Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
Grigory Yavlinsky: “We go on working”
Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky on the removal of Yabloko from the State Duma elections, 17.08.2026 Photo: The Supreme Court hearing on 17 August 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation removing Yabloko from the elections is unprecedented in the destructive impact it has on […]
Posted: August 18th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Court sentences Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and 1 month in a penal colony. Statements by party leaders
Press Release, 17.08.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court on 14 August 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Pskov City Court has issued its ruling in the consolidated criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg. The judge has sentenced the politician to 11 years and 1 month in a penal colony. The […]
Posted: August 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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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 candidates for the City Council elections in Berdsk, a satellite town of Novosibirsk
Press Release, 7.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko candidates for the Berdsk City Council / Photo by Novosibirsk Yabloko The district electoral commission of the town of Berdsk has registered Yabloko’s candidates for the City Council deputy elections. This was reported by Novosibirsk Yabloko.
Posted: August 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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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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We work in Russia
Telegram channel of Nikolai Rybakov, 7.08.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and Yabloko candidates for the State Duma elections on their way to the Central Electoral Commission / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service In recent days, some have decided to publicly express support for Yabloko on social media — support that, in the current circumstances, could […]
Posted: August 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov responds to attacks from leaders of parliamentary pro-government parties A Just Russia, the CPRF and the LDPR
Telegram channel of Nikolai Rybakov, 7.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at the drawing of lots at the Central Electoral Commission on 5 August We, Yabloko, support a ceasefire agreement, the preservation of human life, and the prevention of nuclear war. Today, statements about Yabloko were made by those who advocate endless hostilities and loss […]
Posted: August 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: Voting for Life
YouTube channel Zhivoi Gvozd, 5.08.2026 Watch on YouTube choosing your preferred language for subtitles Everything happening around us today confirms that there are no signs of diplomacy that might help bring the tragic clash between Russia and Ukraine to an end. The bloodshed continues. Neither missiles, nor drones, nor sanctions, nor Donald Trump have achieved […]
Posted: August 6th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, 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 will be listed as number 2 on the ballot paper for the State Duma election
Press Release, 5.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at the drawing of lots at the Central Electoral Commission on 5 August At the drawing of lots held today, 5 August, at the Central Electoral Commission of Russia, party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov drew ball number 2. Yabloko will appear under this number on the ballot paper […]
Posted: August 5th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Без рубрики.
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