Press release, 17.08.2017 On 10 August, Natalia Nadler, the head of the local Yabloko branch in the city of Volzhsk, the Leningrad Region, was attacked. She had rebuked a man, who had made a fire of ruberoid and tires at the allotment neighbouring her cottage. The man had taken a metal sheet and had slashed […]

Sergei Mitrokhin’s blog post on the Ekho Moskvy website, 13.08.2017 The developments in Charlottesville, Virginia, make us put a question – what is the reason for such a surge of national radicalism in the USA? I have no doubt that the main reason is Trump and his nationalist rhetoric before the elections as well as […]

Press release, 11.08.2017 On 10th August, Alexandra Parushina, the incumbent municipal deputy of the Khamovniki district, Moscow, was beaten and pushed into a ditch by unidentified persons. The deputy was taken to a hospital and diagnosed with brain concussion.

Press release, 04.07.2017 On the night of 4 August, unidentified persons attacked the house, where the deputy of the Pustoshkinsky district assembly, the Pskov Region, and Chair of the local Yabloko branch Svetlana Vasilkova lives.

Press release, 03.08.2017 Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova sent a request to Governor of the Stavropol Territory Vladimir Vladimirov and the regional prosecutor Anatoly Bogdanchikov calling them to initiate a check of an apartment block at Number 6 Brusneva Ulitsa, Stavropol, which the authorities refuse to declare substandard housing despite its condition.

Statement by the Yabloko party, 31.07.2017 These days the country commemorates the victims of The Great Terror. We have not recovered from the consequences of this tragedy in 80 years’ time. Neglect of millions of lives, suppression of the personality by the inhumane system, fear – this is what defined the vector of development of […]

Press release, 31.07.2017 On 31 July, activists of the Moscow Yabloko Youth conducted a series of one-person pickets by the Investigative Committee demanding to investigated the murder of journalist and Yabloko member Timur Kuashev.

Statement by the Regional Council of the Voronezh branch of Yabloko, 24.07.2017 Civil activist Stanislav Yegorov, 68, was attacked in Voronezh. Three unidentified men burst into his flat and severely beat him with bats at about 4 a.m. on 23 July. Yegorov is at hospital at the moment. He was diagnosed with concussion of the […]

Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov calls the Investigative Committee to make an inquiry into the investigation Press release, 17.07.2017 Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov sent a request to the head of the Investigative Committee of the RF Alexander Bastrykin with a call to make an inquiry into the investigation of the murder of Natalya Estemirova […]

Grigory Yavlinsky Facebook post 14.07.2017 Liu Xiaobo certainly did not attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo. He was in prison. The Chinese authorities did not allow him to receive the prize even through relatives or friends. It is noteworthy that our country neglected the ceremony of awarding Liu Xiaobo the Prize in 2011. However, […]

A blog post by Grigory Yavlinsky, 12.07.2017 Grigory Yavlinsky on the risky job of journalists in the North Caucasus. Novaya Gazeta reported an arbitrary execution in Chechnya – mass shooting of 27 people in January this year. The names of the victims were published. The newspaper forwarded the data to the appropriate quarters – the […]

Press release, 10.07.2017 The Krasnoyarsk city administration puts pressure on Yabloko’s activists who organise pickets as part of the Time to Return Home campaign for Russia’s withdrawal from the war in Syria.

Press release, 01.07.2017 Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova participated in the CIF4 annual conference on the freedom of speech and online censorship. The politician spoke about the importance of online privacy, the role of state in providing it and the ways of achieving it by means of political parties.

29.06.2017 The legal proceedings on the Boris Nemtsov assassination case are not to be trusted and the decision, which has been made, leaves too many doubts and questions.

Press release, 26.06.2017 Unidentified individuals tired to set fire to Yabloko activist Vladimir Yegorov’s house in the city of Toropets, the Tver Region, on the night of 25 June. Yegorov’s wife and to children were inside the house when it happened. Yegorov’s neighbour noticed fire by a lucky chance and called the fire brigade. Vladimir […]

Press Release, 22.06.2017 In the night from June 21 to June 22, the Yabloko party held its annual event “1,418 Candles for Each Day of the War” to commemorate the tragic anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s attack on the Soviet Union. Yabloko leaders and activists participated in this anti-war and anti-fascist action.

Press release, 20.06.2017 On May 19, the Nizhny Novgorod district court fined Oleg Rodin, deputy Chair of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, was fined 10,000 roubles [approx. 153 euro] for participation in anti-corruption protests on March 26, 2017.

Yabloko Deputy Chair Sergei Ivanenko in the Alternative programme Press Release, 15.06.2017 Has media noise ousted politics in Russia? Can any problems be resolved by clashes in the streets? Why is it worth to participate in elections? Sergei Ivanenko, economist and Yabloko Deputy Chair, answers these questions in the Alternative programme at Yabloko’s youtube channel.

Press Release, 16.06.2017 Dmitry Myakshin, 17-year-old activist of the St. Petersburg Youth Yabloko, was arrested at the protest action in St.Petersburg on 12 June. He is suspected of attacking a police officer during the action. At the same time, it is clear from the video of Myakshin’s detention that he did not attack anyone – […]

Grigory Yalvinsky FB post 12.06.2017 The day of 12 June was first celebrated as Russia’s Independence Day. This was strange for many people: from whom was this independence? In fact, by adopting the Declaration of Sovereignty on this day in 1990, Russia proclaimed its independence from the totalitarian communist rule and declared itself be a […]