Press Release 1.03.2021

Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov took part in a permitted rally in memory of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in Barnau, the Altai Territory. Barnaul became the only city out of 22 Russian cities, where the authorities satisfied Yabloko’s application for a mass action.

“I would like to express gratitude to the free citizens of Barnaul for coming here on the 2193 day after the murder of Boris Nemtsov,” Nikolai Rybakov told to the participants of the action in Freedom Square. “You should know that all political prisoners in our country will be released, and all those who ordered political murders will be punished. Each our gathering in the square brings this day closer. Let’s bring this day closer – this is the meaning of our joint work.”

Alexander Goncharenko, Chairman of the Altai branch of Yabloko and a member of the Federal Bureau of the party, also addressed the rally.

“It is already six years since the cowardly murder of Boris Nemtsov. The trial took place, but the true executors, and especially the customers, have not yet been convicted. And we have the right to demand the continuation of the investigation until the moment when all of them are brought to justice,” Alexander Goncharenko said.

After the action, Nikoai Rybakov met with the activists of the Altai regional branch of the party. Yabloko Chair and the activists of the party discussed the reform of the party and preparations for the elections to the State Duma and the Altai Regional Legislative Assembly.

The Yabloko leader also held a meeting with party activists in the Altai Territory, during which they discussed the reform of the party and preparations for the elections to the State Duma and the Altai Territory Legislative Assembly.

Yesterday Nikolai Rybakov and other leaders of Yabloko laid flowers at the place of murder of Boris Nemtsov on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow.