ALDE party, 30.03.2020. This op-ed is written by Nikolai Rybakov, who has been serving as chair of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko since 2019. Yabloko is the oldest democratic party in Russia and continues fighting for a modern European state. Read more

Press Release, 27.01.2020 The Yabloko faction of the Moscow City Duma proposes that the Moscow parliament should have the right to approve appointment and dismissal by the Mayor of top Moscow officials such as Vice Mayors, ministers of the city government, districts heads, heads of local administrations, while the same candidacy cannot be submitted for […]

Press Release, 23.12.2019 Tomorrow the Commission of the Moscow City Duma on Urban Economy and Housing Policies will consider the bill of deputy Sergei Mitrokhin on amendments to the law “On provision of urban amenities in Moscow”. The amendments oblige the Moscow government to coordinate with Muscovites improvement projects for courtyards, streets and squares.

Statement by the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, 16.12.2019 The Commission on the organisation of the work of the Moscow City Duma rejected the question of the Yabloko faction to the Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Daria Besedina, Yabloko MP of the Moscow City Duma, was going to ask the Moscow Mayor if he […]

Statement by the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, 29.11.2019 Searches have been going on throughout the country at the offices of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) for several months already. The equipment and property of the organisation are seized, employees are summoned for endless interrogations. It is clear that such actions by the authorities […]

Press Release, 28.11.2019 The administration of the Russian State Social Sciences University canceled the meeting of Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, with students. Kruglov wrote about this on his Facebook page. The meeting was to be held this afternoon in the main building of the Russian State State […]

Press Release, 26.11.2019 Formally, Yelena Zyabbarova, head of the Moscow Finance Department, proposed to reject all the amendments of both the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma and its deputies, however, in fact, two amendments to the faction and four amendments of deputy Sergei Mitrokhin were nevertheless taken into account. Thus, the amount allocated […]

Press Release, 14.11.2019 Yabloko party, Emilia Slabunova, asked Denis Popov, Moscow Public Prosecutor, to check the work of Sergei Sobyanin, the Moscow Mayor. Back in July of this year, Slabunova asked the Mayor to explain why Moscow did not have a socio-economic development strategy which is must according to the  federal law, but has still […]

Press Release, 12.11.2019 Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent a deputy request addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to initiate an investigation into corruption of Denis Popov, Moscow Public Prosecutor, who became the protagonist of the investigation of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The FBK investigation runs […]

Press Release, 5.11.2019 The opposition in the Moscow City Duma has made the Moscow authorities to conduct public hearings on the draft budget for Moscow for 2020. The hearing will be held in the Public Chamber of Moscow today, on 5 November. The lack of a public hearing was one of the reasons why the […]

Press Release, 21.10.2019 On Tuesday, 22 October, a meeting of the Yabloko’s faction in Moscow City Duma with Moscow municipal deputies will be held in the Yabloko office. The topic of the meeting is as follows: What the budget of Moscow for 2020 should be. On 15 October, the Moscow Mayor’s Office submitted to the […]

Press Release, 17.10.2019 Today, Yevgeny Bunimovich, Yabloko deputy of the Moscow City Duma and member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, and an initiative group of residents brought to the Moscow Mayor’s Office signatures of Muscovites for preservation of the park and creation of a cultural centre in Khovrino  presenting Moscow with the goal […]

Press Release, 23.09.2019 The Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma unanimously elected Maxim Kruglov as its leader. Sergei Mitrokhin, who led the party’s faction in the Moscow City Duma of the fourth convocation (2005-2009), recused himself. Mitrokhin explained this step by the desire to maintain solidarity within the new faction, as well as to […]

Press Release, 17.09.2019 Maxim Kruglov, deputy of the Moscow City Duma from the Yabloko party, addressed Valentin Gorbunov, head of the Moscow Electoral Commission, during taking the oath. Kruglov blamed Gorbunov on the reprisals against those protesting in the streets for fair elections and said that the Yabloko faction would seek his resignation.