Archive for 'Judiciary'
“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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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