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Memorandum of Political Alternative, an updated version of 1.03.2019

Memorandum of Political Alternative

YABLOKO's Ten Key Programme Issues

THE DEMOCRATIC MANIFESTO

YABLOKO's Political Platform Adopted by the 15th Congress, June 21, 2008

The 18th Congress of YABLOKO

RUSSIA DEMANDS CHANGES! Electoral Program for 2011 Parliamentary Elections.

Key resolutions by the Congress:

On Stalinism and Bolshevism
Resolution. December 21, 2009

On Anti-Ecological Policies of Russia’s Authorities. Resolution of the 15th congress of the YABLOKO party No 253, December 24, 2009

On the Situation in the Northern Caucasus. Resolution of the 15th congress of the YABLOKO party No 252, December 24, 2009

YABLOKO's POLITICAL COMMITTEE DECISIONS:

YABLOKO’s Political Committee: Russian state acts like an irresponsible business corporation conducting anti-environmental policies

 

Overcoming bolshevism and stalinism as a key factor for Russia¦µ™s transformation in the 21st century

 

On Russia's Foreign Policies. Political Committee of hte YABLOKO party. Statement, June 26, 2009

 

On Iran’s Nuclear Problem Resolution by the Political Committee of the YABLOKO party. October 6, 2009

 

Anti-Crisis Proposals (Housing-Roads-Land) of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO. Handed to President Medvedev by Sergei Mitrokhin on June 11, 2009

Brief Outline of Sergei Mitrokhin’s Report at the State Council meeting. January 22, 2010

 

Assessment of Russia’s Present Political System and the Principles of Its Development. Brief note for the State Council meeting (January 22, 2010) by Dr.Grigory Yavlinsky, member of YABLOKO’s Political Committee. January 22, 2010

 

Address of the YABLOKO party to President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. Political Committee of the YABLOKO party. October 9, 2009

 

The 17th Congress of YABLOKO

 

 

 

The 16th Congress of Yabloko

Photo by Sergei Loktionov

The 12th congress of Yabloko


The 11th congress of Yabloko


The 10th congress of Yabloko

Moscow Yabloko
Yabloko for Students
St. Petersburg Yabloko
Khabarovsk Yabloko
Irkutsk Yabloko
Kaliningrad Yabloko(eng)
Novosibirsk Yabloko
Rostov Yabloko
Yekaterinburg Yabloko
(Sverdlovsk Region)

Krasnoyarsk Yabloko
Ulyanovsk Yabloko
Tomsk Yabloko
Tver Yabloko(eng)
Penza Yabloko
Stavropol Yabloko

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Programme by candidate for the post of Russian President Grigory Yavlinsky. Brief Overview

My Truth

Grigory Yavlinsky at Forum 2000, Prague, 2014

YABLOKO-ALDE conference 2014

Grigory Yavlinsky : “If you show the white feather, you will get fascism”

Grigory Yavlinsky: a coup is started by idealists and controlled by rascals

The Road to Good Governance

Risks of Transitions. The Russian Experience

Grigory Yavlinsky on the Russian coup of August 1991

A Male’s Face of Russia’s Politics

Black Sea Palaces of the New Russian Nomenklatura

Realeconomik

The Hidden Cause of the Great Recession (And How to Avert the Nest One)

by Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky

Resoulution
On the results of the Conference “Migration: International Experience and Russia’s Problems” conducted by the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (the ALDE party)

Moscow, April 6, 2013

International Conference "Youth under Threat of Extremism and Xenophobia. A Liberal Response"
conducted jointly by ELDR and YABLOKO. Moscow, April 21, 2012. Speeches, videos, presentations

What does the opposition want: to win or die heroically?
Moskovsky Komsomolets web-site, July 11, 2012. Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Yulia Kalinina.

Building a Liberal Europe - the ALDE Project

By Sir Graham Watson

Lies and legitimacy
The founder of the Yabloko Party analyses the political situation. Article by Grigory Yavlinsky on radio Svoboda. April 6, 2011

Algorithms for Opposing Gender Discrimination: the International and the Russian Experience

YABLOKO and ELDR joint conference

Moscow, March 12, 2011

Reform or Revolution

by Vladimir Kara-Murza

Is Modernisation in Russia Possible? Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky and Boris Titov by Yury Pronko, "The Real Time" programme, Radio Finam, May 12, 2010

Grigory Yavlinsky's interview to Vladimir Pozner. The First Channel, programme "Pozner", April 20, 2010 (video and transcript)

Overcoming the Totalitarian Past: Foreign Experience and Russian Problems by Galina Mikhaleva. Research Centre for the East European Studies, Bremen, February 2010.

