Archive for 'State Duma Elections'
The September 2026 elections as an opportunity to begin the path towards peace, freedom, and a life without fear
Resolution by the Federal Political Committee, adopted at on 18.06.2026, published on 25.07.2026 The forthcoming elections to the ninth State Duma, to be held in September, differ fundamentally from all previous parliamentary elections. These are the first parliamentary elections to be held amid the armed conflict now entering its fifth year, when almost every day […]
Posted: June 25th, 2026 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, 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.
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Monitor the State Duma elections in September together with Yabloko
Alexei Melnikov’s blog post, 17.06.2026 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at the Central Electoral Commission during the 2021 State Duma elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service. On 16 June, the head of state issued a decree scheduling the Russian State Duma elections for 20 September 2026. Yabloko, which stands for peace, freedom, and […]
Posted: June 17th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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“We have extensive experience of surviving in sulphuric acid”: interview with Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov
Novaya Gazeta. Baltiya, 11.06.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Forty-seven-year-old human rights defender and environmentalist Nikolai Rybakov is the fourth chairman of the Yabloko party. He joined the party in 1995 and rose from ordinary member to the head of Russia’s largest and still-unbanned anti-war organisation. Rybakov became party chairman in 2019, meaning that […]
Posted: June 15th, 2026 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Protection of Environment, 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 Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Sociologist Denis Volkov to give a lecture “Russian Public Sentiment on the Eve of the State Duma Elections” at the Yabloko Party University
Press Release, 11.06.2026 Photo: Denis Volkov / Photo by the Yabloko Party University On 18 June, the Yabloko Party University invites all those interested to a lecture by sociologist Denis Volkov: “Russian Public Sentiment on the Eve of the State Duma Elections”. The lecturer will present current sociological research data and analyse the key trends […]
Posted: June 11th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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Prominent Russian physicist and prospective Yabloko candidate for the State Duma Grei Boltachev released from special detention facility
Press Release, 8.06.2026 Photo: Grei Boltachev after his release from the special detention facility on 8 June 2026 / Photo by Vechernie Vedomosti Grei Boltachev, a prominent Russian physicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and leading research fellow at the Institute of Electrophysics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has […]
Posted: June 9th, 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.
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Foreign agent legislation must be abolished — especially following the Justice Ministry’s admission about the grounds for inclusion in the register
Press Release, 8.06.2026 Picture: 4% — the share of “foreign agents” in whose case the Justice Ministry found evidence of foreign funding in 2025 Last week, Deputy Justice Minister Oleg Sviridenko staged what can only be described as an act of self-exposure. He acknowledged that foreign funding was far from the principal reason for which […]
Posted: June 9th, 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, Без рубрики.
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Prominent Russian physicist Grey Boltachev arrested in Yekaterinburg having announced his intention to stand for the State Duma on a Yabloko ticket
Press Release, 6.06.2026 Photo: Grey Boltachev / Photo by Vechernie Vedomosti Scientist Grey Boltachev has been arrested in Yekaterinburg on an alleged charge of using obscene language in a public place (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The news was reported by the outlet Vechernie Vedomosti, citing sources. Boltachev had previously announced his […]
Posted: June 9th, 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.
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Yabloko in St.Petersburg has developed a draft law to repeal the ban on electoral participation for those fined for the “demonstration of extremist symbols”
Press Release, 2.06.2026 Photo: A Yabloko protest action “Stop removing us from elections!” in 2010 outside the Central Electoral Commission building / Photo by Vasily Shaposhnikov, Kommersant The Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly has prepared a draft federal initiative to repeal an unjust ban on electoral participation. Under current law, a person […]
Posted: June 2nd, 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 faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation may restore Nikolai Rybakov’s right to stand in elections before Yabloko’s pre-election congress
Press Release, 2.06.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The complaint filed by Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov in the case concerning the “demonstration of extremist symbols and insignia” has been registered at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. For a post expressing condolences to the family of Alexei Navalny, […]
Posted: June 2nd, 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.
