Archive for 'Human Rights'
Court fines Omsk Yabloko leader Tatyana Shneider 10,000 roubles over a 2011 comment on the VK social network
Press Release, 21.10.2026 Photo: Tatyana Shneider / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Kuibyshevsky District Court of Omsk has fined Omsk Yabloko leader Tatyana Shneider 10,000 roubles under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences over a comment posted on the VK social network 15 years ago. The comment appeared after a series […]
Posted: October 26th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Regional and Local Elections 2027, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko to hold its annual “People, Do Not Kill Each Other!” marathon of reading out loud the names of victims of Soviet political repression on 30 October
Press Release, 21.10.2026 Photo: Poster for the “People, Do Not Kill Each Other!” marathon of reading out loud the names of victims of Soviet political repression, 30 October, 11:00–22:00 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 30 October, the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, Yabloko will hold its annual marathon […]
Posted: October 26th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Omsk Yabloko leader Tatyana Shneider accused of “inciting hatred” over a 2011 comment on the VK social network
Press Release, 20.10.2026 Photo: Tatyana Shneider / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Omsk Public Prosecutor’s Office has summoned Tatyana Shneider, Chair of Omsk Yabloko, for 21 October “to give explanations and take part in drawing up the resolution” in an administrative case of “inciting hatred” (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). […]
Posted: October 20th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s actions of writing letters to political prisoners in Moscow and Russian regions: schedule of upcoming events
Press Release, 19.10.2026 Photo by the Yaboko Press Service In October and early November, Yabloko invites everyone to take part in its actions of writing letters to political prisoners, which are traditionally held in different cities across Russia. Anyone can come and write a letter or sign a postcard for a person deprived of their […]
Posted: October 19th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lev Shlosberg: Releasing political prisoners means the state ceasing fire on its own citizens
Novaya Gazeta, 16.10.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Lev Shlosberg, who is being held in custody pending the appeal against his sentence of 11 years and 1 month, has written an article for Novaya Gazeta on what should be done about political prisoners while hostilities continue. Yabloko’s Deputy Chairman is convinced that […]
Posted: October 16th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Без рубрики.
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“A return to Stalinist practices”: Novgorod Yabloko demands the lifting of restrictions on relatives of “foreign agents”
Press Release, 16.10.2026 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin at an action of writing letters to political prisoners / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko Viktor Shalyakin, head of the Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma, has appealed to Sergei Shvetsov, Public Prosecutor of the Novgorod Region, demanding that he review the legality of new restrictions on deputies’ assistants. […]
Posted: October 16th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Second annual retreat for Yabloko’s most active young members held in Moscow and the Ryazan Region
Press Release, 15.10.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov and young Yabloko members / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Young Yabloko supporters and members have held a three-day retreat following the election campaign. Many of the participants had their “baptism of fire” in the recent September elections to the State Duma and regional parliaments.
Posted: October 15th, 2026 under Conferences and Seminars, Elections, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Grigory Yavlinsky: On political prisoners in Russia
YouTube channel Zhivoi Gvozd, 12.10.2026 Watch on YouTube, choosing your preferred subtitle language There are several key topics today: the situation after the elections; Russia’s prospects, its goals and tasks; and the new generation of politicians, their responsibilities and opportunities. However, the most important and immeasurably painful issue today is the people under arrest and […]
Posted: October 15th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko opposes United Russia’s monopoly on the leadership of the Novgorod Regional Duma
Press Release, 9.10.2026 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin at the first session of the Duma / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko Viktor Shalyakin, head of the Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma, has opposed the election of representatives of the ruling United Russia party to all the leadership posts in the regional parliament. At the first session […]
Posted: October 15th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, The Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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St. Petersburg court fines Nikolai Rybakov 1,000 roubles
Press Release, 9.10.2026 Photo: Nikolai Rybakov at a polling station on 20 September 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 9 October, the Vyborgsky District Court of St. Petersburg fined Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov 1,000 roubles under Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (“petty hooliganism”). He was, […]
Posted: October 15th, 2026 under Elections, Elections to the St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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“For me, extremism means aggression, intolerance, the inability to find constructive solutions, obsession, selfishness and irresponsibility”
Yelena Perepelitsa sentenced to four years in a penal colony Press Release, 8.10.2026 Photo: Yelena Perepelitsa during the reading of the sentence / Photo by Slovo Zashchite Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court has today sentenced Yabloko member Yelena Perepelitsa to four years in a penal colony on charges of financing extremist activity (Article 282.3(1) of the […]
Posted: October 14th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“The most important thing is not to be afraid and not to despair, to do everything we can to preserve our faith and optimism. And always to remember the most important words: For Peace and Freedom!”
