Press Release, 17.01.2020 State Duma deputies from the ruling United Russia Gadzhemet Safaraliyev, Yevgeny Marchenko and Valentin Subbot introduced amendments to the law on political parties to the lower house of the Russian parliament to liquidate the Yabloko party for “diminishing the authority of the state in the international arena”. The explanatory note to the […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 25.12.2019 They built a bridge from Taman to Kerch. It turned out three times more expensive than same kind of bridges in the world. They built it on budget money, and in our state and in such cases part of this money will be stolen. Like was the case with the Vostochny […]

The winner of the anti-award will be determined by Internet voting Press Release, 24.12.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre has identified nominees for the annual anti-award for “wasting the budget” via public procurement contracts. The list of nominees of 2019 includes the Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky for bidding on behalf of the Ministry […]

Statement by the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, 29.11.2019 Searches have been going on throughout the country at the offices of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) for several months already. The equipment and property of the organisation are seized, employees are summoned for endless interrogations. It is clear that such actions by the authorities […]

Oleg Rodin will be coordinator of the branch   Press Release, 13.11.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre opens its second branch – now in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. It will be headed by Oleg Rodin, Chair of the Yabloko branch in the region. At launching the branch Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre will reveal immediate plans and […]

Press Release, 12.11.2019 Maxim Kruglov, head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, sent a deputy request addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to initiate an investigation into corruption of Denis Popov, Moscow Public Prosecutor, who became the protagonist of the investigation of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The FBK investigation runs […]

yavlinsky.ru, 17.10.2019 Question: What is “Putinism” and is it true that it is such a “political life hack”, as they write about it now?   Grigory Yavlinsky: “Putinism” means contempt for a person and his/her dignity, suppression of freedom, instilling fear, corruption, ignoring international law and increasing confrontation with developed countries of the world.

Press Release, 15.10.2019 Today, the Moscow Region Court considered the appeal on the measure of restraint in the case of Yevgeny Kurakin, head of the branch of Yabloko in Reutov, the Moscow Region. The court ruled out to return the case to the preliminary hearing stage to the Reutov court (the court of the first […]

The brochure contains investigations, analytics, and an account of the centre activities. Press Release, 17.09.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre party launched a report on its work in 2018. The brochure presents investigations, examinations and analytics prepared by the Centre.

Press Release, 11.09.2019 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre found out that the fund that rendered support to Valeria Kasamara, candidate to the Moscow City Duma, received a grant from the Mayor of Moscow.

The politician visits Novgorod to support party candidates Press Release, 4.09.2019 Photo: Maxim Petrov, Emilia Slabunova and Anna Cherepanova Yabloko Chairperson Emilia Slabunova is on visit in Novgorod, north-west Russia, to support 76 party candidates in elections at different levels that are taking place in the region.

According to the auditor from United Russia, no such checks are envisaged by the Audit Chamber’s plan Press Release, 1.07.2019 The Audit Chamber of Russia will not check the flights of Igor Sechin, Rosneft Chief Executive Officer, to elite resorts on a company’s plane. There will be no checks of Rosneft, because it is not […]

Statement by the Yabloko party, 7.06.2019 On the evening of Thursday, 6 June, Ivan Golunov, Meduza’s correspondent, was beaten and detained by police in Moscow. The police allegedly discovered prohibited substances on him when he went to meet with the source. On the same day, searches were conducted at Golunov’s home.

Press Release, 14.05.2019 Alexei Karnaukhov, head of Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre, will launch the first educational anti-corruption course within the framework of the special project Academy. The project is initiated by Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre.  The special project is devoted to the methodology of civil anti-corruption investigations from how to search for information to publication […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 30.04.2019 Grigory Yavlinsky’s book The Putin System has been published by Columbia University Press, New York. How power works in present-day Russia, how Vladimir Putin came to power and maintains his rule for over 20 years — these questions are often misunderstood and the answers remain opaque. In The Putin System, Russian […]

Press Release, 23.04.2019 Watch the documentary The Optimists dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Yabloko with English (or other) subtitiles now. Choose your language in the Settings of the video. The documentary covers the key periods in the history of the Russian Federation and the development of the Yabloko party.

Press Release, 16.04.2019 Photo: Sergei Dustin at his one-person picket. Sergei Dustin, member of the Kaliningrad branch of Yabloko, picketed the Kaliningrad Oblast Public Prosecutor’s Office with a placard “Does Baltiysk need a blind Public Prosecutor?” The activist called on the supervisory authority to pay attention to the inaction of Dmitry Prokhorov, Public Prosecutor of […]

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 […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 3.04.2019 Every fifth family in Russia does not have access to a centralised sewage system. But neither the government nor the regional authorities are going to do anything about it. Why? Simply because if they allocate money for sewage, they really have to build it, because sewage has specific consumers – millions […]

Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 24.03.2019 In the twentieth year of Putin’s rule, an understanding of freedom in Russia was reduced to the discussion of punishment for posts and likes on the Internet. But what is real freedom? This is primarily life without fear: – when people are not afraid of the police, the National Guard (Rosgvardia) […]