Archive for 'Yabloko’s Regional Branches'
Arthur Gaiduk asks Federal Antimonopoly Service to check legality of restricting calls in Telegram and WhatsApp
Press Release, 15.08.2025 Photo: Arthur Gaiduk / Photo by Pskov Yabloko Pskov Regional Assembly deputy from Yabloko Arthur Gaiduk sent an appeal to Federal Antimonopoly Service head Maxim Shaskolsky requesting a check of the legality of Roskomnadzor’s (Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications) decision to restrict calls for Russians in foreign messengers Telegram […]
Posted: August 19th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko programme for 14 September 2025 elections in the Novgorod region
Press Release, 14.08.2025 Novgorod Yabloko published its programme for the regional and local elections in the Novgorod Region due on 14 September 2025. The Novgorod branch of the party states that Yabloko is participating in the elections in order to achieve the following goals:
Posted: August 14th, 2025 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko awarded first compensations for unlawful removal of party lists from 2023 elections
Press Release, 13.08.2025 Photo: Pskov Yabloko candidates in the 2023 elections Nikolai Barkhatov and Lyudmila Kochneva, and lawyer Vitaly Isakov / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko On 12 August, Opochka District Court and Pushkinogorsk District Court satisfied Pskov Yabloko’s lawsuits against the Russian Ministry of Finance for compensation for cancelling registration of the […]
Posted: August 14th, 2025 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Materials revealed that led to Ksenia Cherepanova being recognised as “foreign agent”: among them news about repressions against Yabloko and criticism of local self-government reform
Press Release, 13.08.2025 Photo: Ksenia Cherepanova / Photo: Novgorod Yabloko The Novgorod Region Ministry of Justice Department has drawn up an administrative protocol against member of the Novgorod Yabloko Bureau Ksenia Cherepanova for failing to self-report as a “foreign agent”. The protocol lists materials whose publication on Ksenia Cherepanova’s Telegram channel allegedly occurred with foreign […]
Posted: August 14th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Trilogy of lawlessness: municipal filter destroys political alternative
Statement by the Bureau of the Novgorod branch of Yabloko, 11.08.2025 Photo: Yabloko candidate Viktor Shalyakin / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko On 8 August 2025, the Electoral Commission of the Novgorod Region refused to register Yabloko Party candidate Viktor Shalyakin for the Governor elections under the pretext of “insufficient signatures from municipal deputies”. We consider […]
Posted: August 12th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2025, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Lev Shlosberg is accused of posting videos but the links lead to another person’s page, not his
Press Release, 8.08.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court / Photo by the regional branch of the party On 7 August, the 38th magistrate’s court in Pskov held another, already eighth hearing on the criminal case against Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg for allegedly evading “fulfilment of foreign agent obligations”. The investigation believes that the politician […]
Posted: August 8th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on ex-Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Boris Dubrovsky being placed on wanted list: worked and ran away
Yaroslav Shcherbakov’s blog post, 7.08.2025 Photo: The plaques state that (1) Boris Dubrovsky, Governor of Chelyabinsk Region from 24.09.2014 – 19.03.2019, participated in a cartel agreement. The established damage amounts to over 20 billion roubles. (2) Mikhail Yurevich, Governor of Chelyabinsk Region from 22.04.2010 – 15.01.2014, accused of taking bribes. The established damage amounts to […]
Posted: August 7th, 2025 under Elections, Governance, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2025, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court keeps Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg under house arrest until 8 October
Press Release, 6.08.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg in court on 11 June 2025 / Photo by Stepan Baranov The decision to extend the preventive measure was made by a judge of the Pskov City Court. The hearing was held in a closed session. Journalists were asked to leave the courtroom before the court ruling was announced. […]
Posted: August 6th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko honoured the memory of victims of political repression at Sandarmokh, Karelia, and Levashovo Cemetery by St.Petersburg
Press Release, 6.08.2025 On the International Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Great Terror on 5 August, a Yabloko party delegation visited the Sandarmokh site in Karelia – the place of execution and burial of more than 6,000 people in 1937-1938. The memorial event was attended by Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Karelia Legislative Assembly […]
Posted: August 6th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko candidates to take part in elections to three municipal councils in Karelia
Press Release, 4.08.2025 Photo: The building of the administration of the White Sea-Baltic Canal in Medvezhyegorsk / Photo by Anri Bergius, Wikipedia The Yabloko party has nominated seven candidates for deputies of the councils of three municipal districts in the Republic of Karelia – Medvezhyegorsky, Lakhdenpokhsky and Muyezersky. The campaign in Karelia will be held […]
Posted: August 4th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“A wise politician, gifted diplomat, true human rights defender and steadfast comrade”. Alexander Shishlov turns 70
