Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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At a Geopolitical Crossroads: Chaos or Hope
Yabloko continues its monthly actions in support of political prisoners in dozens of Russian cities
Press Release, 18.03.2025
Those who are unjustly deprived of their freedom have a very hard time in prisons and pretrial detention centres. This is confirmed by the alarming news about the health of Maria Ponomarenko and Lyudmila Razumova. The Moscow and Novgorod branches of our party started helping them. It is in our power to send words of support to political prisoners, give them warmth and hope.
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Moscow Yabloko asks the Public Prosecutor’s Office to initiate an immediate investigation into the detention conditions of journalist Maria Ponomarenko in a pretrial detention facility
Press Release, 18.03.2025
Photo: Maria Ponomarenko / Photo by RusNews
Mass media have reported, citing a lawyer, that Maria Ponomarenko attempted suicide “due to constant bullying by the administration” of the detention facility and is currently on a dry hunger strike. Moscow Yabloko representative Maxim Kruglov is asking the Public Prosecutor of the Altiai Territory, Anton German, to immediately and thoroughly investigate the conditions of Maria Ponomarenko’s detention.
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Pskov Yabloko wins the Constitutional Court case on removing party lists from elections in 2023
Press Release, 18.03.2025
Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant
On 18 March, 2025, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation confirmed that the head of the regional branch of a political party has the authority to sign documents to register the nominated list of candidates from the moment of his/her election. The ruling was made at a collegial court session. The victory of Pskov Yabloko ended a nearly two-year dispute in which the courts of general jurisdiction, as well as the Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region, took a deliberately unlawful position.
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Elections, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Federal bill on killing animals is being considered by the parliaments in Russian regions. Yabloko appeals to deputies with a request not to support cruelty
Press Release, 17.03.2025
Photo by zastavkin/depositphotos
In late February, a bill “On Responsible Treatment of Animals” was introduced to the State Duma. It gives the right to the Russian regions to independently set the time limits for keeping homeless animals in shelters, after which cats and dogs will be euthanised. The State Duma will make the final decision on the bill based on the opinions of regional parliaments. Discussion of the bill has already begun in a number of regions. Back in 2023 Yabloko called to refrain from violence in society by legalising the killing of animals, now Yabloko appeals to regional deputies with a request to give a negative review of the bill.
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko appealed to Vladimir Putin asking to reject the law on the liquidation of local self-government
Press Release, 17.03.2025
Photo: The Constitution of the Russian Federation with amendments of 2020 /Photo by Pavel Lysitsin, RIA Novosti
Today Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov sent an appeal to the President of Russia asking to reject the law on the liquidation of local self-government. Yabloko believes that the new law completely subordinates local self-government to the state bodies, finally turning it into a lower and powerless level of state power, and also widens the gap between government bodies and society, destroying the natural instruments of citizens’ influence on the government.
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Без рубрики.
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A brave person who defended the weak. Yabloko bid farewell to Galina Mikhaleva
Press Release, 4.03.2025
Today, Yabloko bid farewell to Galina Mikhailovna Mikhaleva, founder and Chairwoman of the Gender Faction of the Yabloko party, Doctor of Political Science, professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities. The farewell ceremony was attended by Galina Mikhaleva’s relatives, friends and colleagues in politics, defence of human rights, academic work, students and like-minded people. Condolences were sent to the party from leaders of European democratic parties, Russian and international human rights organisations, representatives of the global academic community.
Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Condolences, Gender Faction, Без рубрики.
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Galina Mikhaleva, a recognised leader of the women’s rights movement in Russia, has passed away
28.02.2025
Photo: Galina Mikhaleva / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On the evening of 27 February, Galina Mikhailovna Mikhaleva, founder and Chairperson of the Gender Faction of the Yabloko party, doctor of political sciences, professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities, passed away after a serious illness.
Galina Mikhaleva was an outstanding public figure, human rights defender, academic and politician. She devoted her entire life to the struggle for democracy, equality and women’s rights in Russia.
Posted: February 28th, 2025 under Condolences.
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On the 10th anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s murder, Yabloko in Moscow and the regions honours the memory of the politician
Press Release, 27.02.2025
Photo: Yabloko delegation on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge
Today is the 10th anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s murder. In Moscow, Yabloko members came to the site of Boris Nemtsov’s murder on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge by the Kremlin and to his grave at the Troekurovsky Cemetery. In St. Petersburg, Yabloko members brought flowers to the Solovetsky Stone, a memorial to the victims of political repression, and will open a photo exhibition dedicated to the politician in the evening. In a number of cities, a film about Boris Nemtsov will be shown during Yabloko’s actions of writing letters in support of political prisoners.
Posted: February 27th, 2025 under Condolences, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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“It is important to remain human and be with those who share our position.” Yabloko hosted a discussion “Three Years Since 24.02.2022”
Press Release, 24.02.2025
Photos by the Yabloko Press Service
The discussion took place behind closed doors without video cameras. The participants lit candles and held a minute of silence in memory of all those who fell victim to the terrible events of the past three years. This is how the event in the central office of the Yabloko party was held. It united people advocating peace, and allowed them to meet like-minded people in a safe space.
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Foreign policy, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko hosted a screening of the film about writer and human rights defender Viktor Bulgakov
Press Release, 24.02.2025
Photo: Viktor Antonovich Bulgakov
Past week, the central office of the Yabloko party hosted the premiere screening of the film “Songs of a Forgotten Mine” and also conducted a meeting with its main character, writer and human rights defender Viktor. The film, made during 2022-2024, focuses on the hardest episodes in the life of Viktor Antonovich Bulgakov: two arrests in 1953 and 1959, a three-year prison camp term, and his encounter with Soviet punitive psychiatry. The film, a biography of the human rights defender, is crowned by a story about his work as a deputy in the Moscow City Council during the hectic times of the late 1980s – early 1990s.