Press Release, 8.10.2026 Photo: Vasily Neustroyev in court The Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction has upheld the sentence of ten years’ imprisonment handed down to Vasily Neustroyev, a member of St. Petersburg Yabloko, historian and election observer. The defence regards the ruling as unlawful and is weighing a cassation appeal.
Posted: October 14th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko nominates Viktor Shalyakin as candidate for Senator from the Novgorod Region
Press Release, 7.10.2026 Photo: Viktor Shalyakin / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko On the initiative of the Bureau of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, the Yabloko faction in the Novgorod Regional Duma has nominated Viktor Shalyakin as a candidate for Senator of the Russian Federation. The Bureau’s decision to support his candidacy was unanimous.
Posted: October 14th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov: the 43 words of Yabloko’s programme are the very things Anna Politkovskaya devoted herself to
Press Release, 7.10.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Twenty years ago, journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered. To mark the anniversary, Novaya Gazeta has issued a stamp bearing her portrait in the style of its portraits of Nobel laureates. The editorial team is convinced that, had Politkovskaya lived, it is she who would have received […]
Posted: October 14th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg and his lawyers appeal against the sentence in the consolidated criminal case
Press Release, 6.10.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Lev Shlosberg, Yabloko Deputy Chairman, and his lawyers Vladimir Danilov, Vera Kovalchuk and Leila Abdullayeva have filed appeals with the Pskov Regional Court against the sentence handed down by a judge of the Pskov City Court, who sentenced the politician to 11 […]
Posted: October 14th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Address by Lev Shlosberg to the Yabloko team
5.10.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg at the party congress in December 2023 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Dear colleagues, Our party has been through the most difficult election campaign since its founding. The campaign took place with the greatest public support in the party’s history, yet formally it did not bring the results we […]
Posted: October 5th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko submits bill to remedy obvious flaws in the electoral system on the last working day of the seventh convocation of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 2.10.2026 Photo: Artur Gaiduk and Yana Ivanova / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 28 September, Artur Gaiduk, a member of the Legislative Assembly and Chairman of Pskov Yabloko, and his deputy Yana Ivanova submitted the documents to the regional parliament. The bill was drafted in light of the recent election campaign with the […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Supreme Court upholds 2 million rouble fine imposed on Chair of Yabloko in Primorye
Press Release, 2.10.2026 Photo: Marina Zheleznyakova / Photo by the Yabloko branch in Primorye The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the sentence handed down to Marina Zheleznyakova, Chair of the Primorye branch of Yabloko in the Far East: a fine of two million roubles in a case of so-called “rehabilitation of Nazism”. The criminal […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov demands that Interior Minister investigate reports of torture of political scientist Alexander Kynev and hold those responsible to account
Press Release, 30.09.2026 Photo: Alexander Kynev / VK Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has sent an official appeal to Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, demanding an urgent inquiry into reports of violence against political scientist Alexander Kynev, who is being held in the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention facility, and, should these […]
Posted: September 30th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Nikolai Rybakov accused of “disrespect for society” over “For Peace” inscription on his ballot
Press Release, 29.09.2026 Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov has been charged under Article 20.1(1) of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (“petty hooliganism”). The charge was prompted by his vote against all parties at a polling station in St. Petersburg on 20 September.
Posted: September 29th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026.
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