Yabloko Sacked from Russia's Duma Elections
The final decision to remove the 'Yabloko' party from the elections was made personally by Putin, — Zygar said, citing sources. The final decision to remove the 'Yabloko Party' from the elections was made personally by Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Zygar reported in a column for Der Spiegel.
Consensus
- The Supreme Court of Russia removed the Yabloko party from the State Duma elections.
- The removal of Yabloko occurred despite a significant surge in public support and membership.
- Yabloko's campaign was centered on calling for an end to the war in Ukraine.
- The party experienced a sharp increase in popularity, with thousands applying for membership and hundreds of thousands gaining new social media followers.
- Yabloko's removal coincided with the arrest of one of its leaders, Lev Shlosberg, who was sentenced to 11 years on a fabricated charge.
- Yabloko has been actively providing legal and informational support to detained individuals, including organizing legal aid and volunteer efforts.
- The party continues its campaign for the State Duma elections despite being removed from the ballot.
Points of divergence
- The final decision to remove Yabloko from the elections was made personally by Vladimir Putin. — tg_astrapress
- The final decision to remove Yabloko was made personally by Vladimir Putin. — tg_tvrain
- The final decision to remove Yabloko was personally made by Vladimir Putin. — tg_agentstvonews
- The final decision to remove Yabloko came after support from the FSB and First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Sergei Kirienko. — tvrain
- The final decision to remove Yabloko came after the FSB and First Deputy Head of the PresidentialAdministration, Sergei Kirienko, supported the move. — tg_tvrain
- The FSB and First Deputy Head of the Presidential Adminstration, Sergei Kirienko, supported removing Yabloko from the elections. — tg_agentstvonews
- The Kremlin changed its strategy, initially supporting Yabloko's participation but later removing it to prevent the crystallization of protest votes. — tg_faridaily24
- Yabloko's removal surprised the Kremlin, which expected only 1.5% support but saw a much larger anti-war movement emerge. — tg_varlamov_news
- The party's leadership is focused on continuing its campaign despite being removed from the ballot and is actively supporting detained individuals. — meduza
Coverage (14 sources)
- Now they say the opposition has consolidated around "Yabloko." Exactly the same slogans four years ago got us called "Kremlin agents." Kirill Goncharov, head of the Moscow branch of "Yabloko," on the unexpected support — Meduza
- The party 'Yabloko' was removed from the Russian State Duma elections – the only one that spoke out for ending the war in Ukraine. In... — Настоящее Время
- Final decision to remove 'Apple' from elections made personally by Putin, — Zygar citing sources — ASTRA
- Mikhail Zygar: the decision to remove 'Yabloko' from the State Duma election was made personally by Putin — Meduza
- Why did Putin decide to remove 'Apple' from the elections? — Дождь
- Decision to remove 'Yabloko' from elections made personally by Putin — journalist Mikhail Zygar — Дождь (Telegram)
- Sources for Journalist Mikhail Zygar Called Removal of 'Yabloko' from Elections a Personal Decision by Putin — Агентство. Новости
- In the Kremlin, apparently, a change of concept again. — Faridaily
- Elections without 'Yabloko': what to do for opponents of war? — Varlamov News
- Mikhail Fishman — on removing 'Yabloko' from elections: 'This speaks very much about the system itself, about how Putin makes decisions, and what is happening overall' — Дождь
- "The Kremlin does not control the situation": experts on the exclusion of "Yabloko" from the elections — DW Главное
- Yulia Navalnaya on removing 'Yabloko' from elections: 'Kremlin got scared' — Дождь
- Yulia Navalnaya on the Supreme Court's decision to remove 'Yabloko' from elections: — Varlamov News
- Yulia Navalnaya: "Kremlin is scared" — Дождь (Telegram)
Key entities
- Apple
- Vladimir Putin
- Kremlin
- Mikhail Zygars
- State Duma
- Yulia Navalnaya
- Supreme Court
- Der Spiegel
- FSB
- Ukraine
- United Russia
- Russia
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