Statement by the Yabloko party, 14.05.2020 On 13 May, the Russian government introduced to the State Duma a package of amendments to the Law “On Police”, unreasonably expanding the powers of the police and threatening the rights of citizens. The Yabloko party considers the adoption of this bill unacceptable. In particular, it is proposed to […]

Nikolai Rybakov’s FB post, 13.05.2020 Today two resonant bills were submitted to the State Duma: on voting by mail and on the right of policemen to open cars. So, under the auspices of the fight against the epidemic, the authorities take the most vile steps – legitimisation of police lawlessness and creation of the basis […]

Press Release, 12.05.2020 The Ivanovo regional branch of the Yabloko party appealed to the Governor and deputies of the Ivanovo Regional Duma with a demand to amend the regional budget. Namely, to redistribute more than 21 million roubles allocated to mass events and festivals, in favour of doctors and medical workers, population and the affected […]

Press Release, 12.05.2020 The Ryazan branch of the Yabloko asked Yelena Sorokina, head of the Ryazan administration, to publicly explain how the money allocated before the COVID-19 epidemic for recreation of children during summer holidays would be spent, as children’s summer activities were banned due to the pandemic. A separate issue was what happened to […]

Press Release, 12.05.2020 The Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko sent an appeal to the Deputy Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and the Rector of the Medical University on the inadmissibility to forcibly involve medical students to work with patients with coronavirus.

Press Release, 5.05.2020 The Governor must consider provision of benefits to pensioners, especially for those whose pension is less than the subsistence minimum established in the Omsk region. Such a proposal was sent by the Omsk regional branch of the Yabloko party to Alexander Burkov, Governor of the region.

Press Release, 4.05.2020 The Saratov branch of the Yabloko party sent an appeal to the Governor and the government of the Saratov region, as well as to deputies of the regional Duma with a call to redistribute the funds envisaged in the regional budget for 2020 in connection with the spread of the COVID-19 infection. […]

Press Release, 30.04.2020 The Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party will hold the First of May demonstration online. Everyone can join the stream which starts this Friday at 12:00. The organiser of the online demonstration is Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Chairman of the party’s regional branch.

Press Release, 28.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and head of the party’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent an appeal to Oleg Ergashev, Vice Governor of St.Petersburg. Vishnevsky asked Ergashev to take measures to prompt and daily publication of clear and precise statistics on hospitals treating patients with coronavirus, the […]

Press Release, 28.04.2020 Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, proposed to create Public Commission for control over the use of digital technologies by the state. He wrote about this in his article called Digital Danger, published by the Novaya Gazeta newspaper today .  The Public Commission should include IT […]

Based on Vashi Novosti, 28.04.2020 On April 27, Sergei Busurin, Mayor of Veliky Novgorod, signed Decree No. 1413 on reducing budget expenditures in Veliky Novgorod. This was announced by Anna Cherepanova, head of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Novgorod and deputy of the Duma of Veliky Novgorod. According to Cherepanova, “the sequestration […]

Press Release, 25.04.2020 The Yabloko party has been creating a volunteer network to overcome the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Party activists and anyone who wants to join them will provide help to fellow citizens throughout Russia.

Press Release, 24.04.2020 On 23 April, the Regional Council of the Tula branch of Yabloko conducted a video conference and adopted an appeal to Alexei Dyumin, Governor of the Tula region, calling him to initiate a review of part of the regional budget expenditure items allocating 1.4 billion roubles to healthcare. The activists of the […]

Press Release, 24.04.2020 Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin calling for measures to increase the accessibility of the market for state and municipal procurement for small and medium-sized businesses. “The Yabloko party believes that the state should improve the conditions for small and medium-sized businesses and become their […]

Press Release, 23.04.2020 Photo by TASS: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin Lev Shlosberg, MP of the Pskov Regional Assembly from the Yabloko faction and leader of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, sent an appeal to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asking him to provide aid to all small and medium-sized businesses, regardless of the industry […]

Press Release, 23.04.2020 Nearly 21 million roubles are allocated in the budget of the Ryazan region for the project Digital Educational Environment in 2020. “At the same time, distance education of children in the context of the coronavirus epidemic in the region was completely failed by the Minister of Education Olga Schetinkina,” say the activists […]

Press Release, 23.04.2020 The Tula Regional Duma refuses large purchases of expensive cars for the regional parliaments and allocates these 5 million roubles for the purchase of ambulances. Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula Yabloko, noted that this happened exactly 24 hours after Yabloko’s publication of the video about the purchase by the Tula Regional […]

Press Release, 23.04.2020 The Yabloko party insists that the government should take immediate measures to prevent the upsurge of domestic violence. Such measures include immediate reaction of the police to reports of violence, provision of a sufficient number of shelters for victims, hotel rooms inclusive, and cancellation of liability for violation of the isolation regime […]

Press Release, 23.04.2020 Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and leader of the party’s faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, together with members of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko, organised fundraising for the purchase of personal protective equipment for doctors working in St. Petersburg medical institutions.

Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 23.04.2020 In the context of the coronavirus pandemic and self-isolation, the number of cases of domestic violence against women, children and the elderly has significantly increased, whereas women are the first to become victims. This applies to all countries, emphasised UN Secretary General António Guterres. In Russia, the situation is […]