Yabloko demands all parties be removed over foreign funding
The Yabloko party accused other Russian political parties of similar financial violations that led to its removal from the parliamentary elections, citing over 1 billion rubles in donations from donors receiving funds from abroad across five major parties. The Center for Anti-Corruption Politics found such donations in all five parties, including United Russia, which received 811.75 million rubles.
Consensus
- Yabloko was removed from the parliamentary elections due to financial violations.
- The Center for Anti-Corruption Politics (ЦАП) found over 1 billion rubles in donations to five Russian parliamentary parties from donors receiving funds from abroad between 2021 and 2025.
- United Russia received the largest amount—811.75 million rubles—from such donors.
- Other parties—Sправедливая Россия, Новые люди, ЛДПР, and КПРФ—also received funds from donors receiving money from abroad.
- The criteria used to remove Yabloko were found to apply to other parties, including Rodina.
- Yabloko stated that receiving funds from abroad does not automatically make a donation foreign financing.
- Yabloko called for all parties to be removed if the same rules apply.
Points of divergence
- A deputy in Vladimir Oblast proposed removing United Russia from the elections after Yabloko, citing the same rules that led to Yabloko's removal. — tg_horizontal_russia
- The head of the Vladimir obkom of the CPRF called Yabloko's removal political arbitrariness and said no party is now immune from such actions. — tg_horizontal_russia
Coverage (2 sources)
- "Yabloko" checked other Russian parties for the violation that led to its removal from elections and called for removing everyone — DW Главное
- In Vladimir region, deputy proposed removing 'United Russia' from elections after 'Yabloko' — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия