Press Release, 14.03.2019

On Friday, 15 March, Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko founder and Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko party, will meet with those who have submitted applications for joining the party within the framework of the “Make Your Voice Louder!” campaign launched by Grigory Yavlinsky and calling citizens of Russia to join the Yabloko party so that to make their voice heard in defending their rights and making the government change their policies.

In the article of the same title published in Novaya Gazeta (https://www.yabloko.ru/publikatsii/2019/02/28) , Yavlinsky called on all Russian citizens to participate in politics and join Yabloko, because the approaching domestic political crisis represents a rare moment when a mass party can change the fate of a country. “Such a party will become an influential factor in politics, its voice will be heard, it will be taken into account,” Yavlinsky wrote in his article.

Yavlinsky expressed his certainty that there are millions of those in Russia “who hate violence, war, obscurantism and lies”. “But only by joining together can we influence what is happening. And the more of us there are, the louder our voice will be, the more significant the influence will be,” Yabloko leader wrote.

After this call, hundreds of people joined the Yabloko party all over Russia, including renowned academics and human rights activists.

The meeting will be held at the central office of Yabloko at the address: Pyatnitskaya 31, bldg. 2, conference hall (4th floor). The meeting will begin at 19:00.