Press release, 30.10.2014 Grirory Yavlinsky claims that Crimea belongs to Ukraine and Russia has annexed it. However, he is certain that this situation is not a deadlock and has an obvious solution in the near future. A legitimate referendum on the future of the peninsula as part of Ukraine, Russia or independent state should take […]

Statement by YABLOKO’s Political Committee, 30.10.2014 Submitted by Grigory Yavlinsky Russia’s aggressive policy towards Ukraine is central in the anti-European policies of the Russian authorities. The annexation of Crimea and transfer of the Russian arms to the so-called “separatists”, sending volunteers there, propaganda and military support from Russia – all of this fits into the […]

Synopsis of Grigory Yavlinsky’s speech at Forum 2000, Prague, on October 13, 2014, 14.00 Forum 2000* Prague, October 12 – 15, 2014 1. I and my political supporters are strongly against the present Russia’s policies towards Ukraine: we are against the war between Russia and Ukraine. We do not agree with the annexation of Crimea, […]

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Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, 14.10.2014 On October 10 a journalist, radio and TV reporter, ex editor-in-chief of the Crimean radio station “Electron” Valeri Donskoy died with pneumonia in Moscow. Valeri had been working in Ukraine for the past months and was captured in Eastern Ukriane at the end of September.

Press Release, 15.10.2014 The foundation of true peace between Russia and Ukraine can become only the solidarity of their goals which are the movement to Europe. This was the statement made by the YABLOKO founder Grigory Yavlinsky at the international conference “Forum 2000” which took place in Prague. Yavlinsky claims that Europe needs integration with […]

Press Release, 01.10.2014 The activists of the Voronezh branch of YABLOKO and the Solidarity movement conducted picketing against war in Ukraine.

Press Release, 02.09.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin forwarded an appeal to head of the Kaliningrad Regional Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Evgeny Martynov demanding to file a criminal case against those who beat the participants of the Peace March which took place in Kaliningrad and to take the case under personal control.

Press Release, 22.09.2014 The provocateurs tried to sabotage picketing organised by the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO in support of Peace March on September 21. About 40 aggressive young men met YABLOKO activists by the entrance to YABLOKO office where the prepration for the picket was to take place from 03.00 pm till 04.00 pm. “One […]

Press Release, 22.09.2014 The Arkhangelsk branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing in support of Peace March on September 21. The picket took place by the monument to intervention victims of 1918-1920.

Press Release, 21.09.2014 The YABLOKO party participated in the all-Russia Peach March and also became on of the organizers of the event. The unknown people made provocations against the activists and the police took away YABLOKO’s banner which was supposed to be carried in the first row of YABLOKO’s column.

Press Release, 17.09.2014 The elections in St.Petersburg on September 14 didn’t come off and Poltavchenko remained the “appointed” governor noted head of YABLOKO faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly Grigory Yavlinsky. Despite mass-scale election fraud and pressure YABLOKO has shown good result at the elections in St.Petersburg and the regions of Russia.

Press Release, 11.09.2014 The all-Russia Peace March will take place on September 21 in Moscow. The YABLOKO party is the co-organiser of the march. The march is authorized for 50 thousand people and will start from Pushkinskya metro station and proceed to Prospekt Akademika Sakharova.

SVT, 08.09.2014 Ryssland fortsätter att förneka att man sänder soldater till kriget i Ukraina. Men nu börjar makthavarna få problem på hemmaplan med uppgifter som sprids via sociala medier om sårade soldater, hemliga begravningar och hela försvunna kompanier. SVT:s korrespondent besökte Sankt Petersburg och Pskov för att ta reda på mer om det hemliga kriget.

Statement by the YABLOKO party ,08.09.2014 A phantasm of a hope of establishing peace in Eastern Ukraine has appeared recently. The Minsk agreement on the steps on realization of peace plan including obligations for cease-fire aims at it. We emphasize that the participants of the three party contact team don’t dispute the territorial integrity of […]

OSCE, 30.08.2014 VIENNA, 30 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called for the Russian authoities to fully investigate and prosecute all attacks on journalists following an attack against journalist Lev Schlosberg in Pskov, in western Russia.

Press Release, 08/31/2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin said that the decision of the interior of the Pskov region to file a criminal case on the attack on YABLOKO’s Lev under “hooliganism” represented a “mockery” of an investigation.

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 30.08.2014 Lev Shlosberg, Chair of the Pskov branch of YABLOKO, was attacked and severely injured last night. He is in hospital in the state of moderately grave condition. Fortunately, there is no threat to his life already.

30.08.2014, Mediapool.bg Лидерът на опозиционната партия “Яблоко” в Псковка област и депутат от местния парламент Лев Шлосберг е бил пребит в петък вечерта и има тежка черепно-мозъчна травма, съобщават руските медии, цитирани от ”Дневник”.

Press Release,25.08.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and the activists of the party laid flowers to the Dutch Embassy in memory of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing crach victims. Forty days went by since the tragedy.