Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 15.04.2019 The power struggle between the groupings [in power] seems to be gaining momentum. Last week, Public Prosecutor General attacked simultaneously the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Investigative Committee and the Interior Ministry. It followed from the report of [Public Prosecutor General] Yuri Chaika that the number of corrupt officials in the […]

Press Release, 18.03.2019 In his interview to Radio Liberty Grigory Yavlinsky on 12 March, Yabloko founder and Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, called on citizens of Russia to join the Yabloko party so that to make their voice heard in defending their rights and making the government change their policies. […]

Press Release, 14.03.2019 On Friday, 15 March, Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko founder and Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, will meet with those who have submitted applications for joining the party within the framework of the “Make Your Voice Louder!” campaign launched by Grigory Yavlinsky and calling citizens of Russia to join […]

Press Release, 7.03.2019 One-person pickets for the alternation of power were held in Elista, capital of Kalmykia. Activists of Kalmyk branch of Yabloko demanded that representatives of the pro-government United Russia party should resign from all the bodies of the executive and the legislative power in Kalmykia.

Ekho Moskvi radio station, 15.02. 2019 On 15 February, Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee and Yabloko founder, commented to the Ekho Moskvi radio station on a criminal case against the Pskov branch of  Yabloko and Lev Shlosberg, Pskov Yabloko leader and MP of the Pskov Regional Assembly. Yavlinsky noted that the search […]

Press Release, 8.02.2019 On Tuesday, 12 February, a documentary film “The Optimists”, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Yabloko, will be shown in the conference hall of the Moscow office of the Yabloko party. Specially for the documentary, the filmmakers recorded about 60 interviews with the founders, leaders, activists and allies of the party.

Press release, 11.12.2018 Yabloko Federal Council will take place on 15-16 December. Representatives of all the regional party branches (about 150 people) will gather to discuss the situation in Russia and in the world as well as the reform of the party that is taking place.

Boris Vishnevsky on the decision of the Supreme Court to allow the PIK development group to demolish residential blocks of flats in the Kuntsevo District, Moscow, and build up the area again Boris Vishnevsky’s Telegram Channel, 23.11.2018 “The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property,” Karl […]

Sergei Mitrokhin’s blog post, 29.11.2018 The court sentenced me, the municipal deputies and activists who defended the residents of Kuntsevo district, Moscow, from the lawlessness of the PIK development group, to fines of 150,000 roubles (approximately USD 2,300).

The refusal of the Novgorod Region Duma to give the floor to the oppositional party at the plenary meeting was recognised unlawful Press Release, 09.07.2018 On 6 July, the Novgorod District Court satisfied the claim of the regional branch of Yabloko to the regional Duma and found the refusal of the legislative body to allow […]

Press Release, 03.04.2018 Photo: Alexei Karnaukhov. On Friday, 6 April, the first meeting of the commission for security and anti-corruption of the local Council of Deputies will be held in the Khamovniki district (Moscow). The key issues of the meeting are inspecting fire safety in the district after the tragedy in Kemerovo (when a fire […]

Press Release, 27.03.2018 Yabloko party Chair Emilia Slabunova sent an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin demanding to dismiss Governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev “in connection with the loss of confidence” after the tragedy in Kemerovo, where several dozen people died in a fire in the shopping mall Winter Cherry. Slabunova also demanded […]

Press Release, 26.03.2018 The Kemerovo branch of Yabloko issued a statement demanding dismissal of Governor Aman Tuleyev and Ilya Serdyuk, head of the city of Kemerovo in view of the tragedy which took place in a trade centre on 25 March. According to Yabloko activists, the tragedy represented a consequence of the work of the […]

Press release, 14.10.2017 Grigory Yavlinsky intends to participate in the presidential elections in order to prevent the “historical defeat of Russia” meaning Russia’s turning into a backward country isolated from Europe where it historically belongs. According to Yavlinsky, Vladimir Putin’s policies represent “a break with reality and counterposition to the historical development.” He made this […]

Press release, 16.10.2017 On 15th October, Yabloko Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakv gave a speech at the meeting of national parliament deputies, who are members of parties represented in Liberal International. The event was held as part of the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in St. Petersburg.

Liberal International, 13.10.2017 By Nikolai Kavkazsky, member of YABLOKO Federal Council, lawyer of the Stimul Moscow LGBT+ Initiative Group and Board member of the “For the Civil Rights” Committee After Vladimir Putin came to power, the situation with human rights in Russia began to steadily deteriorate. Repressive laws were adopted, many independent media outlets were […]

Press release, 23.05.2017 Yabloko founder and presidential candiate Grigory Yavlinsky was elected LI Vice-President of Honour at Liberal International’s 70th-anniversary Congress in Andorra.

Liberal International, 20.04.2017 In aftermath of the news homosexual concentration camps have been established in Chechnya – which met LI’s and worldwide condemnation – Russian LI member party, Yabloko, has expressed “serious concern about the threats of physical violence from the Chechen Republic” directed at the journalists of Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper that published the […]

Liberal International, 13.04.2017 Following news that there have been mass killings and targetter represessions against LGBTI people in Chechnya, the Chairman of LI LGBTI Rights Working Group Frank Van Dalen has called for international condemnation of the barbaric actions of the Russian government.

Press release, 22.03.2017 Head of Yabloko’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky claims that the pressure on the parliamentary opposition is mounting. On 22 March, the ruling United Russia party deputies introduced alternations in the time limit – according to the new rules, an adjournment of a session will be announced only […]