Press Release, 16.05.2014 YABLOKO Bureau expelled Chair of the Kirov branch of YABLOKO Evgeny Kokoulin earlier today. The reason for this was his support of Putin’s policy and participation in the “Committee for the Russian spring in the Kirov region” which was founded to “support the people of Eastern Ukraine who carry national liberation struggle […]

Statement by the YABLOKO Bureau, 16.05.2014 “The political position taken by the Russian leadership in line with nationalist and imperialist forces plays an important role in the ongoing violence in South-East Ukraine,” runs a statement adopted today by YABLOKO’s Bureau.

Interview mit Galina Michaleva, Nordwestradio, 05.05.2014 Putins neues Russland

Press Release, 05.05.2014 Today YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin forwarded an appeal to Public Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika demanding to protect the right of Mustafa Dzemilov, leader of the Crimean Tatars and famous human rights activist, to enter the territory of Crimea.

Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, 03.05.2014 On behalf of the YABLOKO party I am conveying our deep condolences to the families and friends of all Ukrainian citizens who died in the past day in Odessa and Slavyansk. I wish a speedy recovery to the injured.

Announcement, 25.04.2014 Activists of the St. Petersburg branch of YABLOKO will participate in the annual Democracy March conducted on May 1.

Press Release, 17.04.2014 Chair of the Vologda branch of YABLOKO Roman Morozov claims the persecution of the Good People charity foundation is politically motivated. It started after head of the organization Roman Romanenko sent a humorous letter to Vladimir Putin asking to send troops to the Vologda region.

Press release, 07.04.2014 On Sunday, 6 April, an anti-war rally of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and for both Russia and Ukraine joining the European Union was held in Arkhangelsk. The regional branch of the YABLOKO party participated in the action. “Today we have gathered here so that those Russians who welcome annexation of Crimea […]

Russian.rfi.fr, 27.03.2014 Our correspondent spoke with Grigory Yavlinsky, founder of the YABLOKO party, who is at present deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. RFI: Grigory Alexeyevich, how do you assess the events that have been taking place in Ukraine since December 2013? Is it a rising of the people, or a struggle between […]

Press Release, 31.03.2014 The Nizhny Novgorod branch of YABLOKO participated in a series of one-person pickets against sending Russia’s troops to Ukraine on March 29. The activists protested against such radical measures and held banners which said “Ukraine without Putin”, “Free and indivisible Ukraine for the Russians and the Ukrainians”, “No war! No censorship! No […]

Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Antonida Pashinina, Rosbalt, 26.03.2014   Head of YABLOKO’s faction in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky gives his view on how soon the new sanctions against Russia can be introduced and who may suffer in the first place.   – The information on blocking of Visa and MasterCard for the customers […]

Sergei Mitrokhin’s blog at the Ekho Moskvi web-site, 24.03.2014 That’s the title of the report I presented before a large number of politicians, diplomats, academics and journalists in Vienna last Friday. The system is above all! I would like to begin my remarks with one reminiscence. In 2000, I was among representatives of the YABLOKO […]

Statement by the YABLOKO party A well-known historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, author of a large number of books was dismissed from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, or MGIMO, today for comparing the Russian invasion to Ukraine with Nazi Germany’s Anschluss with Austria in 1938.

“Die Presse”, Print-Ausgabe, 22.03.2014 Die Presse: Am Dienstag annektierte Russland die Krim. Es war ein Feiertag für viele Russen, auch für Sie? Sergej Mitrochin: Das war keineswegs ein Feiertag. Ich habe darauf mit einer Erklärung unter dem Titel „Neoimperialistische Politik führt zur Katastrophe“ reagiert. Danach war in russischen Medien zu lesen, Jabloko sei ein Verräter […]

Press Release, photographs, 19.03.2014 YABLOKO’s discussion club conducted a meeting “Ukraine: what has happened and what can be expected?” on March 19. First Deputy Chair of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO Galina Mikhaleva, YABLOKO’s activists, experts and members of the Committee Against Xenophobia took part in the discussion. Different points of view were expressed but […]

Press release, 19.03.2014 The costs of raising salaries and pensions in Crimea, as well as infrastructure development against the background of devaluation of the rouble will significantly affect Russia’s economy, said Grigory Yavlinsky. However, the main problem is not the accession of Crimea is not the economics.

Decision of the Political Committee of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO dated 14 March 2014 Against the background of the deepening global crisis in connection with the situation around Ukraine, when the Ukrainian circumstances and analysis of the events of the past few months have been relegated to the background, the Political Committee of […]

Announcement, 18.03.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will participate in panel discussion on “Russia, Ukraine, Europe: Today and the Day after Tomorrow” conducted by the NEOS party, Austria, on March 21.

Statement by the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO, 19.03.2014 The fact that Vladimir Putin signed an international agreement on accedence of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation has determined Russia’s nearest perspective: international isolation and growth of totalitarian repressive tendencies in the policies of the ruling regime.

Decision by the Political Committee of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO, 14 March, 2014 The Political Committee of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO takes the stand for preservation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, implementation of all the international obligations and observance of the rational approaches developed for the past decades as regards […]