Supreme Court Removes Yabloko from Duma Elections
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dismissed the party
Consensus
- The Supreme Court of Russia upheld an appeal by the party 'Rodina' to annul the registration of 'Yabloko's federal candidate list for the State Duma elections.
- The Supreme Court issued a reasoned decision on the cancellation of 'Yabloko's' registration.
- 'Yabloko' has announced plans to appeal the Supreme Court's decision.
- The appeal will be filed in the form of an appellate complaint.
- The decision has not yet entered into legal force.
- The Central Election Commission stated that the decision will not affect the ballot paper at this stage.
- The court proceedings involved claims of violations of intellectual property, copyright, anti-extremism laws, and foreign financing.
- The Central Election Commission received information from Rosfinmonitoring about foreign funding of some candidates in the 'Yabloko' list.
- Some candidates were reportedly funded by sources in the US, Germany, UAE, and other countries.
- Yabloko's legal representative stated that funds were donations from Russian citizens who received money from abroad.
- The Prosecutor General's Office supported the cancellation of registration during the court session.
Points of divergence
- The Supreme Court removed 'Yabloko' from the elections because it is described as an 'anti-war party'. — tg_bbcrussian
- The appeal will be filed on August 14 at 14:00 by Nikolai Rybakov, the head of 'Yabloko'. — interfax
- The participant in the process stated that lawyers are currently reviewing the documents and will appeal in the coming days. — tg_tass_agency
- The lawyers of 'Yabloko' will appeal the decision 'in the coming days'. — tvrain
Coverage (6 sources)
- "Apple" on Friday will file a complaint against the decision of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the cancellation of the registration of the party's list for elections to the State Duma — Интерфакс
- Supreme Court removed the "Yabloko" party from elections Supreme Court of Russia satisfied the party "Rodina" lawsuit to cancel registration... — Радио Свобода
- Party "Yabloko" received reasoned ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on removal from elections to the State Duma, reported TASS participant... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Supreme Court of Russia removed anti-war party 'Yabloko' from State Duma elections Prosecutor General's representative at the Supreme Court supported the cancellation of the 'Yabloko' candidate list registration 'There are grounds for satisfying the claim'... — BBC News Русская служба
- Lawyers of the 'Yabloko' will appeal the Supreme Court's decision to remove the party from the State Duma elections 'in the coming days' — Дождь
- The 'Yabloko' party has not yet filed an appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the cancellation of the registration of its federal list of candidates for the State Duma elections — ТАСС (Telegram)
Key entities
- Supreme Court
- Russia
- Apple
- State Duma
- TASS
- General Procuracy
- State Duma
- Rodina
- Yabloko Party
- Moscow
- VS
- Duma
- Vladimir Putin
- Nikolay Rybakov
- Mikhail Fishman
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