Yevgeny Gontmakher on overcoming social stratification: We need a different economy
Press Release, 14.07.2025
Photo by Alexander Manzyuk, Kommersant
The Esli Byt Tochnym (To Be Precise) project has published an analysis of Russians’ incomes from 2022 to the first quarter of 2025, according to which inequality is growing in the country. Despite sanctions for some and state assistance for others, the rich have become richer and the poor poorer. Researchers note that the growth of inequality in 2023 in our country is record-breaking since the early nineties, while in 2022 inequality sharply decreased due to economic shocks for the rich and state support for the poor, over 2023-2024 the Gini index (an indicator of the level of inequality in society) increased by 2.5%, to 0.408.
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Posted: July 14th, 2025 under Economy, Russian Economy.
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Memory means responsibility, not a personality cult
Statement by the Kaliningrad regional branch of the Yabloko Party, 14.07.2025
Photo: Alexander Dudin. Demonstration. 1989
“We must become a country of convictions, without persecution and violence… All this will only be possible when the foundations for the revival of a totalitarian regime and uncontrolled power disappear.” A. D. Sakharov, from the collection “Speaks”, New York, 1974.
In connection with the opening of a bust of Iosif Dzhugashvili (Stalin) at the Baltic Fleet Officers’ House in Kaliningrad on 9 July 2025, the Kaliningrad regional branch of the Yabloko Party considers it necessary to express its position.
We consider the revival of Stalin’s personality cult unacceptable – a figure under whose rule millions of USSR citizens were subjected to political repressions, exiled, imprisoned in camps, and executed. Among them were thousands of officers, commanders, and sailors. These facts are officially recognised by the state: the Russian Federation law “On the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repressions” directly indicates the necessity of restoring justice and memory of those who suffered.
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Posted: July 14th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Bashkortostan nominated a candidate for the by-election to the Agidel City Council
Press Release, 10.07.2025
Photo: Alexei Akimenko / Photo by the regional branch of the party
Alexei Akimenko, Yabloko member and a former Agidel City Council deputy, was elected as a candidate for single-mandate constituency No. 8 in the by-election to the City Council of the city of Agidel. To register for the elections, the candidate must submit to the electoral commission 14 signatures in support of his nomination. Alexei Akimenko’s election campaign will be held under the general party slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”
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Posted: July 11th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The voice for Peace and Freedom will be heard in the municipal elections in the Ryazan region
Press Release, 10.07.2025
Photo: Maria Rakcheyeva / Photo by the regional branch of the party
The current deputy of the Kriushinsky rural settlement of the Klepikovsky district of the Ryazan region from the Yabloko party, Maria Rakcheyeva, will take part in the elections of deputies of the Klepikovsky municipal council. Electoral district No. 1, in which Maria Rakcheyeva is running, includes the towns of Kriusha, Malinovka, Ryabinovka, Tyukovo, as well as twenty small villages. To register for the elections, the Yabloko candidate must submit to the electoral commission 14 signatures in support of her nomination.
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Posted: July 11th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Social Policies, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Astrakhan may elect a deputy advocating for Peace and Freedom
Press Release, 9.07.2025
Photo: View of the Astrakhan Kremlin / Photo from Wikimedia Commons
The regional branch of the Yabloko party in Astrakhan has nominated a candidate for the elections of deputies of the Astrakhan City Duma in electoral district No. 2. Yelena Shiryaeva, a Yabloko member since 2000, will conduct a campaign under the general party slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!” To register for the elections, a Yabloko candidate must collect 50 signatures of district residents in support of her nomination.
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Posted: July 10th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Tambov Yabloko nominated 33 candidates for the Tambov City Duma elections
Press Release, 9.07.2025
Photo: Conference of the Tambov branch of Yabloko / Photo by the regional branch of the party
The candidates from Yabloko as part of a single party list during the election campaign will voice the main political demand of the party – an immediate agreement on a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. To register the Yabloko list for the elections of deputies of the Tambov City Duma, the regional branch of the party must collect 1,600 signatures of city residents by 30 July. Yabloko asks its supporters and all ready to sign for the Yabloko candidates or become a volunteer for help.
