Archive for 'Human Rights'
Yabloko demands that the Public Prosecutor General’s Office investigate the procedure for record salary increase for Veliky Novgorod mayor
Press Release, 17.11.2025 Photo: Veliky Novgorod Mayor Alexander Rozbaum and Duma Speaker Konstantin Somov / Photo by the Veliky Novgorod Duma Press Service Yabloko Deputy Chair and Veliky Novgorod Duma deputy Anna Cherepanova is demanding that the Public Prosecutor General’s Office investigate the legality of a twofold salary increase for Veliky Novgorod Mayor Alexander Rozbaum […]
Posted: November 18th, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“Proof that the world cares about you”: Yabloko’s Charity Auction brought together thousands of people and raised over 1 million roubles for political prisoners’ families
Press Release, 14.11.2025 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at Yabloko’s seventh Charity Auction in support of political prisoners’ families / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On Thursday, 13 November, Yabloko’s charity Auction in support of political prisoners’ families took place in Moscow. The auction was held both in person and online across Russia. Over […]
Posted: November 14th, 2025 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Europe has no plan for ending the war
Zhivoi Gvozd YouTube channel, 12.11.2025 Watch the video switching into English subtitles On one hand, constant talk about continuing military aid to Ukraine, but with understanding that their own citizens do not agree with rising taxes and categorically do not wish to personally participate in military action. On the other — justified fear of direct […]
Posted: November 14th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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20 years since the murder of Timur Kacharava. Yabloko demands that St.Petersburg authorities perpetuate his memory
Press Release, 13.11.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent an appeal to St.Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov demanding the installation of a memorial plaque at the site of the murder of St.Petersburg musician and anti-fascist Timur Kacharava, killed by neo-Nazis 20 years ago at the entrance to the central […]
Posted: November 14th, 2025 under Human Rights, YABLOKO Against Nationalism, Extremism and Xenophobia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court in Vladivostok fines Deputy Chair of the Yabloko branch in the Maritime Territory Marina Zheleznyakova 2 million roubles in “rehabilitation of Nazism” case
Press Release, 12.11.2025 Photo: Marina Zheleznyakova / Photo from personal archive Primorsky Regional Court in Vladivostok concluded on 12 November consideration of the case on “rehabilitation of Nazism” against Marina Zheleznyakova, Deputy Chair of the party’s regional branch in the Maritime Territory. The jury found her guilty of posting a message with a personal opinion […]
Posted: November 14th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov, in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera: “Russians are tired of the conflict in Ukraine, but they’re afraid to talk about it.”
Corriere della Sera, 6.11.2025 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, in an interview with the largest Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, spoke about Russians’ fatigue with military actions, the possibility of escalation, the return of Stalinism, and Yabloko’s possible participation in the State Duma elections.
Posted: November 13th, 2025 under Elections, Foreign policy, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Без рубрики.
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Olga Shnyrova, Director of the Ivanovo Centre for Gender Studies and Yabloko member, has passed away
Condolences, 7.11.2025 Photo: Olga Shnyrova / Photo from social media The Yabloko party announces with deep regret the death of Olga Vadimovna Shnyrova, human rights defender, educator, director of the Ivanovo Centre for Gender Studies, and head of Yabloko’s local branch in Frunzensky District of Ivanovo.
Posted: November 12th, 2025 under Condolences, Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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“He is the embodiment of honour, principled conviction and unbending civic stance”: farewell to human rights defender Valery Borshchev in Moscow
Press Release, 10.11.2025 Photo: Valery Borshchev was buried at Nikolo-Arkhangelsky Cemetery in Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On Sunday, 9 November, Moscow held the funeral of one of the most outstanding human rights defenders — of both contemporary Russia and the Soviet era — Valery Vasilyevich Borshchev. He passed away on 3 […]
Posted: November 12th, 2025 under Condolences, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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“A loyal and sincere friend, our moral compass, an impeccably honest and decent person” Grigory Yavlinsky on the passing of Valery Borshchev
Condolences from Grigory Yavlinsky, 3.11.2025 Photo: Valery Borshchev at his home / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 November, Valery Vasilyevich Borshchev, Soviet dissident, Russian human rights defender, one of the founders of the Yabloko party and leader of its human rights faction, passed away. Yabloko Federal Political Committee Chairman Grigory Yavlinsky expressed […]
Posted: November 12th, 2025 under Condolences, Human Rights.
