Archive for 'Foreign policy'
The purpose of politics is human life
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 19.06.2026 Watch on YouTube with automatic English subtitles At the beginning of the 20th century, technical progress moved to a qualitatively new level. Europe’s political elites proved incapable of making adequate decisions and, like sleepwalkers, with no understanding of what was happening, plunged the world into two world wars. Around 100 million […]
Posted: June 19th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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There is only one compromise — a ceasefire
Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Marianna Minsker on RTVi RTVi, 13 June 2026 Watch on YouTube with automatic English subtitles There has been much talk recently about who should concede what, which side should make overtures, and what compromises might be possible. But in the fifth year of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, one thing […]
Posted: June 15th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, 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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‘The crisis of nuclear arms control’: Yabloko hosts a lecture by Academician Alexei Arbatov
Press Release, 3.06.2026 Photo: Alexei Arbatov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 10 June, Yabloko’s central office will host a lecture by Alexei Arbatov, one of the world’s leading experts on nuclear deterrence and arms control. The lecture is entitled ‘The Crisis of Nuclear Arms Control’. Alexei Arbatov is Head of the Centre […]
Posted: June 3rd, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Foreign policy, History, Human Rights.
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Viktor Kogan-Yasny: Vengeance and Hope
Written for the Yabloko website, 1 June 2026 Photo: Viktor Kogan-Yasny / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service There is such a thing as a politics of vengeance, and there is such a thing as a politics of hope. A politics of vengeance is built on powerful, demonic motivation and energy, and for that reason […]
Posted: June 2nd, 2026 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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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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Political Participation and Institutional Reforms
Grigory Yavlinsky’s report at the conference “The Uses of Power: Legitimacy, Democracy, and the Rewriting of the International Order” held at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in the Vatican on April 14–16, 2026 Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 23.04.2026 The end of an era The global order created after the end of World War II has […]
Posted: April 27th, 2026 under Foreign policy, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations.
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We Are Morally Bound
Speech by Grigory Yavlinsky at the conference ‘The Uses of Power: Legitimacy, Democracy, and the Rewriting of the International Order’, held at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in the Vatican on April 14–16, 2026 Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 23.04.2026 April 14, 2026 Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in the Vatican The full text of Grigory […]
Posted: April 27th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations.
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Grigory Yavlinsky presents report at the Vatican on the end of an era and the prospect of Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok
Press Release, 24.04.2026 Photo: Mario Draghi, Jeffrey Sachs and Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences From 14 to 16 April, Grigory Yavlinsky attended the plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Casina Pio IV, Vatican City) at its personal invitation. The session was held on the theme of “The […]
Posted: April 27th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Без рубрики.
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War and the Market
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 20.04.2026 Watch on YouTube choosing your preferred language for subtitles Fundamental historical and political problems, such as the nature of the Iranian regime since 1979, cannot be resolved through economic measures. Sanctions or blockades (of the Strait of Hormuz, for instance) are incapable of resolving a deep-seated conflict that has persisted for […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2026 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Russian Economy.
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The Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by diplomat and translator Pavel Palazhchenko “Diplomacy of Perestroika”
Press Release, 15.04.2026 On 22 April, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture by diplomat and translator Pavel Palazhchenko “Diplomacy of Perestroika: Lessons for Today’s World”. Pavel Palazhchenko is an eyewitness to the key events and negotiations of the Perestroika era. As an interpreter for USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, […]
Posted: April 15th, 2026 under Foreign policy, History, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “What matters is not who will be in charge, but how you will live”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 23.03.2026 Watch on YouTube choosing your preferred language for subtitles Russia’s complete failure to carry out the reforms of the 1990s and its descent into deep political crisis has now been compounded by the end of the era that took shape after World War II. Disorganisation and chaos are growing in world […]
Posted: March 24th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Grigory Yavlinsky “2050: Lisbon — Vladivostok. The Future, Politics, The Individual”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 6.03.2026 “First, you know, a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it”. (William James, Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, 1907) […]
Posted: March 12th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations.
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Russia is Europe
Grigory Yavlinsky on political prisoners, the 95th anniversary of Mikhail Gorbachev’s birth, and the shared future of Russia and Europe Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 2.03.2026 Watch the video on YouTube switching into English subtitles Mikhail Gorbachev was born 95 years ago, a man who freed everyone in our country from fear and gave liberty not […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2026 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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“When making a choice, each person must remain honest with themselves”: Yabloko holds “Four Years After 24.02.2022” gathering
Press Release, 25.02.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov speaking at the gathering on 24 February 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 24 February 2026, Yabloko’s Moscow office hosted a gathering of like-minded people entitled “Four Years After 24.02.2022”. Anyone who wished to attend was welcome to come to the party office, so as not […]
Posted: February 25th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Four years of the special military operation: a way out of the historical dead end must be found
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 24.02.2026 Photo: Graves of those killed in the course of the special military operation in Ukraine, in the military section of a cemetery on the southern outskirts of St. Petersburg / Photo by Artyom Priakhin, Kommersant 24 February 2026 marks four years since the start of the special military operation. […]
Posted: February 24th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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“A Frank Conversation” with Grigory Yavlinsky: “Human Life Comes Before Democracy”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 19.02.2026 Watch on YouTube choosing your preferred language for subtitles Frank and honest public discourse on politics is rare today. It is difficult to speak about politics in times of chaos, and, moreover, it is dangerous: the risks of falling victim to repression, up to and including imprisonment or a staged “accident,” […]
Posted: February 20th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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“We Are All Passengers on the Titanic”
The Nation, 07.02.2026 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky / Photo by the Yabloko Party On January 26, The Nation’s correspondent Nadezhda Azhgikhina interviewed Grigory Yavlinsky at his Moscow offices. Yavlinsky is the founder and leader of the Yabloko Party and a four-times candidate for the presidency of Russia (1996, 2000, 2012, 2018), in three of which he […]
Posted: February 12th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-China Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Academician Arbatov on the future of START: “We will have to conduct negotiations in a strategic vacuum. This will considerably complicate everything”
MK, 9.02.2026 Photo: Alexei Arbatov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 5 February, the New START Treaty expired – the last remaining agreement between Russia and the United States that had limited strategic offensive weapons. Shortly afterwards, US President Donald Trump expressed support for the idea of concluding a new, more modern agreement, […]
Posted: February 11th, 2026 under Foreign policy, Russia-China Relations, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-US Relations.
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Grigory Yavlinsky on the common perspective for Russia, Ukraine and Europe
Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 20.01.2026 Watch the video on YouTube switching into English subtitles It is only possible to seriously discuss an immediate ceasefire agreement if one can see a perspective for how Russia, Ukraine and Europe will continue to build their relationships. Russia can only be preserved if there is a vision of safe […]
Posted: January 21st, 2026 under Foreign policy, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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