Friday, 28 August. The Kaliningrad Region Electoral Commission will take part in the case as an interested party.
Posted: August 26th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s strategy for the coming weeks
Based on Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram post, 25.08.2026 Photo: A screenshot from Nikolai Rybakov’s video message on his Telegram channel, 21.08.2026 Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov posted a video message on his Telegram channel describing the party’s strategy for the coming weeks.
Posted: August 25th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, 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 leaflets available at the party’s central office in Moscow
Press Release, 24.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko leaflets “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko’s central office in Moscow has a new print run of our campaign leaflets. If you are over 18, join in distributing them!
Posted: August 25th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, 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’s campaign “Russia for Peace and Freedom”: the party to send “Peace Packages” to supporters across the country
Press Release, 24.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko leaflets “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party is launching a nationwide campaign “Russia for Peace and Freedom”. As part of it, any Russian citizen who wishes may receive a “Peace Package” by post free of charge — […]
Posted: August 25th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, 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 appeals against refusal to register its list for Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly elections
Press Release, 24.08.2026 Photo: A file with Yabloko’s logo and slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” at the Electoral Commission of the Leningrad Region / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko has filed an administrative claim with the Leningrad Region Court seeking to overturn the ruling of the Leningrad Region […]
Posted: August 25th, 2026 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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The Rodina party, having removed Yabloko from federal elections, attempts to remove it from Pskov Region Legislative Assembly elections
Press Release, 21.08.2026 Photo: Yana Ivanova, Deputy Chair of Pskov Yabloko, and Artur Gaiduk, Chairman of Pskov Yabloko / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Today, 21 August, it has been reported that the Rodina party has filed an administrative claim with the Pskov Regional Court demanding that the registration of Yabloko’s list of candidates for the […]
Posted: August 24th, 2026 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’s State Duma candidate Sergei Balabayev receives prosecutor’s warning over unidentified persons’ calls for street protests
Press Release, 21.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko flags with the slogan “Yabloko Stands for Peace!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 21 August, Sergei Balabayev, the authorised representative of Yabloko’s branch in the Yaroslavl Region and the party’s candidate for State Duma deputy in Yaroslavl single-mandate constituency No. 194, has been issued with a prosecutor’s […]
Posted: August 24th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, 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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Court upholds fine for “displaying Nazi symbols” against Holocaust researcher and Yabloko deputy Tatyana Pasman
Press Release, 20.08.2026 Photo: Tatyana Pasman / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A judge of the Pskov Regional Court has heard the appeal lodged by Tatyana Pasman, teacher and Pskov City Duma deputy from Yabloko, and her lawyer Vladimir Danilov against the ruling of a judge of the Pskov City Court, who found Tatyana […]
Posted: August 20th, 2026 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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St. Petersburg territorial electoral commissions register Olga Tsepilova and Anton Kostik as Yabloko candidates for the Legislative Assembly election
Press Release, 20.08.2026 Photo: Olga Tsepilova, Anton Kostik / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service St. Petersburg’s Territorial Electoral Commissions (TECs) have registered Olga Tsepilova and Anton Kostik as Yabloko candidates in the single-mandate constituency elections for the Legislative Assembly. The TECs had earlier refused to register Tsepilova and Kostik on spurious grounds. The St. […]
Posted: August 20th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s ballot numbers for elections in five regions confirmed
Press Release, 20.08.2026 Photo: A board at the Central Electoral Commission with a handwritten note reading “Yabloko Stands for Peace!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Between 17 and 19 August, the electoral commissions of the Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, Sverdlovsk and Tomsk Regions held drawings of lots to determine the positions of political parties […]
Posted: August 20th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, 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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Court upholds refusal to register Yabloko’s candidate list for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 19.08.2026 Photo: Members of St. Petersburg Yabloko and parliamentary candidates at the Second Court of Appeal on 19 August / Photo by St. Petersburg Yabloko On Wednesday, 19 August, the Second Court of Appeal dismissed Yabloko’s appeal against the ruling of the St. Petersburg City Court refusing to admit the party’s citywide list […]
Posted: August 19th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Rybakov demands Interior Ministry head end pressure on citizens who came to Supreme Court to support Yabloko
Press Release, 19.08.2026 Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs signboard / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has appealed to Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, demanding that he immediately halt the administrative persecution of citizens who, on 10 and 17 August 2026, were near the […]
Posted: August 19th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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Court in St. Petersburg orders territorial electoral commissions to reconsider registration of Yabloko candidates in single-mandate constituencies for the Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 18.07.2026 Photo: Yabloko’s slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On Monday, 17 August, the Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction ordered the territorial electoral commissions of two constituencies – No. 2 and No. 21 – to reconsider the registration of Yabloko […]
Posted: August 18th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “We go on working”
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky on the removal of Yabloko from the State Duma elections, 17.08.2026 Photo: The Supreme Court hearing on 17 August 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation removing Yabloko from the elections is unprecedented in the destructive impact it has on […]
Posted: August 18th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov’s speech before the Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Appeal against the removal of Yabloko’s list of candidates from the parliamentary elections, 17.08.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Honourable Court, Esteemed participants in these proceedings, Before the hearing began, at least 35 people who came for today’s hearing — despite there being free seats in the courtroom, and despite having broken no rules […]
Posted: August 17th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Leningrad Region Electoral Commission refuses to register Yabloko’s list of candidates for the regional Legislative Assembly. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 16.08.2026 Photo: Anatoly Golov, Olga Pokrovskaya and Grigory Grishin before submitting documents to the electoral commission / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Leningrad Region Electoral Commission has refused to register Yabloko’s list of candidates for the region’s Legislative Assembly. The reason given was an allegedly incorrect procedure for nominating the list […]
Posted: August 16th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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