Archive for 'State Duma Elections'
Yabloko member of St.Petersburg Electoral Commission Pavel Shapchits: “We have no doubts about the reliability of the election results — we are certain they are unreliable”
Press Release, 24.09.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Pavel Shapchits, a voting member of the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission representing Yabloko, was the only member of the electoral commission to vote against approving the results of elections in St. Petersburg. He wrote a dissenting opinion in which he explained in detail why the election […]
Posted: September 24th, 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 Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“Thanks to your activity, the whole country and the whole world have seen that millions of Russians stand for peace”
Address by party leaders to Yabloko supporters, 22.09.2026 Photo: “Peace to the World!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Dear friends, The election campaign has come to an end, and we would like to thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts. Those who have supported us before, and those who joined […]
Posted: September 22nd, 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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Yabloko candidate Viktor Kogan-Yasny: A new chapter
Blog post by Viktor Kogan-Yasny, 22.09.2026 Photo: Viktor Kogan-Yasny Yabloko has shown that society does exist in our country: a peaceful society that wants peace and the public good for everyone, for Russia and its neighbours. Arrogant officials have always looked at us (and still do) as if we were mad. And in a way, […]
Posted: September 22nd, 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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Official results for Yabloko’s single-mandate candidates show: the party could have won factions in five more regional parliaments. St. Petersburg not yet counted
Press Release, 21.09.2026 Photo: Yabloko’s poster “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko candidates in single-mandate constituencies in the regional legislative assemblies elections, where the party’s lists were removed from the elections, received an average of between 6.84% and 13.65% of the vote. These figures […]
Posted: September 21st, 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 candidates in the State Duma elections took five second places and seven third places, with 11 candidates receiving over 10% of the vote
Press Release, 21.09.2026 Photo: Campaign posters of Yabloko candidates in the 2026 elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Central Electoral Commission’s website has published the results for 97 of the 99 Yabloko candidates who stood in single-mandate constituencies. Five of the party’s candidates took second place, and a further seven took third […]
Posted: September 21st, 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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Violations on the third day of voting. Observers detained in St. Petersburg and Kazan, Moscow voters denied paper ballots en masse
Press Release, 21.09.2026 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov votes according to Plan B at a polling station in St. Petersburg / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 20 September, three-day voting in the elections to the State Duma of the 9th convocation, regional parliaments and municipal councils in a number of constituent entities of […]
Posted: September 21st, 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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Nikolai Rybakov: Yabloko’s campaign has demonstrated that millions of Russians want peace and freedom
Press Release, 21.09.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko could have taken second place in the 2026 State Duma elections had the party’s list not been removed from the race, Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov said at a briefing on the preliminary voting results. According to him, this is borne out […]
Posted: September 21st, 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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Violations on the second day of voting. Yabloko candidate attacked, observer loses consciousness during detention, voters coerced into electronic voting
Press Release, 19.09.2026 Photo by Anton Velikzhanin, Kommersant The second day of three-day voting in the elections to the State Duma of the 9th convocation, as well as to regional parliaments and municipal councils in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, has ended.
Posted: September 19th, 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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Violations of the first day of voting. Yabloko observers report being denied access en masse, some receiving summonses
Press Release, 18.09.2026 Photo by Yegor Snetkov, Kommersant On 18 September, three-day voting began in Russia in the elections to the State Duma of the 9th convocation, as well as to regional parliaments and municipal councils in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. A hotline for observers and voters is operating on […]
Posted: September 18th, 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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Nikolai Rybakov asks Chair of the Central Electoral Commission to urgently intervene in the situation involving pressure on Yabloko observers and refusals of access to precinct electoral commissions
Press Release, 18.09.2026 Photo: A screenshot of Nikolai Rybakov’s letter that was sent to the Central Electoral Commission Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent an urgent appeal to Ella Pamfilova, head of Russia’s Central Electoral Commission, in connection with numerous reports of pressure being placed on observers appointed by Yabloko candidates, and of obstruction of […]
Posted: September 18th, 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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Central Moscow and several polling stations in St. Petersburg may be left without Yabloko observers
Press Release, 17.09.2026 Photo: A ballot with an inscription “A vote for peace” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Territorial electoral commissions (TECs) unlawfully refused to admit around 100 observers for Yabloko candidate Sergei Mitrokhin to work at polling stations. On 16 September, he filed a complaint with the Central Electoral Commission. Throughout the […]
Posted: September 17th, 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 candidate for Karachay-Cherkessia Akhmed Abazov withdraws from the State Duma race following threats against him and his family
Press Release, 17.09.2026 Photo: Akhmed Abazov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Akhmed Abazov, Yabloko’s candidate for the State Duma in single-mandate Constituency No. 19 in the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, has stated that he was forced to withdraw his candidacy due to unprecedented pressure and threats against him and his family. According to him, the […]
Posted: September 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, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s hotline for observers and voters will operate throughout all three days of voting
Press Release, 17.09.2026 On 18, 19 and 20 September, Yabloko will run a hotline through which observers and voters can report violations during the elections.
