Archive for 'Yabloko’s Regional Branches'
On the searches at the Eksmo publishing group
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, 21.04.2026 Photo: Vladimir Dorokhov (left), Kirill Goncharov (centre), Nikolai Rybakov and Ivan Bolshakov (background) / Photo by Moscow Yabloko On 21 April, searches were carried out at the Eksmo publishing group in Moscow, and its director general was detained. We regard this […]
Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Moscow City Court keeps Maxim Kruglоv in pre-trial detention, dismissing appeals against the politician’s arrest
Press Release, 21.04.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov at a Moscow City Court hearing in 2025 via a video link / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 21 April, the Moscow City Court dismissed the defence’s appeals against the arrest of Yabloko Deputy Chair Maxim Kruglov, leaving the politician in custody.
Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko leader in Karelia detained in Petrozavodsk on charge of “displaying extremist symbols”
Press Release, 21.04.2026 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service This morning, 21 April, police in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, called on Emilia Slabunova, an Honoured Teacher of Russia, former Chair of Yabloko, and leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia. As she was leaving for work, law enforcement officers […]
Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, The Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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St. Petersburg courts to hear administrative cases against Alexander Shishlov
Press Release, 21.04.2026 Photo: Alexander Shishlov at the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly / Photo by the Legislative Assembly Press Office The practices of using absurd administrative proceedings to bar Yabloko leaders from elections continues. Court hearings in the cases against Alexander Shishlov are scheduled for April. Two administrative offence reports have been drawn up against […]
Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Lawyer Vitaly Isakov on the verdict against Lev Shlosberg: “This verdict is an act of political retribution and must be overturned”
Press Release, 20.04.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 17 April, the fifth hearing of the appeal lodged by Yabloko Deputy Chair Lev Shlosberg against his conviction in the criminal case concerning “foreign agent labels” took place at the Pskov City Court. The parties moved to closing arguments at this hearing.
Posted: April 21st, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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After a traffic police ambush targeting Yabloko’s Irkutsk leader, his medical examination results were fabricated
Press Release, 17.04.2026 Photo: Grigory Gribenko / Photo by Irkutsk Yabloko Today, 17 April, the Chairman of Irkutsk Yabloko, Grigory Gribenko, received the results of a laboratory analysis conducted by the Irkutsk drug treatment clinic to detect the presence of narcotic substances. The analysis had been carried out on 10 April — after law enforcement […]
Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“High risks”: Moscow Mayor’s Office explains to Yabloko why a “covid” decree banning public protests has been in force in the Moscow for six years
Press Release, 17.04.2026 Photo by Artyom Krasnov, Kommersant In 2026, Moscow “retains risks of deterioration in the COVID-19 situation,” and so a “heightened readiness regime remains in force” across Moscow, with the global risks of infection “assessed as high”. This is stated in a letter from Andrei Zakharov, Deputy Head of the Moscow Department of […]
Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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We demand the return of Ivanovskaya Gorka’s historic panorama to Moscow!
