Archive for 'Judiciary'
Yabloko appeals against refusal to register its list for Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly elections
Press Release, 24.08.2026 Photo: A file with Yabloko’s logo and slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” at the Electoral Commission of the Leningrad Region / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko has filed an administrative claim with the Leningrad Region Court seeking to overturn the ruling of the Leningrad Region […]
Posted: August 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, Без рубрики.
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The Rodina party, having removed Yabloko from federal elections, attempts to remove it from Pskov Region Legislative Assembly elections
Press Release, 21.08.2026 Photo: Yana Ivanova, Deputy Chair of Pskov Yabloko, and Artur Gaiduk, Chairman of Pskov Yabloko / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Today, 21 August, it has been reported that the Rodina party has filed an administrative claim with the Pskov Regional Court demanding that the registration of Yabloko’s list of candidates for the […]
Posted: August 24th, 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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Court upholds fine for “displaying Nazi symbols” against Holocaust researcher and Yabloko deputy Tatyana Pasman
Press Release, 20.08.2026 Photo: Tatyana Pasman / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A judge of the Pskov Regional Court has heard the appeal lodged by Tatyana Pasman, teacher and Pskov City Duma deputy from Yabloko, and her lawyer Vladimir Danilov against the ruling of a judge of the Pskov City Court, who found Tatyana […]
Posted: August 20th, 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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St. Petersburg territorial electoral commissions register Olga Tsepilova and Anton Kostik as Yabloko candidates for the Legislative Assembly election
Press Release, 20.08.2026 Photo: Olga Tsepilova, Anton Kostik / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service St. Petersburg’s Territorial Electoral Commissions (TECs) have registered Olga Tsepilova and Anton Kostik as Yabloko candidates in the single-mandate constituency elections for the Legislative Assembly. The TECs had earlier refused to register Tsepilova and Kostik on spurious grounds. The St. […]
Posted: August 20th, 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 refusal to register Yabloko’s candidate list for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 19.08.2026 Photo: Members of St. Petersburg Yabloko and parliamentary candidates at the Second Court of Appeal on 19 August / Photo by St. Petersburg Yabloko On Wednesday, 19 August, the Second Court of Appeal dismissed Yabloko’s appeal against the ruling of the St. Petersburg City Court refusing to admit the party’s citywide list […]
Posted: August 19th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Rybakov demands Interior Ministry head end pressure on citizens who came to Supreme Court to support Yabloko
Press Release, 19.08.2026 Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs signboard / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has appealed to Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, demanding that he immediately halt the administrative persecution of citizens who, on 10 and 17 August 2026, were near the […]
Posted: August 19th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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Court in St. Petersburg orders territorial electoral commissions to reconsider registration of Yabloko candidates in single-mandate constituencies for the Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 18.07.2026 Photo: Yabloko’s slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On Monday, 17 August, the Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction ordered the territorial electoral commissions of two constituencies – No. 2 and No. 21 – to reconsider the registration of Yabloko […]
Posted: August 18th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “We go on working”
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky on the removal of Yabloko from the State Duma elections, 17.08.2026 Photo: The Supreme Court hearing on 17 August 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation removing Yabloko from the elections is unprecedented in the destructive impact it has on […]
Posted: August 18th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Court sentences Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and 1 month in a penal colony. Statements by party leaders
Press Release, 17.08.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court on 14 August 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Pskov City Court has issued its ruling in the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg. The judge has sentenced the politician to 11 years and 1 month in a penal colony. The […]
Posted: August 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov’s speech before the Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Appeal against the removal of Yabloko’s list of candidates from the parliamentary elections, 17.08.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Honourable Court, Esteemed participants in these proceedings, Before the hearing began, at least 35 people who came for today’s hearing — despite there being free seats in the courtroom, and despite having broken no rules […]
Posted: August 17th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov to party supporters: “Take care and don’t fall for provocations”
Press Release, 14.08.2026 Photo: An electronic screen displaying Yabloko campaign banner “For Peace and Freedom” in Veliky Novgorod. Dear friends, This is important. Yabloko is not holding, and does not plan to hold, any public actions in any city in Russia. Today this is dangerous for participants. I ask you not to fall for provocations, […]
Posted: August 14th, 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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“What are the real reasons behind removing Yabloko from the State Duma elections?”
The Analytical Centre of Yabloko, 14.08.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov answering questions from the press outside the Supreme Court on 10 August 2026, after the ruling was announced / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 10 August, the Supreme Court of Russia upheld a claim brought by the pro-Kremlin Rodina party to cancel Yabloko’s registration […]
Posted: August 14th, 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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Prosecution seeks 12 years and 1 month in a penal colony for Lev Shlosberg
Press Release, 14.08.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Today, 14 August, the prosecution has asked Pskov City Court to sentence Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg to 12 years and 1 month’s imprisonment. It should be noted that, in the consolidated criminal case against Lev Shlosberg, he is charged under two articles of the […]
Posted: August 14th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s appeal against removal from the elections to be heard on 17 August
Press Release, 14.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov and lawyer Vitaly Isakov, one of the party’s leading candidates, at the Supreme Court on 10 August / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Updated. Yabloko has filed an appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia to remove the party’s list from the State […]
Posted: August 14th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Why the Supreme Court removed Yabloko from the elections. The formal grounds, from its reasoned ruling
Press Release, 12.08.2026 Photo: The Supreme Court examines Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Supreme Court has sent Yabloko its reasoned ruling on the removal of the party’s federal list of candidates from the State Duma elections, following a suit brought by the Rodina political party. The formal grounds cited […]
Posted: August 12th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: “This is not about Yabloko’s fate — it is about Russia’s fate”
Yavlinsky.ru, 10.08.2026 Photo: 10 August 2026. Outside the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Supreme Court has granted the claim brought by the Rodina party and has cancelled the registration of Yabloko’s federal list of candidates for the State Duma elections. The decision will be […]
Posted: August 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Address by Yabloko Chair Nikolai Rybakov to party supporters ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on 10 August
Address by Nikolai Rybakov, 9.08.2026 Photo: Banners “The Supreme Court of the RF” Tomorrow, the Supreme Court of Russia will hear a case on removing the Yabloko party from the State Duma elections. Rest assured – our lawyers will not leave one stone upon another of these ill-informed and politically motivated accusations against the party. […]
Posted: August 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to sue State Duma MP Zhuravlyov over defamatory statements
Press Release, 7 August 2026 Photo: The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Yabloko has reviewed a video recording of a speech given by State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlyov (the LDPR faction) outside the Supreme Court of Russia building. The speech contains defamatory statements about Yabloko. A claim for the protection of the party’s reputation […]
Posted: August 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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St. Petersburg City Court refuses to reinstate Yabloko’s candidate list for the Legislative Assembly elections. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 7 August 2026 Photo: Candidates and party members of Yabloko in St. Petersburg / Photo by the St. Petersburg regional branch of Yabloko The St. Petersburg City Court has dismissed Yabloko’s administrative claim challenging the decision of the city electoral commission, which had refused to register the party’s list of candidates for the […]
Posted: August 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Electoral commission registers Yabloko’s list of candidates for the Kaliningrad Region Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 7 August 2026 Photo: Roman Morozov, Ivan Bolshakov and Anton Gendrikson / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Kaliningrad Region Electoral Commission has registered the list of candidates nominated by Yabloko in the single electoral district for the 8th convocation of the Kaliningrad Region Legislative Assembly.
Posted: August 7th, 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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