Grigory Yavlinsky’s Live Journal, 02/03/2014 The Decision adopted on the 1st of March by the Federation Council on the president’s request represents a gross political error entailing extremely dangerous consequences. The intentions to bring troops to Ukraine and start armed hostilities of any scale there are without doubt unacceptable and criminal.

Press Release, March 8, 2014 We, as a party and a public movement, using our expertise and possibilities of our international cooperation, will do everything in our power so that to restore the relations of friendship and cooperation between Russia and Ukraine. We will be responsibly facilitating weakening of the power of the oligarchs, their […]

Article by Grigory Yavlinsky, Vedomosti, 27 February 2014 The bloody confrontation in Ukraine resulting in the death of numerous people is a major tragedy, which also affects Russia. We share in the concern and pain over these developments. A significant number of problems that led to the current situation are also our shared problems. Some […]

Press Release, 08.03.2014 YABLOKO’s Gender faction and a number of public organisations conducted a rally for protection of women’s rights in Russia. This time the annual rally was held under the slogan “Women against war” in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The participants of the action came out not only for equal rights for […]

Press release , 07.03.2014 Today YABLOKO activists and human rights activists held a picket against military action in the Ukraine in the center of Moscow. The action was attended by Lev Ponomaryov, leader of the “For the Human Rights” movement, members of YABLOKO’s Political Committee Alexei Yablokov and Victor Sheinis and Galina Mikhaleva, Secretary of […]

Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, 02/03/2014 The YABLOKO party condemns the decisions of the President of Russia and the Federation Council unleashing a war with a fraternal nation. Such developments will lead Russia to a national catastrophe and put the world on the brink of a nuclear war. But even if Vladimir Putin has no intention […]

Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, 02/03/2014 The YABLOKO party is categorically against the steps undertaken by Russia’s leadership targeted at unleashing a war with Ukraine. A war between Russia and Ukraine in any form and of any scope is unacceptable and inadmissible. Such a war will be a crime of a historic scope. Neither disputes over […]

Press Release, 04.03.2014 The Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO conducted a series of one-person pickets under the slogans “No to war”. YABLOKO’s activists Alexandra Nalobina, Ivan Sokolov, Valentina Burdilova, Kirill Maryin participated in the action.

Press Release, 03.03.2014 Today the YABLOKO party filed an application to conduct pickets on March 7 and a rally on March 16 against military operations in Ukraine. YABLOKO comes out against the steps of the Russian authorities aiming to outbreak the war with a neighboring state.

Liberal International, Monday 3 March 2014 “Our country will remain alone, without allies, labelled as an aggressor and condemned by the whole world”, said Sergei Mitrokhin, Chairman of LI full member Yabloko, as Russian President Vladimir Putin violated international law by sending Russian troops into neighbouring Ukraine.

Statement by YABLOKO’s Bureau, 01.03.2014 The Bureau of the Russian United Democratic party YABLOKO consider the bloodshed and the death of people in Ukraine a tragedy common to both Ukraine and Russia. From now on everything possible should be done not allow the use of violence and weapons for solving political issues in Ukraine as […]

Condolences by YABLOKO’s Bureau YABLOKO’s Bureau announced a minute of silence to honour the memory of the people killed in Kiev. YABLOKO express condolences with their friends and families. We believe that the bloodshed and the death of people in Ukraine is a tragedy to both Russia and Ukraine.

Sergei Mitrokhin’s blog at the Ekho Moskvi web-site, 25.02.2014 The idea of European integration, which must be fully supported, has been the main driving force of the February revolution in Ukraine. For millions of Ukrainian citizens rapprochement with the European Union means a guarantee of observance by the state of the key democratic values and […]

Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, February 24, 2014 The YABLOKO party supports the idea of European integration, which has been the main driving force of the February revolution in Ukraine. The strive of the new Ukrainian government and the active part of the Ukrainian society for integration with Europe presumes that the country’s leadership will respect […]

Statement by the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO, 19/02/2014 At present the conflict in Ukraine has entered the stage of mass bloodshed. We bring our deep condolences to the families of those killed and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. Once again, we are calling on all the parties of the conflict to stop […]

Alexey Melnikov, YABLOKO Bureau member, on the choice between the “European way” and the “Eurasian project” Znak, by Alexey Melnikov, 03.12.2013 The “Eurasian project” [promoted by the Kremlin and aiming at taking Russia away from the European values and brining it closer to authoritarian Asian regimes], in various forms and from time to time promoted […]

Press Release , December 3, 2013 Answering questions from the BBC on the situation in Kiev, YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin said that the Moscow authorities and the opposition should show calm and balanced attitude to the events in Kiev: “It is better to engage in the developments in our country, rather than interfering in the […]

Press Release , December 3, 2013 According to Grigory Yavlinsky, founder of the YABLOKO party, the European future of Russia, Ukraine and many of the CIS countries is inevitable.