Press Release, December 13, 2013 Alexei Yablokov, Chair of the Green Russia faction of the YABLOKO party, was included into the short-list of a prestigious journalism award – the Artyom Borovik prize for investigative journalism – in the nomination Publications for his book “Environment and Health of Muscovites”. The ceremony will take place in the […]

Press Release, December 9, 2013 YABLOKO participated in the rally against the construction of an underground station in the Sokolniky district, Moscow. The construction will destroy the lime avenue and will create traffic problems for several years. YABLOKO activists participated in the rally.

Press Release, December 4, 2013 Head of YABLOKO Green Russia faction in Krasnoyarsk Alexander Kolotov sent an appeal to Governor of Krasnoyarsk Lev Kuznetsov on the necessity of public environmental control during the preparation for students’ Universiade-2019 in Krasnoyarsk.

Environmental Watch on North Caucasus, Press Release, November 22, 2013 Evgeny Vitishko, one of EWNC activists involved in monitoring the environmental destruction brought by Winter Olympic Games preparations, has been summoned to a hearing where he may be slapped with a real jail sentence, 1.5 years after his conviction in June 2012 in the “fence […]

Press Release, November 15, 2013 Head of YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction, Councillor at the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexei Yablokov made a speech on environmental problems of the Moscow region at the scientific conference. The scientist told about the factors that influence the world population’s health.

Press Release, November 14, 2013 YABLOKO objects to the use of its second name “The Green Russia” as a name for the government’s environmental movement. The founding congress of this organisation will take place at the Russian Industrial and Environmental Forum ROSPROMECO on November 14.

Press release, 13.11.2013 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin acknowledged that the value judgment attributed to Chair of the Krasnodar branch of YABLOKO Andrei Rudomakha and serving as a basis for filing a criminal libel case against Rudomakha (under Article 298.1 of the Criminal Code “Defamation of a Judge”) was made by him. Last week Rudomakha was […]

Press Release, Environmental Watch on North Caucasus, November 10, 2013 Following his recent detainment in Sochi, Andrei Rudomakha, Chair of the Krasnodar branch of YABLOKO, has been named a suspect in a criminal case by Krasnodar investigators, and is barred from traveling.

Press Release, Environmental Watch on North Caucasus, November 9, 2013 Police and FSB operatives detained our deputy coordinator Dmitry Shevchenko today for a total of four-and-a-half hours, in a continuing campaign of intimidation against our environmental activists which has increased drastically as the Winter Olympics in Sochi get closer.

Press Release, November 8, 2013 On November 8, 2013, YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction adopted a statement on the destruction of nature in preparing for the Sochi Olympics.

Press release, 01.11.2013 On October 31, Andrei Rudomakha, leader of the Krasnodar branch of YABLOKO and Coordinator of the North Caucasus Environmental Watch, was arrested by police when he arrived to Sochi from Krasnodar on the pretext that he had not come to an interrogation.

Press Release, Photographs, October 27, 2013 YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction conducted pickets in support of the crew of the Arctic Sunrise and in defence of the Arctic in thirteen Russian cities: Arkhangelsk, Blagoveshchensk, Vladikavkaz, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Saint Petersburg, Sosnovy Bor (the Leningrad region), Sochi, Petrozavodsk, Chelyabinsk and Ulan-Ude on October 25-27. The […]

 Press Release, October 24, 2013 On Sunday, October 27, at 14:00, Alexei Yablokov, Chairman of YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction and Adviser in the Russian Academy of Sciences, will participate in the national campaign “Freedom to the Defenders of the Arctic” in Pushkin Square in Moscow.

Press Release, photos, video, October 18, 2013 On October 18, YABLOKO and Sochi’s movement “Law and Order” (Zakon i poryadok) conducted pickets outside the White House against the placing of Olympic construction waste in Akhshtirsky gallop which is situated in the karst block above the field of fresh waters. “Law and Order” leader Roman Shikarev, […]

Press Release, October 16, 2013 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin inspected the Moskvoretsky Park on October 16. He found out serious violations of the environmental legislation and reached the stop of the illegal construction works.

Press Release, October 10, 2013 Today, on October 10, 2013, law enforcement officers attempted to get into the office of the Krasnodar branch of the YABLOKO party (presumably, these were officers from the Center for Combating Extremism). This happened at about 2:30 p.m. The police insisted that they needed Andrei Rudomakha, Chair of the regional […]

Press Release, October 1, 2013 On the 56th anniversary of the accident at the Mayak plant, one of the largest Russian nuclear facilities, the Chelyabinsk branch of YABLOKO reminded President Putin of the accident in the Southern Urals in 1957.

YABLOKO’s statement, September 25, 2013 Freedom for Greenpeace activists! For environmental safety in the Arctic!

Press Release, September 19, 2013 The Nizhny Novgorod branch of YABLOKO participated in a mass rally in defence of the city under the slogan “Let’s protect Nizhny Novgorod! Let’s save our city ourselves!”. The rally was organised  by the Nizhny Novgorod civil movement. The citizens stood against the cutting down of the trees and pulling […]

Condolences, September 12, 2013  Our friend, environmental activist and professional biologist Ivan Smirnov passed away suddenly on September 11.