The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party convening in Oslo, Norway on 9 May 2015 Note: · the systematic use of criminal justice against recognised and vocal political opponents in Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan which has recently lead to long-term imprisonment of civil society activists Rasul Jafarov, Intigam Aliyev and Musavat Vice-Chairman Faraj […]

Press release, 06.05.2015 Activists of the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing for freedom of political prisoners on the anniversary of Bolotnaya Squere rally 2012. Chair of the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO Alexandra Nalobina participated in the action. The activists held the placards which said “Loskutov must be released”, “Free Evgeny Vitishko and all environmental […]

Press Release, 15.04.2015 Today Kirsanovsky District Court of the Tambov region refused to release ecologist Evgeny Vitishko on parole. This information has come from YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin who was in the courtroom.

Press release, 14.04.2015 On April 15 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will visit a court hearing on Evgeny Vitishko’s case where the issue of releasing Vitishko on parole will be considered.

Press release, 13.04.2014 Activists of the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction conducted a series of one-person picketing for freedom of Evgeny Vitishko.

Press release, 30.03.2015 On March 31 at 10.00 am the Kirsanov district court of the Tambov region will consider an application for release on parole for Evgeny Vitishko.

Press release, 19.02.2015 On February 18, the day of solidarity with the imprisoned environmentalist Evgeny Vitishko, leader of the North Ossetia branch of YABLOKO’s Green Russia faction Atsamaz Khadykov and Youth Yabloko activist Alan Alykov conucted one-person picketing in support of the political prisoner. The picketing was held in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia.

Press release, 18.02.2015 Today, the day of solidarity with imprisoned ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, YABLOKO and environmental activists conducted a series of one-person picketing by Prosecutor General’s Office. Shortly before Vitishko’s lawyer Sergei Loktev announced that he had prepared the parole application which will be filed on 18 February.

Press release, 17.12.2014 The Netherlands Amnesty International conducted a letter writing marathon on December 10. About a thousand citizens of the Netherlands sent letters of support to prisons of the USA, China, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Russia, to the environmentalist Evgeny Vitishko.

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 26.11.2014 The decision to liquidate the Environmental Watch on North Caucasus that has been taken by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Adygei is the revenge for the successful long-term activity of the organisation.

Press Release, 24.09.2014 The Krasnodar regional court dismissed the Krasnosar regional prosecutor’s citation on cancelation of the decision to turn the suspended sentence to Evgeny Vitishko into a full tree year jail term. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin who was present at the court hearing announced about this decision.

Press Release, 20.09.2014 YABLOKO activists conducted picketing for freedom of political prisoner, ecologist Evgeny Vitishko in Moscow on September 19.

Frankfurter Allgemeine, 04.08.2014 Jewgenij Witischko, einer der bekanntesten Kritiker der Olympischen Winterspiele in Sotschi, protestiert mit seiner Aktion gegen die Isolationshaft, die gegen ihn verhängt wurde.

Press Release,01.08.2014 A well-known ecologist, political prisoner Evgeny #Vitishko serving a sentence in the Tambov penal colony settlement was sent to punitive confinement. One of the prisoners gave a phone call to the Environmental Watch on North Caucasus and told about this. According to this person, Vitishko was sent to punitive confinement yesterday evening.

Press Release, 15.07.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and the human rights defenders forwarded an appeal to head of the Federal Service for Execution of Punishment colonel general Gennady Korniyenko demanding to stop arbitrary treatment of the prisoners in the Tambov colony settlement where the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko endures the punishment since his suspended sentence was […]

Press Release, 16.07.2014 The court hearing on Evgeny Vitishko case was postponed till August 4 since the Tambov penal colony settlement No 2 didn’t manage to provide conference communication with Vitishko. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin who arrived at the court hearing announced about this.

The ALDE party, 08.07.2014 Yevgeny Vitishko, imprisoned in Russia Last week, the leader of Russian ALDE Party member Yabloko, Sergei Mitrokhin, visited one of his party’s members, Yevgeny Vitishko, who is currently serving a three year prison sentence in a penal colony for having criticised Sochi’s governor of corruption and the severe destruction of ecological […]

Sergei Mitrokhin’s blog at the Ekho Moskvi web-site, 03.07.2014 Today is the birthday of Yevgeny Vitishko. If our country was headed by a true patriot, he would have definitely awarded Yevgeny Vitishko with the ‘Hero of Russia’ Star. However, then Vitishko would not have been in a penal colony, and thus part of his heroic […]

Press Release, 02.07.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and member of YABLOKO Political Committee, member of Moscow Helsinki human rights group Valery Borshchev visited the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko at a penal colony in the Tambov region.

Press Release, April 28, 2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin  participated in the Liberal International 59th Congress. He presented YABLOKO’s view on how to settle the situation around Ukraine.