Deputy Removed from Duma Elections Over Copyright Claims
The Samara Regional Court removed incumbent KPRF deputy Mikhail Matveyev from the State Duma election on August 14.
Consensus
- The Samara Regional Court removed Mikhail Matveev from the State Duma elections.
- Matveev is a sitting deputy of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF).
- The lawsuit was filed by Anna Sarantseva, Matveev's opponent in single-mandate constituency No. 163 in Samara Oblast.
- The lawsuit alleged copyright violations on Matveev's campaign website.
- The claims included unauthorized use of photographs and a chart taken from a media outlet.
- The court decision was based on allegations of unauthorized use of Microsoft fonts.
- Matveev stated he did not know about the content of hyperlinks on his site and claimed he was not technically proficient in managing them.
- Matveev described the court's decision as a 'shame' and vowed to appeal.
- The KPRF criticized the court, calling the judges 'losers of reality and elementary shame' and labeled the ruling 'unmasked arbitrariness'.
- The court's decision was announced on August 14.
Points of divergence
- Matveev was removed from the elections for using Microsoft fonts without a license, and he had previously called on the Kremlin to 'immediately stop' the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- Matveev argued that the Samara Regional Court's website also uses Microsoft fonts and questioned whether the court itself was violating copyright, suggesting the court was protecting U.S. interests. — tg_astrapress
- The lawsuit included allegations of unauthorized use of images of minors and hyperlinks to Matveev's VKontakte posts and personal website. — kommerant
- Matveev claimed the lawsuit was politically motivated and that the brother of Sarantseva is an aide to Alexander Zhivaykin, the United Russia candidate and head of the Samara Regional Wrestling Federation. — tg_theinsider
- Sarantseva cited a Mail.ru article containing a link to Matveev's Telegram channel as evidence of copyright infringement. — tvrain
- Another KPRF member, Dmitry Aseev, confirmed the claim about Microsoft fonts being used without official purchase. — tg_tvrain
Coverage (12 sources)
- Speaker against war MP removed from elections for using Microsoft fonts — The Moscow Times
- «Let's invite the US State Department here too». Court removed KPRF Duma deputy Matveyev from elections due to use of fonts... — ASTRA
- Candidate from the CPRF Mikhail Matveyev was not allowed to participate in the State Duma elections. — Idel.Реалии
- Candidate from the CPRF Mikhail Matveyev was not allowed to participate in the State Duma elections. — Радио Свобода
- KPRF deputy removed from State Duma elections for copyright infringement — Коммерсантъ
- Court removed deputy Matveev from elections on pension party candidate's lawsuit. Among claims — copyright infringement... — The Insider
- KPRF deputy Mikhail Matveyev was not allowed to vote in the State Duma elections. He used Microsoft fonts and violated "copyrights" — Дождь
- KPRF deputy Mikhail Matveyev was not allowed to participate in the State Duma elections. He used Microsoft fonts and violated 'authori... — Дождь (Telegram)
- The court removed Mikhail Matveev from the Duma elections — due to lack of rights to his own photos and Microsoft fonts — Meduza
- KPRF Duma deputy Mikhail Matveyev removed from elections — ЭХО / Новости
- The court removed deputy Matveev from the Duma elections — Ведомости
- In the CPRF, attempts to remove deputy Matveev from elections were called absurd — Ведомости
Key entities
- Matveyev
- KPRF
- State Duma
- Anna Sarantseva
- Party of Pensioners
- Microsoft
- Samara Regional Court
- Samara Oblast
- State Duma
- USA
- Media
- Department of State
- CC
- Mikhail Asseyev
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