Archive for 'Freedom of Speech'
Yabloko candidate for Karachay-Cherkessia Akhmed Abazov withdraws from the State Duma race following threats against him and his family
Press Release, 17.09.2026 Photo: Akhmed Abazov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Akhmed Abazov, Yabloko’s candidate for the State Duma in single-mandate Constituency No. 19 in the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, has stated that he was forced to withdraw his candidacy due to unprecedented pressure and threats against him and his family. According to him, the […]
Posted: September 17th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, 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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Address to Yabloko supporters ahead of the 2026 State Duma elections
Press Release, 17.09.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov meeting with Yabloko supporters in St. Petersburg Dear friends, We are writing to you on the eve of the elections to remind you of the situation as voting begins, how to vote for the Yabloko party, and what we suggest doing where no Yabloko candidates remain on the ballot. […]
Posted: September 17th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidates for the Karelia Legislative Assembly elections in 2026
Press Release, 16.09.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and Yabloko candidates to the Legislative Assembly of Karelia and Petrozacodsk City Council / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko’s list of candidates for the Republic of Karelia’s Legislative Assembly election had been registered by the Electoral Commission of the Republic of Karelia; however, on 29 July, the […]
Posted: September 16th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Vote your conscience
Decision by Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, 15.09.2026 Photo: Yabloko supporters outside the Supreme Court building on 10 August 2026 / Photo by Irina Buzhor, Kommersant In connection with the arguments that have been circulating in recent days about the possibility of supporting some other political party, or candidates put forward by other parties, in the […]
Posted: September 15th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Political Committee Decisions, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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Yabloko appeals to the Constitutional Court over the removal of its federal list from the elections
Press Release, 15.09.2026 Photo: A session of the Constitutional Court / Photo by Yevgeny Pavlenko, Kommersant The Yabloko party has filed a complaint with Russia’s Constitutional Court over the removal of the party’s federal list from the State Duma elections. Yabloko is challenging the constitutionality of a number of provisions of the laws “On Basic […]
Posted: September 15th, 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.
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In Sverdlovsk Region, police are seeking to remove from the elections three State Duma candidates and four Regional Legislative Assembly candidates
Press Release, 15.09.2026 Photo: Top row: Konstantin Kiselyov, Vladimir Sevostyanov, Vladimir Sobyanin. Bottom row: Shana Ogney, Vladimir Sobyanin, Alexander Kudelkin, Vladimir Sevostyanov In Sverdlovsk Region, three Yabloko candidates for the State Duma and four Yabloko candidates for single-mandate constituencies in the regional Legislative Assembly are now at risk of being removed from the elections. The police […]
Posted: September 15th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, 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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Grigory Yavlinsky to voters: This Yabloko campaign is about your life!
Grigory Yavlinsky on how to vote in the upcoming elections Zhivoy Gvozd YouTube channel, 14.09. 2026 Watch on YouTube choosing your preferred language for subtitles How should you vote in the upcoming elections? Only for the Yabloko candidate, if there is one in your single-mandate constituency, and in the regional election in Veliky Novgorod, one […]
Posted: September 15th, 2026 under Elections, 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, Без рубрики.
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In Sverdlovsk Region, three Yabloko candidates arrested and two fined for “displaying extremist symbols”
Press Release, 12.09.2026 Photo: Yabloko candidates from Sverdlovsk Region detained on 7 September. Top row: Konstantin Kiselyov, Shana Ogney, Vladimir Sobyanin. Bottom row: Alexander Kudelkin, Alexei Kholodarev, Vladimir Sevostyanov In the Sverdlovsk Region, three Yabloko candidates received administrative arrests under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, and two more […]
Posted: September 15th, 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.
