Press release, 15.11.2018 Today the Parliament of the Republic of Karelia has voted down the initiative of Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova on the repeal of the municipal filter in gubernatorial elections. Earlier the bill did not find support among the members of the relevant committee.

Press Release, 22.06.2018 Today, on 22 June, Nikolai Dizhur, candidate for the Governor of the Moscow region from the Yabloko party, submitted documents to the regional electoral commission for registration in the race. Now he can start collection of signatures for registration in the election campaign. Until 5 July, Nikolai Dizhur must collect 98 signatures […]

Emilia Slabunova’s blog post, 08.06.2018 I think that this was a beautiful televised call-in show of the President. It perfectly allows us to see with naked eye the incompetence of our authorities and the inefficiency of the management system. Because when the President deals with certificates and waste dumps, he is approached with a request […]

Press Release, 07.06.2018 On 6 June, Vitaly Arshinov nominated by the Pskov branch of Yabloko, submitted documents to the Pskov Region Electoral Commission so that to run in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections.     Photo: from left to right Lev Shlosberg and Vitaly Arshinov. From this moment, Yabloko begins collection of signatures of the heads […]

Press release, 27.11.2017 On 29 November, the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly will consider Yabloko’s bill on the repeal of the municipal filter in gubernatorial elections for candidates nominated by parliamentary parties and parties, which have representation in the regional parliaments.

Press Release, 24.10.2017 The Central Election Commission of Russia (CEC) offers legislators several options for adjusting the so-called municipal filter, including exemption of the candidates running for the post of governor from parliamentary parties and parties that have factions in legislative assemblies from collection of signatures of municipal deputies in their favour so that to […]

Lev Shlosberg commented on the resignation of Governor of the Pskov Region Andrei Turchak Press release, 12.10.2017 Lev Shlosberg, deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly and member of Yabloko’s Political Coomittee, commented on the dismissal of Governor Andrei Turchak as well as his plans to run for the post in 2018.

Press release, 10.10.2017 Today the President of Russia Vladimir Putin has dismissed another governor – Pavel Konkov, the Ivanovo Region. He is the 10th governor to be dismissed within the last two weeks. It seems likely that the provisional governors appointed by the Kremlin will go through the election procedure without leaving any alternative and […]

Press Release, 06.10.2017 Yekaterinburg oppositional Mayor Yevgeny Roizman signed a petition for the return of direct elections of mayors, members of the Federation Council and the cancellation of the municipal filter in the gubernatorial elections. The petition was initiated by Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko founder and presidential candidate. Direct elections are one of the key issues […]

Press Release, 03.10.2017 Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko’s presidential candidate, initiated the collection of signatures for the return of direct elections of mayors, governors and members of the Federation Council – without any restrictions or filters. He launched this initiative on the change.org website. Direct elections are one of the key points of Yavlinsky’s presidential electoral programme.

Press release, 10.09.2017 Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Roizman, whom Yabloko nominated candidate in the gubernatorial elections of the Sverdlovsk Region, commented on the electoral campaign in the region. The elections are taking place there today, on September 10.

Press release, 18.07.2017 Yevgeny Roizman, oppositional Mayor of Yekaterinburg and Yabloko’s candidate in the gubernatorial elections of the Sverdlovsk Region, has announced the end of his election campaign and has called his supporters to boycott the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in the region. His call has been supported by Grigory Yavlinsky, the head of Yabloko’s Federal […]

Press release, 17.07.2017 On 18 July, Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova will arrive in the Velikiy Novgorod city to support Yabloko’s candidate for governor of the Novgorod Region Anna Cherepanova and the Time to Return Home anti-war campaign for Russia’s withdrawal from military conflicts.

Yabloko’s candidates continue the struggle for the right to participate in the gubernatorial elections Press release, 29.06.2017 This week the Vedomosti newspaper reported referring to its sources in the Kremlin that the new leadership of the internal policy bloc of the Presidential Administration decided not to adhere to the principle of competition in the gubernatorial […]

Press Release, 22.06.2017 Yekaterinburg oppositional Mayor Yevgeny Roizman, whose candidacy was officially nominated by Yabloko to run in the election of the Governor of Sverdlovsk region, said that he shared the ideas of the Time to Return Home campaign launched by Grigory Yavlinsky. The key idea of ​​the campaign is that Russia should stop spending […]

Press Release, 21.06.2017 The Yabloko party has nominated Yevgeny Roizman, Mayor of Yekaterinburg, candidate in the gubernatorial elections of the Sverdlovsk region. This decision was adopted by the Federal Bureau of the party. According to the results of the secret ballot, nine our of ten members of the Bureau present at the meeting voted for […]

Press release, 22.06.2017 On 21 June, the conference of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko nominated Chair of the regional party branch Anna Cherepanova candidate to the post of Governor of the Novgorod Region. All the twelve delegates supported her candidacy.

Press release, 20.06.2017 Deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly, Chair of the Pskov branch of Yabloko Lev Shlosberg proposed to adopt a draft law on the withdrawal of a municipal filter for gubernatorial candidates from the parties, which have representation in the State Duma or regional parliaments. Shlosberg introduced the draft law with the […]

Press Release, 16.06.2017 Grigory Yavlinsky to visit Yekaterinburg and participate in the conference of the regional Yabloko branch on the nomination of Yevgeny Roizman, oppositional Yekaterinburg Mayor, as Yabloko’s candidate to the post of Governor.