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Human rights defender and Yabloko Federal Political Committee member Valery Borshchev has passed away
Press Release, 3.11.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 November 2025, Valery Borshchev, member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, leader of the Human Rights Faction, and co-chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, passed away at the age of 82, after a prolonged illness. Soviet dissident and Russian politician, human rights defender and […]
Posted: November 12th, 2025 under Condolences, Human Rights.
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Court keeps Maxim Kruglov in remand prison despite monstrous number of investigative errors
Press Release, 30.10.2025 Photo: Maxim Kruglov spoke at the hearing via video link from Butyrka remand prison / Photo by the Moscow City Court Press Service Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov will remain in a remand prison until 29 November. Such was the ruling of the Moscow City Court on 30 October, after considering an […]
Posted: November 12th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Raising taxes is a path to bankruptcy for business and the state, and impoverishment of citizens!
Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau adopted on 14.10.2025, published on 23.10.2025 Photo: From left to right: Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Andrei Makarov, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov / Photo by Dmitry Dukhanin, Kommersant The Yabloko party resolutely opposes the new package of tax […]
Posted: October 23rd, 2025 under Economy, Governance, Human Rights, Russian Economy.
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No to unlawful and unconstitutional restrictions on the digital rights and freedoms of Russian citizens!
Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau, 22.10.2025 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant We declare resolute protest and rejection of the policy of systematic, unlawful and disproportionate restriction of the digital rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation, carried out under the pretext of “ensuring information security”.
Posted: October 23rd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko opposes doubling the salary of Veliky Novgorod’s mayor
Press Release, 21.10.2025 Photo: Veliky Novgorod Mayor Alexander Rozbaum and Duma Speaker Konstantin Somov / Photo by the Veliky Novgorod Duma Press Service On 24 October, the Veliky Novgorod Duma will consider the issue of record salary increases for local officials. Mayor Alexander Rozbaum is asking deputies to approve almost doubling his own salary — […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2025 under Governance, Human Rights, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Freedom for music! Freedom for Diana Loginova! Statement by the Yabloko party Chairman
Statement by the Yabloko party Chairman, 21.10.2025 Photo: Diana Loginova in court / Photo by Alexei Dhushutin, Novaya Gazeta I am outraged by the court’s decision to arrest singer Diana Loginova (Naoko) for 13 days for performing songs in the street. In fact, the state used this decision so that to further expanded the scope […]
Posted: October 21st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary.
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Yabloko’s seventh charity auction in support of political prisoners’ families to take place on 13 November
Press Release, 20.10.2025 On 13 November, Yabloko will hold a new charity auction in support of political prisoners’ families. The action will be the seventh in a row, and the funds raised will traditionally go to help relatives and lawyers of political prisoners. The event will take place simultaneously on two platforms — online and […]
Posted: October 21st, 2025 under Charity, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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50 years since Academician Sakharov’s Nobel speech. “Peace, Progress, and Human Rights” as values that do not depend on time
Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau of 14.10.2025, published on 19.10.2025 Photo: Andrei Sakharov speaks at the 1st Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR, 1989 / Photo by Sergei Guneyev, RIA Novosti Fifty years ago, on 9 October 1975, Academician Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his many years of defending […]
Posted: October 20th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau in connection with the arrest of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov
Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau of 14.10.2025, published on 17.10.2025 The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party expresses protest against the politically motivated persecution of Maxim Kruglov and resolute disagreement with the charges brought against him.
Posted: October 17th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands release of terminally ill Yevgenia Lomakova
Press Release, 17.10.2025 Photo: Yevgenia Lomakova / Photo from social media A terminally ill 20-year-old Muscovite Yevgenia Lomakova, who suffers from cystic fibrosis — a genetic disease in which the body gradually “blocks up” the lungs and digestive organs — could die in a remand prison. The young woman has been in detention for many […]
Posted: October 17th, 2025 under Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko opens new intake for Federal Party School
Press Release, 13.10.2025 The Yabloko party announces the start of open enrolment for the Federal Party School. This is already the fifth intake of the educational project, whose graduates become young public politicians, experts and managers — that is, the party’s active personnel reserve. Enrolment opens on 13 October and will continue until 1 November […]
Posted: October 13th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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