Statement by the YABLOKO party, 09.07.2015 The searches of the apartments of Golos [a respected election-monitoring NGO] representatives Grigory Melkonyants, Tatyana Troinova and Roman Udot which took place in the brutal traditions of Joseph Stalin’s times – early in the morning, breaking the doors and a simultaneous search in the office of the Moscow department […]

Press release, 06.07.2015 Member of Moscow Observation Commission, YABLOKO Bureau member Valery Borshchev, head of For human rights movement Lev Ponomaryev and human rights defender Svetlena Gannushkina conducted a series of one-person picketing against the bill broadening the possibility to use small arms for police and FSB (Federal Security Service) officers. The picketing took place […]

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 3.07.2015 The initiative of Russian MPs from all the factions of the State Duma grating the police exclusive rights in the use of force represents preparation for the suppression of civil protests by force and blood.

Press release, 3.07.2015 YABLOKO turned out a batch of T-shirts devoted to the birthday of environmentalist and political prisoner Evgeny Vitishko. Today he turns 42.

Press Release, 01.06.2015 YABLOKO conducted a picket near the house where Stalin’s victims were shot demanding from the authorities to open a memorial museum there. Activists handed out leaflets on the history of the place. Every Wednesday since 2011 YABLOKO’s Alexei Nesterenko has been conducting one-person picketing outside the house. His father was shot there, […]

Press release, 09.06.2015 On June 9, 2015, YABLOKO Bureau meeting began with a minute of silence in memory of Yuri Shchekochikhin. He would have been 65 years old today. Yuri Shchekochikhin is a Russian journalist, writer and politician. In 1995 he became deputy of the 2nd State Duma from YABLOKO faction, in 1999 was elected […]

Press release, 05.06.2015 On June 5, World Environment Day, YABLOKO conducted picketing outside the Ministry for Natural Resources and the Environment of Russia. YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee Galina Mikhaleva participated in the action.

Statement by YABLOKO Bureau, 2.06.2015 The government’s policies in respect of the remaining fragments of the civil society aim at their complete elimination and lead Russia to even greater backwardness.

YABLOKO Buereau statement, 02.06.2015 The marriage of 17-year-old Kheda Goylabiyeva and Chechen police chief Nazhud Guchigov under support of Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Chechnya, is a dangerous precedent of a come-back to traditional practices which are contrary to the Consitution principals. It is a case of obvious underage forced marriage, possibly as a second wife. […]

Press release, 01.06.2015 On May 29, the human rights defenders conducted a series of one-person pickets against the governmental bill broadening the possibilities of using force and impact munition against prisoners. The picket took place outside the State Duma.

Press release, 29.05.2015 On May 27, a discussion on “The practices of underage forced marriage: the role of journalists, mass media and civil society in the straggle for children and women’s rights observance” took place in the Central House of Journalists (DomZhur), Moscow. The meeting was moderated by Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Secretary of the Journalists Union, […]

Grigory Yavlinsky blog post, 26.05.2015 Recognition of the Dinastiya (Dynasty) and the Liberalnaya Missiya (Liberal Mission) foundations as “foreign agents” represents an instrument for their elimination. The Dynasty foundation supports science and education from its founder Dmitry Zimin own funds.

Sergei Mitrokhin’s blog post at the Ekho Moskvi web-site, 19.05.2015 Deputies of one of the [‘affiliated’] parliamentary factions of the ruling party want to introduce criminal responsibility for comparing the USSR with Nazi Germany. Hereby I would like to declare solemnly and sincerely that I am not going to obey this law. (Maybe such statements […]

Press Release, 19.05.2015 Today YABLOKO held a series of pickets in memory of Stalin’s deportations of entire peoples. The action was held in front of the Mayor’s office. It was decided to picket the Mayor’s office, after the Moscow government had refused to give YABLOKO a permission to hold a rally in Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava and […]

// freevitishko.org, 15.05.2015 One hundred fifty human rights and environmental NGOs from all over the world petition the Russian authorities to free Evgeny Vitishko immediately.

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 18.05.2015 Today is the 71st anniversary of deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. On Stalin’s orders, the NKVD [later renamed into KGB] troops evicted over 190,000 people, mainly women, elderly, children and disabled veterans [of the Second World War] from their homes, loaded them into wagons for transportation of cattle […]

Press release, 18.05.2015 Moscow Government denied YABLOKO’s application for a rally and picketing in memory of the deported peoples. Despite the fact the activists are going to conduct a street action outside the Mayor’s Office on May19.

YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin: Five years of imprisonment for some people guilty of corruption amounting to billions of roubles and four years for a bruise at Maidan. Today a court in Simferopol, Crimea, sentenced Alexader Kostenko to 4 years and 2 months of imprisonment. The court considered it a proven fact that being at Maidan […]

Press Release, 14.05.2015 A regular meeting of the Committee Against Xenophobia took place in the office of the YABLOKO party on May 13.

Press release, 13.05.2015 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin fawarded an appeal to head of Chief Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Moscow region Victor Paukov demanding to open a criminal case over the attack on Stanislav Paukov who was an election observer at the elections in Balashikha, the Moscow region, on […]