Partidul Liberal, 20.02.2014 With the Winter Olympics in place, the world attention is on Sochi and in particular, on the Russian government’s dubious approach to human rights and basic freedoms. Of particular concern is the recent arrest and sentence of Evgeny Vitishko, a member of liberal party Yabloko, who has started a three-year imprisonment for […]

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, December 5, 2013 LI member party, Ukraine of the Future, and liberals on the ground in Kiev have expressed solidarity with protestors demonstrating against the Ukrainian government’s decision to withdraw from the Agreement of Association with the European Union.

Press Release, December 2, 2013 The annual Congress of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe was conducted in London. YABLOKO Chair Sergei Mitrokhin and YABLOKO International Secretary Olga Radayeva participated in the Congress. The main topic for the discussion was the 2014 elections to the European Parliament.

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.

The ALDE party, Press Release, 14/10/2013 In compliance with the political groups’ rotation agreement, ALDE in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has submitted the nomination of Anne Brasseur as candidate for the next Parliamentary Assembly Chairmanship in 2014-2015. This nomination received unreserved backing within the liberal family and was officially endorsed – […]

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.

LI News, August 15, 2013 The leader of Yabloko (LI Full Member), Sergei Mitrokhin, has condemned the Russian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the imprisonment sentence of Maxim Petlin, leader of the party in the Sverdlovsk Region.

LI News, August 1, 2013 Women’s rights are one of the core pillars of LI’s Human Rights Project. So it is with disappointment that LI VP on the Bureau, Abir Al-Sahlani MP (Centerpartiet, LI full member), read the findings of FNF’s (LI Cooperating Organisation) most recent report on the increased domestic violence against women in […]

LI News, July 24, 2013 LI Immediate Past President, Lord John Alderdice (Lib Dems – UK), has spoken out in the UK Parliament to draw international attention to the suppression of democratic freedoms in Russia.

LI News,July 18, 2013 Liberals expressed outrage at the arbitrary and politically motivated sentencing of prominent Russian dissident and blogger, Alexei Navalny, and Peter Ofitserov of Yabloko (LI Full Member). LI Vice-President on the Bureau and German Human Rights Commissioner, Markus Löning, condemned the judgment as “very disturbing” and said that it would only serve […]

LI Press Release,  June 27, 2013 Liberal International joined the discussions organised by the ALDE Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe on the recent attacks against NGOs in number of Eastern European countries.