In Yekaterinburg, searches were conducted for the head of the regional branch of the Yabloko party, Maxim Petlin, and party member Igor Tkachenko. I mentioned Yabloko press service.
There is no contact with Bethlin and Tkachenko. It is not known whether any charges have been brought against them.
“7×7” publication with reference to the party’s press service He writesThe activists were taken for interrogation. Head of the Moscow branch of Yabloko Kirill Goncharov I mentionedThat Tkachenko’s phone and laptop were taken away and then taken to an unknown direction.
One of the first searches for Yabloko activists I mentioned Pro-government telegram channel “UralLive”. According to his information, the search of Bethlin’s house was related to the evening of letters addressed to political prisoners. In May 2025, security forces disrupted one of these events, which took place at the local Yabloko branch office.
In September, Russia will hold elections for the State Duma and regional parliaments. On the eve of the elections, representatives of the Yabloko party began to be persecuted in different regions under false pretexts so that they could not participate in the elections.
A political strategist working with the political bloc of the Meduza presidential administration said that in unstable conditions, Yabloko “generates risks” for the Kremlin. In particular, the political bloc is concerned that the party may become a “rallying point” for moderate opponents and enter the Duma.