Archive for 'Freedom of Assembly'
“We have extensive experience of surviving in sulphuric acid”: interview with Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov
Novaya Gazeta. Baltiya, 11.06.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Forty-seven-year-old human rights defender and environmentalist Nikolai Rybakov is the fourth chairman of the Yabloko party. He joined the party in 1995 and rose from ordinary member to the head of Russia’s largest and still-unbanned anti-war organisation. Rybakov became party chairman in 2019, meaning that […]
Posted: June 15th, 2026 under Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Detentions instead of dialogue
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, 11.06.2026 The mass protests by Kuntsevo District residents [in Moscow] against the felling of trees in Moskvoretsky Park, and the heavy-handed detention of protesters by police officers, have once again revealed the face of the present-day Moscow authorities — authorities that valiantly […]
Posted: June 11th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s actions of writing letters to political prisoners. Schedule for May
Press Release, 20.05.2026 Photo: Action of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow / Photo by Moscow Yabloko Yabloko invites everyone to its actions of writing letters to political prisoners, which take place in various cities across Russia (in the Yabloko party offices) every month. Anyone can sign a postcard or write a letter to […]
Posted: May 25th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Gribenko, leader of Irkutsk Yabloko, arrested for the second time: what is known
Press Release, 8.05.2026 Photo: Grigory Gribenko On 7 May, the Chairman of the Irkutsk branch of Yabloko, Grigory Gribenko, was arrested for ten days — immediately after completing a previous administrative arrest of 12 days. He is to serve the new “sentence” at a special detention centre in Irkutsk. Yabloko learned of this from the […]
Posted: May 8th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Appeal filed against arrest of Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko, detained following his attempt to organise a rally against Internet blocking
Press Release, 30.04.2026 Photo: Grigory Gribenko leaving the courthouse on 23 April 2026 / Photo by Yabloko activist Pavel Kharitonenko Lawyer Svyatoslav Khromenkov, representing Сhairman of the Irkutsk branch of Yabloko Grigory Gribenko who tried to organise a rally for free Internet and against blocking of Telegram, has filed an appeal against the politician’s arrest […]
Posted: May 5th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, 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.
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Police detain Sverdlovsk Yabloko leader Maxim Petlin and activist Yegor Tkachenko
Press Release, 29.04.2026 Photo: Maxim Petlin (left) and Yegor Tkachenko (right)/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service UPD as of 29 April, 21:05. All Yabloko members detained in Yekaterinburg have been released. No charges have been brought against them. Today, 29 April, searches were carried out at the homes of Maxim Petlin, Chairman of the […]
Posted: May 5th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Gribenko arrested for refusing to undergo testing at a police station. He feared the results would be falsified
Press Release, 24.04.2026 Photo: Grigory Gribenko after the court hearing / Photo by Pavel Kharitonenko Lawyer Svyatoslav Khromenkov, representing the interests of Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko, has reported that the politician has been arrested for 12 days under the provision of the Code of Administrative Offences concerning the consumption of “narcotic or psychotropic substances […]
Posted: April 29th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, 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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Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko detained
Press Release, 23.04.2026 Photo: Grigory Gribenko on 10 April following the crackdown by traffic police This afternoon in Irkutsk, a search was carried out at the flat of Grigory Gribenko, Chairman of Irkutsk Yabloko. The party’s central office was informed of this by the politician’s wife.
