SFP, 21.12.2015 The Swedish People’s Party of Finland (SFP), and together with it’s Women’s Association Svenska Kvinnoförbundet have the pleasure to announce the nomination of Ms. Galina Shirshina, Mayor of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, the region neighboring Finland, for the ALDE Group in the EU Committee of the Regions award – The LeaDeR Awards – for key […]

Press release, 10.12.2015 Mayor of Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia, will turn to the court if the deputies of the City Council dismiss her.

Statement by YABLOKO Bureau, 09.12.2015 The reaction of the Russian leadership on the tragic death of Russian military Oleg Peshkov and Alexander Pozynich turned out to be asymmetric and strange. The [authorities] chose to strike a blow on cultural and educational ties between our nations. Such negative developments in the relations between Russia and Turkey […]

Press Release, 3.12.2015 Petrozavodsk Mayor Galina Shirshina who was elected on the post with the support of the YABLOKO party, won the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting) award in the nomination the State Person. The prize was awarded in Moscow today.

03.12.2015 Congratualtions to Galina Shirshina, Mayor of Petrozavodsk (capital of Karelia), on winning the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting) award in the nomination “The States Person”. Galina Shirshina was elected Mayor with YABLOKO support two years ago and is known for her tough anti-corruption stance. The award runs “for openness and transparency in the regional policy, defending self-government […]

/ / Znak.com, 29.04.2014 Galina Shirshina, aged 34, is head of Petrozavodsk [the capital of the Republic of Karelia, North-West Russia], and for the eight months in office as the City Mayor she has managed to accomplish what male officials could not.

Press release, 23.11.2015 Sergei Mitrokhin demanded that the governor of St.Petersburg and the regional Office of the Federal Antimonopolty Service must investigate the procurement of goods for schools at the sum of 131.9 million rubles on suspicion of corruption.

Press release, 14.10.2015 YABLOKO Chairman Sergei Mitrokhin, Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee Galina Mikhaleva and the party activists laid flowers to the embassy of France in Moscow to commemorate the memory of terrorist attacks victims in Paris.

Press release, 14.11.15 “It is hard to find words. One must understand that the terrorists aim not only at frightening people but at spreading hatred, xenophobia and animosity among the Europeans. We cannot give in to provocations. We fear that the tragedy which took place last night will give rise to anti-migrant moods in Europe. […]

Press Release, 14.11.2015 Russia’s response to the terrorist attacks in Paris should be immediate joining the international coalition combatting the terrorists from the Islamic state (IS) in Syria, said YABLOKO founder Grigory Yavlinsky answering journalists’ questions.

14.11.2015 On behalf of the YABLOKO party, I am expressing our deepest condolences to the relatives and next of kin the victims of the acts of terror in Paris and all those affected by the results of these barbaric action, to all the French people. We are mourning the victims with you. I am certain […]

14,11.2015 I am expressing my deepest condolences to families and friends of the victims of the terrorist attacks, all the French people, the Government and President of France. This horrible crime can not be justified. We stand together with the people of France in their resistance to the world terrorism     Sincerely, Grigory Yavlinsky

14.11.2015 Anatoly Golov, co-Chair of the Social-Democratic Faction of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO, has sent a letter to the Socialist Party, France, expressing condolences on the acts of terror in Paris. “Please, receive our condolences on the horrible acts of terror taking the lives of residents of Paris. Both you and us suffered […]

Photo, Video Guberniya Daily | 07/11/2015 Residents of Petrozavodsk came to a rally in support of Evgenia Sukhorukova today with the slogans “A sentence to Sukhorukova is a sentence o the whole of Karelia!” , “Evigenia, we are with you!” “[Governor] Khudilainen to dismissal!” Despite Saturday and bad weather about a thousand people came to […]

Press release, 02.10.2015 Today, on November 2, the Pretrozavodsk city court of the Republic of Karelia gave Evgenia Sukhorukova, deputy mayor of Petrozavodsk, member of YABLOKO regional branch team, a three years suspended sentence with one year probation period for abuse of official authority causing heavy consequences as deputy head of the Prionezhsky district, Petrozavodsk.

Press release, 14.10.2015 A group of deputies of the Karelia Legislative Assembly appealed to the Constituional Court demanding to aknowledge that the law on cancelling mayoral elections in Petrozavodsk, capital of the Republic, and the Kostomushka city is unconstitutional.

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 07.10.2015 The Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) proposed an initiative of closing public access to public registers of property rights, including real estate, aviation and water transport. At present register information is available to all, but tomorrow it will be available only to the “competent authorities”. YABLOKO considers this […]

Press Release, 29.09.2015 Evgenia Sukhorukova is Vice Mayor of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the Republic of Karelia, and member of the Karelian YABLOKO team.

Press release, 09.09.2015 YABLOKO Chairman Sergei Mitrokhin forwarded an application to Head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bustrikin demanding to investigate the involvement of the Communist party candidates in the land plots fraud in the Novosibirsk region.

Press release, 28.08.2015 Yesterday Chair of the Karelia branch of YABLOKO, party Political Committee member and entrepreneur Vasily Popov was detained by the police of Finland in Joensuu. According to the politician, the police arrived at his country house. Popov was taken to the pretrial detention centre in Joensuu where he spent the night. He […]