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Posted: July 10th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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A candidate for Peace and Freedom will take part in the municipal elections of the Kaliningrad region
Press Release, 9.07.2025
Photo: Anna Shteinbach / Photo by the regional branch of the party
Kaliningrad Yabloko nominated Anna Shteinbach as a candidate for deputy of the Zelenograd Urban District Council. She will run in single-mandate constituency No. 14, which includes Zaostrovye and nearby villages. The candidate’s election campaign will be held under the general party slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”
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Posted: July 10th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko supporter in Tatarstan Zulfiya Sitdikova fined 80,000 roubles for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 7.07.2025
Photo: Zulfiya Sitdikova during one of her arrests / Photo from social networks
The Vakhitovsky District Court in Kazan imposed a large fine of 80,000 roubles on Yabloko supporter in Tatarstan Zulfiya Sitdikova for “discrediting the army”. According to the court, Zulfiya Sitdikova allegedly photographed a man with a poster “There is no way, it’s time to turn away” on the street in Kazan and posted it on an anonymous Telegram channel, thereby “discrediting” the Russian army. The Judge issued a decision on the fine, without regarding any evidence of Zulfiya Sitdikova’s involvement in the case. Paying the fine of 80,000 roubles for Zulfiya, a civil activist and a disabled person of the third group, is impossible without the help of caring Russian citizens.
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Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko invites all to the exhibition and discussion “Women and the Resistance to National Socialism”
Press Release, 7.07.2025
In 1933, the rise of the National Socialists to power in Germany led to the emergence of resistance. With the outbreak of World War II, this activity did not cease, but went underground. Resistance to the Adolf Hitler’s regime was fragmented, and included representatives of different social classes, religious and political groups. Women played an important role in this movement. Risking their lives, they carried out underground activities, using various methods to help save those persecuted by the regime and spread information about the crimes of the fascists.
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Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko has nominated a candidate for Peace and Freedom in the city council elections in Oryol
Press Release, 7.07.2025
Photo: Candidate Igor Fyodorov / Photo from the personal archive
Igor Fyodorov, 60, a construction engineer and former deputy of the Oryol City Council of People’s Deputies, became Yabloko’s candidate in electoral constituency No. 14. Igor Fyodorov’s electoral campaign is being conducted under the party-wide slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire agreement!”.
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Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Chelyabinsk Yabloko will participate in municipal elections in Miass and Kopeysk
Press Release, 7.07.2025
Photo: The Chelyabinsk Yabloko team: Dmitry Sogrin and Valentina Komkova (in the centre) /Photo by the regional branch of the party
The Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Yabloko party has nominated candidates in single-mandate electoral constituencies for elections to the city councils of Miass and Kopeysk. The electoral campaigns of Yabloko candidates in will be conducted under the party slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”.
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Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Novgorod Yabloko has nominated 12 candidates for Peace and Freedom in municipal elections
Press Release, 7.07.2025
Photo: Novgorod Yabloko candidates (left to right) Alexander Posrednikov, Yelena Ivanova, Viktor Shalyakin, Yelena Tulina, and Anton Kostryukov / Photo by the regional branch of the party
The conference of Novgorod Yabloko has nominated 12 candidates to run in local elections in four districts of the region. The electoral campaign in the region will be conducted under the party-wide slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”.
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Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Gubernatorial Elections 2025, Gubernatorial Elections 2025, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s Analytical Centre invites you to a public lecture by Ilya Vaskin “Reformers in the Islamic Republic of Iran”
Press Release, 7.07.2025
The current political regime in Iran, which marked its 46th anniversary in February 2025, has just undergone a powerful test. Military operations by Israel and the US have posed a serious challenge to it. If changes were to become possible in the country, who could implement them? What is the Iranian reformist movement, from which the current President Masoud Pezeshkian emerged? Are there supporters of liberal democracy in Iran? Where do they come from? Why do they hold such views? All these issues will be discussed by Ilya Vaskin, senior lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Middle Eastern, Caucasian and Central Asian Studies at the Higher School of Economics and author of the Telegram channel “Iranian Politics”.
