Archive for 'Governance'
The September 2026 elections as an opportunity to begin the path towards peace, freedom, and a life without fear
Resolution by the Federal Political Committee, adopted at on 18.06.2026, published on 25.07.2026 The forthcoming elections to the ninth State Duma, to be held in September, differ fundamentally from all previous parliamentary elections. These are the first parliamentary elections to be held amid the armed conflict now entering its fifth year, when almost every day […]
Posted: June 25th, 2026 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, 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.
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Court sentences Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov to seven years in a penal colony over two posts expressing regret at the loss of human life
Press Release, 24.06.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov in court on 24 June 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 24 June, a judge of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow delivered the verdict in the criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov: guilty as charged, seven years in a penal colony, and a three-year […]
Posted: June 25th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court sentences Maxim Kruglov to seven years in prison
Press Release, 24.06.2026 A judge of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow has just delivered the verdict in the criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov: guilty, sentenced to seven years in prison. The sentence has not yet entered into force and will be appealed.
Posted: June 24th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg’s defence calls for case materials to be returned to the prosecution over defects in the indictment
Press Release, 22.06.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Today, 22 June, the substantive hearing of the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg began at Pskov City Court. The politician attended the hearing in person. At the outset, lawyer Vera Kovalchuk filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case under […]
Posted: June 23rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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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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“Guided by the motive of love for his country.” Maxim Kruglov questioned in court
Press Release, 17.06.2026 Photo by Daria Kornilova On 17 June, at a hearing of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov answered questions from the defence and the prosecution, after which the parties presented their closing arguments. The state prosecution declared that Kruglov’s guilt had been proved and requested that he […]
Posted: June 18th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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First substantive hearing in the case of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg adjourned to 22 June
Press Release, 16.06.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg at the hearing on 16 June 2026 / Photo by Pskov Yabloko. Today, 16 June, the Pskov City Court was due to begin substantive consideration of the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg. However, at the request of the politician and his lawyers — Vladimir Danilov […]
Posted: June 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, 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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Detentions instead of dialogue
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, 11.06.2026 The mass protests by Kuntsevo District residents [in Moscow] against the felling of trees in Moskvoretsky Park, and the heavy-handed detention of protesters by police officers, have once again revealed the face of the present-day Moscow authorities — authorities that valiantly […]
Posted: June 11th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Deputy Chair of Pskov Yabloko Svetlana Vasilkova fined for “display of extremist symbols”
Press Release, 9.06.2026 Photo: Svetlana Vasilkova / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Svetlana Vasilkova, deputy of the Pustoshka Municipal District of Pskov and Deputy Chair of Pskov Yabloko, has been fined 1,000 roubles (approximately USD 14) under the article on “display of extremist symbols” (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The ruling was handed […]
Posted: June 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court upholds fine against Novgorod Yabloko member Anton Kostryukov under article on “display of extremist symbols”
Press Release, 9.06.2026 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin (left), member of the Bureau of Novgorod Yabloko, and Anton Kostryukov (right) at the Novgorod Regional Court / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko Anton Kostryukov, a Yabloko member from Veliky Novgorod, will be unable to stand in the elections to the Novgorod Regional Duma. This was announced by the party’s […]
Posted: June 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Prominent Russian physicist and prospective Yabloko candidate for the State Duma Grei Boltachev released from special detention facility
Press Release, 8.06.2026 Photo: Grei Boltachev after his release from the special detention facility on 8 June 2026 / Photo by Vechernie Vedomosti Grei Boltachev, a prominent Russian physicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and leading research fellow at the Institute of Electrophysics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has […]
Posted: June 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Foreign agent legislation must be abolished — especially following the Justice Ministry’s admission about the grounds for inclusion in the register
Press Release, 8.06.2026 Picture: 4% — the share of “foreign agents” in whose case the Justice Ministry found evidence of foreign funding in 2025 Last week, Deputy Justice Minister Oleg Sviridenko staged what can only be described as an act of self-exposure. He acknowledged that foreign funding was far from the principal reason for which […]
Posted: June 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Prominent Russian physicist Grey Boltachev arrested in Yekaterinburg having announced his intention to stand for the State Duma on a Yabloko ticket
Press Release, 6.06.2026 Photo: Grey Boltachev / Photo by Vechernie Vedomosti Scientist Grey Boltachev has been arrested in Yekaterinburg on an alleged charge of using obscene language in a public place (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The news was reported by the outlet Vechernie Vedomosti, citing sources. Boltachev had previously announced his […]
Posted: June 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg to remain in pre-trial detention until 21 November, contrary to the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Press Release, 6.06.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg at the court hearing on 5 June 2026 / Photo by Pskov Yabloko A judge of Pskov Regional Court dismissed the appeals lodged by defence counsel Vladimir Danilov and Vera Kovalchuk against the ruling of a judge of Pskov City Court, by which Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg’s pre-trial […]
Posted: June 8th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Kaliningrad court sentences Yabloko member and lawyer Vladimir Sorokin to one year in prison for a 500-rouble donation
Press Release, 5.06.2026 Photo: Vladimir Sorokin / Photo by Kaliningrad Yabloko Lawyer and Yabloko member Vladimir Sorokin has been sentenced to one year in prison for a money transfer to an organisation designated as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation (Article 282.3 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). The ruling was handed down by […]
Posted: June 5th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yegor Tkachenko of Yekaterinburg Yabloko added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of terrorists and extremists
Press Release, 4 June 2026 Photo: Yegor Tkachenko / Photo by the Yabloko branch in the Sverdlovsk Region This was reported on the agency’s website. The party is not aware whether any criminal case has been opened against Tkachenko, though a number of media outlets have already published information to that effect. It should be […]
Posted: June 5th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Experts told the court that Maxim Kruglov’s posts contained neither assertions about the army’s actions nor hatred
Press Release, 4 June 2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov during the court hearing of 20 May 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service At the fourth hearing in the case of Maxim Kruglov, held on 3 June, philologist Igor Zharkov and psychologist Veronika Konstantinova gave evidence. At the request of Maxim’s defence, they had conducted […]
Posted: June 5th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg appeals against six-month extension of pre-trial detention. Appeal hearing scheduled for 5 June
Press Release, 4 June 2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko The Pskov Regional Court will hear appeals lodged by lawyers representing Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg — Vladimir Danilov and Vera Kovalchuk — against the ruling of a judge of the Pskov City Court of 27 May, by which she extended the […]
Posted: June 5th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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