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Yabloko to host a launch of the book “Stalinism: Lessons of History and Modernity” by Mikhail Solovyov
Press Release, 19.02.2025
On 5 March, the anniversary of Joseph Stalin’s death, the Yabloko party office in Moscow will host a launch of the two-volume work by historian and social scientist Mikhail Solovyov “Stalinism: Lessons of History and Modernity”. Using historical materials, the author reveals the essence of Stalinism, its totalitarian nature. The book describes in detail the mass repressions (arrests, investigations, prisoners transfers, imprisonment in concentration camps, executions, and famine), the suppression of culture and religion. Based on sociological research, the gap between historical reality and the ideas of modern Russians about Stalinism is shown. The reasons for the positive attitude towards Stalin are considered separately.
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.
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Nadezhda Azhgikhina to launch her new book “Kindergarten” in Yabloko
Press Release, 19.02.2025
A new collection of prose by Nadezhda Azhgikhina “Kindergarten” will be launched in the central office of the Yabloko party. Nadezhda Azhgikhina is a journalist, author of sociopolitical essays and scripts for documentary films, member of the Union of Russian Writers. The event will be attended by the Chairman of Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov, actress of the Theatre of Nations Tatyana Parshina, First Secretary of the Board of the Union of Russian Writers Svetlana Vasilenko, head of the “Association of Researchers of Russian Society of the 21 Century” Gennady Bordyugov, writers, journalists and friends. We invite you to spend the evening at Yabloko.
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars.
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The regional electoral commission refused to register the referendum in the Gdov district due to the “large number of participants” in the initiative group
Press Release, 18.02.2025
The Electoral Commission of the Pskov Region refused to register the initiative group for the referendum on the issues of direct elections of the head the Gdov District and the preservation of rural administrations in the Gdov district. The reason for the refusal was the fact that the initiative group included 37 people, and not exactly 30. The initiative group included current deputies of the Gdov District Assembly from Yabloko Alexander Konashenkov, Irina Kuryleva and Daria Kalinina, former head of the district Yuri Pavlov, nominated by Yabloko, as well as the candidate for the post of head of the district in the 2024 elections from the party Yevgeny Vasilyev.
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional policies and Local Self-Governing, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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An alternative plan for constructing a road in the Moscow region, developed by Yabloko’s Kirill Yankov, has been sent to the Russian government
Press Release, 18.02.2025
Photo: Kirill Yankov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
An alternative plan for a new entrance to the city of Korolyov, developed by Kirill Yankov, a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and a member of the Party Arbitration of the Yabloko party, has been sent to Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin. The government is preparing proposals to solve the problem of traffic jams at the entrance to Korolyov. President Vladimir Putin gave such an order in December 2024 following the President’s Direct Line. Kirill Yankov’s plan was sent to the government by the interregional public organisation “Expert Council for Nature Reserves”.
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Environmental Policies, Governance, Human Rights, Protection of Environment, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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A deputy from Yabloko appealed to the public prosecutor’s office to challenge the decision to liquidate the urban settlement
Press Release, 17.02.2025
Photo: Valentin Baimetov / Photo by Ryazan Yabloko
On 10 February, public hearings were held in the settlement of Miloslavskoye, the Ryazan region, on the issue of liquidating the urban settlement and merging the settlements and villages of the area into a single district, which also leads to liquidation of local self-government bodies of the settlements and villages of the area.
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Без рубрики.
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Yabloko in Moscow and the Russian regions invites all to its regular action of writing letters to political prisoners
Press Release, 19.02.2025
Photo: The January action in the Yekaterinburg branch of Yabloko. / Photo by the regional branch of the party
In the next two weeks, the offices of the Yabloko party in different cities of Russia will again host actions in support of political prisoners – our fellow citizens who suffered for their words and beliefs. They need our support so that not to feel alone in front of the repressive state.
Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Ivan Bolshakov will represent Yabloko in the Central Electoral Commission
Press Release, 19.02.2025
Yabloko will be represented at the meetings of the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation by Ivan Bolshakov, head of the Yabloko Analytical Centre and a member of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko.
Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Elections.
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Yabloko in Yakutia collected 1,070 signatures in favour of preserving direct elections of the mayor and heads of districts
Press Release, 19.02.2025
Photo: Deputy of the Yakutia’s parliament Vladimir Poskachin and Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko branch in Yakutia
The regional branch of the Yabloko party in Yakutia has completed its campaign to collect signatures for preservation of direct elections of the mayor of Yakutsk and heads of districts. In total, Yabloko managed to collect 1,070 signatures of citizens who are against depriving them of the right to vote. The signature sheets have been submitted to Il Tumen, the parliament of Yakutia.
Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Elections, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Munich Plan
Grigory Yavlinsky’s speech to the participants of the 61st Munich Security Conference
Grigory Yavlinsky’s web-site, 15.02.2025
The international Security Conference is being held in Munich from 14 to 16 February 2025. Horst Teltschik, previously advisor to former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl, was the chairman of the Conference from 1999 to 2008 and would invite me to discuss the topics, objectives and substance of the annual Conference. This year I received an official invitation to participate in this event. Unfortunately, however, I am unable to come to the Conference. That is why I have sent the key talking points of my planned speech to the 2025 Munich Security Conference to its Chairman Christoph Heusgen, former ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations.
Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Foreign policy, Russia-Eu relations, Russia-Ukraine relations, Russia-US Relations.
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