Archive for 'Governance'
Irkutsk Yabloko has submitted a second notification for a rally “For a Free Internet” and in defence of Telegram
Press Release, 13.03.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, on 13 March, the Irkutsk branch of Yabloko has submitted another notification to the Irkutsk city administration for a rally “For a Free Internet” and in defence of Telegram. This was reported by Grigory Gribenko, Chairman of Irkutsk Yabloko and a member of the organising […]
Posted: March 13th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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15 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Statement by the Bureau of the Yabloko’s Green Russia Faction, 11.03.2026 Photo: A Yabloko party event in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, on the first anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, 2012 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The disaster at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant has entered the history of nuclear energy as one of the largest […]
Posted: March 13th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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The Federal Penitentiary Service is withholding information about Maxim Kruglov’s prison account, sabotaging his correspondence with the Public Monitoring Commission, and blocking his access to books and newspapers
Press Release, 11.03.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov in court on 27 February 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 11 March, Natalia Tikhonova, the lawyer representing Yabloko Deputy Chair Maxim Kruglov, shared several updates relating to her client’s detention in Remand Prison No. 2, Butyrka, in Moscow, where Kruglov is being held on charges […]
Posted: March 13th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A search was conducted at the home of Yabloko member Nikolai Markin in the Moscow Region: he was charged with spreading “Fake News” and released on an undertaking not to leave the town
Press Release, 10.03.2026 Photo: Nikolai Markin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On the morning of 10 March, police arrived at the home of Yabloko party member Nikolai Markin, where he lives with his mother in the town of Ramenskoye, the Moscow region. Police had with a search warrant. The phones of everyone present […]
Posted: March 12th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Deputy of the Novgorod City Duma Anna Cherepanova urges Russian Ombudsperson to help women political prisoners Yevgenia Berkovich and Nika Novak
Press Release, 5.03.2026 Photo: Imprisoned journalist Nika Novak (left) and theatre director Yevgenia Berkovich (right) / Photo from Telegram channels Anna Cherepanova, Deputy Chair of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Novgorod City Duma, is demanding that the rights of political prisoners Yevgenia Berkovich and Nika Novak be upheld. She has submitted formal parliamentary […]
Posted: March 5th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Chairman of Moscow Yabloko Kirill Goncharov calls on Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to lift the “covid” ban on public rallies in force since 2020
Press Release, 5.03.2026 Photo by Moscow Yabloko A letter to this effect was sent on 5 March. In the letter, Kirill Goncharov reminds the Moscow Mayor that Moscow is regarded as a modern and dynamically developing metropolis whose residents are noted for their high level of civic and political engagement. Nevertheless, “for the past four […]
Posted: March 5th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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An appellate court upheld the ruling of the St. Petersburg City Court declaring a collection of articles by Yabloko Deputy Chairman Boris Vishnevsky “extremist”
Press Release, 4.03.2026 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by Konstantin Lenkov On 4 March, the Second Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the St. Petersburg City Court, which last November deemed a collection of articles by Yabloko Deputy Chairman Boris Vishnevsky “extremist material”. The book “Chronicles of the Reborn Arkanar” was published eleven years […]
Posted: March 5th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Russia is Europe
Grigory Yavlinsky on political prisoners, the 95th anniversary of Mikhail Gorbachev’s birth, and the shared future of Russia and Europe Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 2.03.2026 Watch the video on YouTube switching into English subtitles Mikhail Gorbachev was born 95 years ago, a man who freed everyone in our country from fear and gave liberty not […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2026 under Economy, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Gribenko, leader of the Irkutsk branch of the Yabloko party, filed a lawsuit against the Irkutsk Mayor’s Office over the revocation of a permit for a rally in defence of Telegram
Press Release, 28.02.2026 Photo: Grigory Gribenko /Photo by Irkutsk Yabloko On 28 February, Grigory Gribenko, Chairman of the Irkutsk regional branch of the Yabloko party, filed an administrative lawsuit in the Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk against the city administration.
