Archive for 'State Duma Elections'
The Central Electoral Commission has certified Yabloko’s candidate lists for the State Duma elections
Press Release, 10.07.2026 Photo: The Central Electoral Commission session, 10 July 2026 / Screenshot from the CEC website At its session on 10 July, Russia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) certified Yabloko’s federal list of candidates for the State Duma elections, as well as its list of candidates for single-mandate constituencies.
Posted: July 11th, 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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Alexander Shishlov’s appeal against the court ruling that stripped him of the right to stand for election will be heard on 15 July
Press Release, 10.07.2026 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 15 July, the St.Petersburg City Court will hear the appeal lodged by Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee and former head of the party’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg, against the fine imposed on him by a […]
Posted: July 11th, 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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Pskov Yabloko nominates 57 candidates for the regional Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 9.07.2026 Photo: Participants at the Pskov Yabloko Conference / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 8 July the Pskov Yabloko Conference nominated 57 candidates for the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly: 44 candidates on the party’s single list and 13 candidates across all single-mandate constituencies. Yabloko candidates are standing in all elections under the slogan […]
Posted: July 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, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lists of Yabloko candidates for parliaments in nine regions published
Press Release, 7.07.2026 Photo: Voting at the Party Congress on 27 June 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko has now put forward candidates for the legislative assemblies in nine regions. At the end of past week, regional conferences of party branches put forward candidates in the Moscow and Novgorod Regions, and, a […]
Posted: July 8th, 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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Maxim Kruglov: “Come what may, my party is standing in the forthcoming elections. Support Yabloko!
Press Release, 7.07.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov at the sentencing on 24 June 2026/ Photo by Darya Kornilova Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov, who was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony over two Telegram posts, has sent an address from Pre-Trial Detention Facility No. 2 Butyrka, in which he thanked everyone for their support, […]
Posted: July 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 Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Central Electoral Commission’s objections to Yabloko’s list of candidates are technical and easily amended
Press Release, 6.07.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov, Ivan Bolshakov, Yevgenia Vlasova and Yaroslav Shcherbakov submitting documents to the Central Electoral Commission on 4 July / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has identified technical issues in Yabloko’s documents. They concern 19 of the 275 candidates on the federal list and six […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko submits documents to Russia’s Central Electoral Commission for registration in the State Duma elections
Press Release, 4.07.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov, Ivan Bolshakov, Ivan Dorofeyev and Dmitry Anisimov at Russia’s Central Electoral Commission, 4 July 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 4 July, Yabloko’s leaders and members submitted to Russia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) the documents for registration of the party’s federal list of candidates for the […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Electoral Commission of Karelia certifies Yabloko’s candidate lists for Legislative Assembly elections
Press Release, 1.07.2026 Photo: Inna Boluchevskaya, incumbent deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and leader of the party list for the 2026 elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Electoral Commission of the Republic of Karelia has certified the lists of candidates for deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, both for […]
Posted: July 1st, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Congress of Yabloko nominates candidates for the State Duma and adopts election programme
Press Release, 29.06.2026 Photo: Ivan Bolshakov, Yana Ivanova, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Tatiana Schneider, Grigory Yavlinsky, Nikolai Rybakov, Vitaly Isakov, Kirill Goncharov and Dmitry Anisimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 27 June, Yabloko’s pre-election Congress took place in Moscow. At the Congress, the party determined its candidates for the 9th convocation of the State […]
Posted: June 30th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, 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, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Leaders of Yabloko’s list on the forthcoming State Duma election campaign: taking responsibility and restoring people’s right to life
Press Release, 29.06.2026 Photo: (left to right) Tatiana Schneider, Ivan Bolshakov, Dmitry Anisimov, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Yana Antonova, Kirill Goncharov and Vitaly Isakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Over the past weekend, at its 23rd Congress, Yabloko nominated 412 candidates for the IX convocation of the State Duma. The federal list included 275 candidates, […]
Posted: June 30th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko nominates 412 candidates for the State Duma
Press Release, 28.06.2026 Photo: (left to right) Ivan Bolshakov, Yana Ivanova, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Vitaly Isakov, Tatiana Schneider, Dmitry Anisimov and Kirill Goncharov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party Congress nominated candidates for the 9th convocation of the State Duma. The federal list included 275 candidates (seven in the general federal section […]
Posted: June 30th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party Platform for the Elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, 9th Convocation
Adopted by the Yabloko Party Congress on June 27, 2026 FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM! FOR A LIFE WITHOUT FEAR! For a ceasefire agreement, diplomacy, and the achievement of peace! Our goal is to prevent nuclear war! For a Russia free of fear and political repression! For the preservation of life, respect, dignity and the wellbeing […]
Posted: June 28th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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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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