The Supreme Court of Russia will hear a case on August 10, 2024
The Supreme Court of Russia will hear a case on August 10, 2024, brought by the pro-Kremlin party 'Rodina' seeking to remove the opposition party 'Yabloko' from the State Duma election list. The case is to be presided over by Judge Vyacheslav Kirillov, who previously ruled on the liquidation of 'Grazhdanskaya Initsiativa' and declared 'Memorial' an extremist organization.
Consensus
- The Supreme Court of Russia will consider an appeal by the party 'Rodina' to remove 'Yabloko' from the State Dума election list.
- The case is scheduled for August 10, 2024.
- Judge Vyacheslav Kirillov will preside over the case.
- Kirillov previously ruled on the liquidation of the 'Grazhdanskaya Initsiativa', declared 'Memorial' an extremist organization, and rejected appeals by Alexei Navalny.
- 'Yabloko' is the only registered party in the State Duma elections with an anti-war platform.
- The appeal by 'Rodina' is based on allegations of copyright violations in campaign materials, excessive campaign spending, and statements deemed extremist.
- The State Duma elections are scheduled for September 2024.
Points of divergence
- Kirillov previously approved the liquidation of 'Grazhdanskaya Iinitiativa' in June 2025, which had nominated Boris Nadzhehdin in 2024. — tg_theinsider
- The 'Yabloko' campaign materials were allegedly distributed by 'foreign agents' through foreign social media platforms. — novaya_eu
- On August 6, several opposition figures including Yulia Navalnaya, Ilya Yashin, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Lyubov Sobol, and Andrey Pivovarov publicly called for voting for 'Yabloko'. — tvrain
- Lev Sлуцкий, head of LDPR, called for 'Yabloko' to be declared an 'undesirable organization' in response to the public support. — tvrain
- The appeal was filed by leader of 'Rodina' Alexei Zhuravlev, who cited the use of 'banned' social networks and extremist statements as grounds. — tg_tvrain
Coverage (5 sources)
- Judge who liquidated the party that nominated Nadezhda will consider the lawsuit to remove 'Yabloko' from elections — The Insider
- Judge who declared 'Memorial' an extremist organization will hear case to remove 'Yabloko' from State Duma elections — Meduza
- Judge who recognized 'Memorial' as an 'extremist organization' will consider the lawsuit to remove 'Yabloko' from elections — Новая газета Европа
- The judge who recognized 'Memorial' as an 'extremist' organization will consider the lawsuit to remove 'Yabloko' from the State Duma elections — Дождь
- Judge who declared 'Memorial' an extremist organization will hear the lawsuit to remove 'Yabloko' from State Duma elections... — Дождь (Telegram)
Key entities
- Apple
- State Duma
- Vyacheslav Kirillov
- Memorial
- Supreme Court
- Aleksey Navalny
- Rodina
- Sirena
- Russia
- Nadezhdin
- Memorial International Society
- Ministry of Justice
- FSIN
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