Corriere della Sera, 6.11.2025 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, in an interview with the largest Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, spoke about Russians’ fatigue with military actions, the possibility of escalation, the return of Stalinism, and Yabloko’s possible participation in the State Duma elections.

Condolences, 7.11.2025 Photo: Olga Shnyrova / Photo from social media The Yabloko party announces with deep regret the death of Olga Vadimovna Shnyrova, human rights defender, educator, director of the Ivanovo Centre for Gender Studies, and head of Yabloko’s local branch in Frunzensky District of Ivanovo.

Press Release, 10.11.2025 Photo: Valery Borshchev was buried at Nikolo-Arkhangelsky Cemetery in Moscow / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On Sunday, 9 November, Moscow held the funeral of one of the most outstanding human rights defenders — of both contemporary Russia and the Soviet era — Valery Vasilyevich Borshchev. He passed away on 3 […]

Condolences from Grigory Yavlinsky, 3.11.2025 Photo: Valery Borshchev at his home / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 November, Valery Vasilyevich Borshchev, Soviet dissident, Russian human rights defender, one of the founders of the Yabloko party and leader of its human rights faction, passed away. Yabloko Federal Political Committee Chairman Grigory Yavlinsky expressed […]

Press Release, 3.11.2025 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 3 November 2025, Valery Borshchev, member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, leader of the Human Rights Faction, and co-chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, passed away at the age of 82, after a prolonged illness. Soviet dissident and Russian politician, human rights defender and […]

Press Release, 30.10.2025 Photo: Maxim Kruglov spoke at the hearing via video link from Butyrka remand prison / Photo by the Moscow City Court Press Service Yabloko Deputy Chairman Maxim Kruglov will remain in a remand prison until 29 November. Such was the ruling of the Moscow City Court on 30 October, after considering an […]

Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau adopted on 14.10.2025, published on 23.10.2025 Photo: From left to right: Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Andrei Makarov, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov / Photo by Dmitry Dukhanin, Kommersant The Yabloko party resolutely opposes the new package of tax […]

Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau, 22.10.2025 Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant We declare resolute protest and rejection of the policy of systematic, unlawful and disproportionate restriction of the digital rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation, carried out under the pretext of “ensuring information security”.

Press Release, 21.10.2025 Photo: Veliky Novgorod Mayor Alexander Rozbaum and Duma Speaker Konstantin Somov / Photo by the Veliky Novgorod Duma Press Service On 24 October, the Veliky Novgorod Duma will consider the issue of record salary increases for local officials. Mayor Alexander Rozbaum is asking deputies to approve almost doubling his own salary — […]

Statement by the Yabloko party Chairman, 21.10.2025 Photo: Diana Loginova in court / Photo by Alexei Dhushutin, Novaya Gazeta I am outraged by the court’s decision to arrest singer Diana Loginova (Naoko) for 13 days for performing songs in the street. In fact, the state used this decision so that to further expanded the scope […]

Press Release, 20.10.2025 On 13 November, Yabloko will hold a new charity auction in support of political prisoners’ families. The action will be the seventh in a row, and the funds raised will traditionally go to help relatives and lawyers of political prisoners. The event will take place simultaneously on two platforms — online and […]

Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau of 14.10.2025, published on 19.10.2025 Photo: Andrei Sakharov speaks at the 1st Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR, 1989 / Photo by Sergei Guneyev, RIA Novosti Fifty years ago, on 9 October 1975, Academician Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his many years of defending […]

Statement by the Yabloko Federal Bureau of 14.10.2025, published on 17.10.2025 The Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party expresses protest against the politically motivated persecution of Maxim Kruglov and resolute disagreement with the charges brought against him.

Press Release, 17.10.2025 Photo: Yevgenia Lomakova / Photo from social media A terminally ill 20-year-old Muscovite Yevgenia Lomakova, who suffers from cystic fibrosis — a genetic disease in which the body gradually “blocks up” the lungs and digestive organs — could die in a remand prison. The young woman has been in detention for many […]

Press Release, 13.10.2025 The Yabloko party announces the start of open enrolment for the Federal Party School. This is already the fifth intake of the educational project, whose graduates become young public politicians, experts and managers — that is, the party’s active personnel reserve. Enrolment opens on 13 October and will continue until 1 November […]

Nikolai Rybakov’s Telegram channel, 10.10.2025 Although Donald Trump has indeed participated in resolving a number of protracted conflicts, let us not forget that he has previously taken many actions directed against peace. Moreover, efforts in the name of peace should be dictated primarily by concern for people, not personal ambitions.

Press Release, 10.10.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by the Pskov branch of Yabloko Yabloko party Deputy Chairman must return to house arrest. This decision was made today, 10 October, by the Pskov Regional Court. He granted the public prosecutor’s protest, which challenged the ruling of the first instance judge who had changed the politician’s […]

Press Release, 10.10.2025 Photo: Boris Vishnevsky / Photo by Konstantin Lenkov The Third Cassation Court of St Petersburg overturned the decisions of lower courts—the district, and then the city court — regarding “Boris Vishnevsky’s participation in the activities of an undesirable organisation”. Vishnevsky’s complaint about unlawful administrative prosecution was granted “partially”, the ruling runs. This […]

Press Release, 10.10.2025 Arrested Yabloko Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Maxim Kruglov, via the FSIN-letter service, asked one of his colleagues to convey words of gratitude to all who support him: “Dear friends, Hello to everyone! I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude to you for your support and warm words — they warm my […]

Press Release, 8.10.2025 Photo: Grigory Gribenko at the monument to Babr, the symbol of Irkutsk / Photo by Pavel Kharitonenko’s Telegram channel In the centre of Irkutsk, Yabloko activists held single pickets in support of their Moscow colleague Maxim Kruglov and all political prisoners. In addition, participants’ placards contained calls to cease fire and emphasised the […]