Grigory Yavlinsky: Vote for the people you know, people you can turn for help. Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, October 8, 2009

Grigory Yavlinsky: no discords in the tandem. Grigory Yavlinsky’s interview to the Radio Liberty
www.svobodanews.ru
September 22, 2009

A Credit for Half a Century. Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky by Natalia Bekhtereva, Radio Russia, June 15, 2009

Sergei Mitrokhin's Speech at the meeting with US Preseident Barack Obama. Key Notes, Moscow, July 7, 2009

Mitrokhin proposed a visa-free regime between Russia and EU at the European liberal leaders meeting
June 18, 2009

Demodernization
by Grigory Yavlinsky

European Union chooses Grigory Yavlinsky!
Your vote counts!

Reforms that corrupted Russia
By Grigory Yavlinsky, Financial Times (UK), September 3, 2003

Grigory Yavlinsky: "It is impossible to create a real opposition in Russia today."
Moskovsky Komsomolets, September 2, 2003

Alexei Arbatov: What Should We Do About Chechnya?
Interview with Alexei Arbatov by Mikhail Falaleev
Komsomolskaya Pravda, November 9, 2002

Grigory Yavlinsky: Our State Does Not Need People
Novaya Gazeta,
No. 54, July 29, 2002

Grigory Yavlinsky: The Door to Europe is in Washington
Obschaya Gazeta, May 16, 2002

Grigory Yavlinsky's speech.
March 11, 2002

Grigory Yavlinsky's Lecture at the Nobel Institute
Oslo, May 30, 2000

IT IS IMPORTANT!

 

Yabloko: Liberals in Russia

By Alexander Shishlov, July 6, 2009

Position on Some Important Strategic Issues of Russian-American Relations

Moscow, July 7, 2009

The Embrace of Stalinism

By Arseny Roginsky, 16 December 2008

Nuclear Umbrellas and the Need for Understanding: IC Interview With Ambassador Lukin
September 25, 1997

Would the West’s Billions Pay Off?
Los Angeles Times
By Grigory Yavlinsky and Graham Allison
June 3, 1991

The Ministry of Justice has added Vladimir Dorokhov, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”

Press Release, 13.09.2024

Photo: Vladimir Dorokhov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

The Ministry of Justice has added Vladimir Dorokhov, Chairman of the Tula branch of Yabloko and Deputy Chairman of Yabloko, to the register of “foreign agents”. Dorokhov became the eighth member of Yabloko and the third Deputy Chairman of the party to receive this status.

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Yabloko called on the Red Cross to organise humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from the combat zone in the Kursk region

Press Release, 13.09.2024

Photo: Evacuation from the Kursk region / Photo by Ilya Pitalev, RIA Novosti

Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, Rybakov called on the Red Cross to become an international mediator in organising negotiations on a ceasefire and creating humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians of the Kursk region from the combat zone.

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Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the St. Petersburg Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Central Electoral Commission investigate the attack on a Yabloko member of a territorial electoral commission

Press Release, 12.09.2024

Photo: The moment of the attack on the Yabloko member of a territorial electoral commission /screenshot video by Fontanka.ru

Yabloko party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov demanded that the St. Petersburg Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Central Electoral Commission investigate the attack on Yabloko member of a territorial electoral commission Alexander Klyukov, who had boiling water thrown in his face. The victim was hospitalised.

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WHY A CEASEFIRE IS NECESSARY TODAY

Grigory Yavlinsky for Novaya Gazeta, 12.09.2024

Photo by Valery Melnikov, Kommersant

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

The Russian army is advancing in the Donbass. Ukraine’s armed forces are continuing their operations in Kursk Region. Russia is carrying out missile strikes on Kharkiv, Poltava and Lviv … Ukraine is  shelling Donetsk and Belgorod … The Russian missiles are destroying energy infrastructure in Ukraine. Ukraine’s drones are attacking Russian oil refineries. People are dying every day – soldiers and civilians, men and women, the elderly and children.

