Yabloko's Moscow Candidates Face Prosecution or Removal
Four out of 16 Moscow single-mandate candidates of the Yabloko party faced administrative prosecution or were removed from the elections, with three receiving protocols under Article 20.3 of the KоАП for displaying extremist symbolism or discrediting the army, while one candidate, Sergey Parhomenko, was allowed to remain on the ballot after the election commission found no grounds for removal.
Consensus
- Four out of 16 initial Moscow single-mandate Yabloko candidates faced administrative prosecution or were removed from elections.
- Three Moscow Yabloko candidates received administrative protocols under Article 20.3 KоАП for displaying extremist symbolism.
- One candidate, Artem Snegovsky, was detained on September 1 and received a protocol under Article 20.3.3 KоАП for discrediting the army.
- One candidate, Denis Bolshakov, was not registered for the elections.
- The Moscow election commission did not remove Sergey Parhomenko from the ballot.
- The Yabloko party reported that the issue of removing Parhomenko was first on the agenda of the district election commission meeting.
- The Yabloko party considers the removal of candidates to be politically motivated.
- Administrative penalties under Article 20.3 can result in loss of passive voting rights for up to one year after punishment.
Points of divergence
- The Yabloko party claims that the Moscow region was considered a place where single-mandate candidates had a chance to win, based on expert opinion. — tg_agentstvonews
- The Moscow election commission found no grounds to annul Sergey Parhomenko's registration, and he will continue his campaign. — tg_sotavisionmedia
Coverage (3 sources)
- One-quarter of the 'Yabloko' single-mandate candidates in Moscow faced persecution or have already been removed from the elections — Агентство. Новости
- Moscow election commission did not remove Apple Party candidate Sergey Parkhomenko from the election — SOTAvision
- In Moscow, another candidate from the 'Yabloko' party — Sergey Parkhomenko — is being removed from the elections — SOTAvision
Key entities
- Apple
- Moscow
- Sergey Parkhomenko
- State Duma
- Okrugskaya Election Commission
- Orekhovo-Borisovskoye Single-Mandate District
- Kirill Goncharov
- Grigoriy Grishin
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