Yabloko Appeals Supreme Court Decision to Remove It from Duma…
"Yabloko" filed an appeal against the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify it from the elections, said party leader Rybakov: "They absolutely proved that there were no grounds at all for removing 'Yabloko' from the election.
Consensus
- The Supreme Court of Russia removed 'Yabloko' from the list of candidates for the State Duma elections on August 10.
- The Supreme Court ruled that 'Yabloko' violated intellectual property rights in its campaign materials.
- 'Yabloko' filed an appeal against the decision in the Supreme Court.
- The appeal was accepted for consideration and scheduled for August 17 at 10:00 MSK.
- The Supreme Court did not find evidence of extremism in 'Yabloko's' campaign.
- The Central Election Commission had previously identified foreign funding in 'Yabloko's' campaign.
- The prosecutor's office supported the Supreme Court's decision, calling it lawful and justified.
- The appeal is focused on the removal of the federal list, not individual candidates in single-mandate constituencies.
- Yabloko plans to file lawsuits for defamation against leaders of 'Rodina' and other parliamentary parties.
- Security forces conducted document checks and detained several people near the Supreme Court building.
Points of divergence
- The Supreme Court's decision was based on 'Yabloko' violating copyright in party campaigning and foreign financing, as reported by the Central Election Commission. — kommersant
- Yabloko's leader Nikolai Rybakov stated that the attempt to remove 'Yabloko' from elections undermines state stability and is targeted against the party. — tg_radiosvoboda
- The prosecutor's office confirmed that there were no grounds to correct the reasoning in the court's decision and rejected the inclusion of consent from Gleb Oshinin, heir of the author of 'Pust' vsegda budet solntse'. — vedomosti
- The Supreme Court's decision did not affect 131 individual candidates from 'Yabloko' running in single-mandate constituencies. — novaya_eu
- Rybakov expressed belief that there are honest people in state, law enforcement, and judicial institutions who do not want conflict or risk to life. — tvrain
- Rybakov stated that 'Yabloko's' lawyers have absolutely proven there were no grounds for removal. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Security forces detained three people near the Supreme Court building. — tg_varlamov_news
Coverage (8 sources)
- Apple will challenge the decision on removal from the election for the presidium of the Supreme Court — Коммерсантъ
- Speaking during the appeal hearing, 'Yabloko' chairman Nikolai Rybakov stated that an attempt to remove 'Yabloko' from the election is an attempt to undermine state stability. — Радио Свобода
- Prosecural General Support Removal of 'Apple' from Elections — Ведомости
- "Yabloko" filed an appeal against the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify the party from the State Duma elections — Радио Свобода
- «Yabloko» filed an appeal to remove the party list from the State Duma elections — Новая газета Европа
- «There were no grounds to remove „Yabloko“ from any claim» Chairman of „Yabloko“ Nikolai Rybakov filed an appeal with the Supreme Court — SOTAvision
- «Absolutely proved that there were no grounds at all for removal». «Apple» filed an appeal with the Supreme Court on the decision to remove the party from elections — Дождь
- «Apple» filed an appeal against the Supreme Court's decision to remove from elections, party leader Rybakov reported: — Varlamov News
Key entities
- Apple
- Supreme Court
- Nikolay Rybakov
- State Duma
- General Procuracy
- Russia
- VS
- CIC
- The Authorities
- Constitutional Court
- RusNews
- Yabloko Party
- Ivan Bolshakov
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