Statement by Grigory Yavlinsky, 25.09.2015 The deprivation of Lev Shlosberg’s deputy status in the Pskov Regional Assembly on the invented and by far politically motivated grounds is the political mopping up with the person who has been fighting for the prosperity of his region, for the honour and dignity of the Russian military men both […]

Press release, 24.09.2015 The Pskov Regional Assembly illegally deprived Lev Shlosberg, leader of the Pskov branch of YABLOKO, of his mandate. Shlosberg is going to appeal against the decision in court. 41 deputies voted in favour of the proposal to deprive Shlosberg of his mandate, 3 voted against it.

Press release, 10.09.2015 Nikolai Kavkazsky, YABLOKO candidate to the North Medevedkovo Municipal Council in Moscow, human rights activist, lawyer and ex-prisoner of the Bolotnaya Rally Case, has just been severely beaten by the three unknown men during campaigning in his district.

Press release, 08.09.2015 Deputy Chair of the Stavropol branch of YABLOKO Vasily Pavlov was severely beaten by a group of unknown men before witnesses. He has a cough fracture and cerebral commotion with the hematoma of the right eye.

Press relese, 02.09.2015 Last week Maxim Petlin, former Chair of the Sverdlovsk branch of YABLOKO was released from prison where he served 2,5 years. On March 21, 2013, the Sverdlovsk Region Court sentenced Maxim Petlin to three years of imprisonment. Petlin was accused of allegedly demanding a 3,000,000 roubles bribe from ZAO Forum Group for […]

Press release, 28.08.2015 Yesterday Chair of the Karelia branch of YABLOKO, party Political Committee member and entrepreneur Vasily Popov was detained by the police of Finland in Joensuu. According to the politician, the police arrived at his country house. Popov was taken to the pretrial detention centre in Joensuu where he spent the night. He […]

Press release, 27.08.2015 Chair of the Karelia branch of YABLOKO and entrepreneur Vasily Popov was detained by the police of Finland in Joensuu. According to the politician, the police arrived at his country house. At the moment he is at the pre-trail detention centre in Joensuu. He was allowed to keep the phone.

Press release, 12.08.2015 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin expressed his satisfaction with the fact that Andrei Nekrasov, journalist from Udmuria Republic, Russia, obtained an opportunity to get political asylum in Lithuania. Today Cyprus refused to extradite Nekrasov to Russia and took a decision to return him to Vilnus.

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 11.08.2015 It has been already a month since journalist Andrei Nekrasov is imprisoned. On July 15, oppositional blogger and journalist from Udmurtia was put in prison in Nicosia, Cyprus, in connection with Russia’s request on his extradition. Nekrasov is well-known in Udmurtia for his investigations of corrupt practices of the […]

Press release, 05.08.2015 The Voronezh branch of YABLOKO conducted picketing demanding to investigate murder of opposition journalist Timur Kuashev. Chair of North Ossetia Youth YABLOKO branch Alan Alikov participated in the action. The activists also collected signatures against military intervention to Ukraine.

Press release, 30.07.2015 Today street musicians conducted a series of one-person picketing against the restriction of artistic expression. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin supported them.

Press release, 01.08.2015 On one year anniversary of the murder of Timur Kuashev activists of the Moscow branch of Youth YABLOKO conducted one-person picketing outside the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee demanding to investigate the murder of YABLOKO member and opposition journalist. The activits also handed in the signatures demanding to investigate the […]

Press release, 30.07.2015 On July 30, activists of the Novosibirsk branch Of Youth YABLOKO Svetomir Yun and Maria Trakhanova conducted a series of one-person picketing in support of environmentalist and political prisoner Evgeny Vitishko.

Ekho Moskvi radio station, 24.07.2015 In September YABLOKO intends to hold a mass protest action against the legislative initiatives to expand the powers of the law enforcement. Such a statement was made by party leader Sergei Mitrokhin at the Ekho Moskvi radio station.

Press Release, 24.07.2015 On 24 July the Leningrad Region branch of YABLOKO launched a newspaper on Skazhem Pryamo (Putting It Baldly). The paper will be devoted to YABLOKO’s work in the region, protection of human rights and the problems of the region.

Press Release, 23.07.2015 Wednesday, July 22, YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin met in YABLOKO’s office with a group of human rights defenders from the Danish Helsinki Committee led by Carl Eric Foverskov. Olga Radayeva, YABLOKO International Secretary, also took part in the meeting.

Press release, 17.07.2015 Activists of the Moscow branch of Youth Yabloko laid flowers to the Dutch Embassy on the anniversary of the downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Press release, 16.07.2015 The St.Petesburg branch of YABLOKO commemorated the memory of Natalia Estemirova, human rights defender and journalist, who was murdered in Chechnya six years ago. Chair of local YABLOKO branch Mikhail Amosov, deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov and deputy of St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky participated in the action.

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 14.07.2015 The severe beating of a well-known Buryat journalist, editor of the ARD portal, YABLOKO member Evgeny Khamaganov is another proof that the freedom of speech and expression in Russia is persecuted and punished.