The Central Election Commission of Russia has completed the…

The Central Election Commission of Russia has completed the registration of federal candidate lists for all 11 political parties participating in the 2026 State Duma elections. The process included finalizing lists for the Party of Direct Democracy and the Russian Ecological Party 'Green', with some candidates excluded due to issues such as foreign assets or dual citizenship.

Consensus

• The Central Election Commission (ЦИК) has registered federal candidate lists for all 11 parties participating in the 2026 Russian State Duma elections.
• The elections for the State Duma will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026.
• A total of 450 deputies will be elected, with 225 elected via party lists and 225 via single-mandate constituencies.
• The registered parties include 'United Russia', the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), LDPR, 'New People', 'Fair Russia — For Truth', 'Pensioners' Party', 'Rodina', 'Green Party', 'Yabloko', 'Communists of Russia', and the Party of Direct Democracy.
• The registration process included verification of candidate lists and compliance with legal requirements.

Points of divergence

• The Party of Direct Democracy's list includes 236 candidates, with one person removed from the previously submitted list. — kommersant
• The 'Green' Party's list includes 262 candidates, having lost five during registration. — kommersant
• The 'Green' Party's list includes 256 candidates. — vedomosti
• The 'Yabloko' list includes 271 candidates, with two excluded: Egor Karpenkov for failing to update his residence in Italy and Oleg Shabalov for holding Ukrainian citizenship. — novaya_eu
• At least 14 members of 'Yabloko' were barred from participating in upcoming elections due to alleged extremist symbolism, with 22 such cases in total. — novaya_eu
• The 'Yabloko' party faced registration rejections in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly and Petrozavodsk City Council, which they plan to appeal. — novaya_eu
• The 'Rodina' party filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of Karelia demanding the annulment of 'Yabloko's' registration in the republic's legislative assembly. — novaya_eu
• The 'Communists of Russia' list includes 266 candidates. — riamo
• The 'Pensioners' Party' list includes 259 candidates. — riamo
• The ЦИК has not yet completed all checks, particularly regarding foreign financial assets, and may recommend court action to cancel registration if issues are found. — kommersant
• The 'Green' Party submitted documents on July 12, received notice of deficiencies on July 14, and submitted additional documents before final approval on July 18. — vedomosti

Coverage (15 sources)

• Central Election Commission completed registration of parties for State Duma elections — Коммерсантъ
• Election Commission will check registered for the State Duma elections parties on foreign funding — Коммерсантъ
• ЦИК зарегистрировал все 11 партий на выборы в Госдуму — Ведомости
• ЦИК registered the federal list of candidates of the Party of Direct Democracy — Ведомости
• ЦИК зарегистрировал федеральные списки всех 11 партий, выдвинувших кандидатов на выборы в Госдуму. — ТАСС (Telegram)
• The Central Election Commission registered federal lists of nine parties for the State Duma elections — Коммерсантъ
• The Central Election Commission allowed the 'Motherland' party to participate in State Duma elections — Коммерсантъ
• The Central Election Commission registered candidates for the federal list of 'Motherland' — Ведомости
• Election Commission registered the 'Yabloko' list for State Duma elections — Новая газета Европа
• The Central Election Commission registered the 'Yabloko' party lists for State Duma elections — Ведомости
• The Central Election Commission registered federal lists of seven parties for the State Duma elections — Ведомости
• Election Commission Registered Candidates for the Party of Pensioners and 'Communists of Russia' — РИАМО
• Two non-parliamentary parties were allowed to participate in the State Duma elections by the Central Election Commission — Коммерсантъ
• The Central Election Commission registered lists of the Russian Pensioners Party — Ведомости
• The Central Election Commission registered the federal list of 'Communists of Russia' — Ведомости

Key entities

• CIC
• State Duma
• Rodina
• Apple
• Party of Direct Democracy
• Green
• Russia
• The Authorities
• Communists of Russia
• Central Election Commission
• Central Election Commission
• Russian Pensioners Party
• Sergey Malinovich
• Ellya Pamfilova
• Aleksey Zhuravlev

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