Statement by the YABLOKO party, January 30, 2014 The YABLOKO party expresses protest in connection with the fact that the public prosecution demanded large terms of imprisonment for the Bolotnaya Square Case prisoners: the demonstrators may face up to five or six years in prison.

Press Release, January 29, 2014 St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly applied Yury Chaika, Public Prosecutor General, asking him to close Dozhd independent television channel due its allegedly “insulting” and “provocative” broadcasts.

Press Release, January 27, 2014 YABLOKO considered illegitimate refusal to institute criminal proceedings for nationalist statements Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachev.

Press Release, January 28, 2014 Today YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin sent an appeal to President Vladimir Putin with a demand to facilitate resolution of the problems around the Russian Public Television (RPT).

Press Release, January 23, 2014 Today, YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin made a report at the international conference “Theory and practices of compatibility of cultures, customs and traditions in the former Soviet Union areas: from conflicts to peace and harmony in the Stavropol region and the Northern Caucasus”. The event was held in the Budennovsk branch […]

Press Release, January 21, 2014 Yevgeny Vitishko, activist of the North Caucasus Environmental Watch, convicted in the so-called the “damaged fence” case [an inscription on the fence of Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachyov] held a press conference in the regional office of the YABLOKO party in Krasnodar on January 19, 2014.

Press Release, January 19, 2014 The YABLOKO party and the Committee against xenophobia took part in the anti-fascist manifestation in memory of murdered lawyer Stanislav Merkelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. YABLOKO’s column was headed by its leader Sergei Mitrokhin.

Press Release, January 17, 2014 The YABLOKO party will take part in an anti-fascist manifestation in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. The action will be held in Moscow on January 19. YABLOKO’s column will be headed by its Chairprson Sergei Mitrokhin. YABLOKO supports the action every year.

Statement by the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO January 16, 2014 The YABLOKO party expresses its categorical disagreement with the bills submitted to the State Duma by its four factions on Wednesday. Under the guise of combating terrorism the united bloc of the authorities and the pseudo-opposition parties pursues the policies of curbing rights and […]

Press Release, January 15, 2014 Yesterday the Committee Against Xenophobia established by a number of human rights organisations and national communities together with the YABLOKO party adopted a special decision not to cooperate with organisations and public and political figures supporting nationalists.

Announcement, 13.01.2014 On January 14 the Committee Against Xenophobia will held its third meeting . It will be held at YABLOKO’s office at 7 p.m.

Press Release, December 26, 2013 The Novosibirsk branch of Youth YABLOKO conducted pickets in support of the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko who was charged with three years of imprisonment. The activists held posters that said “Freedom to Evgeny Vitishko” both in Russian and in English and a hand-made maquette of the Olympic Rings made of barbed […]

Press Release, December 22, 2013 YABLOKO founder Grigory Yavlinsky on the release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky: I am very glad that Mikhail Khodorkovsky is free now. Wishing good health to him, his relatives and next of kin. All that he said after he was released needs understanding and respect.

Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus December 20, 2013 Judge Milinchuk sentenced Vitishko – an activist of the Environmental Watch of the North Caucasus – to three years in a penal colony At 18:45 local time in the Tuapse District Court, the hearing of Evgeny Vitishko, a well-known civic activist and council member of the […]

Press Release, December 20, 2013 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin and the party’s activists conducted a serious of one-person pickets against the bill which allows the state prosecutors to block websites containing “extremist” information without the judicial approval. The pickets took place outside the State Duma. YABLOKO activists held the posters that said “Stop destroying the […]

Sergei Mitrokhin’s blog at the Ekho Moskvi web-site, 19.12.2013 People must uphold the law as the walls of their city. Heraclitus Tomorrow the State Duma will adopt another law strangling our freedom. This time the law will be regulation of the Internet . This will hit [the society] no less than the law [restricting] rallies […]

Press Release, December 6, 2013 Human rights defender, political prisoner Nikolai Kavkazsky who was charged with the Bolotnaya Square Case joined the YABLOKO party.

Statement by YABLOKO’s Chairman, December 18, 2013 The State Duma passed the bill which allows the state prosecutors to block websites containing illegal information without the judicial approval in the first reading yesterday.

Press Release, December 14, 2013 The Federal Council of the YABLOKO party taking place in Moscow on December 14-15, 2013, issued a statement where the party gives its assessment of the present system of governing and the situation the country. The statement was submitted by Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky, YABLOKO founder and member of the Political […]

Press Release, December 17, 2013 Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee Galina Mikhaleva was re-elected Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender faction at YABLOKO’s Federal Council on December 15. Galina Slautina and YABLOKO International Secretary Olga Radayeva were elected Deputy Chairs.