Novgorod Prosecutor Warns Yabloko Over Peace Campaign
In the Novgorod region, the Prosecutor's Office of Veliky Novgorod issued a warning to the 'Yabloko' party. The prosecutors identified signs of 'social hatred', 'discrediting' of the Russian Armed Forces, and the spread of 'fake news' in the party's propaganda video titled 'Russia Needs Peace!'
Consensus
- The Novgorod Prosecutor's Office issued a warning to the local Yabloko branch and its State Duma candidate, Viktor Shalyakin.
- The warning was related to an agitational video and audio clip with the slogan 'Russia Needs Peace!'
- The prosecutor alleged the materials contained signs of social discord, army discredit, and dissemination of false information.
- Yabloko stated that the materials do not contain such violations.
- Yabloko paused TV and radio broadcasts of the materials until a new version is released.
- Yabloko continued its street-level campaign.
- The materials were submitted to the prosecutor's office by the Novgorod regional election commission.
Points of divergence
- The video and audio clips were 30 seconds long and were submitted to the election commission on August 24. — novaya_eu
- The election commission sent the materials to the prosecutor's office two days after the broadcast began. — novaya_eu
- The federal list of Yabloko was previously canceled by court, and regional lists were removed in four regions due to lawsuits from other parties. — novaya_eu
- Yabloko was removed from FOM polls after surpassing one of the parliamentary parties in popularity. — novaya_eu
- Newspapers in at least seven regions refused to publish Yabloko's program calling for peace. — novaya_eu
- The slogan in the materials was 'Russia needs peace! But we don't give up!' — mediazona
- The materials were described as pacifist video and audio clips supporting Shalyakin. — tg_currenttime
Coverage (5 sources)
- Prosecutor in Novgorod warned — Радио Свобода
- Warning issued to 'Yabloko' in Novgorod region — ASTRA
- Prosecutor of Veliky Novgorod warned "Yabloko" against using of agitation materials with slogan "Russia needs... — Настоящее Время
- Warning issued to 'Yabloko' in Novgorod region — Новая газета Европа
- Prosecutor in Veliky Novgorad issued a warning to the local branch of 'Yabloko' over a video for peace on radio and television — Медиазона
Key entities
- Apple
- Veliky Novgorod
- State Duma
- Novgorod Oblast
- Anne Cherepanova
- Russia
- Novgorod
- Viktor Shalyakin
- TV
- 7x7
- Aleksandr Perebyenos