Posted: March 2nd, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In Moscow, guests at the action of writing letters to political prisoners signed 500 postcards for women prisoners of conscience
Press Release, 27.02.2026 Photo: Participants of the action of writing letters to political prisoners / Photo by Vyacheslav Radchenko On 26 February, the Moscow Yabloko party held its traditional the action of writing letters to political prisoners, this time the event was dedicated to women political prisoners and timed to coincide with 8 March, Women’s […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moscow Mayor’s Office denied Yabloko a rally in defence of Telegram due to COVID-19 restrictions
Press Release, 27.02.2026 Ivan Bolshakov, a member of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, head of the party’s Analytical Centre, and the party’s representative to the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation, received a response from Moscow Mayor’s Office to the Yabloko request to hold a rally in defence of Telegram in Moscow. The letter, signed […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Irkutsk authorities revoked their permit for a rally in defence of the Telegram messenger due to the large number of people wishing to participate.
Press Release, 27.02.2026 Photo by Sergei Konkov, Kommersant Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko received a letter from Alexandra Yegorova, head of the Irkutsk Administration’s Department for the Implementation of Public Initiatives, effectively denying the permission to hold a rally in defense of Telegram and “For a Free Internet,” which the administration had issued earlier. The […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Court keeps Maxim Kruglov in pre-trial detention until 2 April because the politician allegedly planned to spread “fakes” about the Russian armed forces as early as in 2020
Press Release, 27.02.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov before the court hearing on 26 February /Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 26 February, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow considered for the fourth time the investigator’s motion to extend the pre-trial detention of Maxim Kruglov, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party. The investigation demanded that the politician […]
Posted: February 27th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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“Russia will be peaceful, Russia will be happy, Russia will be free. And all of us together with Russia.” Vasily Neustroyev delivered his final statement in court
Press Release, 25.02.2026 Photo: Vasily Neustroyev /Photo by Petersburg Observers On 24 February, the prosecution requested a 12-year prison colony sentence and a fine of one million roubles for political prisoner Vasily Neustroyev, St. Petersburg Yabloko member, historian and elections observer, on charges of leading an “extremist organisation,” spreading “fakes about the army,” and “rehabilitating […]
Posted: February 27th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Four years of the special military operation: a way out of the historical dead end must be found
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 24.02.2026 Photo: Graves of those killed in the course of the special military operation in Ukraine, in the military section of a cemetery on the southern outskirts of St. Petersburg / Photo by Artyom Priakhin, Kommersant 24 February 2026 marks four years since the start of the special military operation. […]
Posted: February 24th, 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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Rally “For a Free Internet!” to be held in Irkutsk on 1 March: Yabloko organisers report reaching an agreement with the Mayor’s Office
Press Release, 24.02.2026 Photo by Sergei Konkov, Kommersant On 24 February, the leader of Irkutsk Yabloko, Grigory Gribenko, and activist Pavel Kharitonenko met with representatives of the city administration and agreed to the relocation of the rally in defence of Telegram and “For a Free Internet!”.
Posted: February 24th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“The decision to liquidate the Gulag History Museum is politically motivated”: Statement by the Bureau of Moscow Yabloko
Press Release, 20 February 2026 Photo: Inside the Gulag History Museum / Photo by Ivan Vodopyanov, Kommersant The Bureau of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party considers the decision to effectively liquidate the exhibition of the Gulag History Museum and replace it with a new museum to be a mockery of the memory of […]
Posted: February 24th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Kamchatka Yabloko leader Vladimir Yefimov denied parole over jacket removed during prison walk
Press Release, 20.02.2026 Photo: Vladimir Yefimov. Photo: Kamchatka Yabloko The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court has denied parole to Yabloko leader in Kamchatka, journalist Vladimir Yefimov, who is serving a sentence in a penal colony. The grounds for refusal were formal violations of the detention regime. First, during a walk Yefimov had removed his jacket, which displayed […]
Posted: February 24th, 2026 under Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s actions of writing letters to political prisoners in February and March to be dedicated to women political prisoners
Press Release, 20.02.2026 Photo: A postcard from the series “Freedom Is Within Us” by artist and former political prisoner Sasha Skochilenko In accordance with established tradition, Yabloko’s actions of writing letters to political prisoners at the end of February and the beginning of March across the country will be dedicated to women political prisoners. Women […]
Posted: February 24th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“A Frank Conversation” with Grigory Yavlinsky: “Human Life Comes Before Democracy”
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 19.02.2026 Watch on YouTube choosing your preferred language for subtitles Frank and honest public discourse on politics is rare today. It is difficult to speak about politics in times of chaos, and, moreover, it is dangerous: the risks of falling victim to repression, up to and including imprisonment or a staged “accident,” […]
Posted: February 20th, 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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