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The purpose of elections in Russia today
Alexei Melnikov’s channel on Dzen.ru, 22.05.2026 On 20 September 2026, Russia will hold elections to the State Duma, heads of regions, and legislative assemblies. We use the word “elections”, yet any clear-headed person will surely understand that our elections today — like the political process in our country as a whole — bear little resemblance […]
Posted: May 29th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Court keeps Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg in pre-trial detention for a further six months, until 21 November
Press Release, 27.05.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 27 May, Judge of the Pskov City Court Victoria Malyamova granted the prosecution’s application to extend the pre-trial detention of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg until 21 November.
Posted: May 28th, 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 Supreme Court of Karelia upholds fine against Yabloko deputy Emilia Slabunova under article on “displaying extremist symbols”
Press Release, 27.05.2026 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 27 May, the Supreme Court of Karelia dismissed the appeal against the ruling of the Petrozavodsk City Court of 21 April, by which Emilia Slabunova, a Yabloko deputy in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and a recipient of the title Honoured […]
Posted: May 28th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Karelian Yabloko deputy Dmitry Rybakov fined for “displaying extremist symbols” following denunciation by nationalist organisation Russian Community
Press Release, 26.05.2026 Photo: Dmitry Rybakov at Petrozavodsk City Court, 26 May 2026 / Photo by Karelian Yabloko On 26 May, Petrozavodsk City Court fined Dmitry Rybakov 1,000 roubles. Rybakov is a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, Deputy Chairman of the party’s Green Russia Faction, a deputy and leader of the […]
Posted: May 28th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov appeals to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation against rulings of lower courts in the case of “displaying extremist symbols”
Press Release, 26.05.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The defence team of Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of Russia demanding that the rulings of lower courts be overturned in the case of “displaying extremist symbols and paraphernalia”, a case arising from a post […]
Posted: May 26th, 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, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko deputy of the Petrozavodsk City Council Dmitry Rybakov detained in Petrozavodsk, Karelia
Press Release, 25.05.2026 On 25 May, police in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, detained Dmitry Rybakov, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, Deputy Chairman of the party’s Green Russia Faction, deputy and leader of the Yabloko faction on the Petrozavodsk City Council, and member of the Standing Commission on Healthcare, Ecology and Social Development.
Posted: May 26th, 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.
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Nikolai Rybakov calls on the Voronezh Region Public Prosecutor’s Office to investigate security officers who tortured a Yabloko supporter in Voronezh
Press Release, 21.05.2026 Photo: Kirill Derevsky (centre) during the 2025 election campaign in Voronezh Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent a formal letter to acting Voronezh Region Public Prosecutor Dmitry Neverov. The letter was prompted by information received by the party from Kirill Derevsky, a 20-year-old Yabloko supporter and the party’s candidate for the […]
Posted: May 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.
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“We are the party of Russia’s future”
Grigory Yavlinsky on the possibility of voting for peace and freedom, and for a new path of development for the country YouTube channel Zhivoi Gvozd, 19.05.2026 Watch the video on YouTube switching into English subtitles I have personally taken part in federal elections ten times: three times in presidential and seven in parliamentary elections. There have […]
Posted: May 25th, 2026 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko Bureau member Tatyana Fyodorova fined 1,000 roubles for reposting a nine-year-old news item
Press Release, 13.05.2026 Photo: Tatyana Fyodorova / Photo by Pskov Yabloko The Pskov City Court has fined Tatyana Fyodorova, a lecturer and member of the Bureau of Pskov Yabloko, 1,000 roubles under the article on the so-called displaying of “extremist symbols” (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The ruling was handed down on […]
Posted: May 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.
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Grigory Gribenko, leader of Irkutsk Yabloko, arrested for the second time: what is known
Press Release, 8.05.2026 Photo: Grigory Gribenko On 7 May, the Chairman of the Irkutsk branch of Yabloko, Grigory Gribenko, was arrested for ten days — immediately after completing a previous administrative arrest of 12 days. He is to serve the new “sentence” at a special detention centre in Irkutsk. Yabloko learned of this from the […]
Posted: May 8th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court fines Alexander Shishlov 30,000 roubles for alleged “abuse of freedom of mass media”
Press Release, 8.05.2026 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 8 May, Igor Ryabinnikov, magistrate of Court District No. 153 of the Petrogradsky District of St. Petersburg, delivered a ruling in the administrative case against Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee and former leader of the Yabloko faction in […]
Posted: May 8th, 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 faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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