Posted: April 23rd, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Actions of writing letters to political prisoners to be held in Moscow and the regions: schedule for late April and early May
Press Release, 21.04.2026 In late April – early May, Yabloko will hold its traditional action of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and the regions. According to human rights defenders, there are at present no fewer than 1,534 prisoners of conscience in Russia to whom letters can be written by joining a Yabloko action […]
Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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After a traffic police ambush targeting Yabloko’s Irkutsk leader, his medical examination results were fabricated
Press Release, 17.04.2026 Photo: Grigory Gribenko / Photo by Irkutsk Yabloko Today, 17 April, the Chairman of Irkutsk Yabloko, Grigory Gribenko, received the results of a laboratory analysis conducted by the Irkutsk drug treatment clinic to detect the presence of narcotic substances. The analysis had been carried out on 10 April — after law enforcement […]
Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“High risks”: Moscow Mayor’s Office explains to Yabloko why a “covid” decree banning public protests has been in force in the Moscow for six years
Press Release, 17.04.2026 Photo by Artyom Krasnov, Kommersant In 2026, Moscow “retains risks of deterioration in the COVID-19 situation,” and so a “heightened readiness regime remains in force” across Moscow, with the global risks of infection “assessed as high”. This is stated in a letter from Andrei Zakharov, Deputy Head of the Moscow Department of […]
Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Appellate court upholds Irkutsk Mayor’s Office refusal to approve Yabloko’s protest rally against blocking of Telegram
Press Release, 15.04.2026 Photo by Alexander Wainshtein, Kommersant On 15 April, the Irkutsk Regional Court upheld the ruling of the Kirovsky District Court, thereby endorsing the Irkutsk Mayor’s Office refusal to approve a Yabloko rally against Telegram blockings. The rally “For a Free Internet” had been due to take place on 1 March, but the […]
Posted: April 15th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Traffic police stage ‘crackdown’ on Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko
Press Release, 10.04.2026 Screenshot from Grigory Gribenko’s video in which he describes the situation from inside a traffic police car Today, 10 April, Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko reported that traffic police inspectors had made three attempts to stop his car before forcibly taking him for a medical examination, on the grounds that he was […]
Posted: April 10th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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An open discussion, “The Path to Freedom”, to be held at Yabloko’s central office
Press Release, 1.04.2026 Last month marked the 50th anniversary of the events of March 1976, when musicians from the rock band Plastic People of the Universe were arrested in Prague and put on a show trial for performing at a festival of “alternative culture”. They were sentenced to between eight and eighteen months in prison […]
Posted: April 1st, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights.
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Stavropol authorities deny Yabloko permission to hold rally against Internet blocking and Telegram ban. The organiser summoned to police
Press Release, 27.03.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yelena Gavrilova, an instructor of the Yabloko branch in Stavropol and Yabloko party member, has been refused permission to hold a rally entitled “For a Free Internet”. A letter signed by Deputy Mayor Denis Alpatov states that the rally application “lacks information on the forms and […]
Posted: March 28th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko activist from Ryazan Maria Rakcheeva fined for appealing to the authorities to save lime trees
Press Release, 27.03.2026 Photo: Maria Rakcheyeva in court on 27 March 2026 / Photo by Ryazan Yabloko On 27 March, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Ryazan found journalist and Yabloko party member Maria Rakcheyeva guilty under Article 20.2, Part 2, of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (unlawful organisation of a public […]
Posted: March 27th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko submits new application for a “Free Internet” rally, this time in Stavropol
Press Release, 25.03.2026 Photo by Alexander Weinstein, Kommersant Vitaly Zubenko, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko’s regional branch in the Stavropol Territory, Yabloko branch instructor and party member Yelena Gavrilova, and local branch Chairman Yevgeny Golovashchenko have submitted an application to the Stavropol city administration for a “Free Internet” rally.
Posted: March 25th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Kazan authorities refuse to permit Internet Freedom Rally, claiming the protest’s goal cannot yield an “achievable result”
Press Release, 25.03.2026 The Kazan Executive Committee has elaborated on its refusal to approve a Yabloko rally for Internet freedom and against the blocking of the Telegram messenger. The event’s organiser — Yabloko lawyer and activist Sofya Fyodorova — received a new letter from the city administration on the evening of 24 March.
Posted: March 25th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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New lawsuit filed against Irkutsk City Administration over refusal to give a permission for the “Free Internet” and pro-Telegram rally
Press Release, 19 March 2026 Photo by Sergei Konkov, Kommersant On 18 March, Pavel Kharitonenko, an activist and Yabloko supporter, filed a lawsuit with the Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk over the city administration’s refusal to approve a rally against the blocking of the Internet, certain messaging applications and services. Kharitonenko indicates in the lawsuit […]
Posted: March 20th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Kazan authorities refuse Yabloko permission to hold rally against Internet blocking, citing allegedly unlawful purpose
Press Release, 18.03.2026 The organisers of the rally “In Defence of a Free Internet” in Kazan — representatives of Yabloko — published on Wednesday the Executive Committee’s response to their notification. Officials stated that the aim of “drawing public and media attention” to the blocking of messaging applications and the Internet more broadly “did not […]
Posted: March 19th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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