Archive for 'Governance'
Yavlinsky in court: “Maxim Kruglov is a patriot of Russia, there has never been any motive of political hatred in his work”
Press Release, 3.06.2026 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky and Maxim Kruglov, 2019 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 3 June, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow continued hearing the criminal case brought against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov. He is charged with spreading “fake news” about the Russian Armed Forces (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) […]
Posted: June 4th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko launches fundraiser to pay lawyers for party members who have faced persecution
Press Release, 2.06.2026 Photo: A screenshot from Nikolai Rybakov’s video on VKontakte “496,000 ROUBLES. That is the amount we need to raise to cover lawyers’ fees for May,” Yabloko Chairman wrote on his Telegram channel on 2 June 2026. “As you know, repression in the country is growing with every passing day — and it […]
Posted: June 2nd, 2026 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in St.Petersburg has developed a draft law to repeal the ban on electoral participation for those fined for the “demonstration of extremist symbols”
Press Release, 2.06.2026 Photo: A Yabloko protest action “Stop removing us from elections!” in 2010 outside the Central Electoral Commission building / Photo by Vasily Shaposhnikov, Kommersant The Yabloko faction in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly has prepared a draft federal initiative to repeal an unjust ban on electoral participation. Under current law, a person […]
Posted: June 2nd, 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, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation may restore Nikolai Rybakov’s right to stand in elections before Yabloko’s pre-election congress
Press Release, 2.06.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The complaint filed by Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov in the case concerning the “demonstration of extremist symbols and insignia” has been registered at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. For a post expressing condolences to the family of Alexei Navalny, […]
Posted: June 2nd, 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.
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Viktor Kogan-Yasny: Vengeance and Hope
Written for the Yabloko website, 1 June 2026 Photo: Viktor Kogan-Yasny / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service There is such a thing as a politics of vengeance, and there is such a thing as a politics of hope. A politics of vengeance is built on powerful, demonic motivation and energy, and for that reason […]
Posted: June 2nd, 2026 under Foreign policy, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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The purpose of elections in Russia today
Alexei Melnikov’s channel on Dzen.ru, 22.05.2026 On 20 September 2026, Russia will hold elections to the State Duma, heads of regions, and legislative assemblies. We use the word “elections”, yet any clear-headed person will surely understand that our elections today — like the political process in our country as a whole — bear little resemblance […]
Posted: May 29th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power.
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Court keeps Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg in pre-trial detention for a further six months, until 21 November
Press Release, 27.05.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 27 May, Judge of the Pskov City Court Victoria Malyamova granted the prosecution’s application to extend the pre-trial detention of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg until 21 November.
Posted: May 28th, 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, Без рубрики.
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The Supreme Court of Karelia upholds fine against Yabloko deputy Emilia Slabunova under article on “displaying extremist symbols”
Press Release, 27.05.2026 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 27 May, the Supreme Court of Karelia dismissed the appeal against the ruling of the Petrozavodsk City Court of 21 April, by which Emilia Slabunova, a Yabloko deputy in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and a recipient of the title Honoured […]
Posted: May 28th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Karelian Yabloko deputy Dmitry Rybakov fined for “displaying extremist symbols” following denunciation by nationalist organisation Russian Community
Press Release, 26.05.2026 Photo: Dmitry Rybakov at Petrozavodsk City Court, 26 May 2026 / Photo by Karelian Yabloko On 26 May, Petrozavodsk City Court fined Dmitry Rybakov 1,000 roubles. Rybakov is a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, Deputy Chairman of the party’s Green Russia Faction, a deputy and leader of the […]
Posted: May 28th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov appeals to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation against rulings of lower courts in the case of “displaying extremist symbols”
Press Release, 26.05.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The defence team of Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of Russia demanding that the rulings of lower courts be overturned in the case of “displaying extremist symbols and paraphernalia”, a case arising from a post […]
Posted: May 26th, 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, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko deputy of the Petrozavodsk City Council Dmitry Rybakov detained in Petrozavodsk, Karelia
Press Release, 25.05.2026 On 25 May, police in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, detained Dmitry Rybakov, a member of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko party, Deputy Chairman of the party’s Green Russia Faction, deputy and leader of the Yabloko faction on the Petrozavodsk City Council, and member of the Standing Commission on Healthcare, Ecology and Social Development.