Statement by the Bureau of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, 16. 04. 2026 Photo: Ivanovskaya Gorka / Photo from Kultura.rf In the heart of Moscow, the distinctive district of Ivanovskaya Gorka has survived to the present day, one of the few historically intact areas that preserve the spirit and character of old […]
Posted: April 17th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, History, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Appellate court upholds Irkutsk Mayor’s Office refusal to approve Yabloko’s protest rally against blocking of Telegram
Press Release, 15.04.2026 Photo by Alexander Wainshtein, Kommersant On 15 April, the Irkutsk Regional Court upheld the ruling of the Kirovsky District Court, thereby endorsing the Irkutsk Mayor’s Office refusal to approve a Yabloko rally against Telegram blockings. The rally “For a Free Internet” had been due to take place on 1 March, but the […]
Posted: April 15th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko’s Green Russia faction calls for expert review of proposed Far Eastern nuclear power plant
Press Release, 13.05.2026 Photo: Member of the Yabloko’s regional council Oleg Ivanov (the Green Russia faction) and Chair of the Maritime Territory branch of Yabloko Marina Zheleznyakova / Photo by the Maritime Territory branch of Yabloko The Green Russia faction of the Yabloko party has submitted its comments and proposals on the licence justification materials […]
Posted: April 14th, 2026 under Environmental Policies, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Chairman of Yakutia Yabloko fined over deleted reposts: court issues ruling riddled with violations
Press Release, 13.04.2026 Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The leader of Yabloko in Yakutia, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, has been fined 10,000 roubles under the article on cooperation with an “undesirable” organisation (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The prosecution was triggered by reposts that had previously been deleted from […]
Posted: April 13th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Court upholds Lev Shlosberg’s remand in custody until 2 June: appeal by the politician and his defence against arrest rejected
Press Release, 13.04.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko A judge of Pskov Regional Court has rejected the appeal lodged by Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg and his defence against the order remanding the politician in custody until 2 June. Pskov Yabloko reported this on 13 April. Lev Shlosberg attended the hearing via […]
Posted: April 13th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Traffic police stage ‘crackdown’ on Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko
Press Release, 10.04.2026 Screenshot from Grigory Gribenko’s video in which he describes the situation from inside a traffic police car Today, 10 April, Irkutsk Yabloko leader Grigory Gribenko reported that traffic police inspectors had made three attempts to stop his car before forcibly taking him for a medical examination, on the grounds that he was […]
Posted: April 10th, 2026 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Moscow Yabloko invites everyone to join the Yabloko Run through Moscow
Press Release, 9.04.2026 The Moscow branch of Yabloko has announced the Yabloko Run — a new format for getting together: friendly and good for everyone. The sporting event will be a collective jog through the city centre, starting from the party office on Pyatnitskaya Street. The run will take place on 18 April at 12:00.
Posted: April 9th, 2026 under Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the mass violations of citizens’ rights in the seizure of cattle in Novosibirsk Region
Adopted at a meeting of the Federal Bureau of Yabloko on 7.04.2026; published on 8.04.2026 Photo by Alexei Tanyushin, Kommersant Since 9 March 2026, the mass-scale and forced destruction of cattle on peasant and farming holdings has been taking place in Novosibirsk Region.
Posted: April 9th, 2026 under Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Constitutional Court refuses to examine the constitutionality of the ban on parties challenging electoral commission decisions
Press Release, 8.04.2026 Photo by Andrei Zhdanov, Kommersant The Constitutional Court of Russia has refused to consider a complaint lodged by the St.Petersburg regional branch of Yabloko against a statutory provision that prevents the party from appealing an unlawful decision of an electoral commission.
Posted: April 9th, 2026 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2024, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko member Vasily Neustroyev sentenced to ten years in prison
Press Release, 8.04.2026 Photo: Vasily Neustroyev / Photo from St.Petersburg observers On 8 April, Yabloko member Vasily Neustroev from St.Petersburg was sentenced to ten years in prison. In addition to serving his sentence in a general-regime penal colony, he and five other convicted young men have been banned for seven years from posting online and […]
Posted: April 8th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Eva Merkacheva submits character reference on imprisoned Konstantin Smirnov, requesting change of remand measure
Press Release, 6.04.2026 Photo: Presentation of Eva Merkacheva’s books at the Yabloko office, September 2023 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Eva Merkacheva, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights and a columnist for Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, has submitted a character reference on Konstantin Smirnov, imprisoned leader of Ryazan […]
Posted: April 7th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Federal Antimonopoly Service evades review the legality of Telegram throttling — Yabloko receives response to Deputy Artur Gaiduk’s parliamentary inquiry
Press Release, 03.04.2026 Photo by Sergei Konkov, Kommersant Artur Gaiduk, leader of Pskov Yabloko and a deputy of the regional Legislative Assembly, has received responses from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) and the Russian Ministry of Digital Development. The letters were sent to Gaiduk in reply to his parliamentary inquiries of 15 February, in which […]
Posted: April 7th, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, The Yabloko Faction in the Pskov Regional Assembly, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Court keeps Lev Shlosberg in pre-trial detention until 2 June: hearing on custodial measure closed to media and public
Press Release, 2.04.2026 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Today, 2 April, the Pskov City Court resumed consideration of the investigator’s application to extend the remand in custody of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg in the case concerning “fake news” about the Russian Armed Forces (Article 207.3, Part 2, of the Criminal Code). […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2026 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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