Archive for 'Judiciary'
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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Sverdlovsk Region Electoral Commission registers Yabloko’s list for Legislative Assembly elections
Press Release, 7.08.2026 Photo: Candidates for deputy of the Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly Leonid Buiny, Konstantin Kiselyov and Vladimir Sobyanin, with the lead candidate of Yabloko for the State Duma elections Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Sverdlovsk Region Electoral Commission has registered Yabloko’s list of candidates for the region’s Legislative […]
Posted: August 7th, 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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Yabloko candidate Yegor Karpenkov appeals to Supreme Court against Central Electoral Commission decision to exclude him from Yabloko’s State Duma candidates list
Press Release, 6.08.2026 Photo: Yegor Karpenkov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Tomorrow, 7 August, the Supreme Court is due to hear the case brought by Yegor Karpenkov, a candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko, who is appealing against the Central Electoral Commission’s decision to exclude him from the party’s list in the […]
Posted: August 6th, 2026 under Elections, 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 backs Dmitry Khorzov, Yabloko’s candidate for the Legislative Assembly
LDPR opponent had tried to have his registration annulled Press Release, 5.08.2026 Photo: Dmitry Khorzov / Photo from his Telegram channel On 5 August, the St. Petersburg City Court dismissed a claim brought by LDPR candidate Vladimir Osmolovsky, who had sought to challenge the registration of Yabloko member Dmitry Khorzov as a candidate in the […]
Posted: August 5th, 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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Yabloko appeals against cancellation of party list registration for the Karelia Legislative Assembly election
Press Release, 5.08.2026 Photo: List leaders Inna Boluchevskaya, Olga Tuzhikova and Anna Pavlova The Yabloko party has filed an appeal against a ruling by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Karelia of 29 July, which cancelled the registration of the party’s list of candidates for the election of deputies to the Legislative Assembly of […]
Posted: August 5th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko appeals at St. Petersburg City Court against refusal to register party list for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly election
Press Release, 5.08.2026 Photo: St. Petersburg Yabloko delegation before submitting documents for Legislative Assembly candidates to the Electoral Commission on 9 July 2026 / Photo by the St. Petersburg branch of the party The Yabloko party has filed a claim with the St. Petersburg City Court seeking to overturn the decision of the St. Petersburg […]
Posted: August 5th, 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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Yabloko to appeal to the Supreme Court of Karelia against refusal to register candidates for deputies of Petrozavodsk City Council
Press Release, 4.08.2026 Photo: Petrozavodsk City Council Karelian Yabloko has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Karelia against the ruling of the Petrozavodsk City Court of 31 July. It should be noted that a judge of the Petrozavodsk City Court had found lawful the refusal to register Yabloko’s candidates for deputies of the […]
Posted: August 4th, 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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LDPR candidate for the Legislative Assembly in St.Petersburg seeking court annulment of Yabloko member Dmitry Khorzov’s registration
Press Release, 4.08.2026 Photo: Dmitry Khorzov / Photo from his Telegram channel Dmitry Khorzov, a candidate for deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, received notification from the St. Petersburg City Court on 3 August that his opponent from the pro-government LDPR party was seeking to have his election registration annulled. The territorial electoral commission […]
Posted: August 4th, 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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“Lev Shlosberg has always voluntarily and consciously observed the laws” – Grigory Yavlinsky testifying in defence of Lev Shlosberg
Press Release, 1.08.2026 Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky testifying in court in defence of Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On Friday, 31 July, Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, testified as a defence witness in the case against Lev Shlosberg at Pskov City Court. It should be noted that hearings in the case […]
Posted: August 3rd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Central Electoral Commission does not reinstate Yabloko’s list for St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly election. Decision to be appealed in court
Press Release, 31.07.2026 Photo: Yabloko’s delegation before submitting documents to the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission / Photo by St. Petersburg Yabloko The Central Electoral Commission of Russia (CEC) has rejected Yabloko’s complaint against the decision by the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission to refuse registration of the party’s list of candidates for the election of deputies […]
Posted: July 31st, 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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