Russia's Supreme Court Bars Yabloko from Duma Elections
The party will not be able to participate in the State Duma elections. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the decision to disqualify the 'Yabloko' party from the State Duma elections upon the request of 'Rodina'.
Consensus
- The Supreme Court of Russia rejected Yabloko's appeal against the decision to remove its federal list from the State Duma elections.
- The decision to remove Yabloko from the elections was based on a lawsuit filed by the party 'Rodina'.
- Yabloko will not be able to participate in the federal list of candidates in the State Duma elections.
- Registered candidates from Yabloko in single-mandate districts may still run.
- The Central Election Commission must remove Yabloko from ballot papers.
- The Supreme Court rejected all motions submitted by Yabloko's legal team during the appeal hearing.
- The decision was made on August 10, with the appeal hearing held on August 17.
- Yabloko plans to appeal the decision to the Presidium of the Supreme Court.
- The court did not admit into evidence a letter from the heir of Lev Oshanin regarding the use of a song lyric.
- The court did not admit public rules of ChatGPT or official consent from the Levada Center for using research data.
- More than 50 people were detained near the Supreme Court building during the appeal hearing.
- Yabloko is the only party in Russia campaigning with an anti-war platform.
Points of divergence
- The court cited foreign financing, use of banned social networks, and exceeding campaign spending limits as grounds for the decision. — tg_sibrealii
- The court cited foreign financing, use of banned social networks and exceeding campaign spending limits as grounds for the decision. — tg_severrealii
- Close sources to the presidential administration said the decision to exclude Yabloko was made to 'cull risks' after its popularity grew, and that the final decision was personally made by Vladimir Putin. — meduza
- The article suggests that the removal of Yabloko was politically motivated, driven by fear of a potential mass protest led by Nikolai Rybakov, though it questions whether 'fear' is an accurate description. — tg_republicmag
- The presiding judge, Vladimir Zaitsev, previously ruled in 2018 that Alexei Navalny's disqualification from presidential elections was lawful. — tg_dwglavnoe
Coverage (9 sources)
- Supreme Court of Russia left unchanged the decision on removing 'Yabloko' from the State Duma elections — Московские новости
- The Supreme Court of Russia approved the decision to remove 'Yabloko' from the State Duma elections. The court rejected all motions by Yabloko's lawyers... — BBC News Русская служба
- Supreme Court of Russia rejected 'Yabloko's appeal and upheld its decision to remove the party from the State Duma elections 'Appeal...', — ASTRA
- Supreme Court rejected 'Yabloko's' appeal against the decision to remove their federal list from the State Duma elections. — Republic
- Supreme Court rejected "Yabloko" appeal. Party will not be able to participate in State Duma elections — Сибирь.Реалии
- Supreme Court of Russia approved decision to remove 'Yabloko' from State Duma elections — BBC News Русская служба
- Supreme Court rejected "Yabloko" appeal. Party will not be able to participate in State Duma elections — Север.Реалии
- Supreme Court of the Russian Federation rejected the appeal of the "Yabloko" party. The decision on its removal from the State Duma elections remains in force — DW Главное
- Supreme Court upheld decision to remove 'Yabloko' from State Duma elections — Meduza
Key entities
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- State Duma
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- Rodina
- Suda
- State Duma
- Gadzhie Aliyev
- Duma
- General Procuracy
- CIC
- Vladimir Zaytsev
- Aleksey Navalny
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