Congratulations from Nikolai Rybakov, Grigory Yavlinsky, and St.Petersburg Yabloko, 28.07.2025 Photo: Alexander Shishlov / Photo from the Yabloko Press Service On 28 July, Alexander Shishlov, Coordinator of the Yabloko party’s Federal Political Committee and leader of the Yabloko faction in the St Petersburg Legislative Assembly, celebrates his 70th birthday. He receives warm congratulations from party […]
Posted: July 28th, 2025 under Greetings, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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The Murmansk branch of Yabloko has nominated candidates for Peace and Freedom to run for the municipal Council of the Kolsky District
Press Release, 24.07.2025 Photo: Igor Khomechko, Irina Komleva and Vyacheslav Polezhaev Yabloko candidates in single-mandate constituencies Irina Komleva (constituency No. 13), Vyacheslav Polezhaev (constituency No. 19) and Igor Khomechko (constituency No. 20) are standing for election to the first convocation of the Council of Deputies of the Kolsky Municipal District of the Murmansk region. The […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Nikolai Rybakov: Yabloko candidates at elections of any level conduct a political campaign on the key issue of the country’s development
RIA Tomsk, 24.07.2025 Interview by Valentina Ankudinova Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Yabloko party has determined candidates for elections to the Tomsk City Duma, which will take place in September. On the eve, a pre-election conference took place in the city, attended by party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov. In an […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Economy, Education and Science, Elections, Environmental Policies, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Healthcare, Housing and Utilities Reform, Human Rights, Political Parties, Protection of Environment, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Russian Economy, Social Policies, Yabloko Against the Government's Pension Reform, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Youth Policies, Без рубрики.
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The trial on Lev Shlosberg’s another criminal case for evading “foreign agent” obligations will continue on the politician’s birthday
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko On 22 July, another hearing took place at the court of the first instance on the case of Yabloko Deputy Chairman Lev Shlosberg for violating “foreign agent” legislation. The proceedings lasted almost three hours and were postponed to 30 July due to the public […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Konstantin Smirnov’s detention in custody extended for another two months
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov in court / Photo by Ryazan Yabloko The Soviet District Court of Ryazan refused to change the preventive measure for Editor-in-Chief of internet media Vid Sboku (View from the Side) and Yabloko municipal deputy Konstantin Smirnov. The politician’s defence insisted on transferring the politician to house arrest, but the […]
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Andrei Tsatsenko nominated by Yabloko for by-election of a deputy to the Pskov City Duma
Press Release, 23.07.2025 Photo: Andrei Tsatsenko / Photo from the personal archive On 22 July, members of the Bureau of the Pskov regional branch of the Yabloko party voted for the nomination of Andrei Tsatsenko as a Yabloko candidate for by-election to the city parliament in district No. 3. The candidate’s campaign will be held […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court will conduct a hearing on extending the arrest for Konstantin Smirnov
Press Release, 22.07.2025 Photo: Konstantin Smirnov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 23 July, the Sovietsky District Court of Ryazan will consider the investigator’s petition to extend the arrest for Konstantin Smirnov, Editor-in-Chief of the Internet media Vid Sboku (Side View) and deputy of the Dubrovichy Council from Yabloko. The journalist and politician […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2025 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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“We will definitely still have the opportunity to speak openly about freedom and our ideals.” Yabloko invites all to join its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 22.07.2025 A third member of the Yabloko party has been deprived of freedom for his beliefs and needs support. The leader of Kamchatka Yabloko, Vladimir Yefimov, began serving a two-year sentence in the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky penal colony in the Far East as part of a criminal case on “discrediting the army”. The journalist, founder […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko demands the resignation of Acting Governor of Novgorod Region Alexander Dronov
Statement by the Bureau of the Novgorod Region branch of Yabloko, 21.07.2025 Photo: Alexander Dronov and Stanislav Shultsev / Photo from the social media of Acting Governor of Novgorod Region On 18 July 2025, [media] reported about the arrest of Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Novgorod Region Stanislav Shultsev. He was with receiving […]
Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Economy, Human Rights, Russian Economy, YABLOKO against Corruption, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko has nominated 26 candidates for elections in Tomsk and Seversk
Press Release, 21.07.2025 Photo: Vasily Yeremin and Yevgeny Kaverzin, lead candidates of the Yabloko list and incumbent Tomsk City Duma deputies The Tomsk regional branch of the party nominated 16 people on the list and five candidates in single-mandate constituencies for elections to Tomsk City Duma at the conference of the regional Yabloko branch […]
Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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