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Posted: July 7th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars.
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Pskov Yabloko demands compensation for removal of party lists from 2023 elections following Constitutional Court ruling
Press Release, 7.07.2025
Photo: Pskov Yabloko team / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko
Pskov Yabloko demands compensation from the state for removal of party lists from 2023 elections following the ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (of 18 March, 2025) which confirmed the removal of Pskov Yabloko lists of candidates from municipal elections in 2023 was unlawful.
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Posted: July 7th, 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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Pskov Yabloko nominated 81 candidates in 12 electoral campaigns in the region
Press Release, 7.07.2025
Photo: Conference of Pskov Yabloko / Photo by the regional branch of the party
The conference of the Pskov regional branch of the Yabloko party has nominated 81 candidates for deputy positions in elections to representative bodies of local self-government. All Yabloko party candidates in the Pskov region and across the country are standing in elections under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”.
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Posted: July 7th, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Kurgan will participate in the City Duma elections
Press Release, 2.07.2025
Photo: Yelena Panova / Photo from the personal archive
Kurgan Yabloko has nominated Yelena Panova, Chair of the regional branch of the party, as a candidate for the Kurgan City Duma elections in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 3. For registration in the elections, the candidate for Peace and Freedom must provide the electoral commission with about 1,400 signatures from district residents in support of her nomination by 11 July.
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Posted: July 3rd, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Voronezh Yabloko has nominated candidates for the Voronezh City Duma elections
Press Release, 2.07.2025
Photo: Volunteers of Voronezh Yabloko headquarters / Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko
Past week the Bureau of the regional branch of Yabloko nominated a list of 18 candidates for the Voronezh City Duma elections. The candidates’ electoral campaign is conducted under the common Yabloko slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”. Yabloko must collect 4,500 signatures from Voronezh residents in support of registration of the Yabloko candidates list by 29 July.
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Posted: July 3rd, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Novosibirsk Yabloko will participate in elections for the City Council and local self-government
Press Release, 2.07.2025
Photo: Yabloko candidates Pyotr Kopylov and Valentin Fedotov
The conference of the Novosibirsk regional branch of the Yabloko party has nominated Pyotr Kopylov, 38-year-old entrepreneur and public activist, a candidate for the Novosibirsk City Council elections in electoral constituency No. 4, and Valentin Fedotov, 70-year-old supplementary education teacher, inventor and environmental activist, for the Council of Deputies of Suzun Municipal District (electoral constituency No. 14). Both candidates are conducting their electoral campaigns under the common Yabloko slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”.
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Posted: July 3rd, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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In Novoaltaysk, a candidate for Peace and Freedom from the Yabloko party will participate in the elections
Press Release, 2.07.2025
Photo: Artyom Reka / Photo from the personal archive
The Bureau of the Altai regional branch of the Yabloko party has nominated a candidate for the by-elections of deputy to the Novoaltaysk City Assembly. Artyom Reka, 37, a car mechanic and Yabloko party member, has been nominated to run in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 16.
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Posted: July 3rd, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko in Tatarstan has nominated a candidate for the Kazan City Duma
Press Release, 2.07.2025
Photo: Candidate Sofia Fyodorova / Photo by the regional branch of the party
The Bureau of the regional branch of the Yabloko party in Tatarstan has nominated Sofia Fyodorova as a candidate for deputy of the Kazan City Duma in a single-mandate constituency. To be registered in the elections, the candidate needs to collect 250 signatures in support of her nomination.
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Posted: July 3rd, 2025 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2025, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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