Press release, 03.06.2015
YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhim called to demolish a monument to Joseph Stalin in Lipetsk and bring the Communist party to responsibility for erecting it. The appeals were forwarded to prosecutor of the Sovetsky district of Lipetsk Mikhail Makeyev, deputy head of the city administration Anna Shamayeva and chief of Lipetsk regional office of Ministry of Internal Affairs Oleg Panionta. Read more »

However, is ready to negotiate with RPR-PARNAS in single-mandate constituencies

By Viktor Khamrayev, Kommersant, 2.06.2015

The YABLOKO party will run independently in the upcoming regional elections, however, it may nominate any nonpartisan candidates recognizing YABLOKO’s coalition principles to run on behalf of YABLOKO. This was announced by party leader Sergei Mitrokhin, who also added that YABLOKO was ready for consultations with the RPR-PARNAS party so that to jointly nominate candidates in single-mandate constituencies. Read more »

Statement by the YABLOKO faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, 3.06.2015

STATEMENT

On the draft Law on St.Petersburg Budget “On the Introduction of Changes and Amendments into St.Petersburg Law “On the Budget of St.Petersburg for 2015 and for the Period of 2016-2017” Read more »

Statement by YABLOKO Bureau, 2.06.2015

The government’s policies in respect of the remaining fragments of the civil society aim at their complete elimination and lead Russia to even greater backwardness. Read more »

YABLOKO Buereau statement, 02.06.2015

The marriage of 17-year-old Kheda Goylabiyeva and Chechen police chief Nazhud Guchigov under support of Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Chechnya, is a dangerous precedent of a come-back to traditional practices which are contrary to the Consitution principals. It is a case of obvious underage forced marriage, possibly as a second wife. The occurrence which was widely observed by mass media didn’t get an adequate estimation on behalf of the Russian authorities. In return, Ramzan Kadyrov, who had once again defiantly violated the law and Constitution of Russia, threatened the journalists who had critically observed the situation and called the husbands to prohibit the Chechen women to observe the wedding facts in social networks. Read more »

Argumenty.ru, Valentina Karelova, 02.06.2015

Mayor of Petrozavodsk [the capital of the Republic of Karelia] Galina Shirshina doesn’t rule out that during the session of the City Council, which will take place on 3 June, deputies can go beyond giving low estimation to her work. Nevertheless, she is not going to rest on oars and is ready for any outcome. Read more »

Press release, 01.06.2015
On May 29, the human rights defenders conducted a series of one-person pickets against the governmental bill broadening the possibilities of using force and impact munition against prisoners. The picket took place outside the State Duma.

Valeri Borshchev

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Press Release, 29.05.2015

On Thursday, May 28, YABLOKO Gender faction held a meeting with Commander Christine de Saint Genois de Grand Breucq, France, Doctor of law and human rights activist, civil aviation pilot, who became one of the world’s first women aircraft commanders. Read more »

Press Release, 29.05.2015

On 26 May two films by Grigory Amuel were shown in YABLOKO: “Redlich – People from the Other Side” and “Football 1955. USSR – West Germany”. The event was organized by Galina Mikhaleva, Secretary of YABLOKO’s Political Committee and Olga Radayeva, Advisor to YABLOKO Chairman. Read more »

Press release, 29.05.2015

On May 27, a discussion on “The practices of underage forced marriage: the role of journalists, mass media and civil society in the straggle for children and women’s rights observance” took place in the Central House of Journalists (DomZhur), Moscow. The meeting was moderated by Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Secretary of the Journalists Union, and Natalia Bitten, coordinator of For Feminism initiative group. Read more »

Press Release, 24.05.2015

Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad region need to transfer from their competition to a single system of development of this metropolitan area and agree on common interests. Development of a single economic and urban concept for agglomeration of the two regions should become another step towards this. Such a statement was made by Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky, head of the YABLOKO faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, in the First Forum of Spatial Development “The Harmony of Versatility”. The conceptual development strategy for the metropolitan area “The Greater St.Petersburg. The 21 Century” was developed under the guidance of Grigory Yavlinsky. Read more »

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 26.05.2015

The YABLOKO party expresses protest against the refusal of entry to the Russian Federation to Karl-Georg Wellmann, MP of the German Bundestag deputy from the Christian Democratic Union (SDU). Read more »

Press release, 27.05.2015

On May 26, the activists of the Novosibirsk branch of YABLOKO Alexandr Samdanov and Svetlana Kaverzina presented a local hospital with tens of books within the campaign called “Books for district hospitals”. Read more »

Grigory Yavlinsky blog post, 26.05.2015

Recognition of the Dinastiya (Dynasty) and the Liberalnaya Missiya (Liberal Mission) foundations as “foreign agents” represents an instrument for their elimination. The Dynasty foundation supports science and education from its founder Dmitry Zimin own funds. Read more »

Press Release, 26.05.2015

Police has just detained ten people in the action which began in the Triumfalnaya Square by the Ministry of Economic Development. This information has been reported from the scene by YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin. Read more »

Sergei Mitrokhin’s blog post at the Ekho Moskvi web-site, 19.05.2015

Deputies of one of the [‘affiliated’] parliamentary factions of the ruling party want to introduce criminal responsibility for comparing the USSR with Nazi Germany.

Hereby I would like to declare solemnly and sincerely that I am not going to obey this law. (Maybe such statements too will be punished by imprisonment soon). Read more »

Congratulations, 20.05.2015

Congratulations from YABLOKO founder Grigory Yavlinsky

I congratulate Sergei Mitrokhin on his birthday! For Sergei politics means a definite person with his/her needs and interests. When protecting people he is always guided by principles and never goes against his conscience and law. Such a politician means a chance for any country. Let’s hope that his time – so that he could use all his talents – will come. Good luck, Sergei, wishing you strength and health!

Sincerely,

Grigory Yavlinsky

Congratulations from Oleg Orlov, Board member of the Memorial human rights centre

Dear Sergei,

Please receive my heartiest congratulations. Your way in politics is inseparably connected with protection of human rights. I am certain that democratic ideals and values which you and your team-mates are sharing will inevitably win over obscurantism in Russia. You are making this day closer by your indefatigable fight. I am wishing you energy, optimism and good luck.

Yours,

Oleg Orlov

Press Release, 19.05.2015

Today YABLOKO held a series of pickets in memory of Stalin’s deportations of entire peoples. The action was held in front of the Mayor’s office. It was decided to picket the Mayor’s office, after the Moscow government had refused to give YABLOKO a permission to hold a rally in Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava and pickets in Triumfalnaya Square Read more »

// freevitishko.org, 15.05.2015

One hundred fifty human rights and environmental NGOs from all over the world petition the Russian authorities to free Evgeny Vitishko immediately. Read more »

Statement by the YABLOKO party, 18.05.2015

Today is the 71st anniversary of deportation of the Crimean Tatar people.

On Stalin’s orders, the NKVD [later renamed into KGB] troops evicted over 190,000 people, mainly women, elderly, children and disabled veterans [of the Second World War] from their homes, loaded them into wagons for transportation of cattle and sent to the republics of Central Asia under a pretext of “betrayal of Motherland”. About 20 per cent of people died in the first 18 months only since the deportation. Read more »