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Yabloko invites all to an auction in support of political prisoners

Press Release, 12.09.2024

We invite all to take part in a charity auction, all proceeds from which will be sent to the families of seven political prisoners. This will be the fifth event in support of those unjustly deprived of their freedom. The previous four auctions in support of political prisoners raised over 4.6 million roubles. This time, Yabloko and the participants of the auction will support Igor Baryshnikov, Nadezhda Buyanova, Vladimir Yefimov, Grigory Melkonyants, Sergei Mikhailov, Ivan Safronov and Alexei Sokolov.

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Yabloko to honour the memory of the repressed executed in Butovo and Kommunarka, Moscow, during Stalin’s period. We invite all to join the trip

Press Release, 12.09.2024

On 30 October, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression, Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions will hold events designed to preservation of the memory of the terrible events of the Stalin period of our state and the victims of political tyranny. The Yabloko delegation in Moscow will visit the Butovo and Kommunarka execution sites. In addition to laying flowers, there will be a tour where participants will be told about the burial sites. We invite all to join our trip.

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Olga Tuzhikova’s candidacy for the post of Human Rights Commissioner in Karelia was supported by five public organisations, a head of municipality and a political party

Press Release, 12.09.2024

Photo: Olga Tuzhikova  / Photo from social media

The deadline for accepting documents from candidates for the post of Human Rights Commissioner in the Republic of Karelia has been closed. The Yabloko party faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia nominated Olga Tuzhikova, a member of Yabloko, a deputy of the Petrozavodsk City Council, lawyer and environmentalist, for the post. The Yabloko member’s candidacy was supported by the head of the Loukhsky municipal district Olga Kvyatkevich, the environmental organisation SPOK, the Veterans of Karelia organisation, the public organisations for the protection of citizens’ rights Soglasie and Zaonezhye, as well as the Green Alternative party and the Dobrospas search and rescue squad. The media noted that no other candidate for the post of Human Rights Commissioner in Karelia had such broad support in the entire existence of this post.

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Historians and politicians from Yabloko discussed the causes and consequences of World War I and drew parallels with the present

Press Release, 12.09.2024

A round table dedicated to the anniversary of the beginning of World War I was held in Yabloko with the participation of Russian historians Vladimir Buldakov, Vladislav Aksyonov, Boris Kolonitsky, Konstantin Morozov and Alexander Shubin, as well as politicians from the Yabloko party Nikolai Rybakov, Grigory Yavlinsky and Sergei Mitrokhin. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Galina Mikhaleva, professor of the Russian State University for the Humanities. Historians and politicians talked about the causes and inevitability of the beginning of the war, its tragic consequences for Russia, and also drew obvious parallels with today’s developments in the country and the world.

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Yabloko invites to the launch of the book by political scientist Nina Khrushcheva “Nikita Khrushchev: a Leader Outside the System”

Press Release, 11.09.2024

The new biography of Nikita Khrushchev was written by his great-granddaughter, a world-famous political scientist, professor at The New School in New York City.

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Nine candidates for peace and freedom have been elected as deputies. Yabloko analyses the voting results

Press Release, 10.09.2024

In the recent elections, nine out of 59 candidates from the Yabloko party, who campaigned under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”, were elected to municipal councils. In total, the party nominated 301 candidates, but most of them were not registered or were withdrawn for far-fetched reasons. The party leaders summed up the political results of the election campaign.

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The Pskov Yabloko does not recognise the official results of the elections for the head of the Gdov district

Press Release, 10.09.2024

Photo: Candidate for the post of head of the Gdov district from the Yabloko party Yevgeny Vasiliyev / Photo by the regional branch of the party

The Regional Council of the Pskov branch of Yabloko adopted a statement on non-recognition of the results of the elections of the head of the Gdov district, the Pskov region.

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Alexander Shishlov on the results of the elections in St.Petersburg that were “desirable” for the authorities but obtained at the cost of growing mistrust in the elections and the destruction of legitimacy

Press Release, 9.09.2024

Photo: A ballot with an inscription “For Vishnevsky! For Yabloko!”.

