Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 20.06.2025 Why are the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations taking so long and so painful? Because they are constantly trying to drag out the negotiations as much as possible. Who is trying? Both the sides. But one side is advancing, while the other, on the contrary, is losing increasingly more territory.

Press Release, 20.06.2025 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo: by the Novgorod Region branch of Yabloko The Novgorod branch of Yabloko nominated Viktor Shalyakin as a candidate for the post of Governor of Novgorod Region in the forthcoming elections. The conference delegates decided to nominate Viktor Shalyakin, a former military man, for the early elections of […]

Statement by the Regional Council of Pskov Yabloko, 16.06.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg’s support group at the court hearing on choosing his preventive measure in Pskov on 11 July 2025 / Photo by Stepan Baranov, Pskov Yabloko We firmly condemn the detention of Lev Shlosberg on the contrived charge of “discrediting the army”. We believe that […]

Press Release, 11.06.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in the court room / Photo by Nikolai Rybakov The investigation insisted on such a preventive measure for the Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party during a court hearing at Pskov City Court today. The judge also closed the hearing at the request of the investigator and public prosecutor. […]

Press Release, 10.06.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko A criminal case has been filed against Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party Lev Shlosberg for repeated “discrediting of the army” (Article 280.3, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) due to his debate with historian Yuri Pivovarov, […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 28.05.2025 Photo: The Economist The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict has been completed. Against the backdrop of rising tensions – statements about the lifting of restrictions by several EU countries on the use of weapons supplied to Ukraine for strikes deep into Russia and […]

Lev Shlosberg’s blog post, 23.05.2025 Photo: Journalists awaiting the end of negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul / Photo by Kirill Zykov, RIA Novosti Commentary on negotiations has begun to occupy more space in public politics than the negotiations themselves. This destroys the fabric of professional diplomacy and leads to risks of negotiation […]

Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 20.04.2025 Use auto translate option to watch the video Putin and Trump had a “good” conversation. They announced this to the world. Who will actually benefit from this, and who will not, remains to be seen. No official announcements were made about discussing any draft decisions regarding the practical implementation of […]

Press Release, 9.05.2025 Moscow The leaders and members of the Yabloko Party honoured the memory of those killed in World War II at the Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery in Moscow, the Piskarevskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg, as well as at memorials in other Russian cities.

Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 After three years of war, our main task remains to achieve a ceasefire and stop the daily killing of people. However, when this happens, the situation in the country will remain being extremely difficult, requiring responsible actions and an understanding of perspectives. […]

Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Victory over fascism is one of the key, meaningful events in the history of our country. We bow our heads and honour the memory of those who died in the struggle for life, for our country, against the state misanthropic ideology of […]

Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Photo by Maxim Guchek, RIA Novosti A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, resolving contentious issues through negotiations is the basic position of the Yabloko party. A cessation of hostilities remains the most urgent task for our country and for our party. For […]

Decision by the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, adopted on 29.04.2025, published on 6.05.2025 Photo by Yevgeny Razumny, Kommersant 80 years of Victory in World War II is a special anniversary. Almost all the veterans who survived the war and understood, unlike the current generation of politicians, the full horror of war, have passed away. The […]

Press Release, 6.05.2025 On 29 April, a meeting of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party was held in Moscow. Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee, delivered a report on the political situation in the country and the world. The Political Committee discussed the key challenges facing Russia and the international community, […]

Press Release, 29.04.2025 Over the past 120 years, Russia has experienced many tragedies and catastrophes: revolutions, coups d’etat, destructive and bloody wars, and large-scale political repressions. Even the state disappeared twice: in 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed, and in 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart.

Blog post by Andrei Talevlin, 25.04.2025 Due to the explosion of the RBMK-1000 reactor (uranium-graphite channel type reactor) at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant 39 years ago, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of territory in the former Soviet Union and other countries were contaminated with hazardous materials. As a result, a significant number of […]

Press Release, 25.04.2025 Photo: Alexander Shishlov at the St. Petersburg University of Technology Management and Economics / Photo by St.Petersburg Yabloko The head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Shishlov, spoke at the 11th International Conference “Human Rights Activities in Modern Russia: Problems and Their Solutions” at the St. […]

Zhivoi Gvozd, 8.04.2025 The video with an option of switching in English subtitles Negotiations on a ceasefire are underway. This is a very complex process in the current situation. There will certainly be intermittences, breakdowns, contradictory statements and explanations. However, the main thing is that negotiations to achieve a ceasefire are, in principle, inevitable and […]

Yavlinskij, fondatore dell’unico partito d’opposizione in Russia: «Positivi però gli sforzi per il negoziato con Kiev» Avvenir, 1.04.2025 RAFFAELLA CHIODO KARPINSKY «Fino all’autunno del 2022, la dichiarazione del nostro partito era una dichiarazione politica». Parte da qui, per il suo racconto, Gregorij Yavlinskij, fondatore di Yabloko, unico partito dell’opposizione rimasto in Russia. «In autunno diventò non […]

Press Release, 31.03.2025 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The decision was made on 28 March. Earlier, Vladimir Yefimov, the leader of Kamchatka Yabloko and journalist, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony in his second criminal case for “discrediting the army” (Article 280.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). […]