Archive for 'Governance'
Lists of Yabloko candidates for parliaments in nine regions published
Press Release, 7.07.2026 Photo: Voting at the Party Congress on 27 June 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko has now put forward candidates for the legislative assemblies in nine regions. At the end of past week, regional conferences of party branches put forward candidates in the Moscow and Novgorod Regions, and, a […]
Posted: July 8th, 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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Maxim Kruglov: “Come what may, my party is standing in the forthcoming elections. Support Yabloko!
Press Release, 7.07.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov at the sentencing on 24 June 2026/ Photo by Darya Kornilova Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov, who was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony over two Telegram posts, has sent an address from Pre-Trial Detention Facility No. 2 Butyrka, in which he thanked everyone for their support, […]
Posted: July 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 Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Administrative offence protocols drawn up against editor-in-chief of Mir Kavkazu newspaper over missing “foreign agent” labels, the paper published Yabloko materials
Press Release, 6.07.2026 Photo: Anatoly Sidakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Two administrative offence protocols have been drawn up under Article 13.15 Part 2.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (distribution of materials without indicating foreign agent status) against Anatoly Sidakov, founder of North Ossetian Yabloko and editor-in-chief and […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Central Electoral Commission’s objections to Yabloko’s list of candidates are technical and easily amended
Press Release, 6.07.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov, Ivan Bolshakov, Yevgenia Vlasova and Yaroslav Shcherbakov submitting documents to the Central Electoral Commission on 4 July / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has identified technical issues in Yabloko’s documents. They concern 19 of the 275 candidates on the federal list and six […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko puts forward 32 candidates for the Novgorod Regional Duma, the lead candidate is Yabloko Deputy Chair Anna Cherepanova
Press Release, 5.07.2026 Photo: Voting at the regional branch conference / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko Past Saturday, 4 July, Novgorod Yabloko held its regional branch conference and put forward its list of candidates for the Novgorod Regional Duma in the upcoming elections. Delegates voted unanimously to include 19 candidates on the regional list, with a […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko submits documents to Russia’s Central Electoral Commission for registration in the State Duma elections
Press Release, 4.07.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov, Ivan Bolshakov, Ivan Dorofeyev and Dmitry Anisimov at Russia’s Central Electoral Commission, 4 July 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 4 July, Yabloko’s leaders and members submitted to Russia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) the documents for registration of the party’s federal list of candidates for the […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko member Yelena Perepelitsa remanded in custody for two months over donation to a banned organisation
Press Release, 3.07.2026 Photo: Yelena Perepelitsa / Photo from Yelena’s profile on Yandex.Maps Today, 3 July, the Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow ordered a restraining measure of detention in custody for a period of two months for Yelena Perepelitsa, a 60-year-old Yabloko member detained the day before in a case concerning donations to a banned […]
Posted: July 6th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko Deputy Chair Anna Cherepanova receives data on Yevgenia Berkovich’s conditions of detention: washing three times a week, calls once every three days
Press Release, 3.07.2026 Photo: Yevgenia Berkovich / Photo by the support group of Yevgenia Berkovich on Telegram Is it permitted or not for political prisoner Yevgenia Berkovich, a theatre director sentenced to 5 years and 7 months in a penal colony under the article on “justifying terrorism”, to write, read and make phone calls from […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg’s wife Zhanna becomes his lay defender in consolidated criminal case
Press Release, 3.07.2026 Photo: Zhanna Shlosberg and Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 2 July, the Pskov City Court held the second hearing on the merits of the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg. The court allowed the politician’s wife, Zhanna Shlosberg, to join the case as a lay defender. […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko member Yelena Perepelitsa detained, accused of donating to a banned organisation
Press Release, 2.07.2026 Photo: Yelena Perepelitsa / Photo by Moscow Yabloko Yabloko member Yelena Perepelitsa was detained in Moscow today, 2 July. She was questioned for several hours by Investigative Committee investigators in connection with a case concerning a donation to a banned organisation. She was then held in a detention facility until the morning. […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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On pressure against the Yabloko party and the forthcoming elections
Decision by the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, adopted 26.06.2026, published 1.07.2026 Photo: Imprisoned Yabloko members – Maxim Kruglov, Lev Shlosberg, Konstantin Smirnov, Vladimir Yefimov, Mikhail Afanasyev and Vasily Neustroyev Today, Russia has only one political party that openly opposes the current policies of the authorities and offers a genuine alternative. This is […]
Posted: July 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Judiciary, Political Committee Decisions, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The 1996 presidential election: 30 years on
Grigory Yavlinsky’s website, 1.07.2026 Watch on YouTube choosing your preferred language for subtitles or English for the sound track Thirty years ago, in the presidential election, we tried to prevent the creation of a corporate oligarchic state in Russia and proposed ways of correcting the reforms of the first half of the 1990s, which had […]
Posted: July 1st, 2026 under Elections, Governance, History, Human Rights, Political Parties, Presidential Elections, Privatisation in Russia, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Без рубрики.
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The Congress of Yabloko nominates candidates for the State Duma and adopts election programme
Press Release, 29.06.2026 Photo: Ivan Bolshakov, Yana Ivanova, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Tatiana Schneider, Grigory Yavlinsky, Nikolai Rybakov, Vitaly Isakov, Kirill Goncharov and Dmitry Anisimov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 27 June, Yabloko’s pre-election Congress took place in Moscow. At the Congress, the party determined its candidates for the 9th convocation of the State […]
Posted: June 30th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, 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, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Leaders of Yabloko’s list on the forthcoming State Duma election campaign: taking responsibility and restoring people’s right to life
Press Release, 29.06.2026 Photo: (left to right) Tatiana Schneider, Ivan Bolshakov, Dmitry Anisimov, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Yana Antonova, Kirill Goncharov and Vitaly Isakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Over the past weekend, at its 23rd Congress, Yabloko nominated 412 candidates for the IX convocation of the State Duma. The federal list included 275 candidates, […]
Posted: June 30th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko nominates 412 candidates for the State Duma
Press Release, 28.06.2026 Photo: (left to right) Ivan Bolshakov, Yana Ivanova, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Vitaly Isakov, Tatiana Schneider, Dmitry Anisimov and Kirill Goncharov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party Congress nominated candidates for the 9th convocation of the State Duma. The federal list included 275 candidates (seven in the general federal section […]
Posted: June 30th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Yabloko Party Platform for the Elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, 9th Convocation
Adopted by the Yabloko Party Congress on June 27, 2026 FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM! FOR A LIFE WITHOUT FEAR! For a ceasefire agreement, diplomacy, and the achievement of peace! Our goal is to prevent nuclear war! For a Russia free of fear and political repression! For the preservation of life, respect, dignity and the wellbeing […]
Posted: June 28th, 2026 under 23rd Congress of Yabloko, Congresses, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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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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