LI, 08.01.2015 Through a meeting with the French Ambassador to Andorra, LI President, Dr. Juli Minoves, has shared the condolences of the international liberal family in a letter to the President of France, Francois Holland, after the horrific attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. “#JeSuisCharlie is a motto that we all make our […]

LI, 14.08.2014 Yabloko (LI full-member) has called on the World Chess Federation (FIDE) not to re-elect Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as President ahead of the Federation’s Congress meeting in Tromsø, Norway on 11 August.

LI news, 07.08.2014 Following the entry into force of the Istanbul Convention on Prevention and Elimination of Violence against Women, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Anne Brasseur MP of LI full member, Demokratesch Partei (Luxemburg), has vouched to continue to work for its ratification both within and outside […]

LI news, 18.07.2014 The President of Liberal International, Dr Juli Minoves, has expressed his shock and sadness at the attack on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Liberal International, 19.06.2014 Grigory Yavlinsky, the co-founder of the LI full member Yabloko, the Russian liberal party, was welcomed in the Houses of Parliament in London by LI Vice President on the Bureau Baroness Kishwer Falkner. The discussion, which focused on the further deterioration of the situation in Russia, the Ukrainian crisis and the global […]

Liberal International, 23.05.2014 As part of a quickly intensifying oppression crusade against the opposition, the Russian law enforcement authorities have searched the Moscow headquarters of Yabloko (LI full member) for the first time in the 20-year history of the party.

Press Release, 28.04.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin took part in the Congress of Liberal International – the world organisation of liberals and liberal parties – which was conducted in Rotterdam. Mitrokhin made a report in the round table devoted to the situation in Ukraine.

Press Release, April 28, 2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin  participated in the Liberal International 59th Congress. He presented YABLOKO’s view on how to settle the situation around Ukraine.

April 26, 2014 If we want to better understand Russia’s policies towards Ukraine and Crimea we have to be aware of some important motives and incentives behind Vladimir Putin’s actions. Vladimir Putin received an oligarchic economy as Boris Yeltsin’s legacy, and in the past 14 years built his own system of political domination on this […]

Announcement, 18.03.2014 YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin will participate in panel discussion on “Russia, Ukraine, Europe: Today and the Day after Tomorrow” conducted by the NEOS party, Austria, on March 21.

Liberal International, Monday 3 March 2014 “Our country will remain alone, without allies, labelled as an aggressor and condemned by the whole world”, said Sergei Mitrokhin, Chairman of LI full member Yabloko, as Russian President Vladimir Putin violated international law by sending Russian troops into neighbouring Ukraine.

Statement by Trine Skei Grande, President of the Venstre party, Norway, 20.02.2014 Prime Minister in Norway, Mrs Erna Solberg, brought up the situation of human rights activists when she met with Prime Ministers Medvedev during his stay in the Olympic city of Sochi last week. – It is good thing that Solberg vows human rights […]

ZARES – socialno-liberalni, 19.02.2014 V stranki Zares vas vabimo k podpisu peticije, s katero Amnesty International poziva ruske oblasti k izpustitvi okoljevarstvenega aktivista Jevgenija Vitiška, ki je bil v politično motiviranem procesu obsojen na triletno zaporno kazen.

Liberal International, February 23, 2014 A regional court in Russia – the same province in which the Winter Olympics are currently taking place – has rejected the appeal of an activist from LI full member Yabloko, who was found ‘guilty’ of criticising corrupt practices of the regional governor. his verdict envisages a three-year prison sentence […]

LI News, December 17, 2013 On the same day a media shake-up in Russia saw a merger of two pro-governmental news agencies, LI full member Yabloko has raised concerns about the liquidation of the Moscow Books Chamber, which comes as a consequence of from the same Presidential Decree to ‘improve the efficiency of public media’.

December 10, 2013 Statement on Behalf of Liberal Leaders Commemorating the International Human Rights Day 2013 The International Human Rights Day, which we celebrate today, marks the important progress we have achieved in the struggle for universal human rights worldwide. It is also a day for reflection, as we pause to consider the many difficulties […]

LI News, November 7, 2013 LI’s Russian full member party, Yabloko, has organized its tenth march against hatred in St. Petersburg, attended by hundreds of supporters under the slogan “for Russia without pogroms.”

Press Release, October 26, 2013 The Moscow branch of Youth YABLOKO conducted a meeting with Jonge Democraten, young Dutch liberals, at YABLOKO office on October 25, 2013. Ivanka Bloom, Stefan de Koning, Noortje Visser, Eva van Sloten, Maya de Waal, Hanna Hekkert, Bram Has, Matthijs Olde, Eva Rogaar became YABLOKO’s guests.

LI News, Press Release, September 12, 2013 LI full member, Yabloko, have won 70 seats in local parliaments and will have two heads of towns after the latest round of regional and municipal elections in Russia.