Posted: September 17th, 2026 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Address to Yabloko supporters ahead of the 2026 State Duma elections
Press Release, 17.09.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov meeting with Yabloko supporters in St. Petersburg Dear friends, We are writing to you on the eve of the elections to remind you of the situation as voting begins, how to vote for the Yabloko party, and what we suggest doing where no Yabloko candidates remain on the ballot. […]
Posted: September 17th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidates for the Karelia Legislative Assembly elections in 2026
Press Release, 16.09.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and Yabloko candidates to the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and Petrozacodsk City Council / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko’s list of candidates for the Republic of Karelia’s Legislative Assembly election had been registered by the Electoral Commission of the Republic of Karelia; however, on 29 July, the […]
Posted: September 16th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Vote your conscience
Decision by Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, 15.09.2026 Photo: Yabloko supporters outside the Supreme Court building on 10 August 2026 / Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant In connection with the arguments that have been circulating in recent days about the possibility of supporting some other political party, or candidates put forward by other parties, in the […]
Posted: September 15th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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Yabloko appeals to the Constitutional Court over the removal of its federal list from the elections
Press Release, 15.09.2026 Photo: A session of the Constitutional Court / Photo by Yevgeny Pavlenko, Kommersant The Yabloko party has filed a complaint with Russia’s Constitutional Court over the removal of the party’s federal list from the State Duma elections. Yabloko is challenging the constitutionality of a number of provisions of the laws “On Basic […]
Posted: September 15th, 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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In Sverdlovsk Region, police are seeking to remove from the elections three State Duma candidates and four Regional Legislative Assembly candidates
Press Release, 15.09.2026 Photo: Top row: Konstantin Kiselyov, Vladimir Sevostyanov, Vladimir Sobyanin. Bottom row: Shana Ogney, Vladimir Sobyanin, Alexander Kudelkin, Vladimir Sevostyanov In Sverdlovsk Region, three Yabloko candidates for the State Duma and four Yabloko candidates for single-mandate constituencies in the regional Legislative Assembly are now at risk of being removed from the elections. The police […]
Posted: September 15th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, 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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Grigory Yavlinsky to voters: This Yabloko campaign is about your life!
Grigory Yavlinsky on how to vote in the upcoming elections Zhivoy Gvozd YouTube channel, 14.09. 2026 Watch on YouTube choosing your preferred language for subtitles How should you vote in the upcoming elections? Only for the Yabloko candidate, if there is one in your single-mandate constituency, and in the regional election in Veliky Novgorod, one […]
Posted: September 15th, 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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In Sverdlovsk Region, three Yabloko candidates arrested and two fined for “displaying extremist symbols”
Press Release, 12.09.2026 Photo: Yabloko candidates from Sverdlovsk Region detained on 7 September. Top row: Konstantin Kiselyov, Shana Ogney, Vladimir Sobyanin. Bottom row: Alexander Kudelkin, Alexei Kholodarev, Vladimir Sevostyanov In the Sverdlovsk Region, three Yabloko candidates received administrative arrests under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, and two more […]
Posted: September 15th, 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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