Archive for 'Regional and Local 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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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 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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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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Yabloko candidates to take part in elections to three municipal councils in Karelia
Press Release, 4.08.2025 Photo: The building of the administration of the White Sea-Baltic Canal in Medvezhyegorsk / Photo by Anri Bergius, Wikipedia The Yabloko party has nominated seven candidates for deputies of the councils of three municipal districts in the Republic of Karelia – Medvezhyegorsky, Lakhdenpokhsky and Muyezersky. The campaign in Karelia will be held […]
Posted: August 4th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Trump has no substantive position on Ukraine
Grigory Yavlinsky web-site, 30.07.2025 What is desperately needed now? Russia and Ukraine sign an agreement for an immediate ceasefire: troops stop at current positions and cease fire. After this, substantive negotiations are needed about the conditions and ways to achieve peaceful coexistence: about the new content of Russian-Ukrainian relations, European security architecture and its prospective […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2025 under Economy, Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Без рубрики.
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The Murmansk branch of Yabloko has nominated candidates for Peace and Freedom to run for the municipal Council of the Kolsky District
Press Release, 24.07.2025 Photo: Igor Khomechko, Irina Komleva and Vyacheslav Polezhaev Yabloko candidates in single-mandate constituencies Irina Komleva (constituency No. 13), Vyacheslav Polezhaev (constituency No. 19) and Igor Khomechko (constituency No. 20) are standing for election to the first convocation of the Council of Deputies of the Kolsky Municipal District of the Murmansk region. The […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov: Yabloko candidates at elections of any level conduct a political campaign on the key issue of the country’s development
RIA Tomsk, 24.07.2025 Interview by Valentina Ankudinova Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party has determined candidates for elections to the Tomsk City Duma, which will take place in September. On the eve, a pre-election conference took place in the city, attended by party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov. In an […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Political Parties, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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Konstantin Smirnov’s detention in custody extended for another two months
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov in court / Photo by Ryazan Yabloko The Soviet District Court of Ryazan refused to change the preventive measure for Editor-in-Chief of internet media Vid Sboku (View from the Side) and Yabloko municipal deputy Konstantin Smirnov. The politician’s defence insisted on transferring the politician to house arrest, but the […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Andrei Tsatsenko nominated by Yabloko for by-election of a deputy to the Pskov City Duma
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Andrei Tsatsenko / Photo from the personal archive On 22 July, members of the Bureau of the Pskov regional branch of the Yabloko party voted for the nomination of Andrei Tsatsenko as a Yabloko candidate for by-election to the city parliament in district No. 3. The candidate’s campaign will be held […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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