Press Release, 26.10.2017 The Federal Antimonopoly Service filed a case against the participants in the procurement of the Directorate of the Road Safety Improvement Programme (the Directorate). Earlier, Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre headed by Sergei Mitrokhin, member of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, revealed signs of collusion in the purchases of the Directorate for the amount […]

Press Release, 27.10.2017 Sergei Mitrokhin, Chair of the Moscow branch of Yabloko and head of the Anti-Corruption Policy Centre of the Yabloko party, demanded that the Tushino Interdistrict Public Prosecutor’s Office obtain an order for demolition of illegal buildings located in the landscape reserve “The Valley of the Shodnya River in Kurkino” in Moscow and […]

Press Release, 17.10.2017 Yabloko sent applications to Public Prosecutor General and the Investigative Committee Sergei Mitrokhin, head of the Yabloko Center for Anti-Corruption Policy, sent appeals to Public Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin demanding that the actions of the Ministry of Education and Science […]

Press release, 10.08.2017 On 17th August, deputy head of Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre Alexei Karnaukhov will announce the winners of the Golden Toilet Brush negative award 2017 on air of Yabloko’a Alternative programme. The prize is made in the shape of a golden toilet brush and will be awarded to the officials who made the […]

Press release, 28.07.2017 A fire broke out at the Central House of the Entrepreneur, where the 35mm cinema is situated. The news was reported by the owners of the cinema. A female employee of the cinema is reported to have been injured but she was rescued by the fire brigade.

Press release, 28.06.2017 Moscow Yabloko Chair Sergei Mitrokhin has been detained during a protest action against the bill on Moscow housing renovation programme by the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament. Today the senators are considering the bill after it has been passed by the State Duma.

Press release, 26.06.2017 Head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, member of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee Igor Artemyev entered the list of 20 most influential politicians in Russia in 2017 according to GQ Magazine.

Press release, 26.06.2017 Unidentified individuals tired to set fire to Yabloko activist Vladimir Yegorov’s house in the city of Toropets, the Tver Region, on the night of 25 June. Yegorov’s wife and to children were inside the house when it happened. Yegorov’s neighbour noticed fire by a lucky chance and called the fire brigade. Vladimir […]

Press release, 09.06.2017 UPD 3. 14.40: Sergei Mitrokhin and Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko were accused of violation of the procedure of public actions organization (paragraph 5, article 20.2 of the Administrative Violation Code of Russia). It means they may be fined 10,000 – 15,000 thousand roubles or get up to 40 hours of community service. The court […]

Press Release, 06.06.2017 On Thursday, 15 June, Alexei Karnaukhov, Deputy Head of the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Centre, will take part in the discussion with Ilya Shumanov, Dputy Head of Tranparency International – Russia. The discussion will be held at the Anti-Corruption Policy Laboratory of the Higher School of Economics.

Press release, 06.06.2017 Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova, leader of the Moscow branch of the party Sergei Mitrokhin and municipal deputy of Moscow Elena Rusakova were not allowed to participate in the parliamentary hearings on the renovation of Moscow housing, as the State Duma was frightened of unenviable uncomfortable questions the deputies had to face.

Press Release, 06.06.2017 Yabloko was not allowed to participate in the parliamentary hearings on the renovation of Moscow housing, as the State Duma was frightened of unenviable uncomfortable questions the deputies had to face. The so-called “renovation” implies that a full 10 per cent of Moscow’s housing is set to be torn down and 1.6 […]

Press release, 05.06.2017 Natalia Poklonskaya, deputy of the State Duma and ex Public Prosecutor of Crimea, explained the reporters why she did not declare a car in her income tax statement as well as her husband’s property and income. According to Poklonskaya, she is not married and mentioned that she had a husband in mass […]

Press Release, 30.05.2017 The Moscow hurricane of 29 May killed 16 people and about 100 Muscovites are in hospitals. During the thunderstorm of 29 May many people complained that they had not been warned. Thus, many reported that text messages on the emergency situation did not come to their telephones. A spokesman for the Ministry […]

Press Release, 30.05.2017 The government’s amendments to the state budget introduced past week to the State Duma for the first time lacked the data on total expenditures for defence or security. Thus it will be even more difficult to monitor where the secret expenditure are allotted to. Yabloko believes that the structure of the current […]

Press Release, 23.05.2017 Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre suspects that Natalia Poklonskaya, deputy of the State Duma, has not declared a car in her income tax statement, and also conceals her husband’s property and income. Sergei Mitrokhin, head of the Centre sent a letter to the Public Prosecutor General demanding to check the Poklonskaya’s statements.

Press Release, 18.05.2017 The Yabloko party has announced an open selection of nominees for the negative award Golden Toilet Brush 2017. The prize is made in the form of golden toilet brush and will be awarded to the officials who make the most absurd and wasteful purchase for the state budget money.

Press release, 04.05.2017 The house of Vladimir Yegorov, Chair of Yabloko’s local branch in Toropets, the Tver Region, was attacked. On May 2, unidentified individuals broke windows of his house and intended to set the place on fire.

Press release, 02.05.2017 Sergei Mitrokhin, a member of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee and head of the party’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre, applied to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Government of the RF demanding to verify compliance of the appointment of Deputy Prime Ministers’s son CEO with the legislation on the prevention and management of conflict […]

Press Release, 21.04.2017 Lev Shlosberg, MP from the YABLOKO party of the Pskov Region Legislative Assembl, applied to the Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the Pskov region asking the Service to institute proceedings under Article 16 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” (prohibition of restricting competition agreements or concerted actions) in […]