Rodina Party Website Down Since Yabloko Removed from Elections
The website of the 'Motherland' party has been inaccessible since the court's decision to disqualify the 'Yabloko' party from the elections at its request. The 'Motherland' party website stopped opening no later than August 10, when the Telegram channel Sota noticed this.
Consensus
- The Rodina party's website has been inaccessible since August 10.
- The Supreme Court removed Yabloko from the parliamentary elections on August 10 based on a lawsuit filed by Rodina.
- The website displays a maintenance notice stating that updates are underway.
- The maintenance page includes imagery resembling the GitHub logo, specifically a screwdriver and wrench.
- The removal of Yabloko was based on allegations of foreign funding, third-party agitation, and copyright violations.
Points of divergence
- Analysts speculate that Rodina may have removed its website to avoid potential lawsuits over intellectual property violations. — novaya_eu
- Anton Mikhaltchuk, an 'agent' linked to the banned Free Russia Foundation, sent 1,100 rubles to Rodina's leader Alexey Zhuravlev in support of the election campaign, later demanding that Rodina be removed from the elections. — novaya_eu
- Zhuravlev dismissed the donation as a 'non-starter' and stated the funds would be returned. — novaya_eu
- Yabloko representatives learned that parliamentary parties received over one billion rubles from donors who themselves received funds from abroad. — novaya_eu
- Yabloko leadership stated they would not file lawsuits against other parties to avoid turning the Supreme Court into a 'circus'. — novaya_eu
Coverage (2 sources)
- Website of the 'Motherland' Party has been unavailable since the court's decision to remove 'Yabloko' from the elections at its request — ЭХО / Новости
- Party website "Rodina" has been down since the case against "Yabloko" was considered — Новая газета Европа