CPRF's Tюmen newspapers banned over Lenin monument photo
In the Tyumen region, communists were banned from using Lenin in their campaign. The Tyumen regional election commission did not allow the regional branch of the Communist Party of Russia to distribute a campaign newspaper featuring a photo of the Vladimir Lenin monument, according to Kommersant.
Consensus
- The Tюменskaya Oblast electoral commission banned 20,000 CPRF agitational newspapers.
- The ban was due to a photograph of a Lenin monument in Tobolsk.
- The newspapers were intended for distribution before the State Duma and regional assembly elections.
- The ban was based on a law effective from May 2026 prohibiting the use of images of deceased individuals in election campaigning.
- The CPRF decided not to challenge the decision and reprinted the newspapers without the photo.
- The original photo was replaced with a picture of Tamara Kazantseva, head of the Tюменskaya CPRF branch.
- The monument was installed in 2024 in Tobolsk and funded by Gennadiy Zюganov and regional CPRF deputies.
- The monument was later transferred to the city's ownership via a donation agreement.
- The law applies to monuments, paintings, and images created using information technologies.
- The law prohibits using images of deceased or fictional people without consent, except for self-created AI-generated images of candidates.
Points of divergence
- The photo was placed in a section about the monument and was reported to the party by member Nikolai Shadrin. — tg_horizontal_russia
- The photo was in a section titled 'good deeds' and the party replaced it with a photo of Tamara Kazantseva. — tg_tvrain
- The monument was funded by Gennadiy Züganov and regional deputies, and the city received it via a donation agreement. — tvrain
- The regional election commission stated they did not officially receive the newspapers with the Lenin monument photo. — meduza
- The photo was in the 'Good Deeds' section and the party was informed by member Nikolai Shadrin. — kommerant
Coverage (5 sources)
- Election Commission of the Tyumen Region rejected 20 thousand KPRF newspapers due to photo of Lenin — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
- Communists in Tyumen Oblast banned from using Lenin in agitation — Дождь (Telegram)
- In the Tyumen region, communists were banned from using a photo of the Lenin monument in their campaign — Дождь
- Communists in the Tyumen region banned from using Vladimir Lenin in their agitation — Meduza
- Election Commission of the Tyumen Region rejected propaganda newspapers with photos of the Lenin monument — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Tyumen Oblast
- Vladimir Lenin
- KPRF
- Election Commission
- State Duma
- Tobolsk
- Central Election Commission
- CIC
- Commerzant
- Gennadiy Zhiuganov
- Communist Party
- Tyumen Regional Duma
- Ural-1
- Lenina Electoral Commission
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