Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
Nikolai Rybakov calls for dismantling of “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” exhibition at Katyn
Press Release, 17.04.2026 Photo: “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” exhibition at Katyn / Photo by the Russian Military History Society Yabloko Party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent a formal letter to Irina Velikanova, Director General of the Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, calling for the exhibition “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” to be […]
Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights.
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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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Chairman of Yakutia Yabloko fined over deleted reposts: court issues ruling riddled with violations
Press Release, 13.04.2026 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The leader of Yabloko in Yakutia, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, has been fined 10,000 roubles under the article on cooperation with an “undesirable” organisation (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The prosecution was triggered by reposts that had previously been deleted from […]
Posted: April 13th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Court upholds Lev Shlosberg’s remand in custody until 2 June: appeal by the politician and his defence against arrest rejected
Press Release, 13.04.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko A judge of Pskov Regional Court has rejected the appeal lodged by Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg and his defence against the order remanding the politician in custody until 2 June. Pskov Yabloko reported this on 13 April. Lev Shlosberg attended the hearing via […]
Posted: April 13th, 2026 under 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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Yabloko’s central office to host a screening of Die Unbeugsamen, a documentary about women in West Germany
Press Release, 10.04.2026 Photo: Still from Die Unbeugsamen (2021) / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 15 April, Yabloko’s Moscow office will host a screening of the documentary Die Unbeugsamen (The Unbowed, 2021). The film tells the stories of women in West Germany who fought for their place in democratic politics — both in […]
Posted: April 10th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Nikolai Rybakov urges Ministry of Natural Resources to disclose the scale of environmental damage and Baltic Sea pollution following drone strikes on Ust-Luga and Primorsk
Press Release, 9.04.2026 Photo: Smoke-filled sky on the Skandinaviya highway near St Petersburg / Photo by Dmitry Anisimov Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov has sent an official letter to Alexander Kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, in connection with a series of drone strikes on port infrastructure facilities in the […]
Posted: April 9th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Yabloko member Vasily Neustroyev sentenced to ten years in prison
Press Release, 8.04.2026 Photo: Vasily Neustroyev / Photo from St.Petersburg observers On 8 April, Yabloko member Vasily Neustroev from St.Petersburg was sentenced to ten years in prison. In addition to serving his sentence in a general-regime penal colony, he and five other convicted young men have been banned for seven years from posting online and […]
Posted: April 8th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Eva Merkacheva submits character reference on imprisoned Konstantin Smirnov, requesting change of remand measure
Press Release, 6.04.2026 Photo: Presentation of Eva Merkacheva’s books at the Yabloko office, September 2023 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Eva Merkacheva, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights and a columnist for Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, has submitted a character reference on Konstantin Smirnov, imprisoned leader of Ryazan […]
Posted: April 7th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Federal Antimonopoly Service evades review the legality of Telegram throttling — Yabloko receives response to Deputy Artur Gaiduk’s parliamentary inquiry
Press Release, 03.04.2026 Photo by Sergei Konkov, Kommersant Artur Gaiduk, leader of Pskov Yabloko and a deputy of the regional Legislative Assembly, has received responses from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) and the Russian Ministry of Digital Development. The letters were sent to Gaiduk in reply to his parliamentary inquiries of 15 February, in which […]
Posted: April 7th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko invites all to the premiere of Alexander Gnezdilov’s video production of “The Remains of the Day” based on the Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel
Press Release, 3.04.2026 On 7 April, the YouTube channel “Say Yes to Peace!” will host the premiere of The Remains of the Day, a production directed by Alexander Gnezdilov based on the novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Posted: April 3rd, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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Court keeps Lev Shlosberg in pre-trial detention until 2 June: hearing on custodial measure closed to media and public
Press Release, 2.04.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Today, 2 April, the Pskov City Court resumed consideration of the investigator’s application to extend the remand in custody of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg in the case concerning “fake news” about the Russian Armed Forces (Article 207.3, Part 2, of the Criminal Code). […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Political pressure: Yabloko deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly Artur Gaiduk fined ‘for displaying extremist symbols’
Press Release, 2.04.2026 Photo: Artur Gaiduk / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service A court has fined Artur Gaiduk, leader of Yabloko’s Pskov branch and deputy of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly, 1,000 roubles under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences (“displaying extremist symbols”). An administrative liability under this article may prevent Gaiduk […]
Posted: April 2nd, 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, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Yabloko Party University to host a lecture by journalist Nadezhda Azhgikhina: ‘Journalists Make the World a Better Place’
Press Release, 2.04.2026 Nadezhda Azhgikhina, journalist, writer and Candidate of Philological Sciences, believes that journalists make the world a better place. In her lecture at the Yabloko Party University, she proposes to discuss, among other things, how to remain an honest journalist and a decent person under any regime.
Posted: April 2nd, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights.
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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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Hearing on extension of remand for Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg adjourned until 2 April at the politician’s request
Posted: April 1st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Students in the Maritime Territory lodge mass complaints with Yabloko over pressure to install the state-owned messenger MAX
Press Release, 31 March 2026 Photo by Yevgeny Razumny, Kommersant Students at the Vladivostok Hydrometeorological College (VGMK) have been contacting the Yabloko regional branch in the Maritime Territory in large numbers to complain about being pressured to install the “national messenger” MAX. The party’s branch in the Maritime Territory notes that complaints have also been […]
Posted: April 1st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The investigation considers it impossible to complete the inquiry within six months.” Court keeps Maxim Kruglov in pre-trial detention until 25 April
Press Release, 30 March 2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov at the hearing of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, 30 March 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow has for the fifth time considered the investigator’s application to extend the period of pre-trial detention of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim […]
Posted: April 1st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moscow Yabloko holds action of writing letters to political prisoners: over 400 letters written
Press Release, 27.03.2026 Photo: Participants in the action of writing letters to political prisoners, 26 March 2026 / Photo by Moscow Yabloko Opening the event, Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov spoke about the importance of supporting political prisoners. It is not enough simply to write the first letter — one must also reply to those […]
Posted: March 30th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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