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Yabloko candidate Viktor Kogan-Yasny: On the elections and the future
12.09.2026 Photo: Viktor Kogan-Yasny at a meeting with voters in Moscow, 8 September 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Now, all the developments have driven the situation into confusion, chaos and hysteria. The removal of Yabloko’s federal list from the ballot [in the State Duma elections] — which came as no great surprise […]
Posted: September 15th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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Krasnodar Regional Court removes Yabloko candidate Vladimir Atamanchuk from the State Duma race over a peace-themed leaflet
Press Release, 12.09.2026 Photo: Vladimir Atamanchuk / Photo from the Raiskaya Kuban Telegram channel On 11 September, the Krasnodar Regional Court annulled the registration of Yabloko candidate Vladimir Atamanchuk for the State Duma in the Southern single-mandate Constituency No. 54. The claim to remove the candidate was filed by his rival in the constituency, Andrei […]
Posted: September 14th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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St. Petersburg Yabloko candidates for the State Duma and Legislative Assembly elections (2026)
Press Release, 12.09.2026 There will be six representatives of St. Petersburg Yabloko on the ballot papers for State Duma candidates and 13 Yabloko’s representatives on the ballot papers for the Sr. Petersburg Legislative Assembly elections. The party fielded a candidate in every constituency, but the peaceful agenda they represent is unwelcome to the ruling party […]
Posted: September 14th, 2026 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2016, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In three ballot papers out of four, Novgorod Region voters can vote for Yabloko!
Press Release, 12.09.2026 Photo: Campaign posters of Yabloko in the Novgorod Region / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Ahead of elections to the State Duma and the Novgorod Regional Duma (voting days: 18–20 September), Novgorod Yabloko has issued guidance for Yabloko voters.
Posted: September 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.
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Court removes Yabloko’s Smolensk candidate Larisa Dolzhikova from State Duma elections
Press Release, 11.09.2026 Photo: Larisa Dolzhikova’s campaign poster / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Smolensk Regional Court has annulled the registration of Yabloko candidate Larisa Dolzhikova, who was standing in the State Duma elections in the Smolensk single-mandate constituency No. 176. The claim to remove Dolzhikova was filed by Darya Shavrikova, another candidate […]
Posted: September 11th, 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.
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All five Yabloko single-mandate candidates for the State Duma removed from elections in the Chelyabinsk Region
Press Release, 11.09.2026 Photo: From left, State Duma candidates Oksana Boyarskaya, Valentina Komkova, Andrei Talevlin and Sergei Faryma. Yaroslav Shcherbakov is at the microphone. Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov meeting with voters in Chelyabinsk, 5 September 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Over the course of several days, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court annulled the […]
Posted: September 11th, 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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Tomsk Regional Court removes Yabloko’s list from Legislative Duma elections
Press Release, 11.09.2026 Photo: A billboard bearing Yabloko’s campaign slogan on the streets of Tomsk / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 11 September, the Tomsk Regional Court granted the LDPR’s claim and annulled the registration of Yabloko’s list for the elections of deputies to the Tomsk Region Legislative Duma.
Posted: September 11th, 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.
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Appeal court upholds removal of Yabloko’s list from Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly elections, but 18 single-mandate candidates continue their campaign
Press Release, 11.09.2026 Photo: List leaders — Konstantin Kiselyov, Tatyana Gorshkaleva, and Alexei Kholodarev The Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction in St. Petersburg has upheld the ruling of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court annulling the registration of Yabloko’s list for the elections of deputies to the Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly.
Posted: September 11th, 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.
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Court removes both Yabloko candidates in Chuvashia from State Duma elections
Press Release, 10.09.2026 Photo: Vladislav Arkadyev and Viktor Stenshin The Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia has annulled the registration of both Yabloko candidates for the State Duma in Chuvashia — the Chairman of the regional party branch, Vladislav Arkadyev, and a member of the Bureau of Yabloko in Chuvashia, Viktor Stenshin.
Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court removes Chair of Yabloko in Udmurtia Iya Boronina from State Duma elections. She learned of this after a call from the appellate court
Press Release, 10.09.2026 Photo: Iya Boronina / Photo from a personal archive The Supreme Court of the Republic of Udmurtia has annulled the registration of the Chair of the Yabloko regional branch in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina, a candidate for deputy of the State Duma in the Izhevsk single-mandate constituency No. 39.
Posted: September 11th, 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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Electoral commission annuls registration of Yabloko list leader Anna Cherepanova for elections to the Novgorod Region Duma
Press Release, 10.09.2026 Photo: Anna Cherepanova and Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at a meeting with voters in Novgorod on 8 September 2026/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 9 September, the Novgorod Region Electoral Commission annulled the registration of Anna Cherepanova — Deputy Chairperson of Yabloko, leader of the party’s list for the elections […]
Posted: September 11th, 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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Yabloko sets out voting guidance for 20 September elections – Plan B
Press Release, 9.09.2026 Ahead of Russia’s 20 September elections, Yabloko has issued guidance to its supporters under the name “Plan B” — a call to vote as a matter of conscience, civil responsibility and desire for peace.
Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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