Alexander Shishlov, Chairman of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party and the head of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, commented on the elections of the Governor of St.Petersburg and municipal deputies that took place on 6-8 September.

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Yabloko denied permission to hold rally in support of political prisoners. Yabloko announces a charity auction

Press Release, 9.09.2024

Photo: Charity auction in support of political prisoners at Yabloko in September 2023 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service

The Moscow Mayor’s Office denied Yabloko permission to hold a rally in support of political prisoners, citing COVID restrictions. Instead of a street rally, the party intends to hold a fifth auction in support of those unfairly deprived of their liberty. The previous four charity events for political prisoners raised over 4.6 million roubles.

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The Pskov Yabloko team received seven mandates in the elections of deputies of district assemblies in the Pskov region

Press Release, 09.09.2024

Photo from Wikimedia Commons

According to the data published on the GAS Vybory system portal (a special automated system for counting of the votes), Yabloko candidates received seven mandates in the assemblies of deputies of four municipal districts in the Pskov region. The election campaign in the Pskov region, as in other regions, was held under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”.

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Yabloko candidate in the Novgorod region Yelena Tulina elected to the Council of Deputies of Trubichinskoye rural settlement

Press Release, 09.09.2024

Yabloko candidate Yelena Tulina was elected to the Council of Deputies of Trubichinskoye rural settlement in the Novgorod region. Yelena Tulina is a teacher of Russian language and literature, member of the Bureau of the Novgorod regional branch of the Yabloko party. Tulina, like other candidates from the party, campaigned under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement”.

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Yabloko sums up the political results of its election campaign “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!”

Press Release, 09.09.2024

In this election campaign, Yabloko nominated 301 candidates in 69 election campaigns in 19 regions of Russia, who were ready to conduct an election campaign with the key political demand – the immediate conclusion of a ceasefire agreement and the release of all political prisoners.

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Anatoly Kivva re-elected as deputy of the Zaboryevsky settlement of the Ryazan region from Yabloko for a second term

Press Release, 08.09.2024

Based on the results of the vote count at all five polling stations of the Zaboryevsky rural settlement in the Ryazan region, lawyer Anatoly Kivva was re-elected as a deputy from the Yabloko party for a second term. He came second in the 12-mandate district, which included all 15 settlements.

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Yaroslav Shcherbakov on the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region: Governor Alexei Teksler’s course represents a dead end

Blog post by Yaroslav Shcherbakov, 6.09.2024


Photo: Placard “Alexei Teksler: to protect and help! / Photo by Yaroslav Shcherbakov

Five years ago, Alexei Teksler defined people as a priority in his election programme. Today, his programme has other priorities: “First. Everything for Victory!”

Meanwhile, the main strategic goals for the development of the Chelyabinsk Region remain the growth of the population and well-being of people, life expectancy and quality of life:- the population of the region has decreased by 100,000 residents over five years. According to the forecast, we will continue to lose up to 20,000 residents annually in the next five years;
– the well-being of the population seems to have increased, however, for some reason, one can now buy 400 kg of bread with the increased per capita income per month, and in 2018 it was 49 kg more;

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These are elections without choice! On the position of the Chelyabinsk Yabloko in the elections of the governor and deputies of the Chelyabinsk City Duma

Statement by the Chelyabinsk Regional Council of Yabloko, 6.09.2024

Photo by the regional branch of Yabloko

The Chelyabinsk Yabloko calls on the residents of the South Urals not to support any of the registered candidates for Governor of the Chelyabinsk region and candidates for deputies of the Chelyabinsk City Duma on the voting days of 7-8 September.

All these candidates are united on all key issues, including in relation to the special military operation. They all represent political parties that unanimously vote for repressive and militaristic laws.

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On the work of the Yabloko headquarters in the elections

Press Release, 5.09.2024

In these elections, 59 candidates from the Yabloko party are participating in the race under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For the Ceasefire Agreement!” in eight regions of Russia: the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Leningrad region, the Moscow region, the Murmansk region, the Novgorod region, the Pskov region, the Ryazan region, and the Rostov region. Yabloko also supported self-nominated candidate Sergei Uglyanitsa in the municipal elections in the Irkutsk region, since he publicly advocates for concluding a ceasefire agreement and shares our principles and values.

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