Posted: May 26th, 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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The Maxim Kruglov case. Moscow City Court keeps politician in pre-trial detention
Press Release, 21.05.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov in court on 20 May 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 21 May, the Moscow City Court dismissed the defence’s appeal against the remand in custody of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov. It should be noted that at the first substantive hearing of Kruglov’s criminal case, […]
Posted: May 25th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov calls on the Voronezh Region Public Prosecutor’s Office to investigate security officers who tortured a Yabloko supporter in Voronezh
Press Release, 21.05.2026 Photo: Kirill Derevsky (centre) during the 2025 election campaign in Voronezh Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent a formal letter to acting Voronezh Region Public Prosecutor Dmitry Neverov. The letter was prompted by information received by the party from Kirill Derevsky, a 20-year-old Yabloko supporter and the party’s candidate for the […]
Posted: May 25th, 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, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s actions of writing letters to political prisoners. Schedule for May
Press Release, 20.05.2026 Photo: Action of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow / Photo by Moscow Yabloko Yabloko invites everyone to its actions of writing letters to political prisoners, which take place in various cities across Russia (in the Yabloko party offices) every month. Anyone can sign a postcard or write a letter to […]
Posted: May 25th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“We are the party of Russia’s future”
Grigory Yavlinsky on the possibility of voting for peace and freedom, and for a new path of development for the country YouTube channel Zhivoi Gvozd, 19.05.2026 Watch the video on YouTube switching into English subtitles I have personally taken part in federal elections ten times: three times in presidential and seven in parliamentary elections. There have […]
Posted: May 25th, 2026 under Elections, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko Bureau member Tatyana Fyodorova fined 1,000 roubles for reposting a nine-year-old news item
Press Release, 13.05.2026 Photo: Tatyana Fyodorova / Photo by Pskov Yabloko The Pskov City Court has fined Tatyana Fyodorova, a lecturer and member of the Bureau of Pskov Yabloko, 1,000 roubles under the article on the so-called displaying of “extremist symbols” (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The ruling was handed down on […]
Posted: May 25th, 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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Grigory Gribenko, leader of Irkutsk Yabloko, arrested for the second time: what is known
Press Release, 8.05.2026 Photo: Grigory Gribenko On 7 May, the Chairman of the Irkutsk branch of Yabloko, Grigory Gribenko, was arrested for ten days — immediately after completing a previous administrative arrest of 12 days. He is to serve the new “sentence” at a special detention centre in Irkutsk. Yabloko learned of this from the […]
Posted: May 8th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court fines Alexander Shishlov 30,000 roubles for alleged “abuse of freedom of mass media”
Press Release, 8.05.2026 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 8 May, Igor Ryabinnikov, magistrate of Court District No. 153 of the Petrogradsky District of St. Petersburg, delivered a ruling in the administrative case against Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee and former leader of the Yabloko faction in […]
Posted: May 8th, 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 faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov demands that the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service order an internal investigation into reports of the torture of Azat Miftakhov in a penal colony
Press Release, 7.05.2026 Photo: Azat Miftakhov / Photo by Dmitry Lebedev, Kommersant Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent a letter to Federal Penitentiary Service Director Arkady Gostev calling for an investigation into reports of violence, torture, and threats of sexual violence against Azat Miftakhov at Penal Colony No. 18 of the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate […]
Posted: May 7th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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‘The prosecution speaks of political, national and social hatred’: the Maxim Kruglov case continues in Moscow
Press Release, 6.05.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov in court on 6 May 2026 / Photo by Darya Kornilova The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow resumed proceedings in the criminal case of Maxim Kruglov, Yabloko’s Deputy Chairman, charged with disseminating “fake news” about the Russian Armed Forces (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) on 6 May. The […]
Posted: May 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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