Decision No 107 of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, 6.03.2019 In 2018, the electoral system of modern Russia celebrated its 25th anniversary. At this time political organisations, movements and political parties were born. However, today confidence of Russians in elections has dropped to almost a zero level, almost like in Soviet times, when elections were not […]

Decision by Yabloko Federal Political Committee, 25.10.2018 Yabloko is the party of the European values. Yabloko has abided by democratic principles and employed lawful methods to gain power and political influence since the time the party was founded 25 years ago. We are the party of public affairs, we participate in elections and use parliamentary […]

by Svetlana Prokudina, specially for the website, 7.10.2018 Today Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova celebrates her birthday. Emilia Edgardovna dedicated many years of her life to Petrozavodsk [capital of the Republic of Karelia] where she started her career as a teacher. Later she became the headmaster of a lyceum and a candidate for the city mayor. Today […]

Press Release, 8.10.2018 On 7 October, on the birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko organised a flash mob “For the Raising of…” in the city. The name of the action is connected with the recent law on raising the retirement age, which was adopted by both the chambers of the […]

Press release, 4.10.2018 The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko will organise a flash mob on 7 October, the birthday of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. According to Chair of the regional party branch Yaroslav Shcherbakov, the latest trend is to raise everything – the retirement age, VAT rate, petrol excise duty and so on. “President Putin is […]

Press Release, 24.08.2018 Archive photo by RIA Novosti/ Yuri Abramochkin A rally dedicated to the anniversary of the victory over the reactionary forces of the State Emergency Committee was held in the Krasnopresnensky park, Moscow, behind the Russian ‘White House’ on 22 August, on the Day of the Flag of Russia.   The rally was […]

Grigory Yavlinsky about a great writer and a courageous man who left us Grigory Yavlinsky’s Facebook page, 28.07.2018 As far as in 1986, Vladimir Voinovich wrote the dystopian novel “Moscow 2042”, its plot in many respects resembles Russia of our days: communism was built in Greater Moscow, a complete merger fusion of the party and […]

Yabloko is filing a lawsuit Press Release, 17.07.2018   The Yabloko party received a refusal from the Prefect’s Office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow to hold 33 pickets against the pension reform. Yabloko intends to appeal the refusals of the Prefect’s Office and Putin’s decree banning all the street actions during the World […]

Press Release, 11.07.2018 The Moscow Mayor’s Officel refused to give a permission to hold a protest rally on 18 July organised by Yabloko together with the Russian Confederation of Labor and a number of political parties against the government’s bill of raising the retirement age. The action was planned to be held in one of […]

Press Release, 09.07.2018 On 18 July, the Vologda branch of Yabloko will hold a picket against the government’s bill on raising the retirement age and the increase of VAT.

Based on RIA Omsk-Inform information, 09.07.2018 The Omsk branch of the Yabloko party took part in the rally for the resignation of the Russian government. The rally was held on 8 July. Despite the fact that the Omsk City Hall tried to hinder holding of the rally, all the participants of the action were able […]

Activists of the party went into the streets together with thousands of fellow citizens Press Release, 04.07.2018 Since the end of June, a protest movement against raising the retirement age in the absence of any other measures of social protection of pensioners has been growing in Russia. Yabloko was the first political party that opposed […]

In Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Omsk Press Release, 22.06.2018 The authorities turned down Yabloko’s applications for rallies against raising the retirement age in Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Omsk and proposed the party to hold rallies on the outskirts of the cities. The Yabloko party planned to hold a rally in Moscow on 3 July in the city […]

Sergei Mitrokhin detained and taken to the police station Press Release, 19.06.2018 On 19 June, the Yabloko party launched protest actions against a pension reform proposed by the government and envisaging raising of the retirement age. Members of the Moscow branch of Yabloko conducted a series of single-person pickets (which do not require any permission […]

The action against arbitrariness and reprisals was held on Academician Sakharov Prospect in Moscow Press Release, 10.06.2018 Today, Yabloko leaders and representatives of the party took part in the rally “For Free Russia Without Arbitrariness and Reprisals”, which took place on Academician Sakharov Prospekt. The party was among the organisers of the action against mass […]

Press Release, 04.06.2018 On 10 June, on the eve of the Day of Russia, a rally against mass-scale violations of human rights and freedoms will take part in Moscow, in Academician Sakharov Prospekt. The Yabloko party is the co-organiser of the action. Emilia Slabunova, Yabloko Chair, will speak at the rally. Photo: “I protest peacefully, […]

Sergei Mitrokhin will take part in the action 04.06.2018 On the Day of Environmental Protection, 5 June, the Moscow branch of Yabloko will hold a picket against cutting down of city parks. The picket will be held by the office of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. Sergei Mitrokhin, Chairman […]

Grigory Yavlinsky: “Svetlana Alexievich directly succeeds to the great Russian literature” 31.05.2018 On 31 May, Svetlana Aleksandrovna Alexievich, writer and Nobel Prize winner in literature, turns 70. Yabloko founder Grigory Yavlinsky sends his greetings to Svetlana Alexievich:

30.05.2018 – 0:39 A demonstrative political murder once again. Arkady Babchenko, Russian journalist, radical critic of Putin and Russian politics has been killed. This is very bad. This is a sign that, according to the plan of those who ordered this murder, everyone should understand. And be ready. Incredible grief for the relatives. Deepest condolences

Statement of the Yabloko party in connection with the murder of journalist Arkady Babchenko 29.05.2018 Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko has been murdered in Kiev. A courageous, honest and tough man. Arkady Babchenko saw the goal of his life in the search for truth and delivery